My Small Print Farm's Process for Listing 3D Printed Products on Etsy

[@Gyvalor]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Not new to 3D printing but new to the idea of selling.

[@TheMountainMaker]

Glad it was helpful, hope it gives you a good place to start! I've still got a lot to learn myself, but have found some success so far, so I wanted to share my process and experiences.

[@WattsLane]

Good job using the image alt description. It also helps your Etsy SEO if you use descriptive titles for your image names. Thanks for the videos sharing your process!

[@TheMountainMaker]

Thanks! I've been trying to get better at adding in all the details that help boost Etsy SEO.

[@MattWeber]

Yup and finding the photo later is way easier. As well as it helps google also catalog your etsy to help bring store visitors in. Crawlers very much look at photo info and can many times have a HUGE impact on findability, as a quality photo file name can help have a higher rating in their overall score system. Alt text is great for accessibility but isn't used for a lot outside of that, while file names can get pulled often for google results directly.

[@michaeljackson4958]

Hey the Drippy bucket on thigivese. I love them, I like the insert part just for my pencils and brushes

[@Adamooo_1221]

Man, the idea with discounts is great.

[@brody2642]

Can’t wait to watch this! I have a decent marketing background but photography has always been my weak point. Sorry if it’s covered later, but could you make a short video on video-creation? It seems like the short clips on Etsy listing greatly helps with SEO

[@TheMountainMaker]

Definitely, i meant to cover that but haven’t been feeling well the last couple of days so waiting until i don’t sound sick and i get my new mic in this week so expect a video on videos sometime within the next 7-10 days

[@kowboykel665]

Video was perfect, I'm just starting out with the business side of things, not a stranger to 3D printing or CAD, you had the right amount of details in there with some very helpful tips, will be taking notes :) Using AI for the backgrounds and descriptions etc is a game changer, anything to improve efficiency is a big plus in any business.

[@TheMountainMaker]

Glad it helped you out and you found the AI tips useful! It’s definitely not perfect, and the descriptions do sound somewhat AI written, especially with the emojis and what not, but if you can use it as a tool, combine multiple iterations together or like i said in the video, make a duplicate listing with a different set of photos and a different title and see which one does better. KZbin does a similar thing with thumbnails, some of you will see one, while others see a different one for the first 14 days to see which one performs better.

[@AtTheBenchtop]

Thank you so much! We just started our store back in October and have had a few sales but there are some GEMS in this video! Keep them coming!

[@TheMountainMaker]

I’m happy to hear that you are enjoying the videos! I hope it helps you to grow your shop!

[@mcyhanick]

Thanks for your video! I picked up a few ideas from your content and I appreciate your efforts!

[@rwandrew077]

do as you do, we love the videos...

[@TheMountainMaker]

I appreciate the feedback and Thanks for the support!

[@misterbeen247]

LOVE the content

[@TheMountainMaker]

I appreciate the love and support! Thanks for watching!

[@TomFilmHUN]

I really like your videos - about Hungary! I'm sure you miss woodworking, but you do that well too, congratulations!

[@TheMountainMaker]

Thank you very much! I do miss the woodworking side of it sometimes, but not as much as I thought I would. I still get to use my CNC and have a new laser engraver that just arrived so I hope to bring more of that to the channel

[@MrMcMaH]

Nice one...

[@DesignsByBrodhead]

FIRST -- another great video!

[@goatelope7539]

Thank you

[@TheMountainMaker]

Thanks for watching!

[@kylelaney4979]

I’ve seen those paint buckets before, they are open for everyone to print and sell right?

[@kylelaney4979]

Oh and great video btw!!

[@TheMountainMaker]

They are, They can be found here www.printables.com/model/73118-drippy-bucket

[@TheMountainMaker]

Thanks!

[@timphillips3873]

I just browsed Etsy for these and compared other listings to yours and I'll say that I might pass over these images as a customer because they trend a little too far towards looking like a drop shipper as opposed to hand-crafted with the background you used. I think the background looks a little too photoshop/AI and it would be worth your time to set up a little mini-studio light box for your camera - particularity since you have that tripod and black background halfway there already. Just my 2c. I do think you're spot-on with the discount strategy. I wonder if Etsy would start to crack down on this is it becomes standard to always "discount" items?

[@TheMountainMaker]

I appreciate you taking the time to provide that feedback. I can definitely see where you are coming from there, i try to use backgrounds that are similar to what the product is, for instance, the dumbbell card holders are in a gym setting. The photo i currently use is customer supplied, but the original one was generated by Photoroom and looked just like a gym in the background. It’s hit or miss and i may go back and change the actual image listings down the road depending on how they do. My original plan for the background was a garage, or school setting but that kind of detail works best when you are doing a single image at a time. Thanks again!

[@MotFPS]

Did you have to license the item from the maker? I don't think you talked about that unless I missed it.

[@TheMountainMaker]

It is a free to use file as long as you attribute it in your listing description somewhere. I have another video on where to find files that you are able to use for commercial purposes using both free models and paid subscriptions.

[@BobGarrett66]

@@TheMountainMakerI’m not an attorney but I believe the “free to use” license in most 3D printed listings for STLs has to do with personal use. I don’t know that that license gives you permission to sell the items for a profit. Again, I’m not an attorney, but I’m pretty sure that most designers of 3D printed items (myself included) wouldn’t appreciate folks selling their work for a profit. Kinda makes sense, right? They spent the time to design it and why would anyone with a 3D printer be able to take their design and push the print button to make a profit. Maybe there is an attorney watching the video that could chime in.

[@TheMountainMaker]

Depends on the license type. If you go back and watch one of my previous videos, i go through the different sites such as printable, maker world, etc and even show a message from a designer to myself when i first started selling! The Creative Commons licenses give you the ability to license your work for personal, non-commercial, commercial however you please.

[@TheMountainMaker]

Where to Find 3D Models for Etsy and My Best-Selling 3D Printed Products after 11 months kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6K8hKSXh91gr5I

[@treyrawdon02]

My man wants ZERO competitors 😂

[@440pressurewashing]

Hello curious i. Was looking at files of paint bucket it has money sign on bottom do edit that

[@TheMountainMaker]

If you are looking to sell it and don't want the designers branding on the bottom, you can cut the bottom part off in your slicer before printing. Be sure to check the license type on other models to make sure you are allowed to modify the file first. In this case, you are free to modify it, use it for commercial purposes, etc as long as you give attribution to the original designer.

[@440pressurewashing]

@TheMountainMaker i don't know how to do that I'm very new this sorry

[@TheMountainMaker]

Stay tuned for a video on editing models within the slicer, coming out soon!

[@440pressurewashing]

Cant wait to learn it thank you for great videos keep up great information ​@TheMountainMaker

[@ez2automate]

How much is chatGPT?

[@TheMountainMaker]

It's $20/month. There is a free version available but there are a few limitations such as peak use times, so during times of heavy use, you are limited to the number of responses you can generate and you wont have up to date information as far as its knowledge base but if you are just using it for listings and description, its more than fine. I used it for almost the full year before I decided it was worth paying for to have a little more access to some of the new features and not being limited to how many responses im able to generate.

[@ez2automate]

@@TheMountainMaker Thanks for the reply. Writing the description is the toughest part of selling on Etsy, at least for me.

[@TheMountainMaker]

For me it was always coming up with a keyword filled title. I used to just put what the item was, and maybe the color options or size variations, but the title really should be filled with what your buyers would be searching for. That seems to have worked well for me this year anyways.