I just wanted to say thanks for the overwhelming positive response/turnout for this video. I haven't been this nervous posting a video in a while. Already outlining some followup videos on this subject! My Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/UncleJessy4Real
@@ihatekillerclowns Exactly why we are refraining from posting fanart on Etsy ourselves. It's all a gamble on whether or not they will come after you, and for $6k, I guarantee they sent something his way. I'd rather not take any chance and do everything legally.
Heres the thing about this though, it's illegal to sell copyrighted ip. Iron man mask, batman mask, etc, they have people that go around etsy and ebay starting lawsuits so if you get noticed doing it and you're in america or UK you'll get sued for more than 20 grand easy.
@@ihatekillerclowns he did not rip them off, if you pay attention, he says that he asked the designer before selling them. Pay attention before hating.
I'm planning to start 3d printing business and I'm in the right channel to get information about this stuff. Love the hadokin part lol. Very humorous and informative Uncle Jessy keep it up.
Curious about how much was spent on resin during that earning period. Trying to get an understanding of the overhead involved. Thanks for the great video either way, very helpful 😁
I've set up one listing on Etsy before. In that case it was some gold earrings that I designed. They would be printed and drop shipped by Shapeways. I had that up for like a year with no sales. Now I have some other ideas and finally have my own printers and I've been planning to start selling my own files.
The problem with popular TV shows and movies is that people usually don't have the rights to sell copyrighted stuff. People just can't make a Pokemon fidget spinner or an Ironman mask and think that selling them legal.
That's good for you, the markets seem to be overwhelmed and saturated now. Finding little niche hobby objects to do sometimes do a little but if I can do anywhere near 18 that would buy us a lot of time right now. So I'm going to keep trying to find a niche that's not overwhelmed like you did but as you said look at all the copies now.
referring to around 10:00 yeah the best route is the stuff you can just print n ship. Saw a guy doin a product that's just basically a big chunk of plastic, he throws a couple other things in it and packages. Dude has 10 printers going. Post-processing or w/e you wanna call it takes like 5 seconds tops. That's how you make the big $$ without being overwhelmed with all that work on each product and having to hire people.
Hello Uncle Jessy, I have been a 3D Printer fan for a couple of years...started truck driving and it's not easy to continue my hobbies etc...but it can be done. I'll be talking with you. New subscriber 🤝🤝
Thanks for taking the time to create this video. I am getting ready to purchase my first 3D printer to produce items that I will show on my RU-vid channel for the niche I produce content for. Already took a look on Etsy for an idea I had and found almost no competition. Hopefully I can do something in return for you some day.
I'm new to 3d Printing. Fairly computer competent and very mechanically competent. I want to make parts for the RC Crawling Hobby and others. First small scale pieces, but my goal is to be able to design body panels as well as interior panels in fullscale detail to create a fully operational piece, with opening doors, roll down windows, opening trunks and hoods, working retracting ragtops, etc. A 3d Printer will make these things possible, but that is where I am clueless. So most items will be not too large, but body panels, etc. will get pretty big, especially if I make 1/8th scale items and larger, which I would like to do for 1/5th scale F1 Rcs. Anyways, that is the basic scope of my desired outcome. So which 3D Printers would you recommend? Some pieces may be as large as 24 inches in length. I could make them 2 piece to go together which his something I already considered, however, if I could, doing them one piece would be preferable. Looking forward to your suggestions. Also, I am not opposed to using 2 machines, one for the large items and one for the smaller items, where I could run the large one doubling out parts when not printing a large item. Lastly, I would like to print in high strength product. Nylon, Nylon/CF CF, or other similar tough products. Thank for any info tips and direction you may be able to point me in.
Great video +Uncle Jessy; I just purchased my second 3D printer to help out the local hospital with PPE. I have always thought of going into 3D printing myself as either a second source of income all while enjoying my 3D printer. Thank you for posting this and continue doing what you do.
I don't have a 3d printer, but have used blender quite a bit, and recently tried making an stl from a model I made and slicing it in cura. I may someday try printing it out. 😎
I love this, I’ve been looking to get into 3D printing for years and your page is perfect! This is the first video I’ve watched of yours so I’ll definitely be coming back, thanks.
