To clarify, i'm not throwing in the towel on selling 3D Prints. I'll find things, print, sell, and move on to the next thing. Maybe you'll like the idea of one of them and do it yourself. This keeps things fresh. Do you really want to see me sell lampshades in every episode? 🤣 Overall, the content really doesn't change. In my view, there's no business to be had in this space without a significant investment from the start. Think aerospace, biotech, prosthetics, etc. Things that require a few mil out of the gate. You might define "business" differently than me, but something that can only sustain a few people and demands your labor doesn't really fit my idea of a business. Again, just IMO Pivoting this way allows me to keep content fresh, and not be locked into one particular product, device, or method of doing anything, which ultimately should make for better content.
i think it a good move . i think the videos, showed the daily Deveopment of starting a 3d business. since you have the giga you can make some long lasting video content. anyways good move.
I've been tinkering with 3D printers for six years now. It's been a hobby until last November when I decided to take a leap forward and start selling stuff I've designed and created during these years. Your channel came out with excellent timing and the format is just perfect. You don't curate the content too much (in fear of losing viewers) and let your thought process come out unfiltered, which is exactly what I want to see and hear. On top of that, you already run another business so you know a lot about entrepreneurship. It's been very interesting to see a daily glimpse to your ups and downs and thoughts starting the new business.
Cheer up. Overall, I appreciate that you're keeping up with the video's daily schedule. As a 3D printing commuter, I love checking out your channel every day on my commute. You can certainly use your channel for your business, but I think you could develop some other ones about 3D printing to add to the interest. For example, this model you printed, what filament you used, what is the purpose of this model: can it be used as a decoration or replace some product. Maybe your model will sell better and more people will want to buy the filament.🙂
I get what you’re saying and I agree I’m in a beginner stage of the same boat. But that “for only 100 dollars a day” thing is over looked. From cleaning plates, hitting reprint, and packaging you’re looking at like 30 mins maybe for 10 orders. That’s 200 bucks an hour you’re paying your self.
I watch because you have 10 different printers compared to my one tiny printer with a second larger on backorder. I like seeing all of them pumping out interesting character models and items thinking maybe I could do this or that at a smaller scale and be happy with a few bucks. Its like a glimpse into the future for someone like me that has to scale upwards slowly.
Those trends are horrid and pennies on the dollar. I designed something that costs $0.039 to print about $0.10 after electric and labor etc. Takes 3 hrs to print 20 x 3 packs of them. Profit about $13.50 per pack. That’s a business model!
I enjoy watching the videos daily. One of my go-to things each morning. I'm going to watch whatever you put out if for no other reason but for the comedy. I do like the idea of you showcasing other people's designs and maybe having a link we can use to purchase the files. I'm still new to this personally, but have a history of machining running 3 million dollar 5-axis milling machines. Really enjoying the 3d print atmosphere and looking for some side money to pay for the hobby. Enjoy the content and keep it up.
Where the good in your style is, that you catalog/vlog your time, which after time.. becomes a journey, and it is worth it in the end. I do this, been 4yrs now, and it will be epic at that time. Stay with it, don't stop. NEVER quit. What you need to do is slow down, and hone in making GOOD prints. Fix the bad in your prints, adaptive layers, etc.. get your prints GOOD.. that is a whole other bag of worms, anyone can push print, but how do the models look like? VALUE in a channel can be how to get your machines working correctly. Just a thought.
Taking the time to make prints good would make for some seriously stale content, which is a battle. I have 2hr/day in which to conduct the 3d print stuff. Benefit of a new approach is that I only really need to highlight the products & analyze the viability for others to pursue
@ each every one of us experience the battle though. Content sure, a lot do it, but its (You) doing it everyone comes back for. Keep up the good work man!
