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Selling Skoobots at Makerfaire

A project log for Skoobot

Tiny robot for Hacking and EdTech.

bill-weilerBill Weiler 05/20/2018 at 04:501 Comment

I sold 2 with 6 left and 1 more day, Sunday, to go. I grew my email list, gave out tons of business cards, and got great feedback on markets and applications. People like it, then barf at the home-built prototype retail price. I'll likely have some to sell after the faire, but I have to lower the price. But then this sucks for the people who paid the full price. Not sure how I will fix this if I do it.

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ActualDragon wrote 05/20/2018 at 17:21 point

Congrats! Don't worry about the price, if they bought it early, that's their fault. Most people pay a lot of money for new phones, even though in a few years they'll be cheaper. The ones who bought them probably thought they were worth it, and these things are definitely cool.  If you're not in a lab with a bunch of guys, doing it all yourself is hard work. I think people get that. Just don't try to make crazy profit on each one. Always wanted to go to one of those things. Good Luck!

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