10 Niches for making money in 3D Printing: No ideas? No problem! 3D printing for beginners

[@regwsx]

TOC 0:30 cosplay 1:00 fpv drones and rc cars accessories 1:19 car and home repair parts 2:21 prototypes and fixtures for industries 2:44 home decoration

[@freedapeeple4049]

I just discovered how incredibly cheap 3D printers are now. Last time I checked they were many times more expensive. I was looking to see if it could be profitable and what products to sell. You answered both questions in an excellent manner; informative and to the point with no nonsense, and best of all: You didn't try to sell me anything! Thank you.

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Appreciate the feedback, here to help!

[@WallyMahar]

You know you didn’t make me realize I was dyslexic until I saw your thumbnail.

[@pacificcoastminiatures]

Great list! One other niche is model railroading. Model railroaders are always looking for details to add to their layout that are not being mass produced by the major companies. Also printing detail parts for model locomotives is needed as mass produced locomotives often are missing details that a particular road name or road number had that made it unique.

[@maudepotvin8660]

I'm working on my STL collection for D&D and Scenery ! DND dads have lots of moneys to spend on their games !!! Having difficult time tuning and upgrading my printers perfectly, but ill get there and buy more ! Already at 2 and one is on the way ! Yay ! Thanks for all the great content and advice !

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Thanks Maude! Keep grinding!

[@MartinsonManufacturing]

Good stuff here my friend! I think you are right, finding some kind of niche is the best way to go for 3D Printing for profit. I was fortunate to find a little niche myself and had to buy 15 Ender 3's and hire two contractor workers to keep up. We recently started selling our parts on Amazon FBA which has been a game changer for us so we don't have to run to the post office every day. What part of the country are you in?

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Appreciate the feedback man! FBA can is awesome if done well. Currently in Italy for business in this period, have to do some paperwork to relocate offices in SD

[@MutaleMulenga8ight]

Great video Richard, thank you very much. I found this video at the right time

[@Helz777]

Beautifully presented, hugely informative, kudos to a great channel. Subscribed!

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hi Helena, thank you! Appreciate the feedback!

[@soniq080808]

I was looking for something like this!!! Thanks heaps!

[@Erbsensuppe22]

Thanks for sharing this. Printed 3D Scans!

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Yeah also scanning is a rising thing, especially for retro pieces or reverse engineering!

[@Erbsensuppe22]

@@3DPrintingForMoney I bought myself this skanect software, works great!

[@Melltronster]

In Russia, 3D printer prints you!

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hahaha that would be awesome!!

[@notgreg123]

Astroneer lore

[@julio1982]

valuable video sir

[@elliottjames671]

I might get back into being a artist with this technology 🤑

[@glennlong6627]

Great information and solid advice to grow a business thank you

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

thanks Glenn, appreciate your feedback!

[@PencilDrawingAcademy]

Thank

[@gregdvorkin]

My impression is that 3D printing is mostly for prototyping, sampling or printing a few copies upon request. And a farm is good for talking multiple orders each for relatively small number of copies. Right? If quantities are high isn't it better to use e.g. injection molding?

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hi Greg! Yes, you got it. Over 1 thousand pieces i suggest my clients to consider IM

[@gregdvorkin]

@@3DPrintingForMoney Thanks for the reply! So if it is less than 1,000 (e.g. 700), you would do it on 3D printing? Would you do that on multiple printers in parallel then? I feel like doing it all on one would take forever...

[@ned2355]

Some key info I was hoping to hear - where to find .STL’s for things like automotive and drone parts. Mainly to ensure your prints are compatible with your customers property. Thoughts?

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hi Ben, for those two industries stls are very hard to find and some of them have been exploited a lot. the best way to ensure dimensional accuracy and reliability is to design your own product that fits the vehicle/drone.

[@rahuldeep2659]

You tell me exactly,what I want to know. Thanks Bro.

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hi Rahul, i appreciate your feedback!

[@sobreaver]

Great structure to tackle this relatively new market widely becoming more public and accessible. Thank you very much for this overview. I am personally considering selling 3D model files to be printed, I was just curious about the legal implications of selling a batman statuette model for example as I don't want to get sued down in the line of work :P I think it'd be nice to revamp some Pitt poses and other great characters.

[@Chris-yv3tz]

Hi sobreaver what models are you selling ?

