Print Farm Academy Update!

Thanks for watching!

[Ipabelsocial]

Specialized courses like this generally are around $50-$100 (usually $47, $67 or $97) depending on the content, 30 days full refund guarantee no questions asked, perpetual access and discounts for first rounds. On Udemy, I've bought great courses of hundreds of hours for $20. It also depends on your maintenance and marketing costs. I'll suggest a $47 startup.

[DoingWhatever]

Travis - thanks for the update, I’m eager for the course to launch! As someone who went from 1 to 8 printers (currently) in about 6 months, I’m definitely interested in the business side of 3d printing. That’s where I’m looking for guidance. I’d honestly pay a P1P’s worth + for this course. You know your stuff and you’ve proven it. In the end, if I can gain efficiencies in my business because of the information in this course, it’ll be more than worth it! Good luck with the course!!

[trevorwilliams]

Whatever price you decide be sure to offer a full money back guarantee. That seals the deal for me when I pay for content.
Topics:
-Print to order versus first printing minimal inventory
-Allow backorders on ecommerce platform versus show out of stock
-Most effective advertising for custom niche products (not printed doo-dads)
-Legalities... if/when to incorporate
-Product liability insurance?
-How to minimize shipping costs in the age of "free shipping on everything"
-Utilizing family for help. Good idea?

[janvanheerden]

I am inspired by your content. So the cost does not matter because every single video I learn something new from you. So I am 100% sure the course will be worth it. You name the price and I am in.😊

[michaelhourigan]

Price for the course is a tough one hey. I'm a small business owner already so not new to running a shop, but I've added 3d printing as more than just a fun activity and hope to grow my ideas into even a 3 or 4 printer setup. I feel like you as the one offering the course should set the price; yes asking for input is great but how many people are going to say oh $50 and that's my best offer. I'm interested and prepared to spend dollars if I think I'll get good value from it. Your tour of your farm where you spoke about the dust boots for jobsite saws was great as I saw you had found a niche and exploited it. I'm hoping to do similar here is Australia.

[jimrosson]

Wow Travis the print farm is looking amazing. Can’t wait to see what your course is going to be all about I’m totally new to 3D printing but I’m loving it and want to learn more for sure. I think for me around the $100 or so would be great I’m older and on disability so money is tight. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[joshuapratt]

I'm looking forward to the course, and like some of the other comments, it's diffucult to say how much you should charge. That being said, I would assume that $100-$250 would be a good range for us to afford it and for you to make it worth your time.

Also, for the first cohort of us to sign up, I think it should be a discounted price. Something like 50% off since we'll be the first and you’ll be learning from us amd improving the course as you go. For later groups you can then charge more as the course is streamlined

[bleedglory]

Marketing would dictate that you have a tiered pricing model to maximize your revenue and provide options to the different customers you may have (Price Sensitive w/Time vs. Cash Flush w/Limited Time).

Here's an example:

Essential Package: Lifetime access to video content with a price you are comfortable charging for it (I.e., $99 or $199)
Advanced: Same as above + extras such as optimized settings files, blueprints for a shop, buy list for gear, etc, ($299)
Premium: All of the above + a coaching session or other form of premium support, access to a private Discord or community
Add-On to the essentials and Advanced Package: Access to the community $14.99/month to give yourself some recurring revenue

[thomasbrecknell]

I honestly don't know if I am going to get into 3D printing as I live in Ireland and don’t know if there is a big enough home market. I am also 64 and have retired, I got a Laser Printer and have used it once and I’d be afraid it would be the same with the 3D printing. I think your time is very valuable but if you pitch the course at around $99.99 and have a monthly fee of $9.99 for access to future content. That would be a great price and an income stream going into the future.

[brocktorning]

The first figure that came to mind was $500(aud) but I really have no idea what a course should cost. What I do know is I am so keen to do this course but also happy to wait.

[michaelwiginton]

Have you thought of a membership site? Different levels for different size farms. There will be different issues with each level. It is more complicated but it also offers a wider range for a wider audience.

[geoffmaxwell]

The value of a course is impossible to say without seeing. If you want my suggestion, have someone take the course, perhaps a couple of people, and have them tell you what it's relative value is. Unfortunately many creators create "courses" which are 95% filler, 5% content per episode and it leaves the viewer feeling ripped off. My time is valuable - if I'm investing it and I'm not getting value, you can be sure you and others will hear about it. I've done courses through formal schools, "Great Courses", smaller educators as well as individual offerings and in general, the smaller the creator, the more filler they have. If you feel like charging a premium price is your thing, for your own self interest I suggest you ensure there is minimal filler, minimal digressing, minimal recap and just get straight to the point, with a little personality thrown in to keep the viewer's interest. A 10 minute video is far more effective and valuable to the viewer than a 90 minute video filled with irrelevant time-killer and the last thing you want to have to do is reduce price, reduce price, reduce price, reduce price. I enjoy your videos and wish you the very best.

[kennyt]

Somewhere around $300 I will sign up. If it was $1000 i would really need to know the content is worth it.
My opinion is dont sell it for $50. You will have a lot of people sign up but not actually implement any of your expertise and experience.

[Sebastian]

Great idea, removing Prusa's for Bambus, wenn Bambu has a heavy law suite currently x) If the law suit goes through, you basically put yourself out of business with this decission.

[arnoudhubach]

Putting a price tag on this course is not an easy part at this time, as we don't have an exact idea what's going to be covered and what the value in the course is. But assuming it teaches all the tools to make a successful 3D print farm on technical and financial level, that would be really valuable. I think a reasonable price would be between 250 and 550 euros. It's a broad range, but I think it is valuable to ask this question again when you can share some more details about the contents of the course.

[feliwein_cc]

What niche the course is oriented to? for general 3d printer hobbiest i think it is hard prices that high but if you go for farm owners or farm starters you could go high but a lot less volume, if you show how to make it rain that increases a hell lot of value
Personllay i would love 2 topics,
1) how to land clients (but for real, hands on, creative ads, corporate clients etc)
2) how to hunt low hanging industrial high value fruit: Maybe how to dig for that golden oportunitty that can solve a problem that adds a lot of value(electric tool grips for example was a good one)
And it would super cool to see a non trivial industrial design process of a winning product

[HueDiaries]

50-100 max probably, depends on the quality and how much value it brings

[mrdzik]

Many people who watch you don't live in the US, including me. Any courses that cost $100+ are simply too expensive :( I think that the price of $25 is still bearable and I'm sure more people will decide to buy it, so in the end you'll earn the same amount anyway. Best regards and I'm waiting for the course

[IbekasonJamesOnyebuchi]

I will speak for my self $100 would be a price I can afford but I think it's worth more. I have been working with 3D printers for the past 5years here in Nigeria. I've been looking for a course like this to help me find ways to develop a business that would be sustainable for the Nigerian environment.

Side Note: Try out the new prusa mk4s I believe it might be worth it

[mordechaisofer-vvnf]

we want it to be free and you want for sure a 1000$ so we gotta get something mid so i think in the range of 250$ is fair and if you make monthly payment system or similar it’ll be much easier for most of us i think. except of this i’m very eager and excited for the course and i can’t wait.