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Re: Is this a good business idea? - 12 years ago
I've spent many hours weighing the pros and cons and I've come to the conclusion that no matter how much research I do, how many calculations I do, there's just know way I can know if it will work without me trying it. I'm in the comfortable situation where I am currently living with my parents rent free, and I am financially secure. But I suppose if this doesn't work out I will be left with an eby spacemonkey - General
Re: Is this a good business idea? - 12 years ago
Hey, I really appreciate your advice I want people to be as honest as possible because this is a huge decision for me and I really need to weigh the pros and cons before pulling the trigger.by spacemonkey - General
Re: Is this a good business idea? - 12 years ago
@ aklhut Yeah I have been tempted to use shapeways instead, but don't they not fix your models? So I would be in the same situation of having to find a way of knowing that this model would print out ok before submitting it to shapeways. Also they will take some of the money, understandably. And also I can imagine those sites ending up like turbosquid, which is absolutely saturated with 3d modelsby spacemonkey - General
Re: Is this a good business idea? - 12 years ago
I suppose it wouldn't really differ from shapeways. Although shapeways is more of a printing service. It would just be a case of me trying to enter into this market with my own designs on my own website for my own profit.by spacemonkey - General
Re: Is this a good business idea? - 12 years ago
yeah I'm aware of thingiverse. I suppose the people I would be selling my work to wouldn't be people who have a 3d printer. One concern I have is can Ultimaker make good enough models to sell, and also the fact that the cost of 3d printing will come down considerably and become too mainstream for this idea to become profitable anymore, due to over saturation of the market.by spacemonkey - General
Is this a good business idea? - 12 years ago
So I graduated with a degree in Computer Games Design nearly 4 years ago now and my job prospects are as grim as ever. Due to my degree, I have pretty good 3D modelling skills using 3DS Max and so I am toying with the idea of buying a 3D printer so that I can make and sell 3D artwork. I'm not yet exactly sure what I'm going to make, but I was thinking of something along the lines of figures and iby spacemonkey - General