Will Trymbl Replace Your Subscription Boxes? Not Mine
There have been a few articles running this past week stating Trymbl is going to overtake the subscription box world. If you are not familiar with this new website, this company allows you to sample new products before purchasing. I had signed up late last year when I first heard about the site and decided to dig deeper with the recent buzz.
How Trymbl Works
You have to sign up with your Facebook account. This is almost always a deal-breaker for me. Though some of these apps will allow you to approve all updates, others post to your Wall as they please.
You have to wait for an invite. This is highly dependent on how active you are in the Trymbl community (commenting, leaving reviews, wishlisting items) and how likely they believe you are to follow through on a purchase. As you use the site the algorithm classifies you as a freebie seeker, mass shopper, premium shopper, or luxury shopper. They don’t want the freebie seekers. They want those that will try and then come back to buy.
Choose your samples. The site features primarily smaller toxin-free cosmetics and skincare companies. Coola, Niki Saint Pierre and Chella are a few of the current listings. As a new member you are limited to 3 samples at a time.
What if there are no samples? If samples are not available you have the option to try a full-size product for 15 days. If not returned you will be charged the listed price. According to an older article, “For 70 percent of the products, Trymbl’s brand partners wouldn’t offer sample sizes, so Trymbl will send the customer the entire, regular-sized product bottle. Customers can test it, and if they don’t like it they return it at no cost…”
Will Trymbl Replace the Subscription Box?
Not mine. For starters, I’m not much for the “gaming” system. I would rather pay for something than have to complete a bunch of tasks. I don’t have time for it.
Secondly, the reason many of us got into subscription boxes is because we don’t know what brands and products we should try. It’s all about the discovery. It’s like your Stitch Fix Stylist sending you stuff that you would never pick out for yourself but you really love once it lands on your doorstep and you are forced to try it on. I don’t subscribe to Beauty Army because I don’t want to choose my samples. I want someone to do it for me. Trymbl falls into that same category.
This service may be a nice secondary option for those like me, but it can’t meet all of my sampling demands at this time.
So you tell me, will the try-before-you-buy model replace your beauty box subscriptions?