Just film everything you do and weekly or whatever timeframe you want you can go through you can do a start to finish "project" video. In your dailies you keep coming back to certain projects. So you could just make it a one and done with each one so it would have some legs.
to be honest the only way to make money in this buisness is learn cad and design parts yourself i run a additive business and found out the money is self designed parts to fit a niche the bulk of my money come from parts that people need so i design and print them for them i repeat do not try and sell files that anyone can get a hold of
Daily viewer here. Been here since you had a couple hundred subs. What you described changing to is not what I'm here for. I was here to watch you build a business out of this, but if that's not what you're doing anymore, then I'm not really interested. I am trying to build a 3d print business myself and the daily vlogs have been fun to follow with because we're kinda in this together. I have no interest in any of the prints you've showcased so far. Good luck. I likely won't be here for it, though.
So the content doesn't change much in my mind. Still looking for products to print, sell, and profit from. However, i'm looking at this landscape and for me personally, there's no business to be had. Side income? Absolutely. My personal definition of "business" is something you could be absent from and it continues to operate profitably. I've not really seen examples (except on the very high scale end printing prosthetics/aerospace parts etc) where that seems to be true. Something that would require an astronomical investment to spin up, that really nobody would be able to afford to even scale into. I appreciate your feedback and the time you spent thus far
Correct me if I'm wrong... But wasn't the whole point of going big is so you wouldn't have to print small things ur only making 10 bucks on? If you take this route the big printers are kind of pointless because most people don't have them.
Considered it, yes, but it's still a barrier to entry within a barrier-less space. I also have small printers for small items. Someone might see the big stuff and say, "yea, that's what i'll do" and pursue it from there. I covered this in a year-end recap but i'm just not seeing anything in this space that would be worth the effort to pursue that isn't also committing me to actual work. So what can I do, but showcase to others, to whom it may be worth the time to pursue
So you didn’t ask for my advice but I like you and your energy. The RUclips algorithm is a completely different topic. The struggle I see is you are primarily focused on making money using a technology you don’t seem inclined to want to take the time to learn. That’s not a dog. Ma y people think these machines are load gcode and go. But at the hobbyist level, as you’ve seen, what can work on say can be a disaster the next. To round this out - I’d say nail down a task or topic you’re battling, you fixed and that would be good content. I see a lot of guys with big dreams posting content and I feel so bad for all the issues they run into.
Thanks so much, I always want your advice! I'll ask you then, if given the time to learn this technology, do you see a scenario where (anyone, not just me) could scale this into an operation netting them 1m+/yr? I say net, not sales, and I say scale, because anyone can buy their way into printing prosthetics or aerospace components, but really is that something people could scale into in under, say, 5yr? Ultimately i'm thinking it really isn't possible to reach those levels with fulfillment of printed parts. I do however think that potential exists in the above form.
i just want to say i have been around since ur 1k giveaway and i went back and watched every video you have ever uploaded u make good content, reply and use comments and what we say, and of cause your crazy prints you do
so how is your laser experience? and where is that Flash forge adventurer? i am curious of your exp with this FF a5m, and i do not see how anyone can make any money with dragons, they get cheaper every day and take 8 to 11 hrs to print on a k1
@@TechnicalsTinkers i bought one with a busted screen connection for dirt. it prints pretty well for the most part. My biggest issue i guess would be support removal, so im only using it for support-less models atm
Dude, what about a scarecrow - full size. Or, even, a manikin, minimal plastic, to dress as a scarecrow. I mean, you could turn it into a full-size sex doll, we know what you like, but we will call it a scarecrow, right.
Suggestion--what if you do a Patreon to promote others people through reviews. For example, I create 3D terrain for tabletop gaming. It is a niche but it is a big niche. So as an example (free for me to get you going on that path :P ) You print and showcase a creators work, make it available to sell so you don't end up with mountain of stuff. So you wouldn't be print to sell unless you chose to. But people would look for that content to decide how this print and promote that other channel. You would get revenue from the "Patreon" members from your promo channel, you would get revenue from the traffic, you could make affiliate links through purchases. Make 1-2 of these a week. With the amount of printers you have, you can maintain that rate.
