Or giving them something to do.
It's a rough thought. And because for every one of the big mass producers of hardware, there're the smaller people
While there are several groups capable of mass production of self-designed hardware, the prior investment required is beyond many of the garagiste Gearheads. After the success of the licensing agreement covering the OV-200 project and the Gagarin class, WireGeek realised that these Garagistes were a large potential market, which could fill up some of Hepheastus' unused capability, while opening a new revenue stream.
The Hepheastus Affiliate Program allows the smaller gearheads to sell equipment to the mass market, with Hepheastus taking a ten-percent cut of the profit once the cost of manufacture is covered. HAP products are sold and promoted by the original designer, with Hepheastus themselves handling the construction and ultimate delivery of the product.
Affiliates are naturally required to share full technical details of their designs with Hepheastus, though such information is treated as highly confidential. Some of the garagistes however, still prefer to go it alone however, especially if they feel they have the Next Big Thing, or feel they may make more money selling their trade secrets directly to one of the larger concerns
In the 2020's, 77 Frigga sell Havocs, Hokum and JF-21 series through the Hepheastus Affiliate Program and are typical of the smaller groups catering to smaller markets, or the more individualistic Fen. They may sell in a year what the larger groups sell in a month, but it's still some money that's useful for other things.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
It's a rough thought. And because for every one of the big mass producers of hardware, there're the smaller people
While there are several groups capable of mass production of self-designed hardware, the prior investment required is beyond many of the garagiste Gearheads. After the success of the licensing agreement covering the OV-200 project and the Gagarin class, WireGeek realised that these Garagistes were a large potential market, which could fill up some of Hepheastus' unused capability, while opening a new revenue stream.
The Hepheastus Affiliate Program allows the smaller gearheads to sell equipment to the mass market, with Hepheastus taking a ten-percent cut of the profit once the cost of manufacture is covered. HAP products are sold and promoted by the original designer, with Hepheastus themselves handling the construction and ultimate delivery of the product.
Affiliates are naturally required to share full technical details of their designs with Hepheastus, though such information is treated as highly confidential. Some of the garagistes however, still prefer to go it alone however, especially if they feel they have the Next Big Thing, or feel they may make more money selling their trade secrets directly to one of the larger concerns
In the 2020's, 77 Frigga sell Havocs, Hokum and JF-21 series through the Hepheastus Affiliate Program and are typical of the smaller groups catering to smaller markets, or the more individualistic Fen. They may sell in a year what the larger groups sell in a month, but it's still some money that's useful for other things.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?