General > General Technical Chat

Is Electronics Worth It Any More?

(1/5) > >>

Wilksey:
Hi,

I used to make small electronic boards for various uses and sell them on t'interweb, however the last few years (and pre CV19) I have not been doing much as had other stuff going on, long story short I went to look at the cost of making another batch of boards and the components that were available have gone up to where I can only imagine if I give the price i'll be swiftly told to go forth and multiply.

How do people who do it for a living get on?  A friend of mine was looking for a storage unit, worked out it'd be cheaper to rent a house and use that as storage than a warehouse, yet a lot of these warehouses have been derelict for years.

With increasing costs of buildings, components, services and still seemingly decent availability and pricing from eBay China is there still any worth making electronics in your own country now? UK here btw.

Circlotron:
Make stuff for non-electronic people that need some kind of electronic thing for part of what they are doing, preferably where they are doing a hobby or recreational thing where justifying the exact price doesn't always have top priority.

Electronics people never want to pay much for a board that they imagine they could build themself for nothing with their eyes closed.

thm_w:
Unless its a niche product you are charging a lot for, its generally done as a hobby:
https://www.tindie.com/browse/
https://lectronz.com/products

If you can't easily charge over 2.5x BOM then its probably not worth doing.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/relationship-between-retail-price-and-bom-cost/

Wilksey:
I am sure people would pay if they wanted it bad enough but I am struggling to justify the costs to myself!

A board (fully assembled) that cost me £3 to make a few years ago that I sold for £10 now costs over £10 to make!

coppercone2:
no, it looks like we are heading towards the high steam age

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

There was an error while thanking
Thanking...
Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod