[Kartbuilding] Mr. Burke... How do you make money giving your plans away?

[Stephen Burke]

Hi Greg,

Thanks for your email and your kind feedback.

The plans and information on kartbuilding.net are not to make money. Its 
simply a hobby of mine. I started making the plans for kartbuilding.net 
when I was in College, as there were no free ones available on the 
Internet.

You cannot depend on advertising as a source of income, in my opinion. Its 
unreliable. If you want to go into business, then I would advise a 
combination of:
Design Karts etc. Sell plans.
Build Kits for aforedesigned Karts. Sell Kits.
Of course the latter depends on demand and shipping costs in your region.

Good luck with it.

-steve


On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Greg McCann wrote:

> My sitch:
> Mechanical engineer with Autodesk Inventor, 3 year from retirement, now
> really into to Kayaking (I love my Adventure Island Hobie 3 hull kayak with
> sail). My soon just graduated from college with an art degree (so he may
> need help... but he is motivated). I want to combine his creative abilities
> with my engineering to set him up with a career.
>
> My question:
> What do I do? I am some good kayak product.. a cart, a high back seat mod, a
> bimini top... but i don't know where to go with it. My stuff is like yours
> in that it could all be garage built. It appears as though you give away
> plans and use ads to make money. Does that work? Or, should i sell product?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> btw... excellent work on the drawings and the web site.
>
> Greg McCann
> Fort Walton Beach, Florida
>