IFixit

iFixit
Company typePrivately held company
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
HeadquartersSan Luis Obispo, California, U.S.
Key people
 
Users1,200,000[2]
Content license
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA[3]
Websiteifixit.com

iFixit (/ˈfɪksɪt/ eye-FIX-it[4]) is an American e-commerce and how-to website that sells repair parts and publishes free wiki-like online repair guides for consumer electronics and gadgets. The company also performs product tear-downs of consumer devices. It is a private company in San Luis Obispo, California founded in 2003, spurred by Kyle Wiens[5] not being able to locate an Apple iBook G3 repair manual[6] while the company's founders[7] were attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

  1. ^ Wiens, Kyle. "Kyle Wiens". kylewiens.com.
  2. ^ "Leaderboard". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  3. ^ "Content Licensing". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ^ "IFixit Channel Trailer!". YouTube. March 29, 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Triangulation 373 Kyle Wiens, iFixit | TWiT.TV". TWiT.tv. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  6. ^ "Meet the $21 Million Company That Thinks a New iPhone Is a Total Waste of Money". inc.com. 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  7. ^ Wiens, Kyle (14 June 2013). "Fix Things, Never Force It: Lessons From Grandpa". theatlantic.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2018.