Craft shows are very difficult gigs, don't feel bad. My wife and I were full time craft show vendors for two years and it was a constant grind. I got a kick out of no one wanting the 'best teacher' signs. I wouldn't have wanted one as a kid either. LOL
Thanks for sharing. I’ve always found the same when selling online and in person … the products that sell on each are different. Different audiences. While I’m new to 3d printing I’m learning from people like you that are sharing your experiences that regardless of the products the process is the same. Again thanks for sharing. ❤
Try using some silk filaments. People like shiny color 3D prints, like gold, green, blue, red and pink. I use Sunlu filament they generally have great sales if you buy 6 rolls or more.
I love that you more than doubled even your wildest dream for additional subscribers by the end of December. And you were already talking about tripling in subscribers at that... You quintupled my guy! Lol. Hope it keeps up! I'm subscribed and following along. I legit bought my printer FDM printer (Ender 3 V3 SE) a couple weeks after you I think and then I got six SLA resin printers off market place this weekend for $250 bucks! So I'm exploring the idea of an Etsy shop as well, until I watched this I hadnt even considered how much I could probably rake in selling little knick knacks like this at the County Fair just by being able to print a build plate full of fidget toys and dragons in multicolor silk and glow in the dark and selling them for $5 bucks a pop... Little switch blade combs and spoons, all that jazz. Kids would love that and parents would love not having to spend tons of money on stuff they know probably wont make it home. You know how much I spent at the circus for a little spinny t-rex??? CRAZY! lmao.
That’s awesome! Glad you are also exploring selling on Etsy! And I know, bro the growth has been crazy. Got a new goal. I hope we smash which is 100K for the end of the year!!
Interesting take on selling at events, this was fun to watch. Thinking the volume of people at a sit down show is much less than your internet world. Thanks
SUBSCRIBED! congrats on your sales and so much information! I started learning 3d printing a few months ago as a hobby and recently decided to see if I can make some extra money and have my first craft show coming up at a local brewery and this gave me a lot of help and insight on christmas decor! congrats and cant wait to see what else you do!
Thank you! What did you sell those tree tea lights for? I'm thinking of printing some myself to see how they sell but I'm having a hard time pricing things and figuring out what to charge@@williamsworkshop717
I recently started selling at craft shows. My main thing is the little flexi animals. My number one seller that i've sold out of at each show was a Possum. Each event now I'm having more and more pritned to keep in stock.
Great experience for you for sure.. I hope you kept notes on everything.. Time, Weather, What Sold and What Did Not... I did one craft show, but after doing my craft show, I found out that I drive more traffic for sells by having a craft yard sale five times a year.. Every yard sale does better and better. I am not doing 3d printing yet, I have a wood working/laser cutting shop. My plan in the new year to buy a 3d printer and add this to my portfolio, in my shop. I am looking forward to this and I really enjoy your videos! Thanks!!
I do 3D prints for craft shows. My best show was 2 days, sold out of the popular stuff on day 1 and made over $2000. Would of been more if I was more prepared as far as stock went.
If you track the filament use when you print it, you can try to figure out a per unit cost on filament. some people go into power consumption too but I think filament cost is good enough! nice nice man. I want to do the same!!!
Holy Frozone Batman, 25 degrees!?! And you made a little money and gained valuable product research? I'd way that's a win. Additionally, you sold at reasonable prices to kids while helping a school? Time and effort very well spent. Cheers from Cali!
Hey Corey. Found your channel recently, very interesting. I noticed there isn't a link to your Etsy in the video details or the about on the channel. Curious if there's a reason it's not an easy click from youtube here over to your Etsy shop? I did finally find you over on Etsy but had to really go looking.
I have been selling custom chess boards and sets. I double the price of filament and charge $2-$3 hr for print time. Cost for the larger sets is about $30 and I can sell them for about $100.
I also stopped doing seasonal items. I have the same result. They never do well for me for the past 5 years. In person events is where the real money is, but my personal opinion is you are charging too little. I sell the Zou small keychains/fidgets for $10 each or 3 for $25. This incentivises to get at least 3, and parents love that 3 kids can get a toy or keychain for a total of $25 instead of having to get more expensive stuff. I did a small event at local library where I was one of 2 vendors and did like $600, but at a black friday event, brought in around $1,200. Comicon and things like that, are usually a lot higher :D.
Hmm, really like your video and presentation. I think you may need to use more/better colors. For instance, kids love the rainbow filaments and ornaments don’t look great in single colors. If you have a single color printer, you can still print in multicolor. Those trees look great in rainbow or multicolor filament as well, add a little to the price and offer a tea light to each tree sale; I’ll bet you will sell more! If your fidgets have more than one part, print the parts using different colors as well. Oh, perception often works well. That is, don’t have mass amounts of one item on the table, just a few items make the customer think they are limited, therefore they often will buy quicker. Best of luck to you with your printing and videos.