Are you selling the digital files or just the physical models? I'd be STOKED to cover it and push people to buy your files. I have to consider my audience are 3d print people, and are never really likely to actually buy 3d prints, but models, possibly
I sell digital files I also offer free ones on my Cult store. If you want to check these out, my most popular is dice tower that can be used as terrain. I’m just about to launch a monthly Patreon to offer terrain for tabletop gaming so people get the monthly terrain and the past terrain will be available at discount for members. I’m still very new to all this. Thank, that would be so great. I have bought digital files from other creators but I never bought a physical one. I know locally a lot of people buy physical printed terrain from local print farm when it comes to terrain. The print farm purchase the digital files as “commercial” licenses. Some people buys those printed terrain from Etsy resellers. Seems to be a good business. My studio is basically cold storage under the porch I sit in along with Christmas decoration storage corridor lol. I would like one day to have a local shop/game store/print as you go.
Bro. What do YOU want to do? I started watching because you had a smart and humble attitude towards the 3d learning experience and business development. Now, it feels like you’re looking for to become a youtube influencer. You gotta get out of the rut and start making your own designs that make YOU proud of what you’re selling. Or hire a freelance designer and showcase their work. You said you have the means. Don’t let us youtube degenerates dictate the content or it will devolve to trinkets and fidget spinners boobie prints. You have to live to your name Technical.
That's an aim as well, more partnerships with designers. Karina, the char model girl, said she's got 10 new patreons from me. Feels good to help her out. Aside from that to be honest with myself and everyone else, I dont have the chops to do design work. Also don't worry, I don't let the fans steer the ship here, but I have to consider that i'm capping myself by not giving myself the berth to do evergreen content. Also I take offense to the fact that IM NOT ALREADY AN INFLUENCER. NOTICE ME!!!!
I had the same revelation a long time ago. Making, packaging, and shipping anything for less than a hundred dollar profit just isn't worth it to me. I'm not rich, I'm just plain lazy.
Great channel. Yes, I would be interested in the discord as well. I'm setting up a shop to sell my own designs and some licensed stls, but also interested in the thoughts of other creators in the 3d market. I'll email for the link.
What r you yapping about, lots of words but get to the point. So what are you doing? You want to be like everyone else, just be yourself dude! Otherwise your the same as the channels your yapping about. It sounds like you want to sit around and collect money for doing nothing, maybe this is not your thing????
I could but the video would be under 8 minutes and i'd make no money. Don't hate the player 🤣 And yes, that's EXACTLY what I want to do. Collect money for doing nothing. You're telling me if given the choice, you'd prefer to work for your money? 🤣
I think this is one of the most entitled people I've seen. He wants to put no effort into prints but wants to sell items that look like crap for hundreds of dollars. Honestly, you look down at people and think $100 per day is beneath you. Stay with your current business. You talk a good game, but the 3d print world is not your fit.
@@Brett5106 How does he look down on people? He's a millionaire who got bored and decided to try and make extra money with 3D printing. He doesn't want to make $24,000 a year. It's not worth his time. Equally, would you say that $5 a week is beneath you? I'm sure you would, as would I, but there are people who are in your shoes right now thinking you are one seriously entitled SOB if you wouldn't work for $5 a week. Also just to clarify, $100 a day is more than what I make now. It's not beneath me, but I can understand why it's beneath him..(Beneath sounds weird after typing it that many times)
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To clarify, i'm not throwing in the towel on selling 3D Prints. I'll find things, print, sell, and move on to the next thing. Maybe you'll like the idea of one of them and do it yourself.
This keeps things fresh. Do you really want to see me sell lampshades in every episode? 🤣 Overall, the content really doesn't change.
In my view, there's no business to be had in this space without a significant investment from the start. Think aerospace, biotech, prosthetics, etc. Things that require a few mil out of the gate.
You might define "business" differently than me, but something that can only sustain a few people and demands your labor doesn't really fit my idea of a business. Again, just IMO
Pivoting this way allows me to keep content fresh, and not be locked into one particular product, device, or method of doing anything, which ultimately should make for better content.
i think it a good move . i think the videos, showed the daily Deveopment of starting a 3d business. since you have the giga you can make some long lasting video content. anyways good move.
