BRO! I got my first sale today $5! SICK! I spent total of 3 hours making and uploading the design. A few more hours test printing but still, I made 5 bucks doing practically nothing lol
I do design 3D models and i got about 350 US dollars in 1 year , don't be ashamed , now i'm trying to hit the 3D printing niche in order to increase my sales , good luck to you
Keep at it pal keep releasing files. I'm currently making on average between 300 and 400 a month passively. And slowly releasing more files so that I can hopefully make enough to do this full time
I don't understand why artists give away models for FREE. I made $40000 in a span of 10 years selling 3D models. Spending hours on a model and you give it away for free or sell for a dollar is stupid.
@sherlockhomes9919 thanks for comment. I have made several models over the year's and have not sold anything, for this very reason. So hard to know where to go and not let someone steel it.
Thanks for the video @SantBran you mentioned paid monthly access to portfolio of STL files but you didn't mention how to go about that. Can you please explain how to start this? As this is what I want to know but don't know where to start?
Thank you so much for uploading this. I've been trying to figure out how to make and sell my sculpts as stl files for people to print miniatures. It's been a dousey finding help for this niche.
What I don't get is that you find $5 for your file a good price, you say you have been working on it for 2 weeks. If you would calculate the hours against hourly price, you would need many 100s of people buying that file just to break even. There comes that maybe within those 100s of people your file gets sold by others for less money. I'm a 3D modeller but this just sets me back, $5 just doesn't do it. Only works if you have 100s of lets say patreon members that pay 5bucks(+) a month and can download your files, than you at least have a income.
That is how you gotta get started to get to that 100s of patreon members, you are most likely not gonna be able to grow selling your files for high prices if you have barely any reviews and aren't known.
You need the printer because you need to prototype is to ensure its printables - A lot of flaws and errors appear after you print it - and it usually isn't clear within you CAD software
If you keep the design simple enough I'd say its possible but not recommended. Things without delicate detail, tricky overhangs, not load bearing, no form fit, no weight need, no material exhaustion... Etc. But also kinda hard to know what is easy / possible if you never had a printer.
