ALLPCB/JLCPCB prices are only good for large qty over 50pc. their shipping policy says it like most typical TAOBAO shops, they jack it up real high to deter small volume buyers.
Thanks for this. I will give them a shot for the real order once the proto is verified. I like their website and their online forms and whatnot. The whole process was pretty slick.
I was trying to find a better way for prototyping than Seeed. Honestly, I don't like Seeed's site and ordering system. I don't order prototypes often enough that the process ever became automatic. I always have to read the directions and rules, and I don't like having to copy the order number over into the paypal payment. It feels too much like work, and there's enough of that getting the board and gerbers ready. With JLC, there was nothing to even read. Even the board dimensions are automatically calculated from the Gerber. (I put in the dimensions, manually, and I rounded up. This seems to be a fail-safe, because the dimensions listed were rounded down, must have been calculated directly from the Gerber) . There is no option for tab routing vs V score. When I was done, it felt too easy.
The quantity cost is what matters in the end, for me. The only reason I ever used Seeed was the proto cost for FPC. When it's 10x cheaper, it is worth the hassle.
*Edit: so an hour later, it crossed my mind that I may be mixing up Seeed with Itead. I have done business with both, and I may be mis-remembering which one is what. I seem to remember them both as a somewhat similar process.
free 3.5mil
I take it the "free" part is for multilayer boards, only. But good to know, nonetheless.
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