The simplest way to sell small quantities of yoyos is in BST posts and arranging sales privately through DMs, you can get paid through paypal, etc. Having a website presence or social media account can be useful but isn’t necessary, strictly speaking.
It is usually not possible to wholesale to retailers unless you have a longer term plan to market and promote the yo-yos so that they don’t become dead stock at the store. For retail you also need to spend more time working on packaging, logos, art, etc. They need something to work with, the product doesn’t speak for itself.
This depends on where you live. There are different rules about reporting expenses/income that you should familiarize yourself with. This can be important during tax filing when you have expenses that you want to deduct. So, you need to keep careful records of your expenses and income specifically related to manufacturing and selling yo-yos.
Note that in the US, you cannot deduct hobby expenses from hobby income. So if you are not running a business with intent to make a profit, you may be surprised that you still have a tax liability from your yo-yo sales.
What you are describing is a business. You should plan it out properly - expenses, marketing, etc.
For me, there is no flat rate. Each project is quoted based on the customers needs.
Bimetals take more design time than a monometal. Arguably, 7068, SS, and Ti all take more time than a 6061 might. You want side effects? Some weird response pads? Maybe the client wants me to interface with my machinist (or multiple), as well.
There are just too many variables to throw a flat rate out there. My suggestion, reach out and get quotes from multiple designers. Then choose one. This is also a LPT for hiring any type of contracted labor.
this looks fine, though I’d adjust the rims to have more overlap area (horizontally) with the body to make them stick on better. The part that hangs down into the cup doesn’t do anything for it mechanically, so that can be thinner.
The rim angle is very flat, and while that’s better than actually flat, it doesn’t help the yoyo catch zone much at all.
First one probably needs a larger dimple in the hub to fit a finger - measure your finger (imagine the tip is a circle) and compare to where the landing area is. Many dimples are at least 12mm across (C3 SHXX), some are even larger. Make sure as well that the cone around the dimple isn’t too sharp. The profile shape of this yoyo looks good; the outer rim maybe a tad sharp for my personal tastes.
The red one feels like a nice take on profile set weight rings. The H shape is good - cup feels boring in comparison. But it works.
Made the classic organic style yoyo everyone makes. Gold Inner rings. Probably wouldn’t be manufacturable due to the nature of gold being too soft. And it was manufacturable it would be really expensive. Just an idea though.
Anyone care to do a checkup on the dimensions of a throw I designed? I got a local shop who is willing to produce one for free but dont want to waste this chance by having my dimensions wrong? Hit me up in PM if you want to check it out
if you want a gold inner rings, it doesn’t have to be full of gold, you can try using aluminium with gold anodize / gold plating like yoyojam did with phenom (pardon me if i wrong) and still possible to make it real.
in cad, all you have to do is make the rings out of aluminum, and maybe (although this is optional) also add a small steel ring (like about .005mm in thickness) to them to simulate the .05-.1 g of added weight from gold electroplating. although gold is dense, electroplating only adds a few micrometers, so any added weight is negligible.
