Show HN: Pibow - an update (sold 12,000 in 11 weeks)
Since then the response we've had has been just unbelievable - we've opened a workshop, bought three laser-cutters, have distributors in the UK, America, and Sweden, hired a full-time staff member and also have two temporary workers helping with the backlog. Something about Pibow caught a lot of peoples imagination for sure!
We've learnt a huge amount during that time about setting up, insurance for light manufacturing, shipping and handling customs, dealing with bulk orders and retailers, and just generally having a blast connecting with our customers who are amazingly passionate and interested in what we're doing.
We've just had a guest post featured on the Raspberry Pi foundation website (http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2098) which gives a bit more insight into the journey we've taken so far.
As our first foray into manufacturing (coming from a software/design background) this has been a really amazing experience for us both! We intend to build the business (Pimoroni) into something bigger and have plans for a few more products as soon as we have a bit of time and head space to deal with it.