Can I make my MONEY back? - Starting a business in 30 days
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- Is it possible to start a 3d-printing business in 2023? I set out to try to start a new 3d printing business in 30 days. This is what happened.
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1:00 - Getting a 3d printer
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11:04 - Three weeks later
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33% ROI in 30 days starting from never selling online is incredible.
thanks!
Indeed
How is that a 33% ROI? He didn't show his cost of each item and how much profit he made each, and he clearly states he is 300ish in sales with a 1000ish capital. Sales does not equal ROI. Right now he is likely - 90pct ROI which is why he stated it will take him a while to break even =zero ROI. But his sales is good so it will be there soon and more
That part!
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This is incredible
@@adrinfpv the approximate initial investment expenses totalling nearly $1,000.00 included expendables, foundational machinery and tools, as well as utility costs so that money was "spent"...his total income therefore is ROI...it's the return of the initial....and he has additional inventory to continue business
To everyone who feels like him knowing the woodworking niche is an unfair advantage, this is how skills stack on each other to compounding effect.
skills are nothing if you can't find a niche and get views unfortunately.. Marketing is the most valuable skill of all. People sell absolute garbage on Etsy for crazy prices, it's all marketing.
Yeah, it's not an unfair advantage, it's basic strategy. Directed sales are way more effective than just throwing a product into the wind and seeing if something sticks. If you *know* there's a niche that has a demand you can fill, you can save yourself a lot of stress and market research.
... compounding effect.... Yeah 😀
I mean... kinda of? By following into his niche, he's also ignoring a huge market for other stuff. I genuinely think it's hilarious that he's promoting a sponsor when he could quite easily just copy their business model :/
I own a fab and design business, started doing remodels when i was young, worked to building murphy beds, renting a shop, now my niche is remodeling and repairing high end RV's. Keep working people, keep learning, it gets better.
Heck yeah! You took the biggest step which is making and listing stuff! Fantastic video, extremely well shot and the flow was engaging all the way through. Now comes the fun contact potential. 60 days, how long till break even, 6 months, 1 year etc. or talk about a product that’s eventually sold best for you and why. People love this kind of content. Hell it made me click and subscribe 😬🤘
I just woke up and I had to rub my eyes to see if I saw correctly. But Yes, it was indeed Uncle Jessey who had made a comment on my video. That comment made my day, and it just started - so thank you! 😃
This is why I'm making a list of all the useful things I can make for around the house and workshop and making a 3d model before getting my printer. A lot of people can makeup the cost of their 3d printer by making their own things instead of buying. Especially some proprietary part on some machine or device where the company will sell you that piece for 5x+ the cost to make it.
Love this creation community
@@alphonsusho8962 tries to help other with duplicating “some proprietary part”.
Buys Bambu Lab printer full of proprietary parts…
@@Mad_Catter_ FLSun V400 is probably the closest you'll get to being open source and close in print speed
This was a great video!! Thank you so much for your honesty on taking risks and your humor on how to handle the stresses. I wish you all the best in your venture and can't wait to see the next video!
Look into adding g-code that knocks the part off the print bed into a completed parts bin and then starts another print. There’s also conveyor belt print beds that do what I just described. These things will increase production quantities and turn around time from order to packing. Really enjoyed this video! You earned a sub!
Really cool. I did this a few weeks ago.
Really easy to setup. I have an unmodded Anycubic Kobra Go and a slightly modded ender 3v2. I just wait for the plate to cool down and let the head push the object off the plate. Then have a self printed slide right into a bin. I can now print 24/7 and just empty the bin Infront of the printer every now and then. I don't have the sales to justify it for 7 days a week but I let it run 3 days in a week.
@@chy4e431 how are you finding the Kobra go? I’ve just ordered it as my first 3d printer, would love to chat to you more about it.
@@sahilahmed7006 solid but I had a lot of trouble getting decent prints even though it's my second printer.
Definitely don't use the Cura profile they ship on the SD cards. You should rather select the ender 3 profile and adjust the machine settings (so bed size and so on).