Great video!!! I have an Elgoo Mars already and a prusaMK3s on the way... they were mostly for myself and prototyping things that go for more mass production... but until seeing your video here I never considered the possibility of an Etsy store just to gain a little extra revenue and keep the machines busy making money. Great idea! I loved your review on the Phenom which is my next target for resin printing machine. Consider me subscribed!
Download preexisting model, import into modeling software, do a slight modification, save, apply for a patent, become a millionaire like thousands of other companies have.
If I said on the file that people can go ahead and sell it and I constantly get messaged asking for permission anyways I'd be a little annoyed... Great video man.
I know exactly what I plan on 3d printing. I planned on this a couple years ago but never followed thru with it. im gonna 3d print Gijoe Action figures. i mainly wanted to do it for myself but vintage figures have gotten out of hand so now I rather 3d print them for myself and to sell them.lol.
This is awesome!!!! And was something I was considering doing as well mixed with my paint and lathing knowledge!!! I am having a print issue with my creator pro 2 on the right extruder after changing nozzles currently though :/. Working to sort it out lol
Sounds like there would be money in renting out printer power today. They make, send a print order and pay the price. You send the printed object back by mail order 🤑
Hey man, great video. It's given me the next steps to improve upon. Thanks for taking the time to help others like me, looking to create something with my 3D Printing Business. You are a real inspiration to others. Keep it up.
Im the creator of the file mentioned for my proprietary steering wheel and never gave him permission. I remember your email well Jess and im sure you remember my straightforward NO! Thief
Yet you uploaded on thingieverse under a license that allows other users to use your work commercially. So I guess it's your own ignorance that is to blame here
This is a great video. You mentioned that you offered to give a cut from your earnings to the creator of the model. I am thinking of selling 3D prints too, but I have no idea what would be reasonable for me to offer, may you please give me some advice on that aspect. Thank you
Awesome job. You might want to turn your hand around when gesturing the number 2 (12:34), or using 2 different fingers lol. Doing it the way you did it means something quite different in many places, especially if you grew up in the 80's 🤣🤣🤣
I think 18 thousand is actually okay. It's not like you are doing this as your main source of income. It's something you did in your free time. To finance the hobby. I just recently bought a resin printer. And I plan to print figurines and miniatures. But currently I'm an university student so I don't have a lot of money to put into that. So my plan is to slowly learn sculpting in blender or so. And first do small runs printing miniatures to sell them and once they sold out I will sell the stl files. I hope to at least get enough money to make my hobby basically free.
This is so great that royalties are paid. I've lost out many years ago when dealing with P&G about my design for a Disposable Diaper backsheets, from plastic to Wax polymer and other fiber. Although I had a contract with them, they currently still use that design and don't pay.
I was so relieved to find this it’s so dumb that people can go on thing verse and take a design and then use it to make a profit with out compensation for the designer
You didn't mention intellectual property issues surely if you are selling a lot of Iron man helmets for example you risk getting a call from Marvels lawyers asking for their cut.
Selling fan art is very risky, but is a good way to generate startup capital to pivot to legit owned/licensed works. The key is to make just enough money not to get too much attention, and then get out when you've made enough. I switched to legit/owned works once I had funded $100K worth of tools and equipment. It took a year to build a new fan base on my work (vice Marvel, Bethesda, etc) but now I'm selling my own work at a rate that surpasses the fan art. It can be done!!
This. I immediately thought of this. Watched and watched, but it never got talked about. I think it's one of the most important points - who wants to put all that effort in, to be sued or have any sort of profit completely slashed.
So yeah, I have 60 3D printers, and I own all of my copyrights. I've brought in $325K, and I'm up to my eyeballs in work both D2C an B2B. It can be done.
@@Wulf_Mane Unfortunately, there's no such thing. I keep a lot of spare parts, do all of my own repairs, and I'm very familiar with the software. I've been an Engineer for 20 years, so it just was a good fit for me.
Great video. Exactly mirrored my experience selling 3d prints online. I like that you emphasized the importance of finding efficient products to sell. Creating big items is fun but very impractical long term. Selling small functional items and then marketing them based on the value they provide rather than if a small plastic thing should be as expensive as you made it is key
Uncle Jesse, I have been wanting to do this for a few years but there really wasn't anyone giving this type of information. I have learned tons. I am a 3D modeler and animator and this adds so much to an addition income stream off my designs. Very helpful. I have learned everything from you. Much appreciated.
Wow great motivation! Please, cover about packaging, shipping and customer care part of it - which are the part of any manufacturing business’ bigger task then anything.
