Any sex-toy developers? A long-shot I'm sure...

[kkoasdfawfqwe2]

ME AGAIN!

Thought i'd vanished, didn't you?

So I got a design done by a guy on Fiverr and it looked like the least sexy thing you could possibly imagine.

So I got another design and he's just sent me the files. It looks good. Or promising.

I've been quoted £400 to get it 3D printed. This is why I'm here today. I'm having such a mental block making the damn 3D model to print to TEST that it works that I'm wondering whether I'm cut out for this.

I have the money - didn't before but I got a side hustle business that raised enough funds to help see me through the process.

Do I even have to 3D print it to test? I can't see another way and I don't want to press ahead and register the design or even approach manufacturers until I know the damn thing works.

I'm looking for

Kicks up the arse
Advice
Support
Insights - something I haven't thought of.

Or any combination of the above.

Thanks!

Emma

You never know what the right choice could be, maybe you'd waste £400, maybe not.

But from my experience when I was in these kind of situations, the right choice was always to do it.

Sometimes I look back and think "I wonder where I would be if I didn't throw in those $1.000 to get the very first version done of this or that".

Essentially what I read you asking is if you need the product in order to test the product?
In which case I think you really do need the physical product and to have it tested.

Its a risk but in my opinion its a necessary risk that you will not get easy around.

Good luck, I vote that you go for it!

 

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[RazorCut]

If £400 seems steep you might want to get some more quotes first, but you do need a physical product to test. Once tested you might well make some tweaks to the design as it really is a prototype so I would get as cheap a first print as possible.

Have you looked on People Per Hour?

 

[Scot]

$400 is a STEAL for a prototype.

I know it seems like a lot, but I would do it. You’ll never know it it works unless you try.

After all, what’s more expensive:
A $400 prototype
Or a full production run of a product with major design flaws?

 

[Raoul Duke]

ME AGAIN!

Thought i'd vanished, didn't you?

So I got a design done by a guy on Fiverr and it looked like the least sexy thing you could possibly imagine.

So I got another design and he's just sent me the files. It looks good. Or promising.

I've been quoted £400 to get it 3D printed. This is why I'm here today. I'm having such a mental block making the damn 3D model to print to TEST that it works that I'm wondering whether I'm cut out for this.

I have the money - didn't before but I got a side hustle business that raised enough funds to help see me through the process.

Do I even have to 3D print it to test? I can't see another way and I don't want to press ahead and register the design or even approach manufacturers until I know the damn thing works.

I'm looking for

Kicks up the arse
Advice
Support
Insights - something I haven't thought of.

Or any combination of the above.

Thanks!

Emma

Have you considered looking a purchasing a 3d printer?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BR3F9N6/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

It might be cheaper in the long run, to have your own 3d printer. Have you checked out: Can We Talk Tools for the "Maker Market"?

 

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[Roli]

ME AGAIN!

Thought i'd vanished, didn't you?

So I got a design done by a guy on Fiverr and it looked like the least sexy thing you could possibly imagine.

So I got another design and he's just sent me the files. It looks good. Or promising.

I've been quoted £400 to get it 3D printed. This is why I'm here today. I'm having such a mental block making the damn 3D model to print to TEST that it works that I'm wondering whether I'm cut out for this.

I have the money - didn't before but I got a side hustle business that raised enough funds to help see me through the process.

Do I even have to 3D print it to test? I can't see another way and I don't want to press ahead and register the design or even approach manufacturers until I know the damn thing works.

I'm looking for

Kicks up the arse
Advice
Support
Insights - something I haven't thought of.

Or any combination of the above.

Thanks!

Emma

It's normal to have these fears, you are worried that you will waste 400 quid on something crap. Or that you will get ripped off...

All you can do is perform your due diligence before hand. Are they a reputable company? Do they understand what you're trying to get across to them?

I personally would go for it, this could be the most worthwhile £400 you've spent in your life. Think of how many times so far you've wasted that amount of money by going out here, a pointless purchase there, and you had nothing to show for it apart from a hangover and some baubles.

This could be the making of you, and even if it's not, you will have gained loads of experience to apply to the next thing you come up with.

Just go for it!