[@devilsadvocate2643]

You can't sell items representing characters you do not have the exploitation rights from. You might not be caught, but many people selling Pokemon stuff got troubles.

[@Th3Nark]

With the Cosplay recommendation, do you need to have rights to sell 3D printed objects from a certain IP? E.g The Mando helmets, or anime pieces you showed.

[@TheSpazztech]

What about licensing? No one seems to talk about license costs? Do you design all these models your self?

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Industrial licensing is used a lot in manufacturing. But in the 3d printing realm, it is hard to implement due to scale. 3d printing production is convenient (in most cases) for batches under one thousand pieces. Proper licensing has baseline costs that are hard to justify with those numbers. And for products with a market above 1’000 pieces/year i would recommend to evaluate injection molding (scale and cost). For your second question, nowdays i design all my products, or implement customer’s ones (desing+prints)

[@kolyxix]

God bless you for this video

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hi Kola, appreciate your feedback!

[@danielolayiwola93]

Very informative and motivating good job ✊🏿

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Here to help!

[@federicolicastro2402]

Very nice

[@soyguikai]

10/28/2021within a year I will comment on the achievements made by having seen this of this video

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Looking foward to your success!

[@soyguikai]

@@3DPrintingForMoney Its been al year and I have to say that i have start very shy on this but since then I been selling little prints to people, and now there is a group that wants me to teach in a high school how to do 3D print.

[@soyguikai]

2 years has past, and after testing diferent nich the one for cosplay is the one that most sales/services has generated. Ihave found that show in social media your work, and focusing in bringing a good expirence to the custumer make that the people refer you work more often

[@XIIOSRS]

Great video, thanks

[@A.Roger__]

Nice Idea 🤫

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hey Roger thank you for the feedback! Appreciate it!

[@alegburla9158]

Nice video!!!

[@doomgod314]

FFL type 7?

[@Olivetta17]

Вторая!!!)) каждый раз узнаю много интересного! спасибо большое!!!

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Happy you like it :)

[@WillofNewZealand]

Sell prints.... ok. Sell 3d print as service....ok. Sell stl. Ok. Sell the actual non commercial licence of thing. Thats My area. Make stl and licence it as non commercial as service for sale. Licence checking services. OnSell filament. Sell recycled made filament. Filabot. The owners of sites that have sales services operating are possibly doing ok. Some sites take around 8% like cgtrader. Did uncle jessy say etsy took 50% in fees? Maybe. Good luck.

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

All you listed are great niches, but i wanted to condense the video. There are many other niches out there. Was thinking of part 2 for other niches in the future. Uncle Jessy’s title is quite misleading being that 50% he says cover’s also shipping, advertising fees (etsy has the most competitive ones out there: you get charged only if you make a sale) and transaction fees. Normal business i would say, nothing so spectacular

[@davidemoschini1597]

Primo!😄

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hahaha Grande!!!

[@alegburla9158]

Very intresting idea

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

time to apply it!

[@Twikzy_]

is it suppose to be nice? Or niches? haha

[@3dgiftz]

How to paint human miniature please help me 😭

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Yeah those are the hardest to get right!

[@3dgiftz]

@@3DPrintingForMoney can you send a tutorial on how to paint I am not very good in painting but practice makes me perfect

[@3dgiftz]

@@3DPrintingForMoney please share a link for painting tutorials

[@3Carbon6]

Drones are only relevant if the FAA continues to let hobbyists fly them.

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Hi Macha, drones are extremely accessible nowdays, but the biggest users are professianals and commercial users. And their budget for projects and accessories are incredibly high

[@Nooralhussein1]

nothing to sell!

[@traxxasxmaxx7338]

Bro

[@elliottjames671]

Hot cakes 😆

[@lewisdid-it7780]

3d print a 3d printer

[@tinkergnomad]

Why is "home decoration," funny? Is there something wrong with people who want to decorate their homes?

[@ivann9126]

you cant make an income from 3d printing, cause a simple smal thing needs 5 ours to finish !

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Sorry for the late reply. Too busy printing late January orders

[@elliottjames671]

I DO TO NEED METAL 3D PRINTER😠

[@JohnJohn-xs5ru]

Speak slower, hard to understand.

[@3DPrintingForMoney]

Sorry John, that morning caffeine levels were over the roof!

[@Mindsi]

Bio printing🥹! Print your own genome!