The backbone of our modern economy is built on small businesses. Each year, since 2010, Small Business Saturday puts the focus on the ones who are pushing the envelope forward. These are the companies that bring new ideas to the table and keep the spirit of entrepreneurship alive.
Tindie supports tech and hardware projects both large and small by giving makers the opportunity to open their own small businesses online in our diverse marketplace which now covers over 150 countries.
Our fellow Tindarians inspire us each and every day with their unique creations, problem-solving skills, and seemingly infinite creativity. This Small Business Saturday, we want to show our support for the people who make this marketplace possible.
Many of the products and small businesses seen on Tindie stem from the work of passionate hardware enthusiasts who started to solve a problem faced in their community or to help others learn new skills. Many Tindarians give back by open sourcing their designs and actively participate in local hackerspaces and sharing their knowledge with folk at Hackaday.io, Hackster.io, OSH Park, Instructables, Thingiverse, Kit Space and hundreds of niche groups and forums.
Although this weekend you may be looking for deals, remember that many creators make for love of exploring new technologies or skills, and sell to help keep their crafts sustainable. Not all have the margins to offer deep discounts during sale periods and may have only produced a few rare pieces that they offer at a more than fair price.
You’ll be hard-pressed to find as many other small-batch electronics innovators anywhere else on the web than on Tindie. We can’t mention them all in the post, but we’d like to highlight these for their outstanding products, service and the great reviews given by their customers:
- Phoenix CNC (Bulgaria): Builder of the best Atmega328 based micro OLEDiUNO PCB
- ClosedCube (UK): Exceptional sensors and breakout boards at very reasonable prices
- Fyber Labs (USA): Creator of dozens of Flex Modules for wearable electronics projects
- Electronut Labs (India): Pogo pins and other hardware tools for debugging
However, Black Friday is in the rearview mirror, and Cyber Monday is fast approaching so here are a few top pick deals from small businesses this weekend:
- RFC2795 Ltd (UK): Get 16.98% off everything in the RC2014 8-Bit computer range
- BurgessWorld Custom Electronics (USA): 15% off over 20 Raspberry Pi, Arduino, WIFI shields, hats & breakout boards
- Turta (Turkey): 15% off all their development hardware for IoT
- Check out tindie.com/sale for all the deals
Interesting in starting your own small business on Tindie? We’re always looking for talented new makers. Thanks for supporting small businesses!
