Crowd Supply is a full‑service platform devoted to launching and selling original hardware, combining crowdfunding, pre‑orders, and retail fulfillment for makers and small teams. Project pages show funding progress, number of backers, and updates; examples on the front page include OpenMote ($189,211 raised, 1,354 backers), Patternflow (237% funded), Openterface KeyMod (382% funded), and large successes like LimeSDR ($3.65M and 5,545 backers) and Watchy (1,134% funded). Items are labeled In Stock, Pre‑order, Funded, or Coming Soon, and creators publish featured updates and technical writeups about manufacturing and product development.
The site organizes offerings by detailed tags - Controllers, Tools, Computing, Visual & Sound, Wireless, Sensing & Actuation - and highlights creator spotlights (for example, Excamera Labs’ I²CDriver and SPIDriver) and manufacturer‑sponsored project hubs that provide design help, assembly, and promotion (PCBWay, Elecrow, and others). It also runs news/teardown pieces, a newsletter, and community channels (Discord, X, YouTube, Fediverse). Based in Portland, Oregon, Crowd Supply accepts projects worldwide and emphasizes production services and partner programs that help bring hardware from prototype to customers.
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