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> as a buyer, its a huge pain to have to sift through pages of aliexpress merchandise to uncover interesting and original work. make a cool printed design on a
by naoqj 5y ago
> as a buyer, its a huge pain to have to sift through pages of aliexpress merchandise to uncover interesting and original work. make a cool printed design on a game boy shell? quickly stolen, mass produced on aliexpress, then sold by all the boring resellers on etsy
As a buyer it is a massive joy to see the price of some item go down when there’s diversity of sellers instead of a monopoly.
- samstave 5y agoI have a few designed items that I have oft been told to sell n etsy - I have literally no interest in setting up an etsy shop -- however, I DO have interest in finding out how to get things I design made via AliExpress for my own desires - and dont care if other items crop up so much... How does one go about getting a product made through aliexpress?
- xsmasher 5y agoWhat kind of items? Redbubble lets you upload designs for t-shirts, phone cases, etc, and make them available in their web storefront. You only get a small slice of the sale price, but it's very easy to get your designs "out into the world."
- samstave 5y agoPhysical Objects, not art prints. I come up with mechanical designs as well as "artsy" things - which could be mass produced... but never like a logo-shirt or something as mentally ephemeral.. --- Right now I am modeling an 'thing' as a 3d printable (or injection molded at scale) attachment to a common house hold power tool, but can come in various grades (home|pro|industrial)... I messed up and had a bunch of money in 2020 that I should have bought a printer with, but spent on stupid stuff like food and living expenses instead... Other items are home-goods improvements/desires... Think of me as the SamCo (Like RonCo) of my personal universe... but I am hoping some of that bleeds put into other universes such as xsmasherCo :-)
- Jarwain 5y agoDoes uploading the model to shapeways' marketplace or to thingiverse, or having it printed by a 3d printing service not suffice for your needs?
- agmater 5y agoAliExpress is for consumers, for bulk orders you can use Alibaba. You can also get in contact with the manufacturers to make things to your own liking, they'll quote you a price.
- JAlexoid 5y agoYep. You can literally get anything on Alibaba. I bought bulk washing machine motors for millions of dollars and audio amplifier modules for a few thousands and N95 masks for a few hundred.
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- nerdawson 5y agoThat arguably goes against the purpose of a craft marketplace. If you want competition over cheap imported products, there’s already Amazon and eBay.
- bovermyer 5y agoJust to make sure I understand your position... are you saying that it's OK for someone to copy someone else's original design, mass produce it at lower cost, and give no credit or royalties to the original designer?
- naoqj 5y agoYes. It's better for the buyer, and I'm the buyer.
- mint2 5y agoThat is a very short term an narrow view that leads to a race to the bottom in terms of quality and innovation. It leads to cheap mass produced generic fair. In the long run it’s terrible for buyers.
- notpachet 5y agoYou just accidentally summarized humanity.
- fleddr 5y agoNot if that is what the buyers want. Evidence suggests they buy low quality low durability items, also in the face of better choices.
- autoexec 5y ago> Not if that is what the buyers want. Evidence suggests they buy low quality low durability items Low quality/durability items are not what most people want most of the time. It's sometimes all they can afford, or they think they found a good deal and feel ripped off when the item arrives and they discover that it's low quality/durability, but either way they aren't happy about it. What people want is high quality goods at prices they can afford.
- fleddr 5y ago