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19 Examples of Customization

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Customization is the production of unique items, services, information and experiences. This is a broad term that includes information tailored to users, advanced manufacturing techniques for producing unique products at scale, designs that allow customers to modify products themselves and traditional products. The following are common examples of customization.
Automated Customization
Changing things for customers without asking the customer e.g. a search algorithm that guesses things about the intent of the user.
Bespoke
Products that are commissioned by the customer such as a tailored suit.
Collaborative Design
Providing customers with support to design things e.g. a house builder that helps a customer to design a house.
Component Customization
The ability to swap in/out components e.g. a phone that allows you to change the battery.
Cosmetic Customization
Customization that is limited to look and feel such as different colors of a phone.
Custom Fit
Produced to different physical dimensions for each customer.
Design Tools
Providing customers with tools that allow them to design complex products without any special knowledge e.g. a digital tool for designing and ordering running shoes.
Design, Build, Operate, Maintain
Designing, building and operating something all to the customer's requirements. This has many variations such as Design-Build only.
Designed for Customization
Products that are designed to be easy to customize by third parties e.g. a car with facilities for installing electronics / sound systems.
Diy
Producing things / customizing them for yourself.
Filter Bubble
Media that's customized to the user's worldview such that they may overestimate how much other's agree with them.
Hard Customization
The physical customization of a product.
Haute Couture
Fashion that is designed / fitted for customers.
High Touch
A service that provides personal attention.
Mass Customization
Manufacturing things to customer preferences at scale.
Mods
The ability to extend / change a video game.
Patrons
Art, crafts, media and creative works that are influenced by the suggestions or requirements of supporters.
Service Customization
Allowing customers to configure / change a service.
Soft Customization
The ability to configure software / technology / services.

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