This video convinced me that this as a side gig is a legit good idea if I manufacture the right product, so yes PLEASE make more like this! Go into more details in your process: How did you ship these? USPS, Fedex, UPS? How did you determine the product's cost? What was your profit margin?
I like the video, but I think some basic business analysis and cash flow calculations should be included to paint a more accurate picture. Based on the revenue total you show vs sales numbers and parts, I made some basic estimates on the actual cost of goods sold (COGS) vs Revenue and Expenses. This includes estimated time for print at 1.25 hrs, cost of electricity at $0.15/kwhr, PLA at at $20/kg, box and shipping materials at less than $1, and only 30 minutes of your time spent setting up print, removing print, cleaning up parts, printing label, packing box, and taking out to mailbox. I also assumed shipping to be about 95% the cost assigned from Etsy at sale, and included the Etsy $0.20 fee to post an item and a 5% fee at sale. Assuming roughly 1100 sales of the XBox part and 850 of the PS4 (this gets to about the revenue number you show), your actual take home pay is roughly $12.30/hr. This does not include whatever cut you promised to PixelLogic for the design usage.
For a side gig (which I believe this is for him), that's pretty decent I'd say, then again, I'm used to EU salaries being way lower than US salaries so I might not be up to snuff here, but for basically half an hour of actual work (since you're just doing whatever while it's printing on its own), it seems pretty good.
I think your time calculation is incorrect. All of the tasks you listed would take maybe 5 minutes. I do this every day and if you run your operation efficiently you can do things very quickly. If you're printing the same thing you don't need to spend time setting up the print (if not its very fast still), removing the print just takes a second, if you print your parts correctly you shouldn't need cleanup, printing a label on label paper and applying it to packaging is fast and effortless, If you use padded mailer bags (very cheap and high quality feeling - highly recommended) packaging products up is a fast process, and you can take all your stuff to your mailbox once a day.
I've been on Etsy for 10 years. I'm a Maker/Hobbyist/Creator and am one of those real people behind the scenes of what makes Etsy a great place to shop for something unique. I want to remain a hobbyist and share my creativity, but I don't want a job, and that's why Etsy works so well for me. So, that said, just be careful what wish for, and understand what you want, anything is possible with Etsy. Thanks for the video, nicely done.
My son and i just got into 3d printing. He wants to go that direction with his education. He is 15 and autistic. I bought the cheapest printer i could find. A cloned clone of a cloned a8. As expected is was not all that good but that was the point. Learned my son how to design parts to improve the printer. When the mainboard blew up we made it arduino controlled. The printet works just fine now. We both learned a lot of that piece of junk. Now we have a ender3 wich ofcourse is a lot better.
Love this! I was actually thinking of getting back in the game of model making after 30 years, things have changed tremendously, but still so familiar at the same time. Thanks for the video and yes you should definitely make more production of this kind.
Great video! My wife already has an Etsy account, and we BOTH got really excited by watching this video! Now I’m subscribed to get more info as I start 3D printing!
Uncle Jessy, How do you mass-produce a certain product if there is a demand. Surely, that steering wheel may have been small but you still had to produce a lot. Having one printer would still take some time right? Please help. Thanks
I messaged Uncle Jesse on ETSY last year asking him a couple of questions about this thing but he never responded. I saw the specs from the originator and it was pretty much the same so I just bought one anyway. I figured if it sucked it didn’t matter cause it was cheap. This thing is the biggest piece of shit rip-off I’ve ever come across on ETSY. You can’t access your PS4 home button with this attached. It’s a bitch to get on. It cracked the second time I put it on anyway. But not before causing my controller to have drift issues after using only twice. I’m just thankful that I tested it on my second controller and didn’t ruin my main one with this shit box of a product.
Video shows $18k revenue (usually this view includes shipping fees) and 1223 sales... $15 avg transaction. Etsy fees are 9.5% on total sale ($1.40). Looking at your store, I see shipping is min $9, so maybe $4.60 left over...then minus materials costs (estimating $1ea??) That leaves $3.5ea profit? Is that about right?
Brad J did you listen to the part where he says over and over not to do that? He also mentioned that he asked the original designer for permission and is sharing the profits with him.
