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August 15, 2013 09:56 pm GMT

Crowdery Provides A/B Testing For A Brand's Physical Products

Screen Shot 2013-08-13 at 11.25.45 AMClothing sales can be awesome, but they can also mean racks on racks of ugly shirts that no one wanted to buy. While some customers will scoop a deal, inevitably someone gets stuck with a bunch of unwanted inventory. Crowdery, a Y Combinator startup, offers an e-commerce tool to help brands test out product designs before production to decrease surplus inventory.Crowdery helps companies host contests, which last 10 days, on their websites to determine the most popular styles.Co-founder Maran Nelson says this approach is bringing A/B testing to physical products. While software and online platforms can beta test products before launching, industries such as clothing, furniture, jewelry and consumer electronics will end up slashing prices on unwanted inventory and losing profit.

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