Open Hardware Business Models: Difference between revisions
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*Examples: Prusa Original, Lulzbot | *Examples: Prusa Original, Lulzbot | ||
**Sold on manufacturer's website store | **Sold on manufacturer's website store | ||
**source hosted by manufacturer | |||
***http://download.lulzbot.com/ | |||
==Open Business to Open Business== | ==Open Business to Open Business== | ||
Revision as of 21:38, 24 March 2018
Types of Businesses
Ebay Seller
Kit
- Buys in bulk, creates kits for a single machine.
- May or may not include 3D printed parts.
Fully Assembled
- no name brand
- based on an open design (example: reprap, prusa)
Fully branded Open Design
- Examples: Prusa Original, Lulzbot
- Sold on manufacturer's website store
- source hosted by manufacturer
Open Business to Open Business
- Example: UltiMachine RAMBo used by Prusa
Local Business to Local Consumer
- Example: 3Dhubs, OpenDesk
- Match making website collects consumer request, hires local manufacturer to make
- Website typically closed source, designs usually open source
Links
- Examples of 3 good products - [[1]]