Underplayed Gems

Buy It Now

Buy It Now poster
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

People pitch their product ideas to investors and shoppers in hopes of getting their items sold. The show features real-time feedback and decisions from retailers.

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What happens

Buy It Now was a business reality television series where people pitch their product ideas to investors and potential customers for the chance to have their products sold. It was hosted by Brian Conley. One year after, in 2019, from November 28 to December 19 was aired four episodes of the spin-off of the show named Buy It Now For Christmas hosted by Rylan Clark-Neal where any inventors, creators and sellers of new products had just 90 seconds to pitch their item to an audience of real shoppers, all with a Christmas theme. They provide focus-group feedback, before representatives from three retailers - Amazon Launchpad, Lakeland and JML - decide whether or not to place an order. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.