Don't forget that you can set up booths at the expos, conventions, and seminars happening in your area and around the country or globe. Your goal is to promote your business to large buyers of these items.
I did animal fidgets at $3 each or 4 for $10. I also had the organza bags which people really liked. Dragons went right away. How much did you sell your trees for?
Craft shows markets are definitely hit or miss. It took me about 3 markets to figure out what people are looking at and actually purchasing. Hopefully you are also considering print time in your cost. Rule of thumb for me is $1 per hour of print time I factor into my price point
I assumed the market for 3D printed trinkets was probably already saturated. I never intended to make money with my printer. I hope I can save some money by printing things I need instead of buying them from the store. I also have grandkids so I’m printing toys nonstop.
I used to sell at farmers markets and craft shows in 2020-2021. Kids love the shiny and interactive fidgets. Adults liked things that told a story, was the pop culture they liked, or adult humor. They didn't just buy pretty stuff . That's why your ornaments didn't sell... there was no story with them. Just machine made plastic in their mind. If they had a hand in making the ornaments themselves or the ornament told a story/custom name then that is the story. Having a small single color printer there (A1 mini) making pencil toppers draws ppl in too. Good luck.
I did! Still no one was interested! Very weird. I think if I had prices on everything I would have sold more. I think people were scared to ask for prices
@@redkeyinuse4754 one I won’t lie this one came out of nowhere. And wasn’t even looking for it. So no comment on that. However I would recommend making content in the industry you’re trying to sell in. As well as if you go to these craft shows one of the big things for me was being engaged and talking to them about my 3-D printerhelp me with my sales for sure.
are you buying the comercial licensing to sell these files or just printing them and not worrying about it? If you are buying them which did you subscribe too because some of those designs are great!
I have commercial licensing for most of the things that I’m selling. Some of the things did not require one. I got a thangs subscription, third Patreon subscriptions. And messaged 3 creators to make sure I could use their designs. The other ones did not specify for all those who are asking.😊
Are these your own designs? Most of the designs I’ve come across and strict restrictions about not using them for commercial use. Curious how you did due diligence to make sure you weren’t selling protected designs.
You will find out in a hurry that your ideas are going to be turned upside down, What does not sell good at one event will sell anomaly well at the next event it's very hard to say I need to make this but not that because there is a market for it you just have to find it where if you're selling online the whole entire market that you can sell to and come to you online where the market for different locations you're limited to what they want The other thing I've also realized what sells really good one year at one location does not sell the same the following year. Craft shows are very hard to nail down what does good and what doesn't That's why we have found just print what you normally do and just hope it sells.
Mike Smith, here is some important info. Most creators don't sell 3D prints, they sell subscriptions to their models so other people can sell them. Its a win win. Hope your day is getting better!
What a great video - honest and flowing, great to have the items in frame and in hand to talk about.
Well done. I subscribed.
thank you for the feedback!! :)
Craft shows are very difficult gigs, don't feel bad. My wife and I were full time craft show vendors for two years and it was a constant grind. I got a kick out of no one wanting the 'best teacher' signs. I wouldn't have wanted one as a kid either. LOL
@@Samcraftcom yeah I’m not sure if I’m gonna keep doing the craft shows. But definitely good experience either way.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve always found the same when selling online and in person … the products that sell on each are different. Different audiences. While I’m new to 3d printing I’m learning from people like you that are sharing your experiences that regardless of the products the process is the same. Again thanks for sharing. ❤
Try using some silk filaments. People like shiny color 3D prints, like gold, green, blue, red and pink. I use Sunlu filament they generally have great sales if you buy 6 rolls or more.
@@GlassicGamer I was just looking at that brand but wasn’t sure. Thanks for sharing.
@@oneChanelCherie They fit in the AMS without any issue as they have plastic spools.. I set them as generic PLA silk on the printer.
I love that you more than doubled even your wildest dream for additional subscribers by the end of December. And you were already talking about tripling in subscribers at that... You quintupled my guy! Lol. Hope it keeps up! I'm subscribed and following along. I legit bought my printer FDM printer (Ender 3 V3 SE) a couple weeks after you I think and then I got six SLA resin printers off market place this weekend for $250 bucks! So I'm exploring the idea of an Etsy shop as well, until I watched this I hadnt even considered how much I could probably rake in selling little knick knacks like this at the County Fair just by being able to print a build plate full of fidget toys and dragons in multicolor silk and glow in the dark and selling them for $5 bucks a pop... Little switch blade combs and spoons, all that jazz. Kids would love that and parents would love not having to spend tons of money on stuff they know probably wont make it home. You know how much I spent at the circus for a little spinny t-rex??? CRAZY! lmao.
