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eBay Sales Patterns Show That the Maker Movement is Still Growing (Video)
Meet Aron Hsiao. He works for Terapeak, a company that tracks sales through online venues such as eBay and Amazon in order to help merchants decide what to sell -- and how. The five 'maker' categories Terapeak tracks (drones, robotics, Arduino, Raspberry Pi and 3D printing) outsold Star Trek-related merchandise by a huge amount, namely $33 million to $4.3 million, during a recent 90 day study period. Star Wars merchandise did better at $29.4 million, but still... And as another comparison, Aron says that all Apple laptops combined, new and used, sold $48.4 million, so the DIY hobbyist movement still has a ways to go before it catches up with Apple laptops -- but seems to be heading steadily in that direction.
Drones are the hottest hobbyist thing going right now, Aron says, but all five of the hobbyist/tinkerer' categories Terapeak tracks are growing steadily at a rate of up to 70% year over year, with drones leading the way and robotics trailing (but still growing). It's good to see people taking an interest in making things for themselves. If you remember (or have heard of) the Homebrew Computer Club, you have an idea of what tinkerers and hobbyists can produce if given even a tiny bit of encouragement. And it's good to see that the DIY mindset is not only still alive, but growing -- even if it seems to be moving away from traditional hobby tinkering (cars; radios) toward concepts (drones; robotics) that weren't considered mass market 'homebrew' possibilities even a few years ago.
Drones are the hottest hobbyist thing going right now, Aron says, but all five of the hobbyist/tinkerer' categories Terapeak tracks are growing steadily at a rate of up to 70% year over year, with drones leading the way and robotics trailing (but still growing). It's good to see people taking an interest in making things for themselves. If you remember (or have heard of) the Homebrew Computer Club, you have an idea of what tinkerers and hobbyists can produce if given even a tiny bit of encouragement. And it's good to see that the DIY mindset is not only still alive, but growing -- even if it seems to be moving away from traditional hobby tinkering (cars; radios) toward concepts (drones; robotics) that weren't considered mass market 'homebrew' possibilities even a few years ago.
they use it on their sites to network with other makers. i get all their data. haha. dumb fucks.
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Meet Aron Hsaio. He works for Terashit, a company that tracks sales through online venues using powerful awesome Ruby scripts on FUCKING GIANTS such as such as eBay and Amazon in order to help merchants decide what to sell -- and how at their local library, assisting other seniors learning how to use Ebay for the first time. The five 'm4k3r' categories Terashit tracks (drones, robotics, Arduino, Raspberry Pee and 3D crap printing) outsold Star Trek-related merchandise by a huge amount, namely $332 million to $424.3 million, during a recent 1 day study period. Star Wars merchandise did better at $29.4 million, but still...George Lucas says thats not enough. And as another comparison, Aron says that all Apple cubes combined, new and used, sold $4438.4 million, so the DIY hobbyist movement still has a ways to go before it catches up with Apple laptops -- but seems to be heading steadily in that direction with frequent contributions on technology news website Slashdot.
Drones are the hottest hobbyist thing going right now other than hot grits, Aron says, but all five of the hobbyist/tinkerer' categories Terashit tracks are growing steadily at a rate of up to 70% year over year, with drones leading the way and robotics trailing (but still growing). It's good to see people taking an interest in making things for themselves and 3d printing tools and things that end up in the trash after a couple weeks. If you remember (or have heard of via endless mocked and ridiculed posts on /., the frequent Contribution club led by Bennett Haselton frequent math whizzer, you have an idea of what tinkerers and hobbyists can produce if given even a tiny bit of encouragement. And it's good to see that the DIY 3d printing Lego set is not only still alive, but growing -- even if it seems to be moving away from traditional hobby tinkering (cars; radios, computer processors, robotics) toward concepts (drones; Amazon.com, ebay selling, drones, SXSW, robotics) that weren't considered mass market 'homebrew and distillation, bottling possibilities even a few eons ago in spacetime continuum.
Im seriously tired of this. Why is it so hard to use HTML5 and stop resource goggling flash videos that wont stop autoplaying.
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(drones, robotics, Arduino, Raspberry Pi and 3D printing) outsold Star Trek-related merchandise...Apple laptops combined, new and used, sold $48.4 million
I'm more surprised at the Apple number than the combined sales of five other categories. But then, Apple laptops aren't PCs.
nothing to say here.
I just ordered parts that fall into the Arduino and the 3D printers categories, but those are going to be used in a tiny desktop CNC mill.
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Stop with this awful term Slashdot. Rebranding crafting somehow doesn't make it new and hip. It's a thing, it's always been a thing, it'll always be a thing.
It sounds like a word problem without a solution than a useful summary. Seriously, it reads like this:
A out sold B. But C is between A and B, "but still...". Oh, and D out sold A, so D out sold A. Also, A grows, mostly. So, um, A means something, and people might do stuff with it. Nevermind anything else.
Solve for everything, especially everything not mentioned that might be more useful, with your imagination.
Not going to bother with the video or transcript.
1. eBay is still a thing? What year is it?!
2. Slashdot - news for nerds^H^H^H^H^Hyour dad.
WTF thought a dieing barely relevant any longer site needed something like timewasting videos was a good idea(TM)?
What is this? A feeble attempt to resurrect the once great /.?