Proposal: Partner with useburner to produce 500 limited-edition Nouns-branded hardware wallets, offered to the community at cost ($20 each), with all sales revenue returning directly to the Nouns DAO treasury.
Proposal Highlights
- (500 units): Customized burner hardware wallets featuring exclusive Nouns branding with redirect to a website of our choosing.
- Cost-Effective Pricing: Wallets sold at low entry point, $20 each (payable in ETH or USDC). Will Split revenue via Slice.so (60% (Nouns)/40% (Gramajo). 15% discounts for those with active props or Nouners to proliferate Nouns
- Treasury Break-even: Full reimbursement of the DAO’s upfront investment ($4,000) upon sale of 40% units.
- Zero Logistics: Gramajo will handle all global shipping and fulfillment at no additional cost to Nouns DAO.
- UseBurner Promotion: Featured on UseBurner’s official channels
Goals & Motivation
- Provide secure hardware wallets branded with iconic Nouns artwork.
- Strengthen community identity and pride.
- Onboarding and Proliferating at a lower entry point.
- Extend Nouns visibility through real-world collectible items.
Production & Funding
- Total Cost: $4,000 upfront (500 units × $8 each) + $300 shipping materials.
- Reimbursement Strategy: Wallets sold at low entry point; proceeds returned fully to DAO treasury + revenue share.
- Risk Mitigation: Any unsold wallets can be sold at cost, serve as promotional tools, giveaways, or community rewards.
Sales & Distribution
- Slice.so Storefront: That accepts ETH/USDC payments directly to treasury wallet via wallet split.
- UseBurner Role: Promotion on official channels with direct links to Slice.so storefront.
- Fulfillment: Managed entirely by Gramajo (wish me luck), including worldwide shipping and customer support (California Hours).
Wallet & Packaging Design
- Device prominently featuring Nouns logo and pixel-art Noggles.
- Custom Nouns Icon is OS with redirect capabilities to a website of our choosing.
Community Benefits
- Enhanced security with reliable hardware wallets at a low entry point.
- Strengthened community engagement and pride.
- Organic marketing and meme proliferation for Nouns DAO.
- Foundation for future collaborative partnerships.
- Zero long-term financial risk to the DAO.
Implementation Timeline
- Immediate Action: Transfer $4,000 to UseBurner for production.
- $300 for shipping materials post receiving bulk order from Burner team.
- Manufacturing: ~8 weeks, including quality assurance.
- Storefront Setup: Concurrent with manufacturing.
- Launch & Promotion: Announce widely.
Conclusion
This project aligns perfectly with Nouns DAO’s mission. This offers an easy way to onboard users with a new wallet, a subdomain of their choosing, unique branding with an nouns icon redirect making this a great way to onboard folks irl. With the expansion of Flexa users can also spend their funds irl (video of tap to pay).
Thank you for your consideration!
Links
ENS x Burner Collab
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