New sponsor - www.inventioneers.com - feedback and discussion

[Ovidiu]

So it's been a while since I've posted this, and I haven't gotten much traction so far.

I understand that this is a very specialized market so to speak, but maybe do you guys have any ideas for advertising, or even contacts that might be interested? I am thinking shops that maybe have some 3D scanned older cars, or low volume parts that we could help bring to market?

Any feedback is appreciated, and feel free to PM me as well.

[nickcornilsen]

What makes this different than GrabCAD and the other 3D model sites out there?

Serious question, not ment to be snarky.

[Ovidiu]

Originally Posted by nickcornilsen

What makes this different than GrabCAD and the other 3D model sites out there?

Serious question, not ment to be snarky.

Oh no problem, I'm glad to answer any question at all, including pricing, etc...

In short, what makes us different is the licenses, namely that ours are created specifically for commercial use. The other sites you mention use a Creative Commons license, which is free to use for non commercial applications, but prohibits any sort of commercial use.

While Creative Commons is a great license that promotes open sharing of technology. A few things we're trying to improve with our website:

• As an engineering / product development company, what is your incentive to share a design for a part? A commercial licensing agreement, that you can enter into through our website, allows you to get a monetary compensation per unit manufactured
• As a manufacturing company, you are legally not allowed to sell products that you get the designs through a Creative Commons license. Through our website, you pay the creator a licensing fee and you can sell products based on the design.
• If you want to go into commercial licensing, how do you make sure you get a "fair" contract? Normally these licensing contracts are reserved for large volumes of parts, and the contracts are negotiated by lawyers from both sides, which is very expensive upfront. Our contracts are designed to be "fair" for both contracting parties, clear, while protecting the IP involved. All of that, for 0 upfront cost.

We have no exclusivity restrictions and encourage using Creative Commons on some of the other sites you've mentioned.

[Ovidiu]

Made it to the SEMA Launch Pad semi-finals. Just filmed the spot in Vegas on Monday, hope I can get get some votes from you guys when the facebook competition starts July 30th!

https://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2018...ists-announced