17 December 2017

Temporary hiatus 3D Body Surface Scanning while I build a customer base

I will stop 3D body surface scanning in 19 days (early Jan 2018) due to my software licenses expiring and I'm choosing not to pay $2,000 for an annual renewal. Unfortunately, my ad hoc marketing did not generate the revenue to defray the cost of operations. I personally handed out self-printed business cards to 250 folks I sized up as interested only to hear crickets after pitching the value of having 3D body surface scans. No radio, TV, Facebook, Google or internet ads to supplement my "whenever I think someone might be" approach. I promised my family I would cease paying the renewal if I did not raise the funds from selling body surface scans to others for $5 after the first free session! I generated $5 from one scanning session in the past year! I met that guy at a Quantified Self MeetUp a year ago. I'm looking for someone or business to buy my SizeStream SS14 now. I'm asking $5,000 for my SS14. I paid $10K in Aug 2014. SizeStream doesn't advertise the SS14 anymore since they launched the SS20 model this year. Depending on who you are (i.e., academic institution, commercial entity or governmental agency) and how many you are buying at once, the cost is ~$15,000 and the annual software license required to operate the scanner is ~$3,000/yr. So if you are business using the scanner as a means to an end then like many touch labor consulting services you want to generate at least $60/hr for every hour you are open assuming one low-wage (i.e., <$20/hr) employee. The startups like Naked.fit still are not shipping the $1,000 3D Body Scanner for the home yet. No low-cost in-home 3D body scanning options exist yet.