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Originally Posted by IceFyre13th
@ Shutter Go to http://www.quickparts.com/home.aspx and have them quote you a more reasonable cost to make these, For injection molded parts made from ABS/PC you would easily be able to sell these at a $25-$35 price.
Right now your cost is way too high.................. |
Let's see here. So you are saying that if someone shelled out $15k for aluminum injection molds and the per unit cost is say $5 (not including packaging, adhesive, etc.) and retail is $35, how many units would you have to sell to break even? (the answer is 500 units)
How many automatic FT86's have been made? What percentage of owners would purchase these parts at that price point? How many parts would be sold per month? What is the ROI and rate of return? What is your risk tolerance? Are you selling directly to the public or are you doing wholesale? If you are doing wholesale, how much margin are your dealers getting to make it worth their while to sell your product? Now what's your ROI?
Keep in mind that this doesn't include the R&D, design time, wages of the people or person doing the design, marketing costs, packaging costs, credit card/Paypal processing fees, taxes, overhead, etc.
This isn't the first time I've seen people balking at prices on this forum and someone comes in like they know what they're talking about telling other people how to price their products. If you are such a savvy business person and/or have the skills to make the product that you are criticizing, then do it yourself. Or, just accept that you simply can't afford it even though you want it.
Seriously though, there are a lot of talented people out there that are making cool products for this platform. A lot of people pouring their personal savings, passion, drive, perseverance, experience, skill and knowledge into a product that they think other people would enjoy as much as they do themselves. I personally admire that a lot and have a ton of respect for the people that do it. As such, they have a right to charge what they think is a fair price for the work they have put in. That's my .02