Guides
Straight answers to the money questions, with worked examples you can rerun in the calculators.
Price it: What should I charge for this print?
- How print cost is estimated
- Every formula the calculator uses, with a worked PLA example.
- How to price a 3D print from filament grams
- Turn slicer grams and print time into a sell price, with a live example.
- Pricing after Etsy and marketplace fees
- Set a list price that keeps your margin after the platform takes its cut.
- What to include in your print cost
- Printer wear, electricity and your own time: the costs most sellers forget.
- Margin vs markup
- Why a 40% margin is not a 40% markup, and what fees do to both.
- Choose filament before you price
- PLA, PETG or ABS: how heat, failed prints and labor change the cost.
Sell it: Am I making money across my products?
- Selling 3D prints
- Finding a niche, quality, channels and licenses before your first sale.
Make it at scale: Keep printing, or switch to molding?
- Print vs mold at 100–500 parts
- When 3D printing still wins for a small production run, and when to tool up.
- Production quote checklist
- What to send a manufacturer so you get a useful quote back.