Too lazy, didn't google: it's "Etsy for electronics".
It was a huge part of the DIY maker scene in the 2010's, alongside pioneers like Adafruit, Hackaday, and SparkFun. It meant a lot to people back when 3D printers and drones were something you built, instead of bought. You know, back when "men were men" and The Register (yes, that one) send homemade UAV glider-planes to the edge of space launched by rockets that were themselves launched from high-altitude weather balloons: https://www.theregister.com/2011/07/29/lohan_concepts/
It was a place to buy the things that didn’t exist on any major marketplaces yet. Today, the electronic DIY scene is dominated by Chinese hackers and most things people want are available from China so Tindie got squeezed out over time.
It was a huge part of the DIY maker scene in the 2010's, alongside pioneers like Adafruit, Hackaday, and SparkFun. It meant a lot to people back when 3D printers and drones were something you built, instead of bought. You know, back when "men were men" and The Register (yes, that one) send homemade UAV glider-planes to the edge of space launched by rockets that were themselves launched from high-altitude weather balloons: https://www.theregister.com/2011/07/29/lohan_concepts/
It was a place to buy the things that didn’t exist on any major marketplaces yet. Today, the electronic DIY scene is dominated by Chinese hackers and most things people want are available from China so Tindie got squeezed out over time.