I've been tinkering with 3D printers for six years now. It's been a hobby until last November when I decided to take a leap forward and start selling stuff I've designed and created during these years. Your channel came out with excellent timing and the format is just perfect. You don't curate the content too much (in fear of losing viewers) and let your thought process come out unfiltered, which is exactly what I want to see and hear. On top of that, you already run another business so you know a lot about entrepreneurship. It's been very interesting to see a daily glimpse to your ups and downs and thoughts starting the new business.
Many thanks
Cool, I like your sincerity and humor. Makes me more interested in growing my 3D business and keeps my flsun busy
I'm starting my 3D printing business with 15 T1 Pro 3D printers and 5 5M 3D printers.
Cheer up.
Overall, I appreciate that you're keeping up with the video's daily schedule. As a 3D printing commuter, I love checking out your channel every day on my commute. You can certainly use your channel for your business, but I think you could develop some other ones about 3D printing to add to the interest. For example, this model you printed, what filament you used, what is the purpose of this model: can it be used as a decoration or replace some product.
Maybe your model will sell better and more people will want to buy the filament.🙂
I really enjoyed the arc of building a 3D printing business. That's what I'm interested in.
I get what you’re saying and I agree I’m in a beginner stage of the same boat. But that “for only 100 dollars a day” thing is over looked. From cleaning plates, hitting reprint, and packaging you’re looking at like 30 mins maybe for 10 orders. That’s 200 bucks an hour you’re paying your self.
I watch because you have 10 different printers compared to my one tiny printer with a second larger on backorder. I like seeing all of them pumping out interesting character models and items thinking maybe I could do this or that at a smaller scale and be happy with a few bucks. Its like a glimpse into the future for someone like me that has to scale upwards slowly.
Those trends are horrid and pennies on the dollar. I designed something that costs $0.039 to print about $0.10 after electric and labor etc. Takes 3 hrs to print 20 x 3 packs of them. Profit about $13.50 per pack. That’s a business model!
Nice work!
I enjoy watching the videos daily. One of my go-to things each morning. I'm going to watch whatever you put out if for no other reason but for the comedy. I do like the idea of you showcasing other people's designs and maybe having a link we can use to purchase the files. I'm still new to this personally, but have a history of machining running 3 million dollar 5-axis milling machines. Really enjoying the 3d print atmosphere and looking for some side money to pay for the hobby.
Enjoy the content and keep it up.
Where the good in your style is, that you catalog/vlog your time, which after time.. becomes a journey, and it is worth it in the end. I do this, been 4yrs now, and it will be epic at that time. Stay with it, don't stop. NEVER quit. What you need to do is slow down, and hone in making GOOD prints. Fix the bad in your prints, adaptive layers, etc.. get your prints GOOD.. that is a whole other bag of worms, anyone can push print, but how do the models look like? VALUE in a channel can be how to get your machines working correctly. Just a thought.
Taking the time to make prints good would make for some seriously stale content, which is a battle. I have 2hr/day in which to conduct the 3d print stuff.
Benefit of a new approach is that I only really need to highlight the products & analyze the viability for others to pursue
@ each every one of us experience the battle though. Content sure, a lot do it, but its (You) doing it everyone comes back for. Keep up the good work man!
Just film everything you do and weekly or whatever timeframe you want you can go through you can do a start to finish "project" video. In your dailies you keep coming back to certain projects. So you could just make it a one and done with each one so it would have some legs.
I've always just thought the printing was secondary, and building and monetizing a 3D printing channel was really your end goal.
Dude keep your voice down
to be honest the only way to make money in this buisness is learn cad and design parts yourself i run a additive business and found out the money is self designed parts to fit a niche the bulk of my money come from parts that people need so i design and print them for them i repeat do not try and sell files that anyone can get a hold of
I have no opinion - will watch when you release stuff 😁
You'll break thru keep at it Mr. Technicals
Daily viewer here. Been here since you had a couple hundred subs.
What you described changing to is not what I'm here for. I was here to watch you build a business out of this, but if that's not what you're doing anymore, then I'm not really interested.