@@sahilahmed7006I would suggest the neo, instead
@sahilahmed7006 the free circular fan duct stl online makes it print amazingly accurately after calibrating esteps via octo
Bought a 3d printer a while back to make custom super nintendo parts for myself. Before I knew it I was helping my cousin print 3D models and selling them. Haven't quite made my money back yet but getting there. Your final words were so encouraging, I've been putting off taking pictures and listing my prints for a while now but this help put a fire under me!
Are you indian??
Thanks for the video and good luck with your shop!
Its funny how much we have in common i jumped all in without knowing anything a couple of days ago. TH-cam is great for all questions and walkthroughs!
Your lighting setups keeps getting better and better. Really great video, I love your narrative style.
thanks Garret - appreciate it
I felt every single word from that first minute. Good to see it worked out for you.
Great video! Production was top shelf. I went and got a resin printer for my 1st printer because I had access the a couple filament printers at work. I think a 3d printer is an awesome tool to have around. Sometimes you just need that additive manufacturing.
I enjoyed your video. Pretty cool format you have going. I LoL when you showed the spreadsheet. I did the same with the stuff I make/sell
I run an etsy store doing 3d printing, my niche or market is professionally painted models and statues, I improve my skills on both printing and painting each order I do and it has been showing to be a hit.
could you place a link to your store.. i would like to check out your art models
@@gladiatormechs5574 I don't know if linking them is allowed but they're listed on my TH-cam About page in the links section
do you use a resin printer? If so, which would you recommend? The prints look great!
@@alextsoi6994Yeah I use mostly Resin printers but I also have a couple FDM ones
If you don't plan on doing anything big starting with a Elegoo Mars is a good budget option, just gotta make sure you have proper protection and ventilation
Don't give up.
Small step in the right direction is the key to getting to where you want to be.
I know you will become successful.
Keep up your videos too...please.
"I have no experience 3d printing" "I have 2 other 3d printers" [X]
Thank you for making this video! I was thinking about starting something like this.
This video is so well done it definitely deserves the sub! Thanks for the info, hope we get where we want to one day!😁
Well done Pierre, I really liked the inside of that business idea you shared with us. The main things it needs to run a business aside the "normal" job, is time and money. Time to spend on design, making and "selling", and money you have to invest before anything else can happen.
btw. I have a video request: can you do a video about the different types of wood finisher, these oil's or wax which you put on your finished wood working objects?
thanks Michael! I might have a video later this spring about the finishes. If I manage my time 😂
Thank u for the honesty. I appreciate that. Be well ✌🏼
Superb! This video could inspire so many people. Can’t wait to see how it goes from here. 👍
It's your clarity of thought and ability to explain which make these so good. Must be from all those years teaching😊 !
haha thanks - that might be it :)
This really is a great video. Enjoable to see how you can start a business from 0 and succeed from hardwork. Inspiring. Got my sub!
Sounds good man! Can't wait to hear it I person.
Your editing is so clean !
Great content (drafting, 3d printing, wood working, photography, ecommerce, humor...) and very well-made video. I'd say your sponsors made a good investment in you. Thanks!
thank you very much! I really appreciate it
This is a great video mate thank you. Please do more about this very informative
Good pictures are the best way to stand out.
Really enjoyed that video! Good luck with the new venture 👍
Thank you 😃
Gracias por el video, me sirvió de inspiración. Éxito con tu negocio.
Riktigt bra video! Tack för inspiration :)
I share your 2D printer frustrations! Especially when people get lured in to buying a $60-$100 printer. If you don't print a lot, get LASER not INK JET. The toner lasts longer on the shelf thank ink does.
Side note, I just realized you can get a fairly decent 3d printer (ender 3 or clone) the same price or cheaper than the garbage HP printers that are literally just bait to get you into their ink ecosystem.
