HOW TO START YOUR OWN HOMEBASED 3D PRINTING BUSINESS

3D Printing is moving at a sloth like pace and has yet to catch a momentum where everyone is demanding this new technology. Old brick and mortar stores are a financial drain and require a great deal of resources to get up and running. The best way to quickly get your feet wet in the 3D printing business is to start an online 3D printing business. You wouldn’t even have to buy a 3D printer. There are many resources, which are free to get you making that cake.

You can go the old fashion route and buy a domain, pick a name, create a website or you can leave all those headaches to platforms like Shapeways, Pinshape, and other 3D print sites. Many of these platforms offer creating, uploading, printing, and selling your 3D models. There is also the bonus of selling your drawings as downloadable content. These 3D platforms also offer, which material to print your 3D models in and customization. The greatest feature, is all the platforms mentioned offer a quick and easy payment method so, you can get paid quicker.

If your still not sold on outsourcing your printing then, looking in to a good quality and inexpensive 3D printer is a good place to start. These are just a few of the top five 3D printers currently on the market.

1 Makerbot
2 Flash Forge Finder
3 New Matter MOD-t 3D Printer
4 XYZ Printing Da Vinci
5 Kossel Mini

When buying a home based 3D printer, take into consideration the file formats, which easily transfer over to other platforms. If your formats are restricted then, it will become more cumbersome to work with your 3D drawings and be much more difficult to print.

Also, deciding on what type of material you will offer works in unison with the type of 3D printer you have. Depending on the material, it is possible for the 3D printer’s extruder to get clogged based on the temperature ability of the printer and the volume of product you will be printing. As a former engineering assistant, 3D printers function like an injection molding machine. If the temperature is not able to give the material a consistency, which is easily extrudable or the extruder can clogged and the bottle necks start occur.

Your next step should be purchasing a domain and deciding on a catchy and easy to remember name for your 3D printing website. Next step of course, should be building a 3D printing website. If you have the skills great, but if you’re lacking in that department then, outsourcing this task over to platforms like Fiver, Upwork, and Freelancer isn’t such a bad idea. These platforms are freelancing websites, which offer this service and other services for a fee, which can vary.

You can also outsource how to incorporate in easy payment method to your website and if you’re in the know how to do it yourself, that’s even better.

Sticking to small everyday items people need, to print in 3D is a good idea. Keeping things simple when starting off with any business-related ventures is a no brainer, since costs tend to remain relatively low. Good 3D products to print from home could include jewelry, household décor, toys, or anything you can fathom, that’s not too complex. Less time designing means more time for the next 3D model to be built and more money for you.

Harnessing Google’s suite of marketing resources is a great way to get the word out about your 3D products. Google Adwords currently offers credits, which can vary to help get your 3D print business off the ground.

Most importantly, deciding on a shipping method is crucial, because if your product doesn’t get to your customers in one piece, say good bye to all that hard work and hello to PR damage control.

UPS is great, they not only offer shipping services, but they also offer 3D printing as well. USPS is always a good go-to when running a homebased business and dirt cheap. FedEx is also another great vendor when it comes to offering your customers 3D products quickly.

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