A makerspace is a community-operated workshop where people with common interests on informatics and other related areas work together on many types of projects. Not only that, but hobbyists are building their own private projects all the time. The thing is, with so many projects being built and so many ideas being generated, projects are bound to be abandoned. On the other side of the spectrum, te
ens and grownups alike want to start their own projects, but starting from the beginning has its own problems; some people don't have money, some don't have the time to start from scratch, and some find that starting projects from the beginning is just... boring. But what do people think of selling and buying these leftover projects? We asked a lot of people. The survey participants involved students, programmers, developers, engineers and hobbyists. The first question was, do you have any unfinished projects? Unsurprisingly, 83% of the participants in the survey said yes, with only 13% no. Then we asked, would you be willing to sell your unfinished project? 73% of the participants answered positively. So it seems that there are people who are willing to sell. Now let us see if the buyers do exist. So we asked another question. We asked people if they were willing to work on someone else's project. A miniscule 6% answered with a definite no. 23% answered with a maybe, and another 23% with a yes. The number of maybes can be attributed to the fact that there is no known market for selling and buying projects. That is where our startup idea comes in. Shumlist is our vision. We want to build this company so it can join both ends of the spectrum, the ones who can't finish and the ones who want to start. The best way to do this is an e-commerce website. In there the sellers will place their projects. They will place their old projects they don't need anymore in the site. In the description, they will place a picture, a list of all the parts they have, a list of all the parts they need and the work done so far on the project. They will place a starting bidding price for the project. Then the baton will be passed to the buyers. They will participate in a typical auction system, where the highest bid will win. This will not only help the sellers, who would get more money than they normally would by leaving their projects in their closets, but also the buyers, who would get a good price for what they really want. We take a measly 5%. This is our vision for this startup. A place where dead dreams might take life once again. A place where people can get inspired. A place where people can meet other hobbyists, strengthening connections. A place by the name of Shumlist.
