Addition of 'Skills Marketplace' for this forum?


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Matt (Staff)
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Hi folks,

As you'd expect, we get a few enquiries from potential customers who are looking to have one-off or small run items made for them. As a company (either Carbon Mods or Easy Composites) we don't offer a one-off service and so we turn this work down, even when customers have a realistic budget available for this kind of work. Given the talent and skill that is now on this forum, do people think it would be worthwhile having a 'skills marketplace' where potential customers (around the world) could post their project requests and then if anyone is interested in the work you could just PM eachother to discuss?

It's just an idea but I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

All the best, Matt

Matt Statham
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Sounds like a great idea. But as mentioned by others would require careful managing to avoid any potential problems between the customer and supplier.
I have recently made the step from working in the Industry to starting my own Composites business and already I am finding out that many customers don't fully understand the time/cost involved in producing a "one off" part.
Often including the cost of the Mould etc makes the finished part too expensive (in the customers eyes) so you end up taking a hit on the Mould in the hope that you can recoup the costs on future orders. This is obviously a gamble.
I often ask customers to come to the workshop so they can get an idea of whats involved. 

Maybe it could include a section on Moulds that people have available already. I suspect like me there are people on here with a collection of Moulds that may have only been used once or a handful of times.
This may help to connect the customer to the right supplier or even lead to Mould swaps or loans.

Just a thought Warren. 

Carbon Copies Ltd
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     not a bad idea
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