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Resources for running a 3D printing business

By an Etsy seller with 3,000+ sales

The numbers side of selling what you print, written from a shop that has been doing it for five years. Each guide answers one question first, then shows the work.

How to price 3D prints

The formula that keeps a margin alive after platform fees, every cost that belongs in it, and a worked example. Read the guide

How to calculate the real profit on a 3D print

One order rebuilt from the payment ledger, how lumpy costs become per-order rates, and profit per product. Read the guide

Etsy fees for 3D print sellers

Transaction, processing, listing, and Offsite Ads, why shipping income isn’t yours, and why the ledger beats the rate card. Read the guide

How to track filament inventory for a 3D printing business

Sealed spool counts by barcode, usage from sales, and weeks of stock. Read the guide

What software does a 3D printing business actually need?

What makes a print shop different, every cost that decides whether a print made money, a decision path by shop size across spreadsheets, filament trackers, calculators, and all-in-one tools, and where spreadsheets stop working. Read the guide

Why Etsy takes more than the rate card says

Etsy publishes 6.5% transaction, 3% + $0.25 processing, $0.20 listing. What lands in your payment account is often more. Five reasons, and a ten-minute check on your own shop. Read the article