What should Shannon build next - summer 2022

[Shannon]

HI @Shannon, please take some good time to decompress. No rush needed on things.

That said, I hear Samba's concerns, but I'm going to assume DMSI will be made in a month or two. So I won't nominate that sub.

My nomination goes to ME 5.9G. I've used ME 5.75.7G for some time now, and would instabuy a rebuilt, optimised ME 5.9G. That would be amazing, and we know from past versions of ME, even the IYPS 4G sub that "didn't work" that often, they still sold like hotcakes! So it's a proven sales winner as well.

It's important to balance consumer interest with sales, naturally. Since OF 5.9G was JUST made, which would usually be my default vote given it's utility and sales ability, then my vote goes to another proven seller in ME 5.9G.

All the best, Shannon. Even if you take a month to come back, it is what it is. We understand, my friend. Please remember my words in the earlier post in your discussion thread. We care about you more than you may realise.

DMSI-Custom is already built.  I am still testing it.  If it passes testing, it will be released for sale.  No need to build it again.  I need more testing data and I still need to determine a suitable price if it is released for sale.  Not sure how much more testing it will need, but I am not getting the data I need from my current testers, who seem to either be in bad situations for using it and acting on the results (he doesn't want to fish off the company pier, so to speak), or in a bad situation for being able to get out of the house and socialize sufficiently to get results he can act on because of his responsibilities.

I am contemplating taking on more testers, since no matter what I try to do regarding testers, it's not going right.  But since no matter what I try to do with regards to testers, it's not going right, I'm not sure it will make any difference.

We shall see.

I really like your approach on how careful you are with this, but it seems you have very limited number of testers.

If you would ever want to expand your horizon, please let me know. I would be willing to test out.

Plus I'm planning a trip soon to Thailand which will increase my exposure to different potential audiences

Also an introductory price for those of us who have funded the dmsi project since 2016 would be really appreciated xD

Unfortunately, I am pretty much stuck in a box with testing this thing.  I can't release it to many testers for reasons, and I can't let it go without testing for reasons.  But I have been contemplating this a lot how to handle this, and have a few ideas.  I am working out how to make everybody happy (to whatever degree that is possible).

Having Tier 3 testers is getting 10% of the data I would get from directly observing a test at best in most cases, but Tier 2 testers are almost impossible to come by and I cannot justify using it yet, as UH is what's keeping me functional.  I'm also doing experiments with experimental subs that might be influenced if I used it. 

I'm working on coming up with options for how to handle this, which I will run through the models and choose from in the not too distant future.

Introductory price is possible, but not guaranteed.  I don't know what the full price will be just yet either.