Course launch will now be sometime in early 2025! Sorry for the delays here folks, lots going on and I want to make this the best it can possibly be. Thanks for watching!
Specialized courses like this generally are around $50-$100 (usually $47, $67 or $97) depending on the content, 30 days full refund guarantee no questions asked, perpetual access and discounts for first rounds. On Udemy, I've bought great courses of hundreds of hours for $20. It also depends on your maintenance and marketing costs. I'll suggest a $47 startup.
I agree with this , also , if you price it around this price , you will sell a lot of courses , as opposed to pricing it high and being scammy and selling only a few
Just because you bought courses on Udemy for $20 doesn't mean the courses are worth that little. Surprise: course aggregators like Udemy benefit from people who make specialized content for cheap and live in Eastern Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and South America.
@@theglowcloud2215 well, he will compete against those eastern europeans, who manage to do the same on few times the power price and higher taxes. Idk if a guy who uses youtube as promotion can give more valid tips than them for a common print farm. And if he doesn't, then why would I buy pricier course instead of some indian dude? They brought us all through STEM college education already :D
I would say $99 for the course with a $49 annual maintenance fee to maintain your lifetime access. Without the latter fee there is no incentive for you to stick around as Sensei!
I am inspired by your content. So the cost does not matter because every single video I learn something new from you. So I am 100% sure the course will be worth it. You name the price and I am in.😊
I am a 64 year old lifelong artist thats new to 3D Printing. Way back in the day I learned Lightwave and Maya for a few projects so I have some chops. Recently picked up Nomadsculpt on my kids suggestion. And I have a few designs I would like to get printed. There are a ton of videos on getting into 3D printing business but very few on what a customer should expect when doing a project with one. I am interersted in finding out what to look for in a good 3D printing service, what they will and wont do. And what they expect from me ie: cleaning, resine profiles, supprted, unsupported files,etc.Thanks
Whatever price you decide be sure to offer a full money back guarantee. That seals the deal for me when I pay for content. Topics: -Print to order versus first printing minimal inventory -Allow backorders on ecommerce platform versus show out of stock -Most effective advertising for custom niche products (not printed doo-dads) -Legalities... if/when to incorporate -Product liability insurance? -How to minimize shipping costs in the age of "free shipping on everything" -Utilizing family for help. Good idea?
Wow Travis the print farm is looking amazing. Can’t wait to see what your course is going to be all about I’m totally new to 3D printing but I’m loving it and want to learn more for sure. I think for me around the $100 or so would be great I’m older and on disability so money is tight. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Price for the course is a tough one hey. I'm a small business owner already so not new to running a shop, but I've added 3d printing as more than just a fun activity and hope to grow my ideas into even a 3 or 4 printer setup. I feel like you as the one offering the course should set the price; yes asking for input is great but how many people are going to say oh $50 and that's my best offer. I'm interested and prepared to spend dollars if I think I'll get good value from it. Your tour of your farm where you spoke about the dust boots for jobsite saws was great as I saw you had found a niche and exploited it. I'm hoping to do similar here is Australia.
Marketing would dictate that you have a tiered pricing model to maximize your revenue and provide options to the different customers you may have (Price Sensitive w/Time vs. Cash Flush w/Limited Time). Here's an example: Essential Package: Lifetime access to video content with a price you are comfortable charging for it (I.e., $99 or $199) Advanced: Same as above + extras such as optimized settings files, blueprints for a shop, buy list for gear, etc, ($299) Premium: All of the above + a coaching session or other form of premium support, access to a private Discord or community Add-On to the essentials and Advanced Package: Access to the community $14.99/month to give yourself some recurring revenue
Travis - thanks for the update, I’m eager for the course to launch! As someone who went from 1 to 8 printers (currently) in about 6 months, I’m definitely interested in the business side of 3d printing. That’s where I’m looking for guidance. I’d honestly pay a P1P’s worth + for this course. You know your stuff and you’ve proven it. In the end, if I can gain efficiencies in my business because of the information in this course, it’ll be more than worth it! Good luck with the course!!
I will speak for my self $100 would be a price I can afford but I think it's worth more. I have been working with 3D printers for the past 5years here in Nigeria. I've been looking for a course like this to help me find ways to develop a business that would be sustainable for the Nigerian environment. Side Note: Try out the new prusa mk4s I believe it might be worth it
The first figure that came to mind was $500(aud) but I really have no idea what a course should cost. What I do know is I am so keen to do this course but also happy to wait.
Have you thought of a membership site? Different levels for different size farms. There will be different issues with each level. It is more complicated but it also offers a wider range for a wider audience.
what worked better for you? the MDF board or the laminated/Melamine shelving? i noticed you have both but not sure which one i should buy for my racks. thanks in advance!
I'm looking forward to the course, and like some of the other comments, it's diffucult to say how much you should charge. That being said, I would assume that $100-$250 would be a good range for us to afford it and for you to make it worth your time. Also, for the first cohort of us to sign up, I think it should be a discounted price. Something like 50% off since we'll be the first and you’ll be learning from us amd improving the course as you go. For later groups you can then charge more as the course is streamlined
Travis, than you for the update. So P1S are the replacement. .... Do you have a followup on your testing with the A1s? As per pricing for course $250-$350.
