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DTJ:
What ideas do we all have for a small cottage or home based electronics related business?

Perhaps something that would generate a few hundred dollars per week for a day or two's work.

A few ideas:


* Design a widget, build it and sell it - depends on if you can come up with an in-demand saleable product.
* Consumer electronics repair -  unless it's a niche product that you have experience with eg hi end audio amplifiers or musicians effects pedals I wonder about the viability of this.
* Find a local small business and repair failed gear specific to their business that are very expensive - air conditioner controllers or PLC I/O units or PSUs perhaps?
* Prototype hardware construction - limited demand.
* Purchase or build a value adding machine & offer a service - small CNC router or LASER engraver?


I'm interested in what others do or have ideas about doing.




bd139:
Test gear repair and refurb. This covers my other interests in cash at least.
mrpackethead:
3d chocolate printer.
Psi:
10 step process.

1. Go on specialized forums
2. Ask people what electronics they need but which doesn't exist or is way to expensive.
3. Filter out all the ideas that are too complex.
4. Gauge what they would pay for it.
5. Filter out all the ideas that are not cost effective. (You need to sell for at least 2.5x what it cost to make)
6. Prototype/design with lots of checking to ensure it meets the users needs
7. Pre-production build
8. Send out free units to people who will do reviews on YouTube or forums.
9. Production.
10. Support/returns
nctnico:
This plan usually runs out of steam at point 4.
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