I don't want to impute sth. to K888D but if you place a product on market it is not enough to only create a product. You have to fulfill many laws this is the reason why the A4 tooks so much longer. Here are some steps I had to do:
Basic
- Developing a product
- Coordinate developing with the community
- Coordinate developing and production with manufacturer (1000+ Mails)
- Testing different product samples
- Creating professional product pictures
- Creating a quality control guide for manufacturer
- Creating a Website
- Creating a Carton
- Creating a Product label
- Coordinate product reviews
- Creating a Crowdfunding Page and Video
- Planing the shipment of 1600+ cases with container ship and German customs
- Developing a shipment software
Things you need to do from legal side in the EU:
- funding a company
- CE certification
- WEEE registration (electronic waste)
- Package waste registration
- Creating a manual
- fulfill all laws that have to do with export and customs
Other
- Writing 1000 of mails and post in my threads with customers
- Hundreds of hours research for all these steps
