There is also a grey Biqu Cryogrip. For me that one handles large, warp-prone PLA prints much better then both frostbite plates.

Hi, I’m assuming you looked at patenting your design, can you discuss the costs and difficulties with the patenting process?

What plate did you choose for the biqu? Cool? Did you try a few and found one better than the other? (If you set same temperature, just the z offset would be different )

I would love to see some tests with large gridfinity bins, they are warp hell!

Awesome video. So quick question- the products you sell are all of YOUR designs? I just wondered because I don’t know how to 3d model yet

I would say a plate that lets go easier when you flex it is a plus. I don't want to struggle with getting builds off the printer. If the printer has a heat bed that causes it to flex, the problem is the printer :)

Tell us about your "automatic printing system" 👍

Good video, good luck on the new goal!

Hey isch sehr inspirierend das mer mit guetem Englisch vo überall en guete KZbin Kanal mache chan. I welne Länder verchaufscheig dini produkt?

Leaving a comment for the algo, Ty mate and keep on going 🎉

Congrats. I have just started my 3D business and hope to be just as successful

Thanks for the Update, great to see that it's going well. Wish you all the best for 2025!👍

Why is it a short?!

Nice, thank you for sharing!

I believe your business and channel both will grow very big due to the kind of person you are best of luck

Keep up the great work! Love your videos!

From my experience the SuperTack is the worst one in durability, the Smooth plate is better but that wasn't tested. And the SuperTack requires you to reduce the flow ratio on the first layer to .8 so there's no warping. A lot of people are having this issue, which you can only fix by enabling Developer Mode on Bambu Studio and setting it to .8 under quality > advanced.

Damn. I always thought there would be no market in Switzerland. I should definitely give it a try

How do you see the current market getting almost flooded with people that want to 3D print for a profit? Whats your outlook on 2025 and what (in your opinion) are the most important things to do to stand out of the masses? e.g. is research, marketing, efficiency..? Great content, subscribed to you patreon in Dec :)

Amazing... thank you for sharing. Phenomenal growth. How do you market yourself on Shopify? Or, do you recommend getting started on Etsy to make a name for yourself before going to Shopify?

Great insights and thanks for the transparency!

Do you ship all orders yourself ?

Good job! I want to start my 3D printing journey. Do you provide some kind of coaching?

Nice results! I almost exactly match what you experienced but I did not sell on etsy, only DTC on my shopify store. I just recently got on amazon and hope to double my 2024 sales! I run a print farm that I have also automated, but using Qidi Q1 Pros and exclusively print in ABS. ABS is half the cost, and the prints use less material compared to PLA. Its just a much better material for consumer products. For 3 years I used PLA, and im glad i finally made the switch. PLA warps, has creep, and even internal pressure of the plastic after printing is enough force to cause dimmensional changes days or weeks after printing. the Q1 Pro is an amazing machine because im able to vent all of the fumes directly out of the machine to the outside, while still maintaining 60c chamber temp. The result are perfect ABS prints.

Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing. So all your stores are coffee-themed?

Nice video

What about the difference in warping for large prints?

You should've included the glacier :'( I really need to know the surface finish comparaison between super tack and Glacier I need the matest finish possible on my prints first layer with a bit of texture and I don' t know wich one is the best for it.

Can you use the Frostbite or SuperTack with no heat at all?

Heads up, but last night my P1P didn't see the Glacier plate while doing auto bed level check and ran and skidded over the plate with a deep mark that makes it junk now. I had heard a few complaints about this and now I've seen it first hand. Apparently the detector might not see the plate and jam down into it.

What cad software are you using?

I see no reason to compare the Cool Plate as it is, sadly, discontinued... What a shame.

make some minor, insignificant changes and start selling as Gen2 version. people generally stupid, they will believe Gen2 is better than Gen1.

How do you change the infill only in certain parts of the print?

Hi, I am looking into storting a side hustle, which might be 3D printing, I know CAD, but i can truly need some advice about the selling part, and what does well. Why do you not recommend Selling on eBay?

Chinese are more susceptible to make a knockoff copy of your item like the iphone, Samsung knockoff. So a Chinese copying a Chinese is natural.

MY shopify experience was a nightmare. Their system is 100% automated, so when there was a problem, game over. They didnt respond to any communication. Oh, and good luck trying to get them to stop billing, when there is a problem. I had to get my bank to block them. Because, again, shopify didnt respond to any communication.

You're saying in replies in the comments that you're using SEO and social media to drive traffic to the Shopify website, which is great. However, have you factored in the time cost associated with building the social media and SEO presence over time? Marketplaces bring traffic to you. They remove the time cost. And that time cost has a financial cost. Factor it in - I doubt Etsy will look as bad as you're making out here.

I am a mechanical designer and have been on many early stage products, prototypes, etc. At some stage you have to get the product out and you have to be ahead of the game here. Everything is copied. It doesn't matter what country you live in. The US, China, everybody will copy your idea if it's great. It's part of the game. Simply, if someone copies you easily, you're not getting anything special. Choose your partners well.

Can you give me a functional nieche because I’m trying to start a business but I don’t have a product

it's not really hard to reverse engineer a pipe and a bracket tbh

Are you also calculating that on Shopify you need to run ads to keep traffic coming to your shop?

Hi, first off this is a fantastic tool! Thank you! I print a lot of multicolor prints that fill the build plate. How would you use this spreadsheet to determine the cost? For example, if I’m printing a model that has a head and a body. Both of them are multicolor. I can fit 50 heads to a plate and 8 bodies to a plate. How would you go about setting up the spreadsheet? From the little bit I have played with it, I’m assuming I just use the product information tab (tab1) for multicolor plates. I bought the pro version of the spreadsheet for the mass production portion since I do print single color prints as well.

But where do you get your traffic from? Etsy is a traffic platform. Shopify is just your site, where are you getting customers from?

Can you elaborate on how the post-processing cost is $4? The part is printed flat, top-side down, with no support or brim. At most, you would be going over the part with a blowtorch to eliminate mild stringing. If this takes 10 seconds per part, you're valuing your time at $1440 per hour? In reality, it takes 5 seconds, but im being generous

The fees get way worse when you factor in shipping costs as Etsy calculates fees based on your total order value. For example, if you sell your €12.76 item with €15 euro shipping cost (which is quite common when shipping from EU to US) the total fee amount will be €7.58 (assuming 15% offsite ads fee) which is a massive 59% of your listing price. So in the example given in this video you're losing quite some money on each sale. Did you opt out of offsite ads while you were still selling on Etsy or how did you deal with this?

I don’t get when people say this because you still are making profit and the people who are buying it won’t go to your Shopify they will just buy a different one on Etsy so overall you should still stay with Etsy because profit is profit.

Totally understandable! Higher competition and higher fees. Their main thing is the traffic but it's a double-edged sword. I'm looking to start selling on Etsy as a beginner but will likely transition to another platform as I get more selling experience. Is that what you would recommend as a beginner?