I am trying to build a 3d print business myself and the daily vlogs have been fun to follow with because we're kinda in this together. I have no interest in any of the prints you've showcased so far.
Good luck. I likely won't be here for it, though.
So the content doesn't change much in my mind. Still looking for products to print, sell, and profit from. However, i'm looking at this landscape and for me personally, there's no business to be had. Side income? Absolutely. My personal definition of "business" is something you could be absent from and it continues to operate profitably. I've not really seen examples (except on the very high scale end printing prosthetics/aerospace parts etc) where that seems to be true. Something that would require an astronomical investment to spin up, that really nobody would be able to afford to even scale into. I appreciate your feedback and the time you spent thus far
Correct me if I'm wrong... But wasn't the whole point of going big is so you wouldn't have to print small things ur only making 10 bucks on? If you take this route the big printers are kind of pointless because most people don't have them.
Considered it, yes, but it's still a barrier to entry within a barrier-less space. I also have small printers for small items. Someone might see the big stuff and say, "yea, that's what i'll do" and pursue it from there. I covered this in a year-end recap but i'm just not seeing anything in this space that would be worth the effort to pursue that isn't also committing me to actual work. So what can I do, but showcase to others, to whom it may be worth the time to pursue
I wish I made $100 a day. I don't even make that in a month.
Definitely a good idea to start mixing some Evergreen content in.
Bro just promise you'll remember me when you're at the top
Just remember, matt, it's still your hobby... great vid great explanation.
So you didn’t ask for my advice but I like you and your energy. The RUclips algorithm is a completely different topic. The struggle I see is you are primarily focused on making money using a technology you don’t seem inclined to want to take the time to learn. That’s not a dog. Ma y people think these machines are load gcode and go. But at the hobbyist level, as you’ve seen, what can work on say can be a disaster the next. To round this out - I’d say nail down a task or topic you’re battling, you fixed and that would be good content. I see a lot of guys with big dreams posting content and I feel so bad for all the issues they run into.
Thanks so much, I always want your advice!
I'll ask you then, if given the time to learn this technology, do you see a scenario where (anyone, not just me) could scale this into an operation netting them 1m+/yr? I say net, not sales, and I say scale, because anyone can buy their way into printing prosthetics or aerospace components, but really is that something people could scale into in under, say, 5yr? Ultimately i'm thinking it really isn't possible to reach those levels with fulfillment of printed parts. I do however think that potential exists in the above form.
Do you think a dog will do what you want without training... lol 3d Printing is amazing. I am new and learning all I can. Fascinating stuff.
i just want to say i have been around since ur 1k giveaway and i went back and watched every video you have ever uploaded u make good content, reply and use comments and what we say, and of cause your crazy prints you do
Many thanks
so how is your laser experience? and where is that Flash forge adventurer? i am curious of your exp with this FF a5m, and i do not see how anyone can make any money with dragons, they get cheaper every day and take 8 to 11 hrs to print on a k1
been using it plenty! featuring it in forthcoming episodes
@@TechnicalsTinkers i bought one with a busted screen connection for dirt. it prints pretty well for the most part. My biggest issue i guess would be support removal, so im only using it for support-less models atm
Dude, what about a scarecrow - full size. Or, even, a manikin, minimal plastic, to dress as a scarecrow. I mean, you could turn it into a full-size sex doll, we know what you like, but we will call it a scarecrow, right.
Literally printing a 6' tall dummy13 right now LOL
@@TechnicalsTinkers zero surprise - hey, retail outlets need manikins too - maybe, TPU for skin feel - keep it coming …
Jesse Pinkman is looking well thesedays...
Suggestion--what if you do a Patreon to promote others people through reviews. For example, I create 3D terrain for tabletop gaming. It is a niche but it is a big niche. So as an example (free for me to get you going on that path :P ) You print and showcase a creators work, make it available to sell so you don't end up with mountain of stuff. So you wouldn't be print to sell unless you chose to. But people would look for that content to decide how this print and promote that other channel. You would get revenue from the "Patreon" members from your promo channel, you would get revenue from the traffic, you could make affiliate links through purchases. Make 1-2 of these a week. With the amount of printers you have, you can maintain that rate.
