this is awesome! i'll do what I can to promote this!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:31 AM, overflo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:flo@tekstix.com">flo@tekstix.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi girls, guys, robots!<br>
We [0] are finally launching the HACKERSPACESHOP.com [1].<br>
Before you scream "sellout!" read on and find out what is going on..<br>
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TL;DR: <a href="http://hackerspaceshop.com" target="_blank">hackerspaceshop.com</a> is an open platform for hackerspaces where one can sell his/her kits,<br>
Find support with kit-making, get peace of mind with taxes / paper<br>
work. Based in centraleurope (EU).<br>
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We started to work on this platform over a year ago.<br>
At the beginning we wanted to have a shop for us and the metalab [2], but then the idea evolved and now we have a registered company based in vienna / austria to take care of the whole tax business and paperwork stuff that you have to do in europe to sell things and buy parts.<br>
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Hackers want to hack.<br>
Some are also interested in spreading their work and let others<br>
contribute in firmware or hardware improvements.<br>
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But most hackers have little interest in customer care, sending packages with the postal service, RMA handling, dealing with the tax-bureaucrats and all the hassles of running a business based in europe.<br>
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Thats what we do.<br>
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You have the idea / kit / product -> we have the infrastructure and network to get things rolling.<br>
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If you are already actively producing kits, let us know, we might be interested in re-selling them.<br>
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We will help you with our knowledge and network to get from prototype to<br>
product.<br>
We will sell your kits or assembled products on our platform.<br>
We give workshops all over the world in hackerspaces and promote your<br>
kits, teach soldering and all things microcontrollers do..<br>
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And most importantly: We give something back to the community.<br>
We just started so we don't know yet how much money is in this, but we<br>
are sure there is a market and we are sure there will be profit.<br>
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The profit is used to:<br>
- keep the shop running and expand the stock<br>
- pay the kitmakers / inventors / hackers<br>
- give a share back to hackerspaces in forms of hardware donations /<br>
equipment / kits / free workshops<br>
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Currently there is one robotic / electronic kit in the store that we<br>
used for a reference implementation.<br>
Its called SolarRoboFlower and it is a flower robot with light sensors<br>
that follows your flashlight / lighter with different modes of<br>
operation.<br>
There are 3 different versions of the kit available.<br>
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If you want to get one just go to the store and enter HELLOWORLD in the<br>
couponcode section for 10,- off the total amount.<br>
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We will add more kits and products in the coming days / weeks and<br>
already have a rather long list of things we would like to offer on the<br>
platform.<br>
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If YOU have something that you want to share, dont hesitate to<br>
contact us [3].<br>
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Also if you have questions regarding the shop or you just want to say<br>
hello, or you want us to visit your hackerspace and have a workshop -<br>
drop us a line.<br>
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We are giving away a limited number of SolarRoboFlower-kits to chosen hackerspaces. If you think your space should be on our list, let us know!<br>
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Please spread the word on your spaces mailinglists and tell your friends. Together this will become awesome!<br>
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Lots of love<br>
-overflo<br>
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ps: Most of the things are up and running. Sourcecode, schematics and more information on our first kit will follow real soon now.<br>
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[0] overflo, mind, wizard23, metalab-crowd<br>
[1] <a href="http://www.hackerspaceshop.com" target="_blank">http://www.hackerspaceshop.com</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://metalab.at" target="_blank">https://metalab.at</a><br>
[3] <a href="mailto:shop@hackerspaceshop.com" target="_blank">shop@hackerspaceshop.com</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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