Cold Start

A concept. The screens are drawn to show how it would work.

I want to start, and I don’t know what to ask for.

It asks 6 plain questions, and none of them names a product.

The questions are about the person: their size, what they want to do, where, and what they already own.

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Question 2 of 6About 2 minutes left

Where will you mostly be using it?

This sets the size, and what has to go with it.

Indoors, at homeA spare room, a garage or a shed

At a club or a hallA shared space, at set times

Outdoors, most weekendsWeather, and getting it there

I do not know yetThat is fine. We will plan for the likeliest.

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Your answers so far

1. What would you like to do?
Learn the basicsChange

2. Where will you use it?
At a club or a hallNow

Still to come
4 short questions

Nothing here asks you to name a product. Tell us about you, and the list is worked out from that.
It asks a question at a time, in words a beginner already has.

Height is the only measurement asked for, and the main item is sized from it.
Where the answer needs knowledge the customer lacks, it decides and gives the reason in a line.

Each decision is printed with the sentence that explains it, so the basket can be checked.

Why this, and not that

3 choices made for you, and the reason for each.

Size 3rather than size 4
You are between sizes, and the smaller one is easier to learn on.

Steelrather than alloy
Heavier, and it forgives a first year of knocks.

A carry caseadded to your list
The set will not fit the bag you already own.

Change an answerSee my list
The result is a complete basket, priced from stock the shop actually holds.

Current prices from the shop’s own stock, listed in the order the kit would be used.

10:08

All 6 answered

Your kit is ready

Sized to you, all in stock, in the order you will use it.

Starter set, size 3£240.00
Sized from your height, not your age.

Protective gloves£24.00
The set does not come with a pair.

Carry case£58.00
The set will not fit the bag you have.

Maintenance kit£31.00
Wanted after the first month, not before.

Spares, pack of 4£47.00
The part that wears first.

Total, 5 items£400.00
Add all 5 to the basket
If nothing on the shelf fits, it writes the specification for whoever can make it.

The specification goes to the maker and stays open until it has a price.