Putting a price tag on this course is not an easy part at this time, as we don't have an exact idea what's going to be covered and what the value in the course is. But assuming it teaches all the tools to make a successful 3D print farm on technical and financial level, that would be really valuable. I think a reasonable price would be between 250 and 550 euros. It's a broad range, but I think it is valuable to ask this question again when you can share some more details about the contents of the course.
What niche the course is oriented to? for general 3d printer hobbiest i think it is hard prices that high but if you go for farm owners or farm starters you could go high but a lot less volume, if you show how to make it rain that increases a hell lot of value Personllay i would love 2 topics, 1) how to land clients (but for real, hands on, creative ads, corporate clients etc) 2) how to hunt low hanging industrial high value fruit: Maybe how to dig for that golden oportunitty that can solve a problem that adds a lot of value(electric tool grips for example was a good one) And it would super cool to see a non trivial industrial design process of a winning product
I have a P1S, A1 and A1 Mini. A1 was recalled for a while which was a PIA but I did the upgrade and it works great out of the box. If you are starting a small farm and using basic filaments I would personally have no issue with the A1. It is the work horse in my studio. The P1S is a great choice if it's in your budget but honestly my A1 makes me enough money to replace itself every couple of days and that is how I look at it. When I expand it will be more A1 machines.
My input on price of the course would be $100 for the first cohort at a minimum but no more than $200. Again, as others have said, without an in depth view of the cirriculum it's difficult to really put a value on it based on anything but the number of hours you stated. As you run more groups through the course and learn from each cycle the value will increase and the price should adjust accordingly.
Hi guys, i am looking to start up a small business using resin prints and need some opinions on if selling resin prints are safe and if i need to include some sort of disclosure for legal purposes. As for as i know fully cured resin is generally considered safe but i feel as though theres a small likelyhood someone might sue saying they got sick from the print somehow. any info would be appreciated :)
we want it to be free and you want for sure a 1000$ so we gotta get something mid so i think in the range of 250$ is fair and if you make monthly payment system or similar it’ll be much easier for most of us i think. except of this i’m very eager and excited for the course and i can’t wait.
I agree with this opinion. For big players that have been in the market for a few years 1000$ could be a small investment to get more knowledge but for me it would be too much. I just have 2 printers and I am looking for this knowledge to really hit the market with a good foundation, so 250ish sounds reasonable
I'm willing to pay according to value. Anything over $300 would be a leap of faith that would make it tough to consider without knowing what I'm paying for. That being said, if the content is good quality and it legitimately helps me start a profitable business, I would pay more. I would also be interested in paying for consulting as I am starting the business.
I honestly don't know if I am going to get into 3D printing as I live in Ireland and don’t know if there is a big enough home market. I am also 64 and have retired, I got a Laser Printer and have used it once and I’d be afraid it would be the same with the 3D printing. I think your time is very valuable but if you pitch the course at around $99.99 and have a monthly fee of $9.99 for access to future content. That would be a great price and an income stream going into the future.
Is there any chance of an update on the course development. I think announcing a delay is fine - you're running your own business and that and life get's in the way. Also, when you do release, can you please consider any UK based subscribers (to the course) for any live sections?
I definitely wanna get the information inside this course I hope you make that goal of dropping it tomorrow! Also where do you order your filament from multiple suppliers or do you generally stick with 1 or 2
Love your content! Question: Have you tested Bambu A1 vs P1? My testing suggests they have similar print quality, P1 is 10-15% faster but the A1 is 45% cheaper so you can get 3 for the price of 2. Would love to know your thoughts
What about subscription model? Ongoing access to a support community and new content. New people just discovering it can get in and get access. Consistent income from a business perspective too.
I would charge 30$ on a starter discount and after like a month I would start charging 60$ or something along this line... also offer student discounts if you plan on a higher price.
What about a subscription model with an option to purchase a life time subscription? There are businesses just starting out and then there are businesses looking to up their game that have been in business for years. This an easy option for both businesses no matter the size.
Great idea, removing Prusa's for Bambus, wenn Bambu has a heavy law suite currently x) If the law suit goes through, you basically put yourself out of business with this decission.
$100 seems like good price for 4 hours. Or $50 bucks to unlock one video and a another payment of $50-150 to unlock the rest, more or less to give the user a taste of what they are paying for
I think $50-&100 dollars is fair. If the students only want a particular module, $20 per module seems fair. Some people understand 3D printing as a technology so they would not need the 3D printing specific module but they might be interested in the business or marketing module. I'd like to be in the first cohort.
