Homebrew PCBs

I'm one of the Aussie orderers, and received my photoresist in double 
quick time.  No problems with dealing with JavaGuy - happy to recommend 
him to you.

Trev

javaguy11111 wrote:

> Yes, I am in the US. I send by standard postal service. The extra 5
> dollars pretty much covers the extra cost of shipping and filling out
> customs forms. I have shipped 3 orders to Australia and one to New
> Zealand. If no news is good news, I assume those orders arrived in
> good condition.
>
> The biggest problem with the photoresist is the limited shelf life.
> There is a time constraint to move the inventory.
>
> If you have the idea to sell something pcb related that does not have
> a shelf life, I would not let the limited market stop you. There are
> probably people out there that would buy your products. It just may
> not be enough to let you quit your day job. :-)
>
> However if you do find something to sell it could potentially offset
> the cost of your hobby. Assuming you can make back the initial
> investment.
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>, Adam Seychell <a_seychell@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Damon
> >
> > Thanks for your advice. I had absolutely no idea of the market size.
> > Since I live in Australia with population 1/15 of USA (I assume you are
> > located in USA and most orders were local) then there won't be much
> hope
> > selling 1000 ft of the stuff.
> >
> > I was going to offer sell some of the equipment to apply it using low
> > cost wet lamination method. I guess people need to know its not
> > necessarily difficult nor expensive to apply. A kind of photoresist
> > 'kit' so its minimum fuss and opens up available market. But by what
> > your describing, I'd still be hard pressed selling my first roll.
> >
> > I.m wondering how can you sell US$25 to international customers when
> > that almost the cost of shipping ?
> >
> > ThinkTink sell it
> > $1.7/ft (50 ft roll)
> > $1.02/ft (100 ft roll)
> > $0.65/ft (500 ft roll)
> > $0.60/ft (2x500 ft rolls)
> >
> > IMHO that's a tad pricey for most hobbyists.
> >
> >
> > javaguy11111 wrote:
> > > Been there and doing that right now.
> > >
> > > Since I tried this I have had a total of 26 orders since my first
> > > order on January 26. The first 100 foot roll went pretty quick so I
> > > thought why not buy the 500 foot roll and add some soldermask as
> well.
> > >
> > > Out of 600 feet of resist and 80 feet of soldermask initially
> > > purchased, I have sold about 120 feet of resist and 23 feet of
> > > soldermask. At the current rate I will be very lucky if I even make
> > > back the original cost before the end of the year which is my cutoff
> > > for the age of the material.
> > >
> > > So there are people who will buy it and be very appreciative to get it
> > > in small quantities, but it seems to be a very very small market. So
> > > unless you are a much better marketer than me, selling 1000 feet of
> > > resist to hobbyist IMHO is very optimistic.
> > >
> > > You will probably also want to compare your price to what a place like
> > > Think Tink is offering to make sure you are offering a reasonable
> > > price for the quantity.
> > >
> > > Obviously there is some conflict of interest since I am selling
> > > photoresist as well, so it may sound like I am trying to discourage
> > > you. All I am trying to do is let you know what my personal experience
> > > has been so far. I wish you the best of luck if you decide the press
> > > on with your idea. As I said, you may be a better salesman than me.
> > >
> > >
> > > Damon Brantley
> > > www.pcbhobbyist.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>, Adam Seychell <a_seychell@>
> > > wrote:
> > >> I was thinking of buying a box of photoresist for myself, but won't
> > > have
> > >> much need for two 500 foot x 12" wide roles. So I'm curious if there
> > >> would be a market to sell it in small quantities , say 2 to 20 meter
> > >> lengths. I'm located in Australia and I'd charge for my time
> > > repackaging.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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