{"product_id":"the-3d-printing-business-guide","title":"The 3D Printing Business Guide","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:720px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeven months. 114 orders. $32,500 in sales. 8 to 10 hours a week, on a desk in a home office.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eI started Type II Studio after losing a business I spent a year building. My partner bought a 3D printer for us to mess around with at home. I had no modelling experience and no idea what to make with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eThen I remembered a race in Iceland. Thirteen hours riding around a volcano, and nothing waiting at the finish line. No medal, nothing to show for the training or the flights or the suffering. So I made something to mark it. Friends saw it and wanted their own. Two weeks after deciding what I was making, a referral bought four for $400 and almost paid for the printer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eThis guide is everything that happened between that day and this one, written down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eWhat is inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e28 pages. Ten chapters, then the templates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003col style=\"line-height:1.7;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePick something worth making.\u003c\/strong\u003e The four P filter, why niches beat cool prints, and the niches that are already dead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eValidate before you spend.\u003c\/strong\u003e Give the first ten away, collect feedback and photos, and why nobody can see who paid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGear that matters.\u003c\/strong\u003e The $200 setup, what to buy at $500, $1,500 and $5,000, materials, ventilation, when to add a second printer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrom idea to sellable product.\u003c\/strong\u003e How I design without a modelling background, licensing other people's files, and getting to a usable file in an afternoon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuality and waste.\u003c\/strong\u003e Filament storage, bed adhesion, batching a plate, and the finishing that makes a print look premium.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePricing.\u003c\/strong\u003e True cost per unit, the margin floor, why free shipping wins, and the exact reason most makers charge too little.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere to sell.\u003c\/strong\u003e Shopify against Etsy against markets against selling direct, and what a product page needs to convert.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContent that sells.\u003c\/strong\u003e The posts that moved product for me, the ones that flopped, and why paid ads are the wrong first move.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePartnerships.\u003c\/strong\u003e How I got artifacts onto event podiums, what to offer, and how to pitch the events closest to home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOperations.\u003c\/strong\u003e Packaging, worldwide shipping, custom order scope, refunds, and when to raise your prices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eIncluded with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cul style=\"line-height:1.7;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 30 day plan.\u003c\/strong\u003e Day by day from nothing to your first sale, with an outcome for each week.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe pricing calculator.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fill in filament, time, packaging and fees and get a price you can defend.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe launch checklist.\u003c\/strong\u003e Everything that has to be true before a stranger pays you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMy full print profile.\u003c\/strong\u003e The exact Bambu Studio settings behind every Type II map. Every value, all six pages of it, with the four that actually matter explained.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"border-left:3px solid #B9542C;padding-left:16px;margin:1.8em 0;font-size:1.05em;line-height:1.6;\"\u003eNobody hands over a working production profile. I am handing over mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorth your money if\u003c\/strong\u003e you own a printer or are about to buy your first, you keep seeing physical problems you could solve if you had the skill, you are already part of a sport or trade or community, or you are selling already and undercharging and you know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSkip it if\u003c\/strong\u003e you want passive income without talking to a single person, you plan to pull files off MakerWorld and undercut everyone on price, you need the first version to be perfect before anyone sees it, or you are looking for a printer review or a slicer tutorial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eWhy this costs $50\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eI get dozens of messages every week from people asking how to start this, and they come from everywhere. Plenty come from places where the average income is a fraction of what it is in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eLearning these skills is one of the few real routes to independence for someone without much opportunity around them. A printer costs about $200. The skill costs time. Put the two together and a person can earn in a way that is not limited by where they happen to live, and that money goes back into their local economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eSo I am happy to hand this over for far less than I would charge a consulting client. If $50 is still out of reach where you are, email me and tell me your situation. I would rather you have it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eThe details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cul style=\"line-height:1.7;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e28 page PDF, delivered by email the moment you order\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eRead it on anything, print it if you want to write on it\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eWritten by Nate Chan, founder of Type II Studio, Vancouver BC\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFree updates when I revise it\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:1.6em;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf it does not give you something you can act on this week, email me and I will refund you.\u003c\/strong\u003e I have never wanted to keep money from someone who did not get what they came for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:0.9em;color:#6B6660;margin-top:2em;\"\u003eNothing in this guide is financial, tax, or legal advice. 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