Open Hardware Business Models

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
    • http://download.lulzbot.com/

• https://community.oscedays.org/t/solution-videos-tool-on-open-source-business-models-for-circular-economy/4625

Open Business to Open Business

• Example: UltiMachine RAMBo used by Prusa
  • https://shop.prusa3d.com/en/electronics/49-rambo-mini.html
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuvaSTg33r4
  • http://reprap.org/wiki/EinsyRambo

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

OSE Proposals

Local Open Business to Local Open Business

• OSE could run a match making website for small local business to specialize in certain proucts that feed to final assembly/consumer facing sales businesses.
  • Example: Hydraulics modules could be built by one business and be sold to a Lifetrac assembler

Links

• Examples of 3 good products - [[1]]
• open circular economy website