Originally Posted 8/6/07 written by Kurt Leyendecker
OK, for thos of you who don’t know me by now should realize that I’m sarcastic. Hence, the title of this blog article.
Addtionally, it would be remiss of me if I failed to say sorry. I’m sorry that we’ve been absent from posting any recent blogs – I suppose the summer blog malaise started to seep as the temperature outisde started to push 100 degrees on a daily basis. So, although this new blog article is waaaaayyyyy overdue, in the hopes of kicking off a new blogging season with the type of article we wish we did not have to post, but feel it is our job to so do…
Once again, an invention promotion company has reared its ugly head to show us just how inept they actually are. As our blog articles on InventHelp and Advent Product Development disclosed their inability to create profit for their clients, Davison’s own website (http://www.davison54.com/disclosures/disclosure.php) states the same thing. Here’s what Davison tells us about themselves:
(1) 41,128 consumers signed licensing agreements and purchased research services from Davison in the last 5 years.
(2) 11,598 consumers purchsed product design services from Davison.
(3) Of these, “THE TOTAL OF CONSUMERS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS WHO MADE MORE MONEY IN ROYALTIES THAN THEY PAID, IN TOTAL, UNDER ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS TO DAVISON, IS EIGHT(8).”
So, you have about a .0002% chance at making money with Davison if you purchase their research services. That means, that about 2 out of every 10,000 people who purchase these services with Davison make more money on their product than they spend with Davison. And if you spend the big bucks with Davison and purchase product design services your chances at makign money with them go up to a whopping .0007%. Or, about 7 out of every 10,000 people who contract Davison to help design their product make more money off of their product than they spent with Davison. So, if you’re thinking of using Davison, my suggestion would be for you to play the lottery instead. They appear to have better odds: http://www.coloradolottery.com/games/scratch/featured.cfm?FeaturedGameID=101 (please note sarcasm statement at beginning of post).
Oh, and one more thing. Davison also states “THE PERCENTAGE OF DAVISON’S INCOME THAT CAME FROM ROYALTIES PAID ON LICENSES OF CONSUMERS’ PRODUCTS IS .001%.” This means that for every $1 Davison makes from licensing a product submitted to it, Davison is making $1000 off of the people submitting the products.
Numbers don’t lie – and these are Davison’s own numbers! As we suggst to our clients, do not use these companies – you are more likely to succeed if you are willing to put in the effort yourself and use reputable marketing and manufacturing organizations, while protecting yourself legally along the way. Contact Leyendecker and Lemire (www.coloradoiplaw.com) and we can steer you in the right direction.
Numbers are current as of June 30, 2007.