Hey Jessy, just discovered your channel as I'm looking to get into printing. Just wanted to say your videos are GREAT. Thank you very much, I'll be binging all your stuff as I embark on my 3D printing journey :)
I'm really curious if there have been any cases of companies coming down on people who are printing stuff the violates copy rights? Marvel could come and shut down all those people selling iron man masks and even sue them if they wanted. If people are really making good money doing this stuff it seems like it's going to happen eventually right?
@@lambrettaladUK generally you'd get a cease and desist. they don't *have* to give you one and just go ahead and sue the daylights out of you, but it's just not economical to do that when an official piece of paper with fancy letterhead or e-mail usually scares the hell out of people enough to make them stop. bootleggers don't give a toss about being banned, i'd guess, it's just a matter of firing up another account until that one goes tits up, too. you're right, too, those huge companies have legal teams and people who just looks for IP infringement.
if you're a prop maker then it stands to reason you're familiar with casting. so, do you find the economics favour printing or casting after the initial product is printed?
It took approx 2 hrs to make, sold for $9.95. Would you do a breakdown of cost of : materials, postage, maintenance of machine Electricity Etsy fees Royalty to original designer Not being negative, but if someone is seriously considering this kind of side hustle, it'd be really helpful to know, as the profit margin must be very slim, no? 😬 Thanks man, just came across your channel, good videos so far 👍🏻
You mean the creative bleeps taken from copyrighted video game files, where Jesse didn't obtain permission for their use and is leveraging someone else's creativity to help monetize his content? The ones he uses while admonishing people not to leverage someone else's creativity to make money without permission? Ironic.
@@aymansyed1351 We are in the beer and firearm accessories industries. We custom design and 3D print tap handles for breweries across the US. The 60k on ebay was mag holders, foregrips, and other accessories for firearms. I mislead you a little. Not every piece is fully 3D printed. They all have some aspect that is 3D printed, but some include metal mounting plates and fasteners, etc.
It seems most of the success you had was through your channel and teaming up with the creator. Realistically this isn't going to happen for most of us. The biggest challenge is marketing an Etsy store and waiting for that first sale.
Dude, your videos have been a GREAT help in getting me started with 3D printing. Just got an Ender 3 recently, and have been modifying it to serve me better as I start selling stuff (cookie cutters, pendants, etc) Thank you so much for your advice!
5:20 "maybe there is an upcoming tv show", yes but what about the copyright ? Even if you create your own 3D models you stay in illegal clause towards the show right ? So I don't get this.
This all very well --- thank you for your advice! But, Uncle Jessy, how does one go about all of this while not being slammed by cease and desist notices? Disney didn't give those people permission to profit off of those Iron Man masks. How is it that one is able to sell items that are "inspired" by another creator's or company's intellectual property?
Great video! I've owned a 3D (FDM) printer for a while now, and I've recently been thinking about using it to make prints to sell, so this video is very timely! I was wondering the following - for prints you sell (like the game controller mod), 1) what material do you print (PLA? ABS? PETG?) 2) What layer height (and deciding on layer height and print quality vs. time for a commercial print)? 3) Infil (and durability/amount of material vs cost for a commercial print)? Thanks!
I like to use a .6mm nozzle on my parts. Saves time for sure. I also print at the highest layer height I can get away with which is .3mm usually unless the part is very square then I use .4 or .5. I print with either pla+ or petg. I find pla+ more reliable but am warming up to petg (had to deal with a lot of bullshit with it when first starting out. now that I have nicer printers I'm warming back up to it). I usually use 5 or 10 percent infill. Most of the part's strength comes from wall thickness so I'll have 3 or 4 walls on all sides tho. Parts are quite sturdy this way.
Pricing! I'm finding that charging for my design time, time spent putting together, sanding and painting makes my items too pricey for some buyers. How can we compare our pricing to the market pricing for similar items.
I think you kind of have to eat that cost at first, and hope you're volume multiplies your small margin into something worthwhile. Its a tough balance because, especially FDM prints, there is only so much you can reasonably charge for something.
"Some Buyers" is actually the key word here. Balancing the price to a point where you get not all the buyers, but enough buyers to keep you busy is actually where you want to be.
ProTip: Build a single master and make a good mold or two to do castings from. Ya only have to clean the print up once and it is vastly faster/easier than printing the same model over and over. ;)
It's a problem, many people can't break free from the mass manufactured plastic toy market prices in their head to a hand made (with artistic skill) one off product.