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The Most Useful $19 Thing I Own

What to study

Desired Outcome

  • $19 is an easy yes, and the grid around the device shows what you'd get, maps, sudoku, dog photos, labels and checklists.
  • A pink glow picks out the little cat-eared printer in the middle.
  • You click for the uses you'd actually copy.
How the packaging works
Title

'Most Useful' is a big claim, and pinning it to a $19 price and 'Thing I Own' makes it sound like a tested personal pick, not an ad.

Thumbnail

At feed size it reads as a wall of paper around one glowing gadget, and the note saying 'It prints ANYTHING (seriously)' is there for viewers who look closer.

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When a cheap tool does many small jobs, lay out everything it has made or done around it in a grid. Put the tool in the middle with one colour accent, and keep the price in the title.

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The transferable lesson

Surround the cheap tool with everything it made.

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