Open Hardware Business Models
Contents
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
OSE Proposals
Local Open Business to Local Open Business
- OSE could run a match making website for small local business to specialize in certain products 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
See Also
- OpenBazaar
- Open Core v1.0 and v2.0 - [2]
- 4 biz models for open source software - [3]
OSE
OSE has an education model for manufacturing: franchising operations through education.
- Step 1. OSE develops an enterprise
- Step 2. OSE teaches that enterprise as a Distributive Enterprise
- Step 3. Distributed Market Substitution of hardware products occurs.
Academic
- Emerging business models of open hardware - [4]
- Valuation of Open Hardware paper - [[
