"Hi Chris, I am in the process of designing a board which I want to sell through Sprakfun. I will probably give them the design for free, it'll be like a pilot project for me. I want the board to sell in the $80-100 price range. You have…"
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Sahil Jain left a comment for Jack Crossfire"so Chris is from Sparkfun? and you're from...?
sorry, for asking these questions. I am trying to design a board that I want to sell in the $80-100 price range. so trying to understand the target costs. any help would be appreciated. Just for…"
Jack Crossfire left a comment for Sahil Jain"Chris mentioned the 40% markup several times & most recently
> Our own policy is to charge 2.6 times the cost of the hardware
> (this allows one 40% margin for us and another 40% margin
> for our retail partners),
Do not stop buying…"
Sahil Jain commented on Chris Anderson's blog post All of Sparkfun's new UAV boards sold out in a week!"Jack, how do you know that Sparkfun and such companies have a 40% markup?"
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- At 3:00pm on December 4, 2009, Jack Crossfire said…
- Chris mentioned the 40% markup several times & most recently
> Our own policy is to charge 2.6 times the cost of the hardware
> (this allows one 40% margin for us and another 40% margin
> for our retail partners),
Do not stop buying from sparkfun because of the markup.
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