As with Enders. It’s just bait to get you to spend more on upgrades to compare it to more expensive printers. 😂
Good work man! I'm in the process of getting started aswell. Done my own designs past year, thinking of creating a company to start selling. Haven't gotten there yet. My plan was to use Amazon and their fulfilment strategy, but I got declined without any help from them. Maybe I have to go for Etsy and gett everything started. Inspirational video and I hope it's going great for you by now! Also wanting to upgrade to better printers as I'm owning Ender 3s and Ender 5 at the moment.
This is really interesting. Good luck with the venture!
thank you!
Great video, I'm glad you made it work! I liked your boxes how did you come up with your packaging solution? Did you have your boxes made to size?
It’s amazing idea! I’ve been studying about 3D printing (also I own 3d printer too) such as polymer and metal to make new business but always it’s issued with lead time..
I like ur idea and this video gives me positive energy! Thank you!
What do you print?
Amazing video Mate!
Oh man what a good hook! Love seeing how this played out.
I read a book called Hook Points by Brendan Kane - that might have been it 😃 thanks Brandon!
Love the subtle humor.
I was litterally gonna make this video bug still waiting on my printer. Nice video man
wow dude i love u, it works!
Hey fellow sweden here to :) good work and the Bambu is top notch to be honest. First printer i bought and im sad i didnt realize this until late last year. its so much better than any of my other printers and suddenly i can actually do proper manufacturing (small scale). Will follow you and see what we have in common :)
Thank you for an honest look at starting a 3D business. Too many people make it sound easy and a way to make a lot of money. For me, learning to use the 3D CAD software (and obtaining it) are the big hurdles.
Thank you man,
really enjoyed this video series dude
Loved to see your journey. Would stay with may 'slow one' for starting out though. Just when demands rectify ut i would invest in a fast 3D printer. The multicolored parts look nice but most of the time it's monochrome anyways.
I may really follow your footsteps (in another segment/topic than woodworking). Thought of it for long enough i guess. Thanks for this video. ❤👍
Thanks for the video
Great video and awesome tip on the printer, thanks for making this kind of video!
I've been running my own workshop (mostly working with metals and plastics with lathe and mill) since 2016 now, and since last year I've been trying to transfer some of the production into 3D printing. This is mostly because health and time management issues. At first I hated 3D priting due to long fabrication times and poor surface quality of FDM prints. However, now I've learned to appreciate the 'autonomy' of the process, once the print is started the machine forms the part pretty much independently in the background. So far I'm trying to finalise the products I'm picturing as the spearheads of my catalogue, but that still requires further testing with different filaments, finshing methods and print settings.
However, the biggest problem I've had since 2016 is the shipping. I live in a country (next to you, BTW, Finland) where postal service is expensive, and definitely not competitive against European or US rates. Earlier I did items which cost between 100 and 200 Eur a pop, so the customer did not mind extra 30 Eur shipping. But now the 3D prints are something between 10 and 30 Eur, so the 30 Eur shipping cost is becoming an issue for bigger number of potential customers. And I can't offer free shipping either, I called my postal service and asked if I can get free shipping from them. They laughed at me and hung up.
Either way, best of luck with your venture!
Interesting problem. Here in germany, the electric power cost is very high. It also make difficult to compete with others if the selling price become lower and lower
Same problem where i live in Sicily Island (South Europe).
25€ to send a pack in Italy and 50€ to the rest of Europe.
So... Huge postal cost, retard, delays, pack lost... It's impossible to survive
nice video it give facts about the realistic details when starting a busines
Hamna på din video av en slump men har funderat på att starta upp och du svarade på alla frågor man har haft och hade otroligt bra och fortsätt men det du gör :D
thx for informative video
Nice info, thanks for sharing it :)
You are a great man!! Keep up :)
Awesome video!
Lots of good points touched on in this video. I'd say one of the top things is that you're designing your own products, even if they're simliar to someone elses. If you're just going on Thingiverse or Printables and ripping files and printing, you're going to have a hard time as that's what a lot of other people are doing. Which at that point why would someone buy from you? Make something your own and be proud of it.
