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How do I make a product? (lemm.ee)
submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have an idea for a product that I think it is remarkable it's not already a thing. It would be easy to make and produce, and I imagine manufacturing would be cheap, but could be sold at a decent price.

I know I'll need a designer or engineer to help me with a virtual design. I'll also need a programmer as the product is a "smart" product and would link back to an app. So I'd need an app dev and someone to program the functionality of the device.

So assuming I get all that, then what? How does one get something like this manufactured, assuming it gets that far? I have a potential source from which I could get a business loan, but would at least need a virtual mockup and a plan.

I would love to see this become a reality but it feels daunting and I have no idea how to make it all come together. Any insight from the lemmings is much appreciated.

Edit: I've seen some prototyping and invention help companies, but they feel skeevy and Id have no doubt the terms end up with most of the profit going to them.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not to discourage you, but this is an idea, that you have no way of producing yourself? Consider that if it was that great of an idea, someone already made it and failed, or it exists and you simply just don’t know about it. Also if you so much as talked about this with anyone near a good damned smartphone, or googled your idea in anyway whatsoever, if it’s a good idea, it’s already gone.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Also if you so much as talked about this with anyone near a good damned smartphone, or googled your idea in anyway whatsoever, if it’s a good idea, it’s already gone.

Okay now that’s just silly. Your phone isn’t listening to you, and Google is only interested in (1) optimizing ads and (2) selling your data to others so they can optimize ads.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is a great writeup on this, thanks for sharing. I’ll at least link my friends who are convinced this is happening so they won’t read it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

so they won’t read it.

🤣 I swear to dog: 0.6% of the time, it works every time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The entire online ads industry is built upon knowing what you’re thinking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Yes, and it has nothing to do with stealing your product ideas. It’s about targeting ads to you.