Hey, love you videos. Do you have a day job or do you do this full-time, if not how much time would you say you spend on the business per day/week. Thanks👍
This is not full-time, just a side hustle. I work full-time as an IT Engineer. I probably spend anywhere from 2-5 hours on the business each day, but depends on the week. Usually it is done early in the mornings or in evenings after work.
I always struggle to decide what to include in these calculations, it can get complicated. It's useful to discuss though. Have you included your labour 🤔 I think you said they take 3 hours to print so if you're making $11 per stand for the ones without buttons, and you have 4 machines, you can make up to $44 in 3 hours. So that's $14 per hour assuming you are busy all day. That doesn't include processing time to clean up, package and post either. What am I misunderstanding? Should you not also allow something for building rent, where do you stop though 🤯
You can go down a long list of things you want to include in price. For me to make these stands, it takes about 3 minutes to load filament and send to the printer and takes very little post-print processing. For other products that take more prep before shipping or printing time, I will increase the price. For something like this, I need to make sure I’m towing the line of making a good profit but also staying competitive in the world of controller stands (or anything).
I kinda bake that into the total product cost. Hard to calculate when you are only running 4 printers - but I think as I get further along into this journey it will become clear how much wear and tear they will take. So far any spare parts I’ve bought have been to just have in case something happens. Regular cleaning and maintenance prevents any issues usually. Thanks for watching!
I just recently turned those on and up a bit and am tweaking them each day -- didn't want to cover it until I get a bit more experience. But definitely will soon!
Hey Ryan, Thanks a lot for this very good video. I bought an Bambu A1 AMS Combo and I want to start (small) with a 3D Print Business. I had in the past the question, where all the 3D printers get all the files for their business and what about license. That's why I was happy about this video from you, because it answered some of my questions at the same time. seeing how the product listing on Etsy works was a big help and the price calculation too. best wishes from Germany. I wish you good business Josh 🙂
Yea, thanks for the breakdown. Just looking into 3D printers, these video's help a lot. Keep them coming
Thanks for watching, glad it's helpful!
Didn't know you were in NJ. Print drone deflector system? 🤣
Hey, love you videos. Do you have a day job or do you do this full-time, if not how much time would you say you spend on the business per day/week. Thanks👍
This is not full-time, just a side hustle. I work full-time as an IT Engineer. I probably spend anywhere from 2-5 hours on the business each day, but depends on the week. Usually it is done early in the mornings or in evenings after work.
I always struggle to decide what to include in these calculations, it can get complicated. It's useful to discuss though.
Have you included your labour 🤔
I think you said they take 3 hours to print so if you're making $11 per stand for the ones without buttons, and you have 4 machines, you can make up to $44 in 3 hours. So that's $14 per hour assuming you are busy all day. That doesn't include processing time to clean up, package and post either.
What am I misunderstanding?
Should you not also allow something for building rent, where do you stop though 🤯
You can go down a long list of things you want to include in price. For me to make these stands, it takes about 3 minutes to load filament and send to the printer and takes very little post-print processing. For other products that take more prep before shipping or printing time, I will increase the price. For something like this, I need to make sure I’m towing the line of making a good profit but also staying competitive in the world of controller stands (or anything).
What you going to do going forward in terms of cost tracking ? App ? Excel ?
I use a Google Sheet with formulas for Etsy for bookkeeping now, transferring over to LegalZoom Bookkeeping in 2025 with the formation of my LLC!
@@DesignsByBrodhead Thank you for the reply and good luck for the future. I for one love your content. No nonsense ... love it.
loved the breakdown of cost and posting for etsy.
Glad to help break it down a bit, more to come soon!
Great videos. Where do you calculate your machine wear and tear cost?
I kinda bake that into the total product cost. Hard to calculate when you are only running 4 printers - but I think as I get further along into this journey it will become clear how much wear and tear they will take. So far any spare parts I’ve bought have been to just have in case something happens. Regular cleaning and maintenance prevents any issues usually. Thanks for watching!
Hi, what about your marketing costs? I have heard that Etsy ads can turn out to be expensive per unit sold.
I just recently turned those on and up a bit and am tweaking them each day -- didn't want to cover it until I get a bit more experience. But definitely will soon!
Hey Ryan,
Thanks a lot for this very good video.
I bought an Bambu A1 AMS Combo and I want to start (small) with a 3D Print Business.
I had in the past the question, where all the 3D printers get all the files for their business and what about license.
That's why I was happy about this video from you, because it answered some of my questions at the same time.
seeing how the product listing on Etsy works was a big help and the price calculation too.
best wishes from Germany.
I wish you good business
Josh 🙂
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching and thanks for the support!