The curated designs on this site are impressive. They actually seem to be consumer-friendly and printable designs, which is a huge benefit for 3D printing to become mainstream. Based on the current state of the 3D printing industry I have two main concerns:
1. This is a very crowded space, there are hundreds of design marketplaces ranging from free to freemium to premium, and 99% of the attention is on Thingiverse. Because it's curated, it would be difficult to create a community. How are you planning on driving traffic?
2. Even with the hobbyist penetration and low cost of the machines, it seems that the consumer market for 3DP is still a couple of years away from mass adoption. I worry that this may be too early to enter the consumer market. What is your take on this?
@tombielecki Thanks for your comment, and like you said it, we offer a ever growing large collection of high quality 3D printable designs all tested to print on consumer 3D printers, and thanks to our subscription plans we can do that at a fair price (as low as 8,33$ / month).
We launched 10 days ago and we are seeing great results, I invite you to test our trial gallery on your printer.
Mass adoption of consumer 3DP will only happen if there is a compelling content offer, making 3D printing at home affordable, easy, useful & fun. Today, 3DShook is the only company dedicated to bringing this missing link to the market.
@tombielecki I think that projects like the Kickstarter funded TIKO printer are a sign that the 3D Printing market is mature enough for 3DShook to stay afloat and consolidate their first user-base before it goes mainstream.
Also, a suscribtion-based business doesn't need a community as big as a free-based business to be at least a bit profitable.
This is very cool, high-quality designs, quality assurance, modern-looking store, all-you-can-eat-pricing. Feels like 3D Printing meets Amazon meets Netflix !! Good luck guys !
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