Whats the difference between the domestic system and the factory system in the industrial revolution?

Actually, what I think you mean by the "domestic system" refers to how "average people" lived PRIOR to the Industrial Revolution. In those days a few people were rich, and everyone else was poor -- some were so poor that they starved. In trades and services the only things sold were goods (mostly produced by the seller), and services. A typical shop keeper lived in a city or town in small (very small) row houses. The "floor" was the dirt the house was standing on. They were usually two stories; the first or "ground" was the shop, and the whole family lived on the second floor. Every product the shop keeper sold was made by the whole family -- but these were "niche" occupations. One person would do nothing but dye clothes, or put certain things together, or "card" wool. It was called "subsistence living." When the Industrial Revolution came, giant factories mad a thousand things cheaply. Suddenly there was no market for the things one once bought from the small shopkeeper. To earn a living, the shopkeepers were forced to work in the factories for very low wages. Some historians report that these wages were LESS than the worker needed to live. In addition, the working conditions were so dangerous it is said few survived for more than two years. On the other hand, the public was able to buy cheaper (and sometimes better made) goods. Some called the factory system a form of slavery.

The domestic system meant people making things in their own homes, sometimes for themselves, sometimes for other people. Sometimes a whole family woudl be engaed in the family trade, whatevder it might be. So for instance weaving was most often done by men (though there were some women weavers too) and the women of the family would spin the thread to be woven. The system continued after the Industrial Revolution, though on a smaller scale. The factory system meant that things were manufactured by machinery, in large factories, and those who operated the machinery were normally working for wages, for a fixed number of hours, whereas those who worked in the domestic system would be paid for what they made. The factory system was open to terrible exploitation before laws were made to regulate the practices of factory owners. People often worked appallingly long hours for pathetically small wages, and in very bad conditions.

The difference is in the name. In the domestic system, work was put out to workers who worked in there own homes, at their own speed and who were very much their own masters. In the factory systems people became wage slaves working for a master, tied to the requirements of the machines And do your own HW, cheater.

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The domestic system meant people making things in their own homes, sometimes for themselves, sometimes for other people. Sometimes a whole family woudl be engaed in the family trade, whatevder it might be. So for instance weaving was most often done by men (though there were some women weavers too) and the women of the family would spin the thread to be woven. The system continued after the Industrial Revolution, though on a smaller scale. The factory system meant that things were manufactured by machinery, in large factories, and those who operated the machinery were normally working for wages, for a fixed number of hours, whereas those who worked in the domestic system would be paid for what they made. The factory system was open to terrible exploitation before laws were made to regulate the practices of factory owners. People often worked appallingly long hours for pathetically small wages, and in very bad conditions.

The difference is in the name. In the domestic system, work was put out to workers who worked in there own homes, at their own speed and who were very much their own masters. In the factory systems people became wage slaves working for a master, tied to the requirements of the machines And do your own HW, cheater.