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The situation
A designer produces parts that other people need. Selling the file reaches people equipped to print it; selling the object requires equipment, materials, quality control and fulfilment.
Most designers do not want to become manufacturers, so the work reaches a fraction of the people who would buy it.
Why it is hard
Buyers want the object
Someone who needs a bracket wants the bracket, not a file and a printing problem.
Fulfilment is a different business
Printing, inspecting, packing and shipping is an operation, not an extension of designing.
Quality liability follows the seller
A designer selling objects takes on responsibility for how each one was made.
How we approach it
3D Bazaar lets designers list designs and sell them through the marketplace, with printing provided by service providers and quality and delivery overseen by the platform.
The designer sells the design. The buyer receives a part. The provider wins work that fits their equipment.
What changes
- Designs sold to buyers who want the finished part
- Printing fulfilled by providers matched to the specification
- Quality and delivery overseen by the platform
- Providers win work suited to their equipment
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Is this your problem too?
Bring the version of it you actually have. We will tell you what it would take, including when the answer is that it is not worth doing.