rickman  wrote:
> I have thought of a number of devices I would design if I could tap into
> the whole manufacturing/sales thing you see on eBay.  I mean I don't touch
> the units or even the orders.  I develop a manufacturable design and get a
> royalty off the sales.  But I guess that just doesn't happen with eBay
> sort of stuff.  I guess I could be in the loop somewhere, but I've yet to
> figure out how to get access to the low cost manufacturing and get the
> devices sold all without ever leaving Asia.

There's https://www.seeedstudio.com/
who have an open source PCB fab - you upload an open source design, people
can buy as many as they want from their website, they handle logistics.

They also have a manufacturing arm, and a library of standardised components
to reduce BOM complexity.  I think someone can order one of the open source
PCBs and they will assemble.

They have a more traditional contract manufacturing section as well.  That
might work more on a for-profit basis, but you'd probably have to stump up
the cash first.

I'm not sure what the volumes are like - ie can they 'print-on-demand' or do
you need to commit to making a certain volume, that they hold in stock until
they sell?

No personal experience.

Theo

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