Ladies and Gents
I am a complete novice in the world of selling 3D prints. I have been 3D printing for a while, however I have no idea on how to price a print. I would like some information. I understand it might be a weird question to ask but hey we’re all friends here (*tumble weed*). So a rough formula or algorithm or even a stack up of time/material/energy cost/labour etc will be helpful.
thank you
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Good question,
I just started my hub too and was wondering the same thing. I did some searching around online and crunched some numbers myself, here is what I came up with. Of course, it depends on the printer - but I found someone else suggest for FDM printers about $2.50/hr should cover electricity and printer maintenance. Other than that just figure in material cost and that will depend on the material you use, but should be a good baseline to start with.
Hope that helps!
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I do a couple things. I run the STL through my hub or another hub to get an idea. Then I figure out the rough amount of filament that will be used and the cost of that. Then look at the estimated time to print.
So as an example if my part gets an average of $50 from hubs and I find it may take about $5 in filament and 4 hours to print then am I good with $50 or can I sell cheaper and be ok with it? Ask yourself if you would buy the part.
I have very low overhead and want return business so I will price accordingly.
I did a part for a machine shop and charged $25 which was good for me and them. They said they would have more versions of the part but I didn’t hold my breath. They came back with a new version a few weeks later! I charged them $20 this time since I already have the setup and they came back. They were thrilled and now I have an order for 15 parts and a very happy client!!
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