That’s awesome! Glad you are also exploring selling on Etsy! And I know, bro the growth has been crazy. Got a new goal. I hope we smash which is 100K for the end of the year!!
Interesting take on selling at events, this was fun to watch. Thinking the volume of people at a sit down show is much less than your internet world. Thanks
Veery good video and info.
I do laser engraving but still love the videos lol it’s fun to see what other people do and stuff
Good stuff. Nice haul!🎉
SUBSCRIBED! congrats on your sales and so much information! I started learning 3d printing a few months ago as a hobby and recently decided to see if I can make some extra money and have my first craft show coming up at a local brewery and this gave me a lot of help and insight on christmas decor! congrats and cant wait to see what else you do!
thanks man! good luck at your show!!
Thank you! What did you sell those tree tea lights for? I'm thinking of printing some myself to see how they sell but I'm having a hard time pricing things and figuring out what to charge@@williamsworkshop717
Thanks for sharing!
Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed it!
Careful with the address labels on boxes in frame man! LOL
Nice haul
Yeahhhh I saw that. Can't read anything but that was a close one.
Very cool! As somebody with a P1S and interested in this sort of thing in my local area, this was great info!
Great video. Thanks for sharing your experience
I recently started selling at craft shows. My main thing is the little flexi animals. My number one seller that i've sold out of at each show was a Possum. Each event now I'm having more and more pritned to keep in stock.
Ayeee glad to see tubes goin good mqnnn
I appreciate you 🙏🏾
Great experience for you for sure.. I hope you kept notes on everything.. Time, Weather, What Sold and What Did Not...
I did one craft show, but after doing my craft show, I found out that I drive more traffic for sells by having a craft yard sale five times a year..
Every yard sale does better and better.
I am not doing 3d printing yet, I have a wood working/laser cutting shop.
My plan in the new year to buy a 3d printer and add this to my portfolio, in my shop.
I am looking forward to this and I really enjoy your videos!
Thanks!!
Definitely interested in the sale vs no sale. Thanks
I do 3D prints for craft shows. My best show was 2 days, sold out of the popular stuff on day 1 and made over $2000. Would of been more if I was more prepared as far as stock went.
If you track the filament use when you print it, you can try to figure out a per unit cost on filament. some people go into power consumption too but I think filament cost is good enough! nice nice man. I want to do the same!!!
Nicely Done 👍🏿. I’m just getting started with my XC1
Holy Frozone Batman, 25 degrees!?! And you made a little money and gained valuable product research? I'd way that's a win. Additionally, you sold at reasonable prices to kids while helping a school? Time and effort very well spent. Cheers from Cali!
Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it.
Hey Corey. Found your channel recently, very interesting. I noticed there isn't a link to your Etsy in the video details or the about on the channel. Curious if there's a reason it's not an easy click from youtube here over to your Etsy shop? I did finally find you over on Etsy but had to really go looking.
I have been selling custom chess boards and sets. I double the price of filament and charge $2-$3 hr for print time. Cost for the larger sets is about $30 and I can sell them for about $100.
Really enjoyed your video.
I also stopped doing seasonal items. I have the same result. They never do well for me for the past 5 years. In person events is where the real money is, but my personal opinion is you are charging too little. I sell the Zou small keychains/fidgets for $10 each or 3 for $25. This incentivises to get at least 3, and parents love that 3 kids can get a toy or keychain for a total of $25 instead of having to get more expensive stuff.
I did a small event at local library where I was one of 2 vendors and did like $600, but at a black friday event, brought in around $1,200. Comicon and things like that, are usually a lot higher :D.
Hmm, really like your video and presentation.
I think you may need to use more/better colors. For instance, kids love the rainbow filaments and ornaments don’t look great in single colors. If you have a single color printer, you can still print in multicolor. Those trees look great in rainbow or multicolor filament as well, add a little to the price and offer a tea light to each tree sale; I’ll bet you will sell more!
If your fidgets have more than one part, print the parts using different colors as well.
Oh, perception often works well. That is, don’t have mass amounts of one item on the table, just a few items make the customer think they are limited, therefore they often will buy quicker.
Best of luck to you with your printing and videos.
Don't forget that you can set up booths at the expos, conventions, and seminars happening in your area and around the country or globe. Your goal is to promote your business to large buyers of these items.
Great information, ty for sharing!
