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How do I make a product? (lemm.ee)
submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 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] 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

For some reason, commenters are focusing on patenting your product. But products as a whole are very seldom patentable. More often, one or more features of a product may be patentable, but there’s a fair chance that your product won’t have any patentable features, either. Since you haven’t told us anything at all about your product (a toaster? a time machine?), we couldn’t begin to guess if it’s patentable. In fact, for all we know, your product might violate others’ existing patents.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

OR, now hear me out, a Toaster-Time Machine!!!

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

In a way that it allows me to salvage any burnt bread by simply unroasting it? Or a time machine that will take me back to the dinosaurs but I'll arrive dead and crispy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

It reverses time for just the toast, so that it becomes regular bread again. unfortunately, a side effect is that it is also sent backwards through time at an exponentially larger rate, so you end up with a long wait for the dinosaur to deliver it to you. dinosaurs are notoriously bad at being on time. you'd be better off untoasting it by dipping it in water and microwaving it for a minute or so to dry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Why I didn’t say hot tub, I’ll never know 😞