Shapeways New Pricing Scheme

[jbmacek]

In summary - designers who almost gave away their stuff free have had to raise prices, but those who were making a dollar or three on each have not. Apart from the Giants, aircraft in general are still as cheap as chips.

As I've begun to turn mine back on I think I have done an equal mix of the following: let the price ride, up it to the next nearest 25 cents, or drop it because it was a design that I really liked that didn't seem to be selling.

[Teaticket]

Next week I'll go through the WGF 1/144 Shapeways list and update prices.

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

Well I missed out. Wanted to buy a foursome 2 days ago and last night it was in the not for sale category. Damn.

[Пилот]

Seems that jbmacek withdrawn all his modesl from SW.

[Zoe Brain]

Seems that jbmacek withdrawn all his modesl from SW.

See his post:

As I've begun to turn mine back on I think I have done an equal mix of the following: let the price ride, up it to the next nearest 25 cents, or drop it because it was a design that I really liked that didn't seem to be selling.

The multiple models *may* be back if closely packed and sprued together, but if he does this it will take time and they'll likely still be more expensive than they were.

[Пилот]

I guess I didn't read carefully...

Thanks!

[Zoe Brain]

To give you an idea of the time and trouble this costs designers - and the meagre benefits...



Total savings over buying 2 separate models: 50c.

I think a round of applause is in order for any designer who still has any multiple models for sale!

[Dom S]

Multiple models are still worth listing (in their old layouts even) for the savings using "additive" materials like FD and FUD, but optimising them for WSF seems a pretty poor use of a designer's time on that basis. It might be worth simply deselecting WSF as a material choice on multiple models and otherwise leaving them be.