Great video. Appreciate all your insights as I'm about a year behind your journey so soaking up all I can learn. You answered a question I asked of a different creator as to why they didn't have a link to their Etsy shop from TH-cam. Interesting to know that can actually hurt your Etsy ranking etc. I see you license your STL files on your store as personal use only. Assuming this falls under the "it would be too expensive for you to produce/sell," might there be a future commercial license option for someone interested in giving that a shot? perhaps a personalized derivative of the STL? Just asking as you clearly have the design chops for this - something I aspire to, eventually.
What if you bit the bullet and sold those dewalt battery hangers for a discount to draw attention to your store page? And then maybe raised the price over time. Just a thought I dont know enough about running a business. Love the channel
I use Numbers and it’s fine, if you not a spreadsheet wizz its does everything you need, it’s real easy for graphs, star rating and tick boxes unlike some spreadsheets, plus you can backup into iCloud so it’s safe - why buy a juggernaut if all you need and all you can drive is a van?
Thanks for sharing your journey, I'm kinda on a similar path also selling 3D prints online since October and it's nice to see how others are doing it. Where I live here in Italy humidity in the summer is above 80%, so PLA is almost unusable if stored in the open for more than a week, so I need to dry all the time.. Actually kind of worried about it for my first summer selling stuff this year hahaha. For me, pricing including labor costs is the right way, especially because I sell stuff that need a lot of post-processing and additional materials/tools, so higher-ticket items. I think for a small business it is very hard to compete in price, so I try to differentiate adding value in different ways. Keep up the great work, man!
Don't forget about learning to model your own designs if you haven't already! Easy way to compete is not to compete at all, make products that don't exist and you will have some runway before others join.
Been watching your vids since the begining! Pretty crazy to see your growth on TH-cam so far. Loving hearing all your different pieces of advice and experiences. I've been selling 3D printed parts on eBay for around 2 years now and you have motivated me to get an Etsy store set up. I'm also in Michigan funny enough. I've definitely been experiencing a slowdown after Christmas, but it hasn't been completely dead, so that's good. Keep grinding!
Greetings fellow michigander! Loving your videos man! Keep up the good work! Question: why did you settle on the A1 as a printer of choice? I've been building out my print "garden" with P1S +AMS. (AMS is really just being used for auto roll swapping, I dont have any products that have multiple colors)
I created a custom GPT on Chat GPT to calculate my 3D printing costs taking into account material, wear & tear, electricity, machine hours, post processing, etc. that has worked really well!
The way they print so cheap; - Huge later heights - Low walls / infill - Big nozzles - Bulk buying bolts/screws I make a lot of electrical plug connectors for Enduro bikes. 1 plug is $8. 50 is $2ea. It takes time to get the price down that far.
Hello! I would like to know how did you came up with the strategy of using Etsy and a Shopify website? Did you thought of selling STL on printables and other similar website? What would you recommand? By the way, I like you philosophy of if I can sell it at a good price, I will just sell the STL. Last year I realise not a lot of people are willing the pay the real price of 3d printing, most thing it's really cheap.
The strategy is to do a mix of everything. Etsy, Ebay, and Shopify will all be components making up a diverse income stream. Long term I don't want to rely too heavily on one channel to provide an income. Best case is make sales on my own website.
I was going to make battery holders...lol. There's someone on Etsy selling 10 battery + 10 tool holders for $27.50 with free shipping. Do the math and tell me how much he is paying people to buy his listings.
One comment about the pricing, if you look around on Etsy you see a lot of products that are priced way too low, like how on Earth can you sell a dice tower for $15 Dice Tower shouldn't be less than $30. Yet there's people on Etsy selling dice towers for like 15 bucks. I am a firm believer that no 3D print should ever be sold for less than $10. I think what a lot of people are doing is looking at the slicer and saying oh that's 69 cents so I'm going to sell it for $1.50 and that's where they're getting their pricing. I saw one product on Etsy for $1.97 a 3D print for $1.97 that is just stupid EDIT: Reading my comment I kind of sound mad, because I am mad because those people who don't know how to price their products are ruining it for the rest of us. And ruining it for the whole industry for that matter. Btw your Etsy marketing video was really helpful there was a bunch of stuff in there that I didn't know basically I just turned on Etsy ads and walked away. Thanks again for the great content
Glad it helped! For me I always have the assurance that if I design my own products I can stay away from competition to some degree. If you are taking someone else's designs its almost impossible to find blue ocean space.
