Hell yeah man! I don’t know much about business but I think functional items like Organizers, planters, pen holders, etc… would all be good. Fidgets are also a huge part of 3d printing so you can’t go wrong with those. D&D has a big community as well so minis and environmental pieces could also be a good choice. If you’re in college you can major in engineering (don’t recommend) and learn CAD softwares so you can design new prints! Good luck, I’ll be watching and supporting!
you have some really nice printers dude! I have one A1 mini too and am wondering about starting a 3d printing business myself. Like you said, you can't really sell things other people have designed so I'm trying to learn how to make my own things. Theres a lot of good tutorials on youtube that I've seen so far. One of the best parts about 3d printing is that it's super easy to make custom things for people, which can be bring up the value of items, like a phone case with someone's name engraved on it, or a keychain with their favorite logo etc
Hello, I think the best way to start is with simple things that can be easily customizable and fairly easy to model and print Examples of this are keychains, card holders or even phone cases, they can be easily printed with very little material are fairly simple objects to model from scratch and super customizable For example, I sometimes make keychains for people I know and stop the printing mid print and glue a NFC chip inside that when scanned it links to the persons/companies social media or website I also recommend looking for interesting twists on the products, also as an example my wallet was 3D printed by me with PLA and I have recently been searching for ways to eletroplate with either copper or nickel since it gives a super nice finish to the parts TLDR: choose easy stuff that u can make and find a niche when it come to aditive manufacturing the sky is the limit
Yes, there are many nice collections there. Definitely the fast-track to having printable and sellable models. The more complicated but still easy option is to learn enough modelling to make functional prints which don't need to look pretty or intricate. Perhaps even design your own 3D-printed packaging for some items. I use OpenSCAD for all sorts of useful things, and even though I don't officially have a business I'm starting to get orders for specialised objects.
Hell yeah man! I don’t know much about business but I think functional items like Organizers, planters, pen holders, etc… would all be good. Fidgets are also a huge part of 3d printing so you can’t go wrong with those. D&D has a big community as well so minis and environmental pieces could also be a good choice. If you’re in college you can major in engineering (don’t recommend) and learn CAD softwares so you can design new prints! Good luck, I’ll be watching and supporting!
Great ideas, thx!
you have some really nice printers dude! I have one A1 mini too and am wondering about starting a 3d printing business myself. Like you said, you can't really sell things other people have designed so I'm trying to learn how to make my own things. Theres a lot of good tutorials on youtube that I've seen so far. One of the best parts about 3d printing is that it's super easy to make custom things for people, which can be bring up the value of items, like a phone case with someone's name engraved on it, or a keychain with their favorite logo etc
I know right, it's so hard to find models to sell. I'm actually planning on learning fusion because I think that would be very beneficial.
@ yea i’ve used fusion a bit it’s good!
lov it! id find a niche, focus on one product and try to make it yours! keep up the grind and be the best at what YOU are producing
Hello, I think the best way to start is with simple things that can be easily customizable and fairly easy to model and print
Examples of this are keychains, card holders or even phone cases, they can be easily printed with very little material are fairly simple objects to model from scratch and super customizable
For example, I sometimes make keychains for people I know and stop the printing mid print and glue a NFC chip inside that when scanned it links to the persons/companies social media or website
I also recommend looking for interesting twists on the products, also as an example my wallet was 3D printed by me with PLA and I have recently been searching for ways to eletroplate with either copper or nickel since it gives a super nice finish to the parts
TLDR: choose easy stuff that u can make and find a niche when it come to aditive manufacturing the sky is the limit
That's very smart!
exited to see updates
How are you going to take the orders from costomers? Do you have any website?
Right, so I'm not sure whether to sell on Etsy, Ebay, or just make a shopify store. I don't really know how to set any of this up.
Some people in Patreon allow you to sell their models if you subscribe to them.
Yes, there are many nice collections there. Definitely the fast-track to having printable and sellable models.
The more complicated but still easy option is to learn enough modelling to make functional prints which don't need to look pretty or intricate. Perhaps even design your own 3D-printed packaging for some items. I use OpenSCAD for all sorts of useful things, and even though I don't officially have a business I'm starting to get orders for specialised objects.
Yeah, I need to learn either Fusion360 or OpenSCAD.
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