Tariffs are having a big impact on people outside the US using CrowdSupply.
CrowdSupply ships everything via Mouser US - so if you are outside of the US you need to export your products to Mouser. That hits you with tariffs and the tariffs are charged on what CrowdSupply are paying you for the products.
If the majority of your product is manufactured in China (e.g. PCBA) then it's very likely that the COO for your product will be China. So, you will get stung with whatever crazy tariffs are currently in place.
This has been very tricky to navigate for us. We almost launched the campaign right before the Tariffs got announced. Luckily, we had the opportunity to wait it out. While CrowdSupply is an awesome platform, and I would use it again, the requirement to export everything to the US is a problem in such situations.
Yep, it's bitten me - just about to ship my boxes off. I'll still probably break even fortunately (or at least not lose a massive amount of money).
Uff, that's hard! I'm sorry to hear that. What projects is yours?
ESP32 Rainbow - https://www.crowdsupply.com/atomic14/esp32-rainbow
I'm seeing if I can argue for a UK country of origin. But also, I want to get the boxes shipped and out to people - so think I'll just swallow it.