Everything You NEED To Know To Sell 3D Printed Mini's 

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"there is very little creators I trust that can support anything right ". Beyond true at this point lol. Some models you can look at and you just know they will fail on you lol. I support everything myself now no matter what. It takes ages but I know they will be alright then.

Hey Sam, Glad you covered this! As someone who's entire job is doing exactly this, its nice to have it covered. I have some pretty in depth thoughts on this if you ever end up doing another video and want some insights into starting to where I am now.

"They're just trying to shut down the competition" Yep. Remember Spots the Pink SM fiasco? The author was using public domain words, in use BEFORE G-Wreckshop, and they used both trademark and copyright laws which wouldn't even apply. But due to rules Ama still had to delist and pull. I love bringing that up due to fading attention spans.

Welcome to the business. I went through this with my laser company. Licensing sucks especially if there is no exclusivity or MAP licensing model. It becomes a race to the bottom with tiny margins. The only way out is to design your own stuff and not license. It sucks because there is a limit to how much time you can be designing and not printing. You quickly hit diminishing returns. Add the supporting and test time and you really need to dial in your workflow. I also love them mentioning the material/resin used. The resin supply chain is good but not perfect and all it takes is one bad batch to really screw stuff up and cause delays. The cost of the resin is also an issue and if you have to switch brand, there is the testing and tuning time. Those things and major time and profit killers. You have to treat it like a REAL business and not a hobby. That means a real business plan. Getting a license and legal representation on retainer. Sitting down and running your cost numbers and not just the hard costs of the equipment and supplies but the soft costs like time, packaging, shipping limits/requirements, platform costs, etc. Read as much as you can about running a business before you even start. Look at how taxes work. That extra income needs to be reported and there is nothing worse when you get that first 1099 from your payment processor only to learn, it doesn't include withholding taxes. Being your own company is not easy but if you pull it off you are set to control your own future.

I sell from time to time. I’ve paid off my 2 printers at this point and maybe put a little extra in my pocket. I don’t plan on doing it full time, but it is some nice and easy money when you do it a few times a month.

Great video! I’m about to drop my first 3D printed accessory for 1/18 figures from a galaxy far, far away so I’ve been looking for more and more content like this. Thanks!

I did this on a small scale for a bit. It is so much work. Good margins but a lot of work. Only did it for about 6 months or so.

I would also recommend learning 3D design. Don't just offer someone else's creations but your own, and no Merchants is needed for your own stuff. Even though AI is making 3D models now, a human touch is still required. I have been learning Blender to start my own model/terrain to offer. It is a chance to restart after becoming disabled.

Crushing content! Like most “cutting edge” technologies there’s a lot of work that must, MUST, be done yourself. If, and when, the technology becomes more widespread then the market to fill the demand will also grow. This includes better files, including supports.

One of the guys at my local game store commissioned me to print him a White Scars army.

It depends..if your all about making the most amount of money you can...then regardless of what you like, u pr8nt and sell whats in demand.

alot of people buy files or printed models. As an example i know a seller who lives in china and he gets access to almost anything and eaht he does is he has individuals around the world he has print and shop on his behalf and he pays them X amount. So he never has issues of falling behind.

Really relatable , love this video. It’s definitely not as easy as you’d think and it’s something not to jump in and start turning a profit. I don’t expect to start seeing a profit for at least a year after investments of files , materials, cleaning materials etc. The one thing they don’t touch on and it’s definitely a big one to do dependant on your country’s laws is keeping on top of your sales and recording all your outgoings so when it comes to the tax man time you can do your return as painless as it can be. I did laugh to myself when they said about having more files than time to list them 😂 I wear that t short daily .

I made a couple of thousand off my first 3d printer. But that was 8 years ago in the wild west days. Hell just 'oil' drums made me over £500. But the market tightened and I got hit with a few false ip hits on Ebay ... once they think your own mini is not yours its VERY difficult to convince them its your model. In the end Brexit killed my business as 60% of my sales were outside the UK and it fell off a cliff. Happy to do it and still give mates rates but the market left me behind years ago.

Im sell 3d print, not de models, but the SERVICE... i think if your client give you the model, and dont have de printer, you can make money with no problem, the problem of IP its on the hand of client not yours, he finds or buy the model, downloads and share with you, how he find and download, idk, dont matters... its a nice and secure format for me, other important thing, you dont have the obrigation to sell ONLY miniatures, you open to make all projects, hobby or not, you free to make what the client needs using this custom service!

That was actually a really interesting video. The two blokes gave some really neat insight. Wouldnt mind more of this kinda video tbh 🙂 (Also: i didnt know mister metokur was into 3d printing 😂 sorry. Had to)

Hello guys I want to start printing on a resin printer soon and in therm of this I want to play the Grey Knights, but I only got to find castellan crowe yet. so did anyone a link or some names I have to look for? pls?

Key to success, NEVER PRINT TO ORDER!!!!!!!!! Always run a Stock system instead, this will keep your sanity and not working overtime because some big order came in you didn't expect.

If u have a regular job while trying to list and sell prints ..expect to fall behind or quit your job if your demand is high enough to support you

The issue is I have the bambu p1s and just can't justify resin, the fumes the hazards etc and I would have to put it in my garage, which from my main room is a minute walk, Also in my garage I have my small personal gym too so, I just can't easily justify all those factors for "Sharper/nicer looking mini prints" because that's about all I could use it for...

wish i had resin printer

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funny thing, i just started selling stuff on ebay.

Dont tell gw but i sell 3d printed war hammer40k titans and its really profitable 😅😅😅

Hire your own 3d modeler in the longterm its much more easier its what i did.

I sell prints but it's BYO files. This means I'm not required to have a license because I'm not selling files. The customer gives me a USB with the files they want printed. I do it just to cover my expenses of printing for myself and my friends/family and it works great.