Nice story, a little too long though and I'd have liked bigger and sharper pics of the actual products.
What seems very obvious to me or maybe I didn't get the point: Carrying a key chain with a condom is more than just a key chain, it's a statement. It somehow says in a very obtrusive way that you want to f$%#, that you are anytime ready to f$%#, yeah it just says that you are so desperate and unf$%#$% that any f$%# is welcome. And that's definitely not the way to get laid (for men at least).
Sorry, but who should buy this? 12yr old kids?
However, I think that the OP learned a lot, so it should have been a good entrepreneurial experience in any case.
>Sorry, but who should buy this?? Maybe 12yr old kids?
I take it you've never seen college boys (or even some young professionals in certain areas) wearing shirts with slogans such as this one (http://i.imgur.com/4vt3m.jpg).
(in case you're located outside the US- American culture, despite its puritan roots and persistent culture, is quite open about crass jokes in that spirit)
I had to tell my dad (non american, first saw them when he helped me move across the country) what they were. It is now his favorite anecdote to tell about Texas :)
The people who wear those shirts are not the ones who end up "getting laid"..
In addition, people who cary condoms around , usually have more than one. These keychains would have been better off positioned as a novelty item than a serious way to have safe sex.
What seems very obvious to me or maybe I didn't get the point: Carrying a key chain with a condom is more than just a key chain, it's a statement. It somehow says in a very obtrusive way that you want to f$%#, that you are anytime ready to f$%#, yeah it just says that you are so desperate and unf$%#$% that any f$%# is welcome. And that's definitely not the way to get laid (for men at least).
Sorry, but who should buy this? 12yr old kids?
However, I think that the OP learned a lot, so it should have been a good entrepreneurial experience in any case.