Nebraskan Speedsolver's Custom Cubes and Puzzles | Interesting Puzzle Mod designed by 1x1 wr holder..

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Added a 5x5 page to the site
The NS5M has been born lol

 

[Michael Womack]

Added a 5x5 page to the site
The NS5M has been born lol

Thanks to me for some of the help on the MGC maglev inspiration to get it properly done.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Thanks to me for some of the help on the MGC maglev inspiration to get it properly done.

oh shoot I forgot the credit part didn't I?
Sorry I'll get that fixed
I'm so out of it rn is stupid haha

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

I fixed it
Sorry bout that

 

[artless1der]

Hey,
whats the easiest way to remove a printed logo without ruining the plastic?

the small can of Mothers aluminum polish from Walmart was $6 when I got mine a month or two ago, and the method he describes works well
FYI: I just used a corner of a microfiber cloth (2/$1.28 in automotive dept at WM) no probs

 

[artless1der]

all you need to do is take photos of the actual cubes you are modifying and call them by a name that has the word "Modded" or "Modified" in the label...

 

[Michael Womack]

I fixed it
Sorry bout that

Thanks

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Added NS5M Plus to the list
Hopefully later today I will finish the NxN listings and then actually start working on the core design process haha

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

There is a large possibility I will switch from eBay to Mecari
Ig there's more people buying stuff like rubik's cubes there
I have chosen not to go through etsy

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

There is a large possibility I will switch from eBay to Mecari
Ig there's more people buying stuff like rubik's cubes there
I have chosen not to go through etsy

bro @Garf you got an opinion to state?
hahahahahaha jkjkjkjkjkjk just messin around
etsy costs per month, and if I have 12 products listed, its $30 just to keep em listed

 

[Garf]

bro @Garf you got an opinion to state?
hahahahahaha jkjkjkjkjkjk just messin around
etsy costs per month, and if I have 12 products listed, its $30 just to keep em listed

Yeah don't do etsy, it ain't worth it. Neither is wish, tbf

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Another NS3M option for the future
MGC Elite V1
Mine that I have is already maglev, and it is begging for a magnetic core haha

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Another NS3M option for the future
MGC Elite V1
Mine that I have is already maglev, and it is begging for a magnetic core haha

nevermind haha
elite v1 is discontinued

 

[Michael Womack]

There is a large possibility I will switch from eBay to Mecari
Ig there's more people buying stuff like rubik's cubes there
I have chosen not to go through etsy

Mecari is not really a good platform to sell on overall. Mercari forces buyers to rate the sellers in order for the sellers to get payed properly for the sold item. At the same time Mercari will automatically take some of the money up front right after you sell an item. That's due to a listing fee. Another annoying thing Mercari does is it will suggest you to promote the item by having a discounted price. One last thing is that Mercari has an automatic system where buyers can send lower price offers no matter what. On the other hand eBay is much more friendly/easier for the seller to manage/maintain the price of an item. On the plus side eBay will collect your listing/selling fees at the end of the month and not up font after you sell an item. Overall eBay is more well known and more popular than Marcari. eBay does have a really good customer service support if either the seller or buyer has any issues with any transactions of orders. But one other thing I've noticed is that on Marcari is that once you sell something that money will sit in you Marcari account and I haven't seen or know of a way to actually transfer it to your bank account. So overall you won't be making that much profit for selling on Marcari. But you might also want to look into opining a Shopify store. I haven't really looked/used Shopify enough to give you first hand experiences.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Mecari is not really a good platform to sell on overall. Mercari forces buyers to rate the sellers in order for the sellers to get payed properly for the sold item. At the same time Mercari will automatically take some of the money up front right after you sell an item. That's due to a listing fee. Another annoying thing Mercari does is it will suggest you to promote the item by having a discounted price. One last thing is that Mercari has an automatic system where buyers can send lower price offers no matter what. On the other hand eBay is much more friendly/easier for the seller to manage/maintain the price of an item. On the plus side eBay will collect your listing/selling fees at the end of the month and not up font after you sell an item. Overall eBay is more well known and more popular than Marcari. eBay does have a really good customer service support if either the seller or buyer has any issues with any transactions of orders. But one other thing I've noticed is that on Marcari is that once you sell something that money will sit in you Marcari account and I haven't seen or know of a way to actually transfer it to your bank account. So overall you won't be making that much profit for selling on Marcari. But you might also want to look into opining a Shopify store. I haven't really looked/used Shopify enough to give you first hand experiences.

I know about the extra fees. For right now tho, eBay has only made me one sale. etsy isn't worth it, and I can't spend money to make a website. I turned off the lowering price automatically feature and set the price high enough on what I have to make good profit. If you have a card on there and everything it should all transfer, or you have to do something manually to transfer it.

 

[Michael Womack]

I know about the extra fees. For right now tho, eBay has only made me one sale. etsy isn't worth it, and I can't spend money to make a website. I turned off the lowering price automatically feature and set the price high enough on what I have to make good profit. If you have a card on there and everything it should all transfer, or you have to do something manually to transfer it.

Yeah I've had that same issue about not really getting anything sold. But one thing you could do is order some business cards for you custom puzzles and hand them out to cubers at comps. If you do attend any. But at the same time bring a few of the custom puzzles for other to try out. That way you can ensure that cubers are more likely to buy them. At the same time if you do have the puzzles up on eBay, Macari, or some other marketplace like that you'll need to share the link to the product in order to let other know where you can purchase it. But really it's hard to get stuff sold at the biggening when almost no one knows about your products or you're not advertising/promoting them properly.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

The only issue with this in mind is this:
$$$
[tick tock]
$$$

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Why not ball core 2x2, I have made my tengyun 2x2 core magnetic and its really nice. Its my main over the Valk2 M, Chuwen M and MGC Elite.
I have suggested the project to Pi Cube and they are already looking into it.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

While I am still excited to get this off the ground, school starts tomorrow and I will have a lot on my plate
The money that was going to go towards the business is going towards a car now, as I just got my learners today.
I will continue to update and change the site, but no product will be produced until I can get a stable job to fund it.
If any of you would like to contribute designs or ideas, DM me and we can work something out.

Ciao,
NS

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Hey there everyone, I decided that instead of trying to make custom magnetic cores, I will just focus on changing the structure of each core and corner feet to make the performance different. Hopefully, I can just use the magnetic core kits that are already available for the 4x4 and 5x5 cubes, for pyraminx idk what I will do yet.
If you guys have any other ideas shoot me a message!