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Re:DIY Macro PCB Photography by mk_stjames on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:39AM (#39740562)
Oh absolutely, I just couldn't help pointing out the little detail I noticed; given this is HN an all.

In my opinion, if you've shipped 2 or more units at the given prices... You've actually priced it right for your target market!

Re:DIY Macro PCB Photography by johndmcmaster on Monday March 18, 2024 @01:15AM (#39740686)
We have! And a few larger group buys / enterprise customers in the pipeline. We started out selling more expensive Mitutoyo systems (quality but expensive Japanese optics) and sold a few of those. But feedback from customers was that if we could do 80% of what that system does and get it on a credit card it would be very interesting to them (greatly simplifies purchasing flow). But at the same time distributors don't want to carry them because they loose margin over selling $30-200k comps which means we need to adapt more of a "DTC" approach than we were originally planning. So working on upping our sales / marketing game.