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by Rhydah and Nandan

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Product: DYO Book kits

  • Different levels
  • Different variety for each level”
    • Level 1 (5-7yo) - 10 sets
    • Level 2 (7-10yo) - 10-.. sets
    • Level 3 (10-12yo) - 10-... set

How to make it:

  1. Box with pictures/drawings on it
  2. A “fortune cookie” or “treasure chest” container - made of ???(cardboard or biodegradable plastic), opens and closes, 8cm long 
  3. Characters - ooshie style (will sit on a pencil when writing a book, and be used as a token for board games)
  4. Postcard (kitchen, Mars/Moon, video game) – made of cardboard
  5. Book (A5 size) - 10 pages for younger kids, 20+ for older kids

Extra option: a DIY board game

Box : 30 x 25cm

Pouch: 25 x 20cm

COntent

Notebook: A5

Postcard: 15 x 10cm

Ooshie Container: 5 x 3 x 3cm

Ooshie

Pencil: 17cm

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Settings

Characters

Problems

Space

Alien

Lost

Submarine in the sky

Man holding snake

Becoming invisible

Underwater

Shark

Can’t say the letter “R”

Inside a video game

King and queen (future rare characters)

Something’s in my cupboard

Forest

Pilot

Something wants to eat me

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Target market (our ideal customer) : primary school students

  1. Kids who start reading/writing (5-7yo)
  2. Kids who need to practise writing more (7-10yo)
  3. Advanced readers (10-12yo)

Why they’d buy the book kits:

  • To feel proud of their achievement (“I made a book”)
  • To practice their creativity
  • To improve their writing and reading skills

Our Customers

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Budget

Direct costs (per unit)

$ 8.95

Cardboard for the box (printed)

$ 3.00

Pouch

$ 0.50

Notebook (printed)

$ 1.00

Card (printed)

$ 0.20

Pencils

$ 1.00

Character (manufacture)

$ 3.00

Labour (assembly) 5min @12p/h

$ 0.25

Indirect costs

$ 1,014.00

Website hosting & domain name

$ 11.00

Graphic design (logo, Notebook cover, cards x 5, box)

$ 300.00

Marketing material (design)

$ 20.00

Marketing material (print)

$ 100.00

Business registration fee

$ 83.00

Ooshi design

$ 500.00

TOTAL COSTS (200 units)

$ 1,909.00

Total quantity of items

200

Average cost of sold items

$ 9.55

Average price of sold items

$ 15.00

Total revenue

$ 3,000.00

Profit

$ 1,091.00

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Marketing

Actions Items

Done?

Create a Flyer/Poster

Not done

Set up Facebook Page

Show and Tell

Record and Post

Not done

Connect with a School

Show and Tell

School Community Competition

Announce winner at Launch

Not done

Sell at Markets

Begin in Gold Coast

Grow to Brisbane markets

Potential Southeast Queensland

Not done

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Competition

Competition:

  • Write a story and send your book/story to the judges, and if it wins the competition, the book will be published.

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Australian Designer

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Australian Manufacturer

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