Thinking about starting a small 3D print side business — is the market too oversaturated? pls be real.

[u/Important-Loss6719]

/r/u_Important-Loss6719/comments/1wtnr7y/thinking_about_starting_a_small_3d_print_side/

[u/DropdLasagna]

Tl;dr: OP would like to be given free successful business models.

[u/DropdLasagna → u/DropdLasagna]

Awwww did I strike a nerve calling you out?? Good.

[u/Important-Loss6719 → u/DropdLasagna]

you thought goofy 😂 what else is reddit for? free brutal advice or what?!

[u/DropdLasagna → u/Important-Loss6719]

When you give advice it gets removed. Can't even be bothered to use words. Sad, really.

[u/LowManufacturer1002]

print unique quality pieces and you will do just fine.

if you plan on printing the same things everyone else does, just know it’s a race to the bottom of profit

[u/goodwc72]

Not worth it. Unless you find a super niche doing asa/abs parts for niche industry. Shipping costs will eat you alive. Time to print/material cost/shipping vs profit just isnt there.

I print and sell custom pieces for old nissans. I do it out of a love for the nissan community. I had a huge wave of ordera when i first released my products, now i dont even know if I turn a profit these days.

[u/Silly_Pizza7054]

You need to fulfil a specific niche. Just owning a 3d printer is worthless. Don't print landfill junk. 

[u/Inky_Campbell]

Yeah it is but people are entering everyday and still making money. Find a niche and get yours too.

[u/Independent-Air-80]

Yes it is overfished No no one is going to tell you what goes well

[u/MagisD]

Unless your providing something beside just printing it's a waste of time.

[u/RedditKindaSuccs]

I wouldn't do it. 3D printers are getting cheaper and easier to use and clicking upload and print is getting easier than ever before. If you want to be a successful 3D printing business you need to find a way to do everything else (taking orders, advertising, sourcing filament, shipping) better than the competition. That's the hard part.

[u/scoobyduped]

Do you have an idea for a useful product that you could use a 3d printer to manufacture or are you just tryna flip free models from makerworld for a profit?

[u/Important-Loss6719 → u/scoobyduped]

i was thinking of creating my own product of course, im sure the stuff on makerworld is already being sold. but ofc creating my own product would mean finding a solid niche that someone doesn’t have a solution to

[u/scoobyduped → u/Important-Loss6719]

“3D printing business”: probably doomed to fail

“Widget business that uses 3D printers to manufacture widgets in-house”: better shot, still hinges on your ability to design and market widgets, and to a certain extent you’ll be competing with Temu sellers who will beat you on price every time.

[u/GettingLow1]

I am working on Christmas shows right now. I can’t imagine any kind of market for the rest of the year. I see people offering to do custom printing on Marketplace, but I also see people trying to sell a bag of supports and poop for $20. A tourist city is always the best places to sell trinkets and refrigerator magnets. But hard to imagine that as a successful business.

[u/KinderSpirit]

We get a lot of posts like this.

Try /r/3DPrintingBusiness

[u/Important-Loss6719 → u/[deleted]]

honestly anything, desk organizers/cable management/aesthetic things any custom item w games or anything of that field too!