Wow , I am literally in your position. No experience with 3d printing, just bought the k1 max ,blah blah blah..waiting now and I have never been more worried and stressed . it has to work or I am sunk.
Less about 3d printing itself and more about finding a niche but it is still SUPER viable to make money on!
Grymt jobbat!
Honestly I'm not going to go too far out of the way to make money 3d printing. I use my ender 6 to learn 3d modeling and printing as a hobby and to solve issues around the house. I've modeled and printed cable combs for my server closet, a unifi camera mount for my ender 6, keychains as prizes for an event my mom runs. If I get a good catalog of models I may open a shop and start keeping track of production costs, etc. But I really need to get more experience with more complex models and different filaments.
Had a 3D Printer for a while but its just collecting dust... Thanks for the motivation :)
Love this. I have been wanting to pull the trigger and open an Etsy shop for a couple years now, but have always shied away. You have inspired me to take yet another look at it and come up with something I can design and list for sale. Would love to come up with something unique, but I fear it's all been done already.
dont look for obstacles - just over come them :)
Not everything has been done yet.
It may be disheartening seeing so much out there.
I'm also one starting out by making different meshes and dividing them for printing.
It has all been done. You might make some pocket money but ultimately its a waste of time. Nobody really wants 3d printed stuff. They think they do until they realize how shitty the parts actually are. The best way to make money 3d printing is to have a TH-cam channel with a bunch of subscribers and make a video about starting a 3d printing business in order to get a sponser that is a commercial 3d printing on demand service. Get a cnc mill/router and make brackets for people out of UHMW or aluminum. You will develop way more useful skills and make good quality stuff.
@@cuzimpoor7785 with that way of thinking then I assume that you tried?
@@guillermorobledo2842 I have worked in manufacturing for quite a while so I have "tried" and am currently "trying". To add to the above, it is possible to make money 3d printing if you are not including your personal cost of labor. In the end it will only ever be a hobby that makes you pizza money. If you were able to scale to the point of making real money, you would be forced to start injection moulding and use more traditional, much faster machine tools. This is the same problem that people who try the on demand T shirt printing gimicks have. If there exists a cheap thing (a 3d printer) that absolutely anyone can use to make something, why would anyone buy it from you? If you sell things that only a small percentage of people can make (like a machined aluminum bracket) then it becomes more feasible. There is someone out there that will make money 3d printing but its like the lottery. Someone is going to win, it just wont be you or anyone you know.
Dude I like your dry humor!
You need to review a 3d priner of flsun ,The era of high-speed printing has begun, and they are the leaders of the fast era
Honestly want to say thanks for the video. Most people over-glorify the process or aren't as straight forward. So I appreciate the real deal. Also if you've done $350(USD) in only a month, I imagine it will only keep growing if you continue to add to it. Good luck out there! PS - I have a Etsy shop selling tshirts and soon to have a new 3d printer selling custom prints. Its slow but keeping on the grind :)
IF you have the luxury of a multi-filament printer you can use dissolvable filament for support structures.
Good job bro!
Thanks Drew!
Great Video, If you don't have one already make sure you get a thermal label printer for shipping.
Yes, I recently did that for my ebay business and it makes shipping a snap!
Patience and more products.
Great video
Would you mind sharing the link that you used for packaging, looks smart in black
Beautiful video!
Thank you very much!
I did this recently...got the Mono 4k resin printer for $200....I did make around $700 on Etsy etc until the LCD stopped working. It's a good business, problem is, they always break. So I would buy 5-6 different printers, make sure they have all the breakdown covers and do it that way....
that "error" he showed happened to me as well...when I was very...elevated...and forgot to put the bed plate back in for the next print 🤣
This is great Pierre. I was expecting a not-so-happy ending, but this is really encouraging! Good info. Good video.
To be honest. I was expecting the same thing when I launched, but obviously there's a market. thanks Dave!
IMO breaking even in a couple of months is actually a great start! Good luck!
