Source: Amazon
A few weeks ago, Amazon made what I think was a major product announcement that might have flown under your radar. No, it wasn t that the Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen) or Echo Frames (2nd Gen) finally became available for general purchase after months of waiting. In fact, the news wasn t
really about a single product at all.
The announcement I m referring to was actually for
three new products; well, three prospective products, that is. These three products are certainly interesting, and we ll get to them in a second. But what s
more interesting to me is the bigger story that they are a part of the story about Amazon s Kickstarter and Indiegogo crowdfunding competitor called Amazon Build It.
Geeky Gadgets
10:14 am
Amazon has today introduced a new crowdfunding style service it will be offering called Build It. The new Amazon program that you help choose which devices Amazon will build next. Amazon will periodically present you with some of their favourite concepts and allow you to preorder them if you would like to see them make the jump into production. Similar to crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo and others, if a concept reaches its pre-order goal in 30 days, Amazon will then begin to build. When you pre-order, you will lock in a special price, and you’ll only be charged if and when the product ships from Amazon.