(Consider arse kicked)

By the way, I wouldn't get a 3D printer yourself, then you'd be bogged down with trying to get the Fusion software to work, just pay the money, get the prototype, test, adjust, sell.

 

[Nigel B]

Get the prototype - do become a maker (buy a 3D printer) - you need to spend much more to get a decent 3D printer, and right now you have a print requirement of 1.
Worst case you end up with an expensive toy (!) or piece of 'artwork'.
You have to test the design, so how else are you going to do this?
Is the final design intended to be hard plastic - if not your not testing the final product of course.
Kick!
Get on with it.
Good luck.

 

[ZF Lee]

What's your job if you don't mind me asking? If you're living between two countries, one would expect you to have access to more resource?

I don't know what you're trying to build/make, but £100 ain't going to cut it. Even if you got a bunch of prototypes sorted, you'll still have MOQ in most factories. The expense in setting up a factory lies in the tooling etc, which can often run into the $10,000's. But I don't know your project so it may not need that.

EXACTLY. But don't let that dissuade you on its own. Having a large amount of products generally means there is a large amount of demand, but that demand will likely have already been divided between two or three major players. If you're going to create a successful product on its own, you most often need what's known as a "blue ocean".

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Perhaps talking to this guy may give you more pertinent insight into how to successfully market a product that you had made overseas (IE the process).

He owns Seventeenth Watches and generated his income (which I believe to be substantive) primarily through social media. They're not my style, but the fact he got his own product created, marketed and is now somewhat successful should give you some ideas on how to get making money without selling a kidney.

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If you want more specific feedback, I'd want to know...

1) your situation (why entrepreneurship? why £100?)
2) what your product actually is? I've got in my head its some sort of strap-on belt (or whatever they're called)
3) what your "vision" for it all is? Everyone has that one "thing" they picture for a product. Is it to have 1k reviews on Amazon? For pornstars to use it?

Simple facts are that most people won't say if your idea is sh*t because they don't know themselves. Like I mentioned before, most people are not very good at business. It's rare to find someone with the insight, experience or - perhaps - talent to recognize success. Hence why most people will cheer when someone says "I'm going to start a business" and like 2 people will actually ask what it's about etc.

I'm not successful but I've been around the block and made mistakes. You can see my CV here: CV (Public).pdf I went totally broke in 2015 due to investing into a product that required more money (so I know your pain). I can certainly give you some ideas but don't know enough about what you're doing.

You're welcome to email rpeck@frontlineutilities.co.uk if you want to talk. If you do, please give me your thoughts on the female stuff I posted.

Rep+ for the sweet, sick CV!

Really, really detailed. Actually tells me what you've done before, unlike some blur-a$$ template crap.

 

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[Marigold]

Thank you very much, everyone. Turns out the price was so high because my designer had completely the wrong sizes for the holder. Due to the language and cultural barrier I'm sure he still doesn't understand what this device is hahaha

Back to the drawing board for the size change and then pressing ahead with the 3d print. Otherwise it would always be 'what if?'

Thank you!

 

[JAJT]

For what it's worth - upwork tends to be a far "higher quality" marketplace for the kinds of jobs you're describing.

Fiverr is basically a race to the bottom. There's good in there, don't get me wrong, but it's a discount marketplace by and large.

Upwork, by comparison, has tons of real professionals doing very real, very professional work. When you see someone who has billed $100k for their services and has a 99% positive rating - good chance that person knows what the hell they are doing.

On fiverr I never know what I'm getting and I've had less than a 50% success rate on there. On upwork, I've had almost a 90-95% success rate.

Upwork also lets you sort better than fiverr. Things like "english skills" and "hours worked" and "total earnings" and other hard credibility indicators like their scores on skill tests.

Upwork also tends to cost more, but it reflects the skill of the worker more often than not.

Food for thought.

 

[RobiN0963]

I don't have much experience in this area, but I recently bought a colt snug tugger. There are toys for men, for women, for couples, presented in any shape and color. The use of toys helps to awaken desire and achieve orgasm and get to know your body and your partner's erogenous zones better. Now you see how many possibilities exist to enrich and diversify your sex life. I have given only the basic idea, but the primary tool of love play is still fantasy. It can significantly expand the horizons of sensations and turn boring sex into a bright adventure!

 

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