So, after 25 years of continued dedication to the Pepper scene on various platforms and forums, I spent the last few years learning some web development basics and just launched my website https://pepperguru.com The very first members site dedicated to the true pepper enthusiast. I will offer exclusive content, courses, tutorials, country seed collections, consults, merch and a forum for subscribed members of the Pepper Guru Community. Feel free to check it out and let me know of any bugs you find!
Grow em BIG,
Rich
by ThePepperGuru
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Thanks for doing the giveaway on Discord u/thepepperguru – just now packing those seeds up to send out.
([www.discord.gg/peppers](http://www.discord.gg/peppers) for those not in the know)
It’s not exactly clear on the website, but the links suggest that membership is included with the purchase of the t-shirt? Does that then enable free access to the courses and tutorials? Which items/content are additional cost beyond membership?
Interesting. How extensive is the wild and landrace germplasm? Any benefit to me sharing? Hard to tell if it’s worth joining without knowing
Congrats – looks great and will be signing up
Looks interesting. Where are you based? The seeds are probably the thing most people are interested in but there are likely countries you can’t reliably ship to. Do you think that will be the case?
Also have I got this right? It’s buy a tshirt now to get the opportunity to buy a subscription later. What happens if you don’t buy a tshirt and want to wait for the full details to be released?
I’ll check that out, it sounds interesting. I’m all about learning more about pepper species and methods people employ to successfully grow them😁
I’d be interested in the seed selection but I don’t want a shirt or subscription. I have a way too many seeds to work my way through already. I’d like to see the seeds offered individually even if offered at a premium compared to the discount you would get with a subscription.
That looks like quite the harsh monetisation, selling a shirt to call it application for a membership and without not being able to see anything.
The texts used are very generic and do not sound like anyone actually wrote them but an Ai.
There is so many ppl sharing their seeds and cross breeds without the greed that one can witness here.
It does also not sound like you are supporting any market around your place selling you breeds or similar so this is a money grab in my eyes.
Just have ppl sign up and give them what they come for instead of selling a short and grabbing even more cash for something that you are so passionate about…I guess the passion is with the money rather….
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So to be able to buy seeds I have to buy a 35$ t-shirt… to then pay for a subscription or os the t-shirt the cost of subscription? It costs me money to look at what you sell? The community is so big, with so many sellers and free seed exchanges happening why would anyone do this? The cost just to see your seeds is enough that I could buy dozens of new varieties for next year from people who are already established and well known.
I feel like even if someone like Smokin’ Ed did something like this people would be shocked at the gatekeeping aspect.
This is a terrible business structure, I wish you the best but you really need to rethink this.