Are you selling the digital files or just the physical models? I'd be STOKED to cover it and push people to buy your files. I have to consider my audience are 3d print people, and are never really likely to actually buy 3d prints, but models, possibly
I sell digital files I also offer free ones on my Cult store. If you want to check these out, my most popular is dice tower that can be used as terrain. I’m just about to launch a monthly Patreon to offer terrain for tabletop gaming so people get the monthly terrain and the past terrain will be available at discount for members. I’m still very new to all this. Thank, that would be so great. I have bought digital files from other creators but I never bought a physical one. I know locally a lot of people buy physical printed terrain from local print farm when it comes to terrain. The print farm purchase the digital files as “commercial” licenses. Some people buys those printed terrain from Etsy resellers. Seems to be a good business. My studio is basically cold storage under the porch I sit in along with Christmas decoration storage corridor lol. I would like one day to have a local shop/game store/print as you go.
oh no, it is happening again
LOL
Do I really play this hand that often?
Nvm i know the answer
@@TechnicalsTinkers i guess your last crypto video answers that question 😂
Bro. What do YOU want to do? I started watching because you had a smart and humble attitude towards the 3d learning experience and business development. Now, it feels like you’re looking for to become a youtube influencer. You gotta get out of the rut and start making your own designs that make YOU proud of what you’re selling. Or hire a freelance designer and showcase their work. You said you have the means. Don’t let us youtube degenerates dictate the content or it will devolve to trinkets and fidget spinners boobie prints. You have to live to your name Technical.
That's an aim as well, more partnerships with designers. Karina, the char model girl, said she's got 10 new patreons from me. Feels good to help her out. Aside from that to be honest with myself and everyone else, I dont have the chops to do design work.
Also don't worry, I don't let the fans steer the ship here, but I have to consider that i'm capping myself by not giving myself the berth to do evergreen content.
Also I take offense to the fact that IM NOT ALREADY AN INFLUENCER. NOTICE ME!!!!
@ figured as much love the content and your character is strong. influencers are temporary. Legends are permanent. Let’s shoot for being a legend!
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I had the same revelation a long time ago. Making, packaging, and shipping anything for less than a hundred dollar profit just isn't worth it to me. I'm not rich, I'm just plain lazy.
can i join the discord? you're email isn't in the description
Not posting it publicly since it's just for 3d creators, if you'd send me an email i'll gladly get you in!
Great channel. Yes, I would be interested in the discord as well. I'm setting up a shop to sell my own designs and some licensed stls, but also interested in the thoughts of other creators in the 3d market. I'll email for the link.
What r you yapping about, lots of words but get to the point.
So what are you doing? You want to be like everyone else, just be yourself dude! Otherwise your the same as the channels your yapping about. It sounds like you want to sit around and collect money for doing nothing, maybe this is not your thing????
I could but the video would be under 8 minutes and i'd make no money. Don't hate the player 🤣
And yes, that's EXACTLY what I want to do. Collect money for doing nothing.
You're telling me if given the choice, you'd prefer to work for your money? 🤣
I think this is one of the most entitled people I've seen. He wants to put no effort into prints but wants to sell items that look like crap for hundreds of dollars. Honestly, you look down at people and think $100 per day is beneath you. Stay with your current business. You talk a good game, but the 3d print world is not your fit.
@@Brett5106 How does he look down on people? He's a millionaire who got bored and decided to try and make extra money with 3D printing. He doesn't want to make $24,000 a year. It's not worth his time.
Equally, would you say that $5 a week is beneath you? I'm sure you would, as would I, but there are people who are in your shoes right now thinking you are one seriously entitled SOB if you wouldn't work for $5 a week.
Also just to clarify, $100 a day is more than what I make now. It's not beneath me, but I can understand why it's beneath him..(Beneath sounds weird after typing it that many times)
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