Wednesday, December 14. 2011
Why are 3DAddFab's Prices So Low?
"You want how much for that little hunk of plastic?!" When it comes to 3D printing we think the answer is usually 'too much'. Sure, if you've been in the additive fabrication industry for 10 or more years you've seen some pretty significant price drops. But if you've just discovered 3D printing, and the wow factor still makes you giddy, you're likely to be taken aback by how expensive it can be. Some of the price, at least for a non-OEM 3D printing service provider, is unavoidable. (See here and here for our earlier look at how equipment and materials lead to higher prices.) The rest of the price however is directly related to the business practices and policies of 3d printing service providers.
At 3DAddFab you'll find a perfect storm for low prices. Ok, so Fast Eddie's Used Cars might put it that way but let me explain. First, we want 3D printing prices to be lower. We think all of the cool things that seem possible with additive fabrication will only ever occur if more and more people are involved, spawning creativity and innovation. It's not a coincidence that the explosion in creative uses for the internet has coincided with an explosion in users since the mid 1990s.
Additive fabrication needs the same thing. What's the 'killer app' that will lead us all to have 3D printers in our homes? For desktop computers it was word processing and for the internet it has been web browsing. We don't pretend to know what it might be for 3D printing. One things seems clear though: it's not out there yet. How might we shorten the timeframe and increase the likelihood of development of an additive fabrication 'killer app'? Get more people involved. There are any number of ways to do that but the one area where we, as 3DAddFab, can have a direct impact is through our pricing. We feel that the lower the price for high quality printing, the more people that will be attracted to 3D printing. So in our gut, we want lower prices.
The second part of the perfect storm is that we're a startup business. We're bare bones and other than offering instant quotes and really fast service on a high quality product, we don't have too many bells and whistles. In addition, you likely haven't heard of us and we might lack credibility. But we want your business. So in the spirit of Adam Smith and free markets we price aggressively. We do whatever we can to get you to look in the window and then we try to help you mitigate the risk of trying us out by offering substantially lower prices than the more established Goliaths out there.
So check us out. No user registration required for an instant quote at our On-Demand prices. Or save even bigger by buying in bulk.
3D Additive Fabrication, Inc. (3dAddFab) is a start up company located in Colorado, USA. 3dAddFab provides high quality 3D printing that is easy to price and order, at a lower cost than existing fabricators.