I've been to many conferences and seminars and for 6 hrs of trade specific teaching and training not in person you're typically looking at $125-200. My hesitation is that it will contain information on actual printing and slicing. I am an experienced 3d printer and that would be a waste for me. I want to learn about building a 3d printing business. Product selection is most important, marketing strategies, pitfalls you experienced /anticipate others experiencing, trademark and copyright avoidance, possible legal risks, inventory management, customer issues/ dos and donts, and job planning.
some creative feedback, i can't really tell what your logo is supposed to be, whether that be some form of monogram lettering or whatnot. I can see the P and the F, but I'm confused and wouldn't really be able to tell what the letters were in the logo if I didn't know it was called Print Farm Academy. I don't see an A anywhere in the logo. I can also see you were going for a cube, maybe being that 3D printing is building objects, but its just generally hard to read what it is. (I'm a designer of 24 years)
I greatly appreciate that feedback! It's a combination of a lot of things (which is probably the issue). It's a "P" and "F" (print farm) and the parallel lines are supposed to represent filament being printed, and finally, it loosely resembles a graduation cap to imply education (that one is the biggest stretch). If you have some concepts you'd like to send over I'd be happy to take a look and pay you!
@@PrintFarmAcademy I'd love to help for sure. I am a big fan, and in no way meant to be hurtful or hateful about the logo feedback. I just think your'e doing everything so high quality that I figured I'd love to offer some assistance where you may not have the time to spend creatively when you're doing so many other things besides running your print farm, and building this course structure. I'm going to get working on some creative logo concepts for you, and will shoot you over an email once I have a few concepts for review. We've emailed before about a few questions I had about your print cost calculator, so I know where to reach ya! Excited to help out!
Well, since I personally have a decent budget to start I would even pay up to 200 dollars but If I was going to start from scratch I still think 100 dollars is a decent amount you shall charge. I am waiting for your opinion on this aswell and hopefully I will be ready to start my printer farm with the right steps hearing from persons like you that made it happen. Also my country is not so rich and immagine that I could not sell a 3D printed and hand painted figurine of 25-27 cm tall for 60 euro... over 35 hours spent and nobody here wants to spend that much still everyone likes it and wants it but for WAAAY cheaper.. at that point my work would cost less than a few cents per hour and that is insane.... I will still do this but for myself since is not so apreciated here and I refuse to sell my ''art'' for a few bucks. so yhea... waiting for your 3D printer farm Academy. Also I think once I manage to reach a certain profit per month, me personally, I am willing to give you a % profit because in the end is your tips that will make me make this farm work. Thank you. recently started watching your videos and I really took some huge tips from you like the setup video you made. Once again, Thank you a lot for the ideas and sorry for my grammar.
The value of a course is impossible to say without seeing. If you want my suggestion, have someone take the course, perhaps a couple of people, and have them tell you what it's relative value is. Unfortunately many creators create "courses" which are 95% filler, 5% content per episode and it leaves the viewer feeling ripped off. My time is valuable - if I'm investing it and I'm not getting value, you can be sure you and others will hear about it. I've done courses through formal schools, "Great Courses", smaller educators as well as individual offerings and in general, the smaller the creator, the more filler they have. If you feel like charging a premium price is your thing, for your own self interest I suggest you ensure there is minimal filler, minimal digressing, minimal recap and just get straight to the point, with a little personality thrown in to keep the viewer's interest. A 10 minute video is far more effective and valuable to the viewer than a 90 minute video filled with irrelevant time-killer and the last thing you want to have to do is reduce price, reduce price, reduce price, reduce price. I enjoy your videos and wish you the very best.
Couldn't agree more! Most courses are hollow and not worth it. My goal is to deliver 10x in value whatever it costs - the course content is not just what I have learned but what other successful print farm businesses have shared with me
For an online video based course I think $50 to $100 is reasonable. More than that I don't know that I think I am getting enough from it given I expect it will just be a video I watch & there is really no interaction, or interactive part.
Many people who watch you don't live in the US, including me. Any courses that cost $100+ are simply too expensive :( I think that the price of $25 is still bearable and I'm sure more people will decide to buy it, so in the end you'll earn the same amount anyway. Best regards and I'm waiting for the course
Somewhere around $300 I will sign up. If it was $1000 i would really need to know the content is worth it. My opinion is dont sell it for $50. You will have a lot of people sign up but not actually implement any of your expertise and experience.
hi im David im from France, and I'm an employee of McDonalds in France, a reduced cost of the course is important, I will start from 0, if the course is paid per month, more than €100 is the price practically of a monthly payment of a p1p.
As someone in the marketing industry for 10+ years and bought courses from $100 to $1500, you charge based on value, not on what people are willing to pay. You don’t want to price too low and not only affect your margins, it will affect the quality of people who buy your course. For what you said here, on what it includes, I’d say $297 is a sweet spot for the first time. Don’t listen to those that say charge $100 or less or compare you to Udemy; that’s a race to the bottom.
As a teacher id love to help with development if you would like. I have developed curriculum for high school and college, and thinking of starting a farm.
Setup a price per module, than take that price give a discount price. After you offer the lifetime price for the 1st group limit the time you offer that because it becomes a money loser for you. You are creating content that will be shared and get nothing. So you set the lifetime membership limit sign up from anywhere 3 months too 6 months that is the max. Than do monthly, quarterly and yearly membership. You than can do specials that are temporary discounts on the normal price or a limited offer of lifetime membership at the price of a 3 year membership. Look at it this way a University Professor in Business will make on average $200,000 a year at a little University. The Engineers make way less. So think of this as a course that you got a minimum of 20 students that is what it takes to pay for that class anything less unless it a core course the university will drop ( note this was base on information I had from 2006).
