Existing PCBs

Have a PCB you've already made, that you want to put onto the market?

You'll need three things before putting it on the market:

  1. Project approval
  2. Shipping grant
  3. Project flyer

Project approval

Your project needs to be approved first.

To get it approved, post it in #gadget-market-ships!

At the top of your message, write: This is an existing project, originally submitted and funded through [PROGRAM NAME].

In the message, include:

  • GitHub repo link
  • Video demo link
  • IRL images of your project, as well as PCB screenshots
  • Description explaining what your project does!

An organizer will respond with whether it's approved or not. If approved, you can move onto earning a shipping grant.

Things you can do to get a shipping grant

Note: your project build must be approved before receiving the grant.


Write code for your hardware project!

  • Must be hackatime tracked
  • Grants are quality based: the longer the interaction with your program, the more the grant will be (more info on exact numbers later)
    • Simple programs (ie: rubber ducky stuff where you plug it in and it types a few keys) → not worth a lot
    • Complex (ie: games, see also: the games that were submitted to hackapet) → worth a lot
  • Write code for your own hardware project or someone else's that you physically have on you!
  • You'll need to take a video demo of what you made running on the hardware

Build your hardware project!

  • NOTE: your project cannot be submitted to a program that is currently running
    • ie: you can submit a Highway project you never built, but not a Stardance hardware project
    • the build hours can not have been submitted to a previous program
  • journal your building time!
  • you must submit a demo video to prove that it works

Make a site for your project!

  • Make a (probably static) site for your project!
  • Showcase it! Market it! Like a magazine page but site format. Basically a project page of sorts.

After you're done one of the three, ship what you did in #gadget-market-listings!

More info coming soon.

Flyer

For instructions, read How to List - Flyers!