@@OfficialOffDaBench Agreed, of over 20 listings only 3 are from a 3D artist that I pay a license for, everything else is my design. Creating our own products is the way to go.
either way if your 3d printing business does good or not, stick with youtube , you are making top notch videos, Im thinking you could get rich from youtube, rather than just support your family with 3d printing.
I've never heard of the 4 P's 😂the 3 P's are people, product, profit 😂i love your videos but when you start talking business it's hilarious. Because you're really clueless in that field. There's no justification for £7.50 coffee scoop😂there's no labour involved whatsoever and the cost of materials are less than 10% of your final cost. It's working for you so fair play. It's given me the confidence to go ahead with my store after seeing your prices. A little business tip McDonald's takes a loss on every burger sold. Because they make their profit from the fries and sodas. Because when have you ever just bought a burger by itself. So you should have something to upsell on your site and then you can bring your prices down
Your SEO knowledge and experience are still miles ahead of me. So yes, an SEO video would be awesome 👌🏼
Or just go on fivver and hire someone to do it for less than $100 😂it's 2025 people 😂time to think for yourself
SEO Yes Please!
SEO please. As a startup myself (literally one month) this would be super valuable. Love your videos!
Big fan of your videos. keep going ! greetings from germany :D
Great video. Appreciate all your insights as I'm about a year behind your journey so soaking up all I can learn. You answered a question I asked of a different creator as to why they didn't have a link to their Etsy shop from TH-cam. Interesting to know that can actually hurt your Etsy ranking etc.
I see you license your STL files on your store as personal use only. Assuming this falls under the "it would be too expensive for you to produce/sell," might there be a future commercial license option for someone interested in giving that a shot? perhaps a personalized derivative of the STL? Just asking as you clearly have the design chops for this - something I aspire to, eventually.
What if you bit the bullet and sold those dewalt battery hangers for a discount to draw attention to your store page? And then maybe raised the price over time. Just a thought I dont know enough about running a business. Love the channel
SEO would be awesome!
SearchEngine Optimization would be interesting
I use Numbers and it’s fine, if you not a spreadsheet wizz its does everything you need, it’s real easy for graphs, star rating and tick boxes unlike some spreadsheets, plus you can backup into iCloud so it’s safe - why buy a juggernaut if all you need and all you can drive is a van?
Very true!
Oh interesting to know driving ETSY traffic if they don’t buy hurts your rating, did not know that! Thanks picking up tips every video!
Thanks for sharing your journey, I'm kinda on a similar path also selling 3D prints online since October and it's nice to see how others are doing it. Where I live here in Italy humidity in the summer is above 80%, so PLA is almost unusable if stored in the open for more than a week, so I need to dry all the time.. Actually kind of worried about it for my first summer selling stuff this year hahaha. For me, pricing including labor costs is the right way, especially because I sell stuff that need a lot of post-processing and additional materials/tools, so higher-ticket items. I think for a small business it is very hard to compete in price, so I try to differentiate adding value in different ways. Keep up the great work, man!
Don't forget about learning to model your own designs if you haven't already! Easy way to compete is not to compete at all, make products that don't exist and you will have some runway before others join.
@@OfficialOffDaBench Sure! Couldn't agree more. Everything I do is self designed precisely for that reason ;)
Been watching your vids since the begining! Pretty crazy to see your growth on TH-cam so far. Loving hearing all your different pieces of advice and experiences. I've been selling 3D printed parts on eBay for around 2 years now and you have motivated me to get an Etsy store set up. I'm also in Michigan funny enough. I've definitely been experiencing a slowdown after Christmas, but it hasn't been completely dead, so that's good. Keep grinding!
Things have slowed down here as well! Time to start putting up new listings.
My small business does not involve 3D printing, but I do enjoy watching your videos
7:30 good to know thank you!
Yes please do an SEO video!!!!
Greetings fellow michigander! Loving your videos man! Keep up the good work!
