Thread: Wet shaving magazine

True but imagine how much useful it could be.

I mean you get the magazine and see that TI had some new razor coming out. And bam next month there is the razor there is the review and everyhing else you could imagine of

Gentlemen:

I have never seen a wet shaving magazine, though every field of endeavor seems to have its own publication.

Will a wet shaving magazine be viable in the number of readers it will attract? That is the question. Occasionally Esquire magazine devotes a few lines to some cologne or aftershave, but obviously that is not enough.

Also, will such a magazine be economically feasible? This especially when scores of magazines are on the brink of collapse because of low readership. I think not. The publication of a wet shaving magazine would have to be out of love. Unfortunately today even such love costs large sums of money.

Regards,
obie

I think the internet is killing the old fashioned print companies...
IIRC, the total subscription to the two largest wet-shaving sites barely total 50,000, and how many are registered to both? Every man-jack of us would have to buy a subscription and even then would that be enough?

Originally Posted by wdwrx

I think the internet is killing the old fashioned print companies...
IIRC, the total subscription to the two largest wet-shaving sites barely total 50,000, and how many are registered to both? Every man-jack of us would have to buy a subscription and even then would that be enough?

25,000 x $20/ year for subscription.

I think that an on-line magazine might have a chance of success, but a print version would be too costly to produce, I would think.

Originally Posted by sffone

I think that an on-line magazine might have a chance of success, but a print version would be too costly to produce, I would think.

I spend $55 for a two-year subscription to Roast (coffee)
I spend $42 for a two-year subscription to Skin & Ink (tattoos)
I spend $50 for an annual membership to the Nat'l Tattoo Assoc., which includes a bi-monthly, glossy magazine/newsletter

So, yeah; I'd spend a corresponding amount for a subscription to a wet-shaving magazine... and I'd read the articles and "look at the pictures"



After all, who takes a laptop, netbook, or eReader into the crapper? (if you do, 'fess-up)

Who Doesnt!?!?!?

Originally Posted by JBHoren

After all, who takes a laptop, netbook, or eReader into the crapper? (if you do, 'fess-up)

With respect,

I think considering a print publication makes for some interesting discussion and some nice speculation, but it's a bit like building a bridge or a canal.

While I can think of reasons why a bridge should be built, how it should look, and what its benefits might be - I have no idea how to go about building a bridge. I think it's only when someone with the know-how gets the fire in his/her belly that the idea can get off the ground.

I'd love to see a glossy magazine on the shelves heralding the joys of SR shaving. I doubt if there are many in this group who would not. Labour of love or not, such a project would require some hands-on knowledge of the publishing world, funding, advertising and distribution. Of course it CAN be done, but it would take a full-time, full throttle effort on the part of someone with some serious entrepreneurial skills to make it work. And even then there would be not guarantee of a return on investment for those involved.

Like a lot of us, I'd love to be on the editorial board of such a thing and help to shape it, but I'm not enthusiastic enough to re-mortgage my house for it. And I think that most new endeavours probably require that level of commitment if they are ever to see the light of day.

On the other hand, there are always people looking for ideas to launch a new venture. So, if anyone knows an editor at Conde-Naste or some other publishing empire, put a little work in their ear

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Ian

so since i have posted this form topic i have been talking with a few friends of mine.

Some of them are currently link into some magazines and they thought the idea would a very good one to look into.


I am meeting with some management in a few days to just talk about my thoughts and ill be sure to show these types of websites to show how they is still a demand for it.

Obie you seem to have the most interest in this topic i will pm you in a few days with details from this little meeting and who knows maybe we will see where it goes from here.

Originally Posted by JBHoren

After all, who takes a laptop, netbook, or eReader into the crapper? (if you do, 'fess-up)

I'm not sure it would be a good idea for any of us to take a glossy magazine full of pictures of vintage straight razors with us to the crapper......