usbeduino tha arduino project - Page 1
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author: katme3
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 05, 2014, 09:41:30 pm
content: Hi all,First of all i would like to tell you how pleasant i'm by writing here.I am electronic Engineer from Greece for about 7 years and the summer of 2014 i'm ready to launch my first personal company.I'm machine vision specialist and i have build 3 sites.www.usbeduino.comwww.oramasolutions.comwww.usbekits.com.I start dealing with arduino the last years and i liked it very much.When i decided to choose the much smaller attiny 85 chip the idea of making some shields was necessary.So i started the campaign on indiegogo.please follow the link below.https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/usbeduino-the-arduino-project/x/6872674Please if you like the project share it and even more if you are interested choose a perk to help me go on.Unfortunately i don't have global visibility without to many friends out there so to be able to make a normal start.The campaign a few days ago.Thanks a lotBest regardsFanis

author: fake-name
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 06:07:20 am
content: Quote from: katme3 on July 05, 2014, 09:41:30 pmSeriously, did you do NO research about crowd-funded projects?

author: katme3
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 10:16:50 am
content: Dear fake name...I cant understand what you mean....It is a mistake the flexible funding?Please inform me if i made a mistake and i can correct it...If someone has any questions please fell free to ask...I will respond to your wonders....Best regards Fanis

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 10:36:44 am
content: flexible funding means that you will get the money even if you don't reach your goal. Usually if the goal is not reached no one gets a thing because there was not enough to go to production.Yours is a small amount goal but still people backing you have no warranty of their money going towards the product they are promised because often the campaign founders will retract from the orders because there is not enough funding to do a production run.So yeah, it's a mistake to do flexible funding even at small amounts because backers will feel their money will go nowhere if not enough is raised and they can't get their money back nor the product.

author: fake-name
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 10:54:23 am
content: Quote from: katme3 on July 06, 2014, 10:16:50 am99% of flexible funding projects are scams.You apparently did NO research about crowd-funding.

author: rob77
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 11:14:58 am
content: i would suggest to calculate the minimum amount of units to make the manufacturing economically viable (at least break-even) and set that amount as your goal for a "all-or-nothing" crowd-funding campaign.if the product is good for more people , then your campaign will be funded several times higher than your goal and you can start a higher volume production (cheaper a bit) and even make some profit on the units.

author: katme3
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 11:34:48 am
content: Ok i anderstand...At first kickstarter was my choise but they don't accept entries from Greece(really why?)SO i decided the indiegogo and the reality is that i didn't knew that they are scams the flexible funding campaigns...I will try after the summer again with your suggestions thanks...I hope that Kickstarter will accept entries from here too....But in the meanwhile i would like to tell that every funder will get the kit they want...I hope to be some more...

author: rob77
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 12:15:36 pm
content: the problem is not the Indiegogo - they're just fine.the problem is the fact that lot's of scammers are opening flexible funding campaigns to get money without delivering anything, and people simply don't trust in flexible funding campaigns anymoore. therefore even a good project with flexible funding will most likely fail.that's why i proposed to go for a minimalistic "all-or-nothing" campaign.

author: katme3
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 06, 2014, 12:30:02 pm
content: Thansk friend...You are great!I mentioned Kickstarter because there all or nothing model is oneway ticket...If i was there i would propably didn't face such problems...I understood excactly what happens now...Nevermind...what happens is past...For now the campaign is still alive...I think hat the costs isn't so high and the idea is wonderful.Maybe there are some changes yet...

author: katme3
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 17, 2014, 08:03:56 pm
content: Ok guys i corrected the error in the campaign...Now the model is all or nothing for a 1000 of euro finish.I hope we gonna make it:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/usbeduino-project-all-or-nothing/x/6872674#comments