Question: why did you settle on the A1 as a printer of choice? I've been building out my print "garden" with P1S +AMS. (AMS is really just being used for auto roll swapping, I dont have any products that have multiple colors)
Great vid looking forward to more🎉
I wouldn't mind seeing your Numbers 'spreadsheet' - just to get an idea
Great vid!
Thanks!
You may want to post the premium STLs on something like Printables or Thangs, which let you charge for them but have greater visibility.
Not a bad idea!
I’m interested in SEO video
I would like your SEO advice
yes to SEO please 😃
I created a custom GPT on Chat GPT to calculate my 3D printing costs taking into account material, wear & tear, electricity, machine hours, post processing, etc. that has worked really well!
Hi i saw another youtuber do this, do you have to pay for chatgpt monthly in order to use your own gpt?
Yes @@improvefps
@@improvefpsyeah you have to have the paid version
Interesting! Thanks for letting me know
The way they print so cheap;
- Huge later heights
- Low walls / infill
- Big nozzles
- Bulk buying bolts/screws
I make a lot of electrical plug connectors for Enduro bikes. 1 plug is $8. 50 is $2ea. It takes time to get the price down that far.
That would do it!
How do you get the camera to follow you when you are cleaning the shop?
I use the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. Its a built in camera feature
Nice Vid!! I also run a small 3d printing business and share my process on TH-cam. You really inspired me, keep going!!! :)
Hello! I would like to know how did you came up with the strategy of using Etsy and a Shopify website? Did you thought of selling STL on printables and other similar website? What would you recommand? By the way, I like you philosophy of if I can sell it at a good price, I will just sell the STL. Last year I realise not a lot of people are willing the pay the real price of 3d printing, most thing it's really cheap.
The strategy is to do a mix of everything. Etsy, Ebay, and Shopify will all be components making up a diverse income stream. Long term I don't want to rely too heavily on one channel to provide an income. Best case is make sales on my own website.
SEO video!
I think an SEO video would be good, at least the very least it would be very appreciated
lets go:)
I love numbers, and it’s Free 4:40
We are the few 😂
I was going to make battery holders...lol. There's someone on Etsy selling 10 battery + 10 tool holders for $27.50 with free shipping. Do the math and tell me how much he is paying people to buy his listings.
whats up man
What up!
I’m an alligator who lives in a swamp. Do I have any chance of running a successful 3D printing business given the high humidity? 10:10 😂
😂
One comment about the pricing, if you look around on Etsy you see a lot of products that are priced way too low, like how on Earth can you sell a dice tower for $15 Dice Tower shouldn't be less than $30. Yet there's people on Etsy selling dice towers for like 15 bucks. I am a firm believer that no 3D print should ever be sold for less than $10. I think what a lot of people are doing is looking at the slicer and saying oh that's 69 cents so I'm going to sell it for $1.50 and that's where they're getting their pricing. I saw one product on Etsy for $1.97 a 3D print for $1.97 that is just stupid
EDIT: Reading my comment I kind of sound mad, because I am mad because those people who don't know how to price their products are ruining it for the rest of us. And ruining it for the whole industry for that matter. Btw your Etsy marketing video was really helpful there was a bunch of stuff in there that I didn't know basically I just turned on Etsy ads and walked away. Thanks again for the great content
Glad it helped! For me I always have the assurance that if I design my own products I can stay away from competition to some degree. If you are taking someone else's designs its almost impossible to find blue ocean space.
@@OfficialOffDaBench Agreed, of over 20 listings only 3 are from a 3D artist that I pay a license for, everything else is my design. Creating our own products is the way to go.
either way if your 3d printing business does good or not, stick with youtube , you are making top notch videos, Im thinking you could get rich from youtube, rather than just support your family with 3d printing.
Really appreciate it 🙂
I've never heard of the 4 P's 😂the 3 P's are people, product, profit 😂i love your videos but when you start talking business it's hilarious. Because you're really clueless in that field. There's no justification for £7.50 coffee scoop😂there's no labour involved whatsoever and the cost of materials are less than 10% of your final cost. It's working for you so fair play. It's given me the confidence to go ahead with my store after seeing your prices. A little business tip McDonald's takes a loss on every burger sold. Because they make their profit from the fries and sodas. Because when have you ever just bought a burger by itself. So you should have something to upsell on your site and then you can bring your prices down