I did animal fidgets at $3 each or 4 for $10. I also had the organza bags which people really liked. Dragons went right away. How much did you sell your trees for?
had the same problems with the ornaments, i made like 50 and not a single sold
Craft shows markets are definitely hit or miss. It took me about 3 markets to figure out what people are looking at and actually purchasing. Hopefully you are also considering print time in your cost. Rule of thumb for me is $1 per hour of print time I factor into my price point
I assumed the market for 3D printed trinkets was probably already saturated. I never intended to make money with my printer. I hope I can save some money by printing things I need instead of buying them from the store. I also have grandkids so I’m printing toys nonstop.
Do you make the models or do you find ones you are allowed to sell or do you pay for the models
Some of them are free to sell on makerworld and some I paid for.
Ok
I used to sell at farmers markets and craft shows in 2020-2021. Kids love the shiny and interactive fidgets. Adults liked things that told a story, was the pop culture they liked, or adult humor. They didn't just buy pretty stuff . That's why your ornaments didn't sell... there was no story with them. Just machine made plastic in their mind. If they had a hand in making the ornaments themselves or the ornament told a story/custom name then that is the story. Having a small single color printer there (A1 mini) making pencil toppers draws ppl in too. Good luck.
can you share the flexi dragon ?
Yeah let me see if I can find it!
Awesome video. What did you use to print? What 3d printer?
@@iosgamingshorts247 Bambu Lab P1s and A1!
I kept thinking my door was being opened every time your ring door sensor went off.
lol sorry man! My mic picked up everything in this video!!
Things from computer games might do good man like logos from skyrim nuka cola bottles and caps and bobbleheads from fallout 4. etc
do you have a link for the storage containers?
Let me find them for you. I'll add it to the description.
makerworld.com/en/models/462480#profileId-370991
@@burr028 here you go
Bro, is that Shenron tho?
Do you design these? Or is it legal to sell other creators designs that post them for free on the repositories?
Yeah I think I'm done selling or trying to sell holiday items especially premaking them
How long did it take you to make those dragons and how much did you sell them for?
honestly.... I don't remember how long it took. But I started out selling them for 10 and no one bought so I dropped them to 6 and sold 4.
@ ok thank you
how many machines and how long did you spend printing just for this craft fair?
@@lawrenceyaw8042 2 right now!
Did you show the chapstick in the Stanley 😅?
I did! Still no one was interested! Very weird. I think if I had prices on everything I would have sold more. I think people were scared to ask for prices
I have spent months trying to sell stuff and haven’t sold hardly anything. I don’t know how yall get these opportunities
@@redkeyinuse4754 one I won’t lie this one came out of nowhere. And wasn’t even looking for it. So no comment on that. However I would recommend making content in the industry you’re trying to sell in. As well as if you go to these craft shows one of the big things for me was being engaged and talking to them about my 3-D printerhelp me with my sales for sure.
Time to setup affiliate links you can link in your videos! What mic are you using?
it's from Neewer its the CM28! I will be working on that link soon!
Here is my affiliate link! amzn.to/41jGaWQ
Where do you sell online?
@@Steve-yg5dq Etsy and TikTok shop
are you buying the comercial licensing to sell these files or just printing them and not worrying about it? If you are buying them which did you subscribe too because some of those designs are great!
I have commercial licensing for most of the things that I’m selling. Some of the things did not require one. I got a thangs subscription, third Patreon subscriptions. And messaged 3 creators to make sure I could use their designs. The other ones did not specify for all those who are asking.😊
Are these your own designs? Most of the designs I’ve come across and strict restrictions about not using them for commercial use. Curious how you did due diligence to make sure you weren’t selling protected designs.
You will find out in a hurry that your ideas are going to be turned upside down, What does not sell good at one event will sell anomaly well at the next event it's very hard to say I need to make this but not that because there is a market for it you just have to find it where if you're selling online the whole entire market that you can sell to and come to you online where the market for different locations you're limited to what they want The other thing I've also realized what sells really good one year at one location does not sell the same the following year. Craft shows are very hard to nail down what does good and what doesn't That's why we have found just print what you normally do and just hope it sells.
One thing I don't hear is what you got paid for your time. Both the time printing and the time at the craft show.
2.5 hour show, plus drive time and prep, plus time to pick and print the models = “ not sure I’m going to do any more craft shows “.
152 bucks - (Time + electricity + wear on the machine) = losing money.
You didn’t create shit. You just downloaded other peoples creations and sold them with no attribution.
Ok. Hope your day gets better :)
Mike Smith, here is some important info. Most creators don't sell 3D prints, they sell subscriptions to their models so other people can sell them. Its a win win. Hope your day is getting better!
@@Mannydeleon9977😂