<div dir="ltr"><div>We don't plan on making a massive profit on what we sell. This is more of a way to provide a service to our members, offer supplies to our community partners like the schools and not for profits as well as bring in people that may not want to be a member but could use some parts. <br>
<br></div><div>Once a month we bring in 200 + visitors to our space so having kits available to help demonstrate the things we do is also a big help. <br><br>Phil<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Jan Lieven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jan@das-labor.org" target="_blank">jan@das-labor.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:34:46 -0500<br>
Phillip Broussard <<a href="mailto:phillip@squidfoo.com">phillip@squidfoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> We are considering selling some of the more popular kits and parts to<br>
> the public out of our hackerspace. I would like to know if anyone<br>
> else does this and how successful they have been. The closest thing<br>
> to competition would be Radio Shack or driving 3 hours to the next<br>
> largest city.<br>
><br>
> Phil<br>
<br>
</div></div>We at das Labor[1] are selling our more popular kits, which are just<br>
listed in our wiki[2] (German). The observations we made are:<br>
1) New kits are being sold rapidly until the market is<br>
saturated. (As in: Everyone who knows about it and wants it has<br>
it.)<br>
2) The more expensive kits need promotional material. (Videos,<br>
Live-Showcase)<br>
3) Thinking that selling pcbs or complete kits will generate enough<br>
revenue to cover the rent is an illusion.<br>
<br>
best regards,<br>
Jan<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="https://das-labor.org" target="_blank">https://das-labor.org</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://das-labor.org/wiki/Baus%C3%A4tze" target="_blank">https://das-labor.org/wiki/Baus%C3%A4tze</a><br>
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