I got a longer lk 5 pro on Christmas as my first printer and I have in mind a business for the future but I’m going to wait and get used to how 3D printers feel
Just bought a Qidi x plus 3. Was working with a friend to see if I could produce for him.
Just game controller faceplates for now. Was going to get into carbon fiber brackets and supports anf a few other things automotive like
So fun to see a local poster of Harplinge in a movie. 🥰 Interesting idea and fun to follow up on. I wonder how the market on Etsy would work on CNC projects or if the 3D print is easier?
A bit late to the game here. Thanks for watching :) CNC market is equally saturated I think. But I would say there is a bigger market locally for cnc-machining.
Awesome video :D
could also look at doing it as a service, when people send you files, and you print it for them for a price.
there is only 1 of those REMOTELY close to me, and I have heard a few people say that they want something like that
You got your style from Johnny Harris. I enjoyed this video
3mins in and it feels like I just click on an Advert for the Bamboo Labs printer 😅😅😅
Cool video!
not bad its a long run investment and keep in mind u only "trowing" ur prints to an already saturated market without any special marketing or special product ... its a matter of making that 1 product that needs in everyhome and then ur golden, iterate a second product to go along with it and u can turn it into a full on business but takes time... it won't happen overnight i remember when i sold my 1st 3d print oh man i was so happy xD
if ur going for bulk printing try a reality CR-30
I haven't watched it all yet, but wondering why you didn't lay that file on its side...def didn't need supports...guessing you were making a point. Thanks for the content!
You do save energy and time costs on a faster 3D printer. So you pay more fixed cost for lower variable costs.
ive been wanting to do this myself and ive been doing some research on how to do it and just found your channel. im really curious as to how you priced your products. if you dont mind sharing could you explain the breakdown of what you took in to consideration for the prices, because the factors i think should be considered are how long it took, how much filament is used, but i dont know what else should be considered and what each part of the process should cost to be fair for the buyer and for me to make a profit.
A quick fun video I’m triggered I have a 3-D printer may be able to do this as well. !!! But it would be so much more interesting for someone to do this as well. If you just shown what you did good and what went wrong in this three weeks now I just have to take you on your word that this is an option but you didn’t tell why exactly this is not working or what can go wrong
how do you design the models? what software do you use? amazing vid btw
Ett tips angående pris på salngadaptern med magneter är öka priset och lägg i minst 2 för 200kr
svårt att tro att du klarar att göra dem för endast 70kr med tanke på magneter slitage matieral och tid att lägga ner magneterna
DAMMIT!! Now I’ll be out $750. I can’t live without this printer. I can’t breathe.
What program did you use for the 3d modeling?
You could have bought the sapphire Pro it is also very good after small modifications very good
Tack! Ska definitivt prova detta. Hur krångligt var det med tull och moms?
turn up your speed in cura to 150mm/s, the print time will be much faster because default cura is 50mm/s
That's bambu lab printer if I am not wrong, it has its own slicer, and by default, speed is much greater than 50mm/s
Funny that you say identical settings. Because it's actually not true. Simply because the speed is also defined by the settings. The difference here is the motion system, weight of the printhead and that it comes with features like input shaping. I'm not saying this printer is bad, in fact i have one myself and I like it a lot, but everything it can do older printers with that motion system could and some can, too. What stands out is the price for what you get and how it comes as a consumer package.
Great video. Question. After creating your own, New, Original part. Is it possible to protect it from being stolen from others, to copy, and sell.
You can melt the layer lines with acetone, just build a diy chamber pour some acetone in there and the plastic on the outside should start melting, hence getting rid of layer lines
good tip! I´ll try that
That's only for ABS. Pla just gets brittle and crumbles in acetone
@@Suzukirider yeah you’re right, you can still use dichloromethane or other substances for it
smart to drop the magnets in while printing?! dont the magnets interact with the print head while printing further?
Under the many creative Commons licenses that allow commercial use, if you modify the file you have to give everyone the same freedoms the author gave you. CC attribution sharealike is an example.
I think it would be the steps in reverse, first find the clients an products then start spending, first money in than expenses