I often think of different ideas, will write them down and think about them. I'm good at looking at others ideas, and thinking hey, you should do "x" and it would help with "y", in other words advice towards others ideas. But I often struggle with brining my own to life.
I recently came up with an interesting idea, and some google searching/amazon-ebay-searches, and I can not find this product anywhere. Well, it is an innovation to a product which, without this idea would not be useable in this fashion. It solves a major issue most Commercial Truck drivers face, that the original product can not be used for. (I know someone who drives a truck 6 days a week, and they were talking about this being a major issue, that they just have to "live with".) There is another alternative that solves the same issue, to which this product idea of mine does, but due to legality, is Not allowed all the time/everywhere. It is a fairly simple product.
So do I source the items and create this product, then put it up for sale? But does this not risk others seeing this idea, possibly people with larger pockets, who could easily take the idea? Do I patent it first? But is this worth the money on an item I have not yet proven? I'm not sure what the best way to go about this is.
I recently came up with an interesting idea, and some google searching/amazon-ebay-searches, and I can not find this product anywhere. Well, it is an innovation to a product which, without this idea would not be useable in this fashion. It solves a major issue most Commercial Truck drivers face, that the original product can not be used for. (I know someone who drives a truck 6 days a week, and they were talking about this being a major issue, that they just have to "live with".) There is another alternative that solves the same issue, to which this product idea of mine does, but due to legality, is Not allowed all the time/everywhere. It is a fairly simple product.
So do I source the items and create this product, then put it up for sale? But does this not risk others seeing this idea, possibly people with larger pockets, who could easily take the idea? Do I patent it first? But is this worth the money on an item I have not yet proven? I'm not sure what the best way to go about this is.
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