I think you've built up a solid reputation for running a print farm and specifically how to run it efficiently and cost effectively. You've clearly gotten the process down and I think folks trust your opinions. I've created content for other education sites and I'm confident you could charge between $400 and $500 for the course. And you could pitch at as "for the cost of one mid range 3d printer you could take all the guesswork out of setting up your farm". I've got a couple product ideas and if I were going to build out a farm, I'd easily pay $500 to know how to do it right the first time. My feeling is your audience are people serious about starting or running businesses. $500 is a very reasonable price to pay for a business expense like this.
Its really dependent on the content. If its very detailed and in depth with plenty of tools contained within then it could be worth hundreds of dollars. If its just general information that is useful but can be found elsewhere then your really just paying for the convenience of all the materials in one place. Which would be similar to Udemy of being 30 to 50 dollars.
I don't think you'll get many useful answers as far as how to price your course. People are going to tell you what they want to pay not what they actually would pay. I've only ever asked users what they would pay once and the results were comical. If I charged what people wanted to pay and not what I felt I could get away with I would have had to close my business a long time ago 😂 I'd charge $1k minimum for the course. If your course is set up appropriately the value it provides should save them much more than $1000 over the course of their print farm career. If it doesn't your course needs to be reworked.
Minimum (!) $250 for everything you say you'll include. Don't listen to people who want you to sell for $50 to $100 - no disrespect, but that price bracket attracts the most complainy, refundy people around that generate an incredible amount of support burden for the value they bring. Starting at $150 you start to weed these people out. DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS YOU TO SELL FOR LESS.
@@PrintFarmAcademy - I would still be interested at $249.95. But I believe you also need to charge an annual ‘maintenance’ fee, say $99.95, to incentivize YOU to maintain focus as our Sensei. Otherwise without the annual ‘maintenance’ fee, there is really nothing in it for you anymore… just my unsolicited 2 cents worth…
$100 or even much more. This content isn't for the normal RUclips crowd, if people seriously want to get into this as a business, they'll need thousands of dollars to play with to get going so don't be afraid of alienating cheapskates IMO. I'm about 2 months in to starting my own business and I've spent around $4500 already on just 2 printers and filament and other overhead expenses. But, I'm also making around $100/day off of those 2 printers so it's paying off FAST.
I'll say 60 💵 seems like a reasonable price. But of course it depends on the content. For someone like me that i look forward starting a 3d printing farm business will be worth it. @printfarmacademy I also have some ideas that could add in the course. How do you organise your files for each product to keep in track of new versions and all the different file formats? How do you know when a product is actually finalised and you are ready to release it. What are the steps you make to help you prepare for mass production. Cheers and can't wait for the course 🔥💪
You're not paying for just the info. You're paying for the organization of the information in a way that's easily digestible, all in one place, as well as a support network and community. That's how successful people get successful, by paying for the shortcuts (organized education) and taking action.
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Course launch will now be sometime in early 2025! Sorry for the delays here folks, lots going on and I want to make this the best it can possibly be. Thanks for watching!
Specialized courses like this generally are around $50-$100 (usually $47, $67 or $97) depending on the content, 30 days full refund guarantee no questions asked, perpetual access and discounts for first rounds. On Udemy, I've bought great courses of hundreds of hours for $20. It also depends on your maintenance and marketing costs. I'll suggest a $47 startup.
I agree with this , also , if you price it around this price , you will sell a lot of courses , as opposed to pricing it high and being scammy and selling only a few
ngl i thought it would be a couple hundred lol
Just because you bought courses on Udemy for $20 doesn't mean the courses are worth that little. Surprise: course aggregators like Udemy benefit from people who make specialized content for cheap and live in Eastern Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and South America.
@@theglowcloud2215 well, he will compete against those eastern europeans, who manage to do the same on few times the power price and higher taxes. Idk if a guy who uses youtube as promotion can give more valid tips than them for a common print farm. And if he doesn't, then why would I buy pricier course instead of some indian dude? They brought us all through STEM college education already :D
I would say $99 for the course with a $49 annual maintenance fee to maintain your lifetime access. Without the latter fee there is no incentive for you to stick around as Sensei!
I am inspired by your content. So the cost does not matter because every single video I learn something new from you. So I am 100% sure the course will be worth it. You name the price and I am in.😊
I am a 64 year old lifelong artist thats new to 3D Printing. Way back in the day I learned Lightwave and Maya for a few projects so I have some chops. Recently picked up Nomadsculpt on my kids suggestion. And I have a few designs I would like to get printed. There are a ton of videos on getting into 3D printing business but very few on what a customer should expect when doing a project with one. I am interersted in finding out what to look for in a good 3D printing service, what they will and wont do. And what they expect from me ie: cleaning, resine profiles, supprted, unsupported files,etc.Thanks
Whatever price you decide be sure to offer a full money back guarantee. That seals the deal for me when I pay for content.
