craigix
Mega GP Mania
Hello everyone,
I've been thinking about something for the last few days, well, since the recycled units were sold.
We're building away here but as you know it's slow but we're getting there, we can't go much faster as we're very very careful with money and
do things on a budget of next to nothing which is frustrating as I'd love to hire 3* more people and finish these and start batch 2 within a few weeks.
However, I've had an idea.
The Pandora ended up being sold below cost, but when we put up the 20 recycled units we not only sold them slightly above cost (they might actually have been the first ever Pandora units on which a profit was made) but we have had dozens of requests for more, with even more money offered per unit.
It is now clear to me that we priced the Pandora too low back when preorders started. These things are a learning curve and we didn't foresee all the issues we would face. We now understand why other similar devices were priced so high.
My suggestion is this, for those who want to, the ability to get a Pandora within 7 days for $500.
Wait, let me explain my thinking here:
Rather than slowing down the delivery of your unit - it may well actually speed it up.
We can use that extra money to hire more people and build these units faster and reach batch2 sooner. You will still get your unit for below cost price, and due to the extra labour, faster. The extra units will come from batch2.
My suggestion is to possibly paint part of the more expensive units a different colour, maybe just in a subtle way, to make them a different edition, or change the internal sticker to red.
It's clear to me that if we don't make a move like this we will reach the end of batch2 later in the year and that will be the end of the Pandora project - we just won't have made any money and won't have enough with which to continue to a batch3. If we want to make this a serious business, and create the potential for a Pandora2, we need to make a move like this now rather than later.
Let me know your thoughts.
I've been thinking about something for the last few days, well, since the recycled units were sold.
We're building away here but as you know it's slow but we're getting there, we can't go much faster as we're very very careful with money and
do things on a budget of next to nothing which is frustrating as I'd love to hire 3* more people and finish these and start batch 2 within a few weeks.
However, I've had an idea.
The Pandora ended up being sold below cost, but when we put up the 20 recycled units we not only sold them slightly above cost (they might actually have been the first ever Pandora units on which a profit was made) but we have had dozens of requests for more, with even more money offered per unit.
It is now clear to me that we priced the Pandora too low back when preorders started. These things are a learning curve and we didn't foresee all the issues we would face. We now understand why other similar devices were priced so high.
My suggestion is this, for those who want to, the ability to get a Pandora within 7 days for $500.
Wait, let me explain my thinking here:
Rather than slowing down the delivery of your unit - it may well actually speed it up.
We can use that extra money to hire more people and build these units faster and reach batch2 sooner. You will still get your unit for below cost price, and due to the extra labour, faster. The extra units will come from batch2.
My suggestion is to possibly paint part of the more expensive units a different colour, maybe just in a subtle way, to make them a different edition, or change the internal sticker to red.
It's clear to me that if we don't make a move like this we will reach the end of batch2 later in the year and that will be the end of the Pandora project - we just won't have made any money and won't have enough with which to continue to a batch3. If we want to make this a serious business, and create the potential for a Pandora2, we need to make a move like this now rather than later.
Let me know your thoughts.