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3D Printing BusinessExperience

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Order situation: Too big, too soon?
Hi everyone, Just sharing a situation I got myself into recently and how other people would handle this particular scenario differently? I reached out to a company as I felt I could print some company-themed merchandise (did a few prototypes and had some great feedback). The only issue was that this company had a conference event and requested 200 of this product but with a hard deadline of 1 week. I did the maths, scaled down the model as much as I could but there was no way I could’ve possible done 100 of these prints in 1 week, even 50 was going to be a stretch. I worked out the profits and even considered buying more printers but I would’ve made no profit doing this and just didn’t have the liquidity at the time, so in the end I had to turn down my first big order simply because I didn’t have the capacity to print so many. I have since bought another H2C and an A1 to give me more capacity, just wondering would any of you do something else in this situation?
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@Nils Osterhues appreciate the response! Never considered a counter-offer / renegotiating or outsourcing, if only I’d joined this group a few weeks ago! At the very least it was a learning experience and I’ve built a relationship with a company for the future.
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@Joe Lays Multi colour and made up of several parts too, one of the reasons I love the H2C but getting another was too expensive for me at the the time
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Looking for fulfillment partners outside of Germany. 🌍 I regularly receive orders from customers in other countries where shipping from Germany is slow or expensive. Instead of turning those orders away I want to work with people in the community who can handle fulfillment locally. What this means: you print and ship my products to customers in your country. I send you the files, specs and quality standards. You handle production and shipping locally. One important detail: I use ironing on most of my products for a clean smooth surface finish. I need to know if your setup supports this reliably before we move forward. If you are interested drop a comment with: 🏳️ Your country 🖨️ Your printer setup ✅ Does your slicer and printer support ironing reliably? Yes or No 📦 Do you have experience fulfilling orders and shipping to customers 🚀 VIP / Premium members get priority but everyone can apply. Let's build something global together. 👇🏼
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- I am from England, Midlands - I have 2 x H2Cs and an A1 all with AMS and solely use Bambu filament - I also use ironing - Yes, I used to sell sneakers and live close by to a post-office
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Arjan Atwal
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Mechanical / Biomedical engineer with a passion for additive manufacturing

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Joined May 1, 2026