Hey Folks,
New to this side of the forum, greetings. I recently purchased my wife an FSL muse core that she has been wanting for crafting. I decided to have a bit of fun myself and make some items that go along with another hobby of mine. Other folks liked the items too, so i opened a website and have seemed to stumble on a somewhat under-served market. I have only been running a week or so but am already averaging $200-$300 in daily sales, at an 80% margin. I am not yet ready to upgrade, but am already finding the limits of this Hobby machine. My main product, a 12x18" raster sign takes 50-52min to engrave, if i get many more orders per day, there just wont be enough time in the day to fulfill the orders.
So.. i am beginning to (already) look at options for the next machine. I am considering larger machines from FSL (PS36), Boss, Aeon and thunder. Each of these will be in the $10k-$14k range. However, i am also considering going all-in on an Epilog Fusion at $25k, but the thought of putting such a young business into debt on the machine is stopping me short. Can anyone else share their story/path to upgrading machines or pointers on when it might be time to upgrade?
Alex