How to Make Money With Your 3D Printer (Udemy.com)
Start Earning Money with Your 3D Printing!
Created by: Kevin Volo
Last updated February 2021
What you will learn
- How to Earn Money Through 3D Printing
- What Types of 3D Printers Are Best for You
How it compares
Against the other 545 rated Udemy courses in 3D Modeling on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 26% of them
- Reviews215#299 of 546 by number of reviews
- Length3.5 hoursshorter than 70% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2021earlier than 65% of them
Course Description
Do you want to learn how to make money with your 3D printer? Then this course is for you!
I currently run a successful YouTube channel with thousands of subscribers and have a successful website and Etsy shop where I sell hundreds of dollars a month in 3D files and physical prints. I love 3D printing and sharing what I know through my YouTube channel and in courses like this. That’s why I created this course to show 3D-printer enthusiasts like you how you can start earning money through your hobby.
In this course, we will cover 7 ways you can use your 3D printer to make money. After covering the basics, I will share details from my own revenue streams and show how much my files cost to commission and print, and how those costs inform the selling price.
We will then look at 3 case studies of other successful Makers who are using their 3D printers to earn money, and I will cover details behind how they print and price their products.
We will also cover topics such as what the best printer would be for your particular business idea and what costs are involved for the various printers and their consumables.
This was a really fun course to create, and I did my best to include a lot of valuable content to help you with your own business idea. If you are looking to learn how to make money with your 3D printer, please consider this course. Thanks!
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
215 Reviews
Kevin Volo
Kevin Volo is currently an instructional technologist for a State University of New York (SUNY) college in Upstate New York where he helps instructors design and implement their online and hybrid courses.
He is also an active adjunct professor and has been instructing at the college level for more than 20 years, including online and hybrid classes for colleges and on platforms such as Udemy. He teaches a range of courses on topics such as social media, digital photography, graphic design, video editing, and media communications, among others.
He holds a Masters in Information Design and is working on his PhD dissertation in Educational Practice & Theory with a research project exploring the impact of gamification in online learning environments.
Kevin worked as a commercial photographer and graphic designer for over 25 years working in the marketing and advertising industry where has worked in both print and web design creating catalogs, web graphics and logos.
Kevin is also a freelance colorist, photographer and graphic designer whose latest project was colorist for the Eisner Award nominated, Meteor Men by Jeff Parker and Sandy Jarrell from Oni Press. He has worked on several independent titles such as Big Dog Inc's Rex Zombie Killer, Zenoscope's 2013 Halloween issue, and Ape Entertainment's Athena Voltaire.
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Reviews
By Michael Young on 11/17/2025
Very informative. I understand that there are steps to selling and creating a buisness around 3D printing, but I don't know the margins and some Tips and insights that are covered in this course. I get conserned of people always undercutting, but I'm guessing there are so many products that it won't happen for months or years? Anyways Great course. Keep it up.
By Allan de Wee on 3/31/2025
Het is een goede cursus als je nog nooit iets hebt geprint en het wilt doen