Topics:
-Print to order versus first printing minimal inventory
-Allow backorders on ecommerce platform versus show out of stock
-Most effective advertising for custom niche products (not printed doo-dads)
-Legalities... if/when to incorporate
-Product liability insurance?
-How to minimize shipping costs in the age of "free shipping on everything"
-Utilizing family for help. Good idea?
You can just charge shipping the good customers will pay it.
Wow Travis the print farm is looking amazing. Can’t wait to see what your course is going to be all about I’m totally new to 3D printing but I’m loving it and want to learn more for sure. I think for me around the $100 or so would be great I’m older and on disability so money is tight. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Price for the course is a tough one hey. I'm a small business owner already so not new to running a shop, but I've added 3d printing as more than just a fun activity and hope to grow my ideas into even a 3 or 4 printer setup. I feel like you as the one offering the course should set the price; yes asking for input is great but how many people are going to say oh $50 and that's my best offer. I'm interested and prepared to spend dollars if I think I'll get good value from it. Your tour of your farm where you spoke about the dust boots for jobsite saws was great as I saw you had found a niche and exploited it. I'm hoping to do similar here is Australia.
Any further updates on the course?
Marketing would dictate that you have a tiered pricing model to maximize your revenue and provide options to the different customers you may have (Price Sensitive w/Time vs. Cash Flush w/Limited Time).
Here's an example:
Essential Package: Lifetime access to video content with a price you are comfortable charging for it (I.e., $99 or $199)
Advanced: Same as above + extras such as optimized settings files, blueprints for a shop, buy list for gear, etc, ($299)
Premium: All of the above + a coaching session or other form of premium support, access to a private Discord or community
Add-On to the essentials and Advanced Package: Access to the community $14.99/month to give yourself some recurring revenue
Course update? While we wait can you do a filament video. My P1S is in the mail.
Travis - thanks for the update, I’m eager for the course to launch! As someone who went from 1 to 8 printers (currently) in about 6 months, I’m definitely interested in the business side of 3d printing. That’s where I’m looking for guidance. I’d honestly pay a P1P’s worth + for this course. You know your stuff and you’ve proven it. In the end, if I can gain efficiencies in my business because of the information in this course, it’ll be more than worth it! Good luck with the course!!
I will speak for my self $100 would be a price I can afford but I think it's worth more. I have been working with 3D printers for the past 5years here in Nigeria. I've been looking for a course like this to help me find ways to develop a business that would be sustainable for the Nigerian environment.
Side Note: Try out the new prusa mk4s I believe it might be worth it
The first figure that came to mind was $500(aud) but I really have no idea what a course should cost. What I do know is I am so keen to do this course but also happy to wait.
Have you thought of a membership site? Different levels for different size farms. There will be different issues with each level. It is more complicated but it also offers a wider range for a wider audience.
what worked better for you? the MDF board or the laminated/Melamine shelving? i noticed you have both but not sure which one i should buy for my racks. thanks in advance!
I'm looking forward to the course, and like some of the other comments, it's diffucult to say how much you should charge. That being said, I would assume that $100-$250 would be a good range for us to afford it and for you to make it worth your time.
Also, for the first cohort of us to sign up, I think it should be a discounted price. Something like 50% off since we'll be the first and you’ll be learning from us amd improving the course as you go. For later groups you can then charge more as the course is streamlined
Travis, than you for the update. So P1S are the replacement. .... Do you have a followup on your testing with the A1s? As per pricing for course $250-$350.
Originally you were looking at the P1P for comparison. I’m curious why you settled on the P1S instead for the additional cost?
I am looking forward to this course since I found the channel. I think about $200 would be fair
Question, would there ever be a use case where you would keep the Prusa MK3S+ over replacing it with Bambu P1S?
Hi there! Can you maybe share your racks brand/model? Looks great to expand additive farms. Thanks a lot in advance
Putting a price tag on this course is not an easy part at this time, as we don't have an exact idea what's going to be covered and what the value in the course is. But assuming it teaches all the tools to make a successful 3D print farm on technical and financial level, that would be really valuable. I think a reasonable price would be between 250 and 550 euros. It's a broad range, but I think it is valuable to ask this question again when you can share some more details about the contents of the course.
Travis, I'm curious what you are doing with the older Prusa machines when they are replaced. Selling, donating, (hopefully not) scraping?
Very much looking forward to this....
What niche the course is oriented to? for general 3d printer hobbiest i think it is hard prices that high but if you go for farm owners or farm starters you could go high but a lot less volume, if you show how to make it rain that increases a hell lot of value
Personllay i would love 2 topics,
1) how to land clients (but for real, hands on, creative ads, corporate clients etc)
2) how to hunt low hanging industrial high value fruit: Maybe how to dig for that golden oportunitty that can solve a problem that adds a lot of value(electric tool grips for example was a good one)
And it would super cool to see a non trivial industrial design process of a winning product
How have the Bambu Labs printers been on reliability? Have you had any issues with them? If so, what was the support process like?
