Hi all, I can add a very unique insight as to the Funderoos.co.uk thread/discussion, as I am both the owner and creator of that site and its products! Tiny is totally correct in that it is a LEGAL requirement for all Limited Companies in the UK to provide a registered office address on their website, and he is also totally correct in that he can understand why a small-trader operating from home wouldn't want their address shown. I am indeed a small-trader operating from home, and Funderoos is NOT a limited company and therefore does not have to comply with the publication of the registered address legal requirements. He is also correct in why I have made the site 'private' in terms of a WHOIS domain. I take my hat off to Tiny, as he has a good knowledge of the law, and is only trying to protect folks on this site from fraud!
I run other main-stream businesses, and I am sure that most of us would not wish to share publically our particular interests that lead us all to communicating here. While none of our actions are illegal, or in my opinion wrong, I am sure most of us would agree that society at the moment makes it difficult to be 'openly' ABDL, little or other.
I started Funderoos to fulfil my own clothing needs, as I personally found there were few products out there, especially for 'littles' and many people have commented on various sites in the past that 'Underoos availabilty for bigger people' were few and far between, although it has to be said the ABDL marketplace is thankfully growing. I therefore saw a niche in the market and also now have a drawer full of cool skivvies that makes me very happy! We have and continue, to work hard to create some amazing products (and ones you can design yourself, with us printing them) but yes, it is an amateur site. I am not going to pay for a professional one at the moment, and its the best I can do using Wix.
Personally I also quite like the idea that the site its all a bit amateur and childish, something about it reminds me of childhood. I'm not expecting to compete with NEXT (other brands are available) although I think our products are great! I did set the MUSIC as OFF (default) at the request of a few. Again, as Tiny pointed out, the site is also not one I wish to publish my home address on. Some family members simply wouldn't approve, but we are legit, and if paying by Paypal and/or card then you have some additional protection there also just in case we were fraudsters. If we were then I am sure the Police might be surprised (and jealous no doubt) when I am strip searched and have my 'super-heroes' on!
We have only just started to sell products (but have had many initial orders thankfully) and I am hopeful that people will use our BLOG to feed back so people can see that 'we actually do what it says on the tin' We may also use TRUSTPILOT moving forwards, although there is a cost to this. Also, I apologise to the girls, as a BOY little, the site and products tend to lean that way at the moment, but girls, please make some suggestions and I will be happy to try and create them!
Lastly, in regards to price, I know things on the site are a little expensive, but as I am sure you can appreciate the investment into stock (specially made for us in China to our design), printing machinery etc has been huge, and appeals to perhaps only a very limited market so I have taken considerable financial risk in doing this. If it is a success, then we will be able to lower prices over time. I did promise ADISC members a 20% discount in my posts a few months back, and that promise still stands and is still available until the end of September, use code 'prebooked' at checkout. Any problems, please email me at
[email protected]. And if you do order items, please feel free to share your experience of them on here and/or our blog. Kind regards all, Funderoos-Rick.
