[p2p-research] In Milan: 75% less shipping costs by downloadable product designs

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Derek Elley | Ponoko <derek.elley at ponoko.com>
Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Subject: Proven: 75% less shipping costs by downloadable product designs
To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>


 Hi there Michel,

We keep pushing to show how 'downloadable design + localized making' is
going to work ...


>From today, personal factory owners can make and ship their product
designs from Milan, Italy (in addition to Wellington, San Francisco and
Berlin).

This means, for example, they can now ship items from the U.S. to Italy at
75% less cost than before.

Ponoko's online making system enables product designs to be transported over
the net, then made and shipped locally.

All the best, Derek


Details here ...

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*Vectorealism launch opens Italy to Ponoko creators*

Milan-based fabber Vectorealism has launched a laser cutting and engraving
service using Ponoko – the world’s easiest making system. This gives Italian
creators access to local making and shipping rates through their online
Ponoko ‘personal factory’.

The development also opens up the Italian market for creators around the
world. Items can now be produced in Milan and shipped locally, reducing the
cost – and environmental impact – of long-distance shipping to Italy.

Vectorealism is the second digital making company to launch in Europe using
Ponoko’s making system. Berlin-based Formulor launched its making hub in
February this year. These services are in addition to Ponoko owned and
operated making hubs in San Francisco, California and Wellington, New
Zealand, and the emergence of more than 150 fabbers using Ponoko’s system
through 100kGarages.

Ponoko CEO David ten Have says the company is working with other digital
making service providers to add more making hubs around the world.

“It’s about making it easier to get things made, no matter where you, or
your customers, are in the world,” he says.

As well as providing online manufacturing services direct, he says, Ponoko
is expanding its role. “Our online making system connects all the players in
the making process. We’re connecting creators, fabricators, materials
suppliers and buyers of products in a way that makes it easy and affordable
for anyone to make almost anything.”

The benefit for fabricators like Vectorealism extends beyond accessing
pre-paid making jobs from Ponoko’s 25,000 creators.

“Ponoko streamlines the making process to make it easy and affordable for
creators and more profitable for boutique manufacturers,” says Vectorealism
GM Marco Bocola. “For example, Ponoko’s automated online quoting system
means creators get an instant price to make their product. Plus we don’t
need to factor time spent providing manual quotes into our pricing structure
so it keeps costs down.”

Creators can access Vectorealism services via their free personal factory at
Ponoko.com. They just select ‘Vectorealism – Italy’ as their making hub.

ENDS

For more information contact:

Marco Bocola
Vectorealism
+39 393 203 9860
marco at vectorealism.com

Derek Elley
Ponoko
+64 21 88 66 81
derek.elley@ ponoko.com
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*About Vectorealism*

Vectorealism was founded by Eleonora Ricca and Marco Bocola. Their factory
in the centre of Milan serves a network of young fashion designers, interior
designers, architects and artists. The company’s mission is to provide a
fast, accessible and user friendly laser cutting and engraving service to
anyone and everyone who wishes to produce something. (vectorealism.com)
*About Ponoko*
Ponoko, the world’s easiest making system, is an online marketplace for
people to make real things. It’s where creators, digital fabricators,
materials suppliers and buyers meet to make almost anything. More than
50,000 user-generated designs have been instantly priced online, made and
delivered since Ponoko was selected to launch at TechCrunch40 in 2007.
Ponoko has reinvented how goods are designed, made and distributed leading
to profiles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BBC News,
Financial Times, The Globe & Mail, Inc. magazine, WIRED magazine, The
International Design Magazine and more. (ponoko.com)




Derek Elley
*NZ  *  +64 (021) 88 66 81
*USA  *+1  (415) 335 4471


*Ponoko* – the world's easiest making system
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*NZ  *  +64 (04) 473 0031
*USA  *+1 (415) 230 0255


www.ponoko.com















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