I have a P1S, A1 and A1 Mini. A1 was recalled for a while which was a PIA but I did the upgrade and it works great out of the box. If you are starting a small farm and using basic filaments I would personally have no issue with the A1. It is the work horse in my studio. The P1S is a great choice if it's in your budget but honestly my A1 makes me enough money to replace itself every couple of days and that is how I look at it. When I expand it will be more A1 machines.
My input on price of the course would be $100 for the first cohort at a minimum but no more than $200. Again, as others have said, without an in depth view of the cirriculum it's difficult to really put a value on it based on anything but the number of hours you stated. As you run more groups through the course and learn from each cycle the value will increase and the price should adjust accordingly.
Hi guys, i am looking to start up a small business using resin prints and need some opinions on if selling resin prints are safe and if i need to include some sort of disclosure for legal purposes. As for as i know fully cured resin is generally considered safe but i feel as though theres a small likelyhood someone might sue saying they got sick from the print somehow. any info would be appreciated :)
Looking awesome, well done, lots to be proud of.
we want it to be free and you want for sure a 1000$ so we gotta get something mid so i think in the range of 250$ is fair and if you make monthly payment system or similar it’ll be much easier for most of us i think. except of this i’m very eager and excited for the course and i can’t wait.
I agree with this opinion. For big players that have been in the market for a few years 1000$ could be a small investment to get more knowledge but for me it would be too much. I just have 2 printers and I am looking for this knowledge to really hit the market with a good foundation, so 250ish sounds reasonable
I'm willing to pay according to value. Anything over $300 would be a leap of faith that would make it tough to consider without knowing what I'm paying for. That being said, if the content is good quality and it legitimately helps me start a profitable business, I would pay more. I would also be interested in paying for consulting as I am starting the business.
With those large rolls, how much force is being put on the extruder to pull that roll when brand new? No issues at all at the start of a roll?
I honestly don't know if I am going to get into 3D printing as I live in Ireland and don’t know if there is a big enough home market. I am also 64 and have retired, I got a Laser Printer and have used it once and I’d be afraid it would be the same with the 3D printing. I think your time is very valuable but if you pitch the course at around $99.99 and have a monthly fee of $9.99 for access to future content. That would be a great price and an income stream going into the future.
Hey! Any tips for a 3d printing farm to get business insurance? We're struggling to find a place to cover us. We're located in the US.
Is there any chance of an update on the course development. I think announcing a delay is fine - you're running your own business and that and life get's in the way. Also, when you do release, can you please consider any UK based subscribers (to the course) for any live sections?
It would also be cool to see how (if) you remotely manage the P1S-es. Get notifications when they're done and such.
with that big 3d printer why dont you make those stands that hold longer boards that needs to be cut but to long for your midar saws
I definitely wanna get the information inside this course I hope you make that goal of dropping it tomorrow! Also where do you order your filament from multiple suppliers or do you generally stick with 1 or 2
I'll buy some of the Prusa's!!
If you are in Texas I will sell you my MK3s+.
If you are in or around Ohio I have some prusa's for sell
I would assume since you know about Hormozi that you would use his platform Skool for your course?
Love your content! Question: Have you tested Bambu A1 vs P1? My testing suggests they have similar print quality, P1 is 10-15% faster but the A1 is 45% cheaper so you can get 3 for the price of 2. Would love to know your thoughts
I'd like to know what kind of filament you use.
What about subscription model? Ongoing access to a support community and new content. New people just discovering it can get in and get access. Consistent income from a business perspective too.
I would charge 30$ on a starter discount and after like a month I would start charging 60$ or something along this line...
also offer student discounts if you plan on a higher price.
What about a subscription model with an option to purchase a life time subscription? There are businesses just starting out and then there are businesses looking to up their game that have been in business for years. This an easy option for both businesses no matter the size.
Great idea, removing Prusa's for Bambus, wenn Bambu has a heavy law suite currently x) If the law suit goes through, you basically put yourself out of business with this decission.
$100 seems like good price for 4 hours. Or $50 bucks to unlock one video and a another payment of $50-150 to unlock the rest, more or less to give the user a taste of what they are paying for
I think $50-&100 dollars is fair. If the students only want a particular module, $20 per module seems fair. Some people understand 3D printing as a technology so they would not need the 3D printing specific module but they might be interested in the business or marketing module. I'd like to be in the first cohort.
50-100 max probably, depends on the quality and how much value it brings
spools in the front seems so obvious and not done enough. always weird attachments etc I am going to do the same
I've been to many conferences and seminars and for 6 hrs of trade specific teaching and training not in person you're typically looking at $125-200. My hesitation is that it will contain information on actual printing and slicing. I am an experienced 3d printer and that would be a waste for me. I want to learn about building a 3d printing business.
