I do this for a living.
Setting up a small operation and doing the physical actions of designing, manufacturing and selling the toasters is the easy, fun and obvious part.
I figure what your looking for, advice wise, is what's not obvious.
A few things you'll need:
-Product liability insurance, this isn't isn't easy or inexpensive to get. You need to have a lot of the below in place to get it.
- UL certification (or equivalent) this can be between $10-60k in total, you need this for anything that plugs into AC mains, anything that has a heater, a safety function, etc.
- FCC EMC/EMI testing, you need this if you do any intentional transmitting, have anything with digital electronics, etc. This is also pretty expensive.
Then you need to iterate the design until you meet the above.
I'm sure I'm missing some things
Setting up a small operation and doing the physical actions of designing, manufacturing and selling the toasters is the easy, fun and obvious part.
I figure what your looking for, advice wise, is what's not obvious.
A few things you'll need:
-Product liability insurance, this isn't isn't easy or inexpensive to get. You need to have a lot of the below in place to get it.
- UL certification (or equivalent) this can be between $10-60k in total, you need this for anything that plugs into AC mains, anything that has a heater, a safety function, etc.
- FCC EMC/EMI testing, you need this if you do any intentional transmitting, have anything with digital electronics, etc. This is also pretty expensive.
Then you need to iterate the design until you meet the above.
I'm sure I'm missing some things