Product selection is most important, marketing strategies, pitfalls you experienced /anticipate others experiencing, trademark and copyright avoidance, possible legal risks, inventory management, customer issues/ dos and donts, and job planning.
some creative feedback, i can't really tell what your logo is supposed to be, whether that be some form of monogram lettering or whatnot. I can see the P and the F, but I'm confused and wouldn't really be able to tell what the letters were in the logo if I didn't know it was called Print Farm Academy. I don't see an A anywhere in the logo. I can also see you were going for a cube, maybe being that 3D printing is building objects, but its just generally hard to read what it is. (I'm a designer of 24 years)
I greatly appreciate that feedback! It's a combination of a lot of things (which is probably the issue). It's a "P" and "F" (print farm) and the parallel lines are supposed to represent filament being printed, and finally, it loosely resembles a graduation cap to imply education (that one is the biggest stretch). If you have some concepts you'd like to send over I'd be happy to take a look and pay you!
@@PrintFarmAcademy I'd love to help for sure. I am a big fan, and in no way meant to be hurtful or hateful about the logo feedback. I just think your'e doing everything so high quality that I figured I'd love to offer some assistance where you may not have the time to spend creatively when you're doing so many other things besides running your print farm, and building this course structure. I'm going to get working on some creative logo concepts for you, and will shoot you over an email once I have a few concepts for review. We've emailed before about a few questions I had about your print cost calculator, so I know where to reach ya! Excited to help out!
What is the status of this course? Did you cancel the course?
First!
I'm pumped
I'm good for $99 or around that.
Can I buy some of the Prusa's?
How is the A1 stress test doing?
Well, since I personally have a decent budget to start I would even pay up to 200 dollars but If I was going to start from scratch I still think 100 dollars is a decent amount you shall charge. I am waiting for your opinion on this aswell and hopefully I will be ready to start my printer farm with the right steps hearing from persons like you that made it happen. Also my country is not so rich and immagine that I could not sell a 3D printed and hand painted figurine of 25-27 cm tall for 60 euro... over 35 hours spent and nobody here wants to spend that much still everyone likes it and wants it but for WAAAY cheaper.. at that point my work would cost less than a few cents per hour and that is insane.... I will still do this but for myself since is not so apreciated here and I refuse to sell my ''art'' for a few bucks. so yhea... waiting for your 3D printer farm Academy. Also I think once I manage to reach a certain profit per month, me personally, I am willing to give you a % profit because in the end is your tips that will make me make this farm work. Thank you. recently started watching your videos and I really took some huge tips from you like the setup video you made. Once again, Thank you a lot for the ideas and sorry for my grammar.
I saw this comming.
600 kg of filament is quite a bit 👀 (I know you said you go through it fast, but for the layman it's definitely no small number :p)
The value of a course is impossible to say without seeing. If you want my suggestion, have someone take the course, perhaps a couple of people, and have them tell you what it's relative value is. Unfortunately many creators create "courses" which are 95% filler, 5% content per episode and it leaves the viewer feeling ripped off. My time is valuable - if I'm investing it and I'm not getting value, you can be sure you and others will hear about it. I've done courses through formal schools, "Great Courses", smaller educators as well as individual offerings and in general, the smaller the creator, the more filler they have. If you feel like charging a premium price is your thing, for your own self interest I suggest you ensure there is minimal filler, minimal digressing, minimal recap and just get straight to the point, with a little personality thrown in to keep the viewer's interest. A 10 minute video is far more effective and valuable to the viewer than a 90 minute video filled with irrelevant time-killer and the last thing you want to have to do is reduce price, reduce price, reduce price, reduce price. I enjoy your videos and wish you the very best.
Couldn't agree more! Most courses are hollow and not worth it. My goal is to deliver 10x in value whatever it costs - the course content is not just what I have learned but what other successful print farm businesses have shared with me
For an online video based course I think $50 to $100 is reasonable. More than that I don't know that I think I am getting enough from it given I expect it will just be a video I watch & there is really no interaction, or interactive part.
Many people who watch you don't live in the US, including me. Any courses that cost $100+ are simply too expensive :( I think that the price of $25 is still bearable and I'm sure more people will decide to buy it, so in the end you'll earn the same amount anyway. Best regards and I'm waiting for the course
Somewhere around $300 I will sign up. If it was $1000 i would really need to know the content is worth it.
My opinion is dont sell it for $50. You will have a lot of people sign up but not actually implement any of your expertise and experience.
hi im David im from France, and I'm an employee of McDonalds in France, a reduced cost of the course is important, I will start from 0, if the course is paid per month, more than €100 is the price practically of a monthly payment of a p1p.
Starting out…know very little…….Prusa MK4S or Bambu Carbon X1?
Neither, get a P1S
@@PrintFarmAcademy That's what I ended up getting. Thanks.
As someone in the marketing industry for 10+ years and bought courses from $100 to $1500, you charge based on value, not on what people are willing to pay. You don’t want to price too low and not only affect your margins, it will affect the quality of people who buy your course. For what you said here, on what it includes, I’d say $297 is a sweet spot for the first time. Don’t listen to those that say charge $100 or less or compare you to Udemy; that’s a race to the bottom.
US$150-200 would be reasonable.
As a teacher id love to help with development if you would like. I have developed curriculum for high school and college, and thinking of starting a farm.
Hey I have the same chair !
Setup a price per module, than take that price give a discount price. After you offer the lifetime price for the 1st group limit the time you offer that because it becomes a money loser for you. You are creating content that will be shared and get nothing. So you set the lifetime membership limit sign up from anywhere 3 months too 6 months that is the max. Than do monthly, quarterly and yearly membership. You than can do specials that are temporary discounts on the normal price or a limited offer of lifetime membership at the price of a 3 year membership. Look at it this way a University Professor in Business will make on average $200,000 a year at a little University. The Engineers make way less. So think of this as a course that you got a minimum of 20 students that is what it takes to pay for that class anything less unless it a core course the university will drop ( note this was base on information I had from 2006).
I'd pay about $40, and i don't even have a 3d Printer... YET
I don't mind paying anywhere from $50-$80 for the course tbh.
I think you've built up a solid reputation for running a print farm and specifically how to run it efficiently and cost effectively. You've clearly gotten the process down and I think folks trust your opinions. I've created content for other education sites and I'm confident you could charge between $400 and $500 for the course. And you could pitch at as "for the cost of one mid range 3d printer you could take all the guesswork out of setting up your farm". I've got a couple product ideas and if I were going to build out a farm, I'd easily pay $500 to know how to do it right the first time. My feeling is your audience are people serious about starting or running businesses. $500 is a very reasonable price to pay for a business expense like this.
Its really dependent on the content. If its very detailed and in depth with plenty of tools contained within then it could be worth hundreds of dollars. If its just general information that is useful but can be found elsewhere then your really just paying for the convenience of all the materials in one place. Which would be similar to Udemy of being 30 to 50 dollars.
I'd have no hesitation on a course costing up to $100.
Are you taking print jobs?
I would say 150 max
Youre a mechanical engineer. Surely not having this skill behind one is a bit of a disadvantage?
Skill share does something similar
I probably would spend $100 probably not much more
$50-150ish seems fair ish
You never did mention what kind of course you're talking about.
At least 14 day money back guarantee
For reference, Mark Rober's class on Studio is over 13 hours long and costs $249 (it's been "on sale" at that price since day one).
Why not just post it in parts like a normal YT video would like be? Just in a paid style version
$150 - $200
I don't think you'll get many useful answers as far as how to price your course. People are going to tell you what they want to pay not what they actually would pay. I've only ever asked users what they would pay once and the results were comical. If I charged what people wanted to pay and not what I felt I could get away with I would have had to close my business a long time ago 😂
I'd charge $1k minimum for the course. If your course is set up appropriately the value it provides should save them much more than $1000 over the course of their print farm career. If it doesn't your course needs to be reworked.
second me too
Minimum (!) $250 for everything you say you'll include. Don't listen to people who want you to sell for $50 to $100 - no disrespect, but that price bracket attracts the most complainy, refundy people around that generate an incredible amount of support burden for the value they bring.
Starting at $150 you start to weed these people out. DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS YOU TO SELL FOR LESS.
Largely agree, this course will not be under $100, there are plenty of junk courses out there for that
@@PrintFarmAcademy - I would still be interested at $249.95. But I believe you also need to charge an annual ‘maintenance’ fee, say $99.95, to incentivize YOU to maintain focus as our Sensei. Otherwise without the annual ‘maintenance’ fee, there is really nothing in it for you anymore… just my unsolicited 2 cents worth…
$49.99
$100 or even much more. This content isn't for the normal RUclips crowd, if people seriously want to get into this as a business, they'll need thousands of dollars to play with to get going so don't be afraid of alienating cheapskates IMO. I'm about 2 months in to starting my own business and I've spent around $4500 already on just 2 printers and filament and other overhead expenses. But, I'm also making around $100/day off of those 2 printers so it's paying off FAST.
I'll say 60 💵 seems like a reasonable price. But of course it depends on the content. For someone like me that i look forward starting a 3d printing farm business will be worth it. @printfarmacademy I also have some ideas that could add in the course. How do you organise your files for each product to keep in track of new versions and all the different file formats? How do you know when a product is actually finalised and you are ready to release it. What are the steps you make to help you prepare for mass production. Cheers and can't wait for the course 🔥💪
$197 is a reasonable price for business owners. $49 is not a reasonable cost. Competition doesn't exist in this space.
Dude you have to invest to buy 3d printers and found the product what course are you talking about😂😂😂😂😂🤡
Scam
What? First time on the internet?
Not on email list as I don't want spam 😂
All good and I get it. To date I think I've sent out 2 emails ;)
$0 is a good price since all this info is free on the internet already 😂😂😂
Did you drop out? If not, do it! All the info schools can offer is free on the websz already! 🧠
You're not paying for just the info. You're paying for the organization of the information in a way that's easily digestible, all in one place, as well as a support network and community. That's how successful people get successful, by paying for the shortcuts (organized education) and taking action.
Haha.. an irrefutable argument.. No need to pay for driving school because "all traffic rules can be found for free on the internet" lol
@@martinsvensson6884 I mean... yeah? Most don't pay for driving lessons and especially not for theory lessons.
The first guy is wrong too though.
@@oyuyuy aAh.. is that why you cant drive in the US lol :) Almost no one does that in Europe. I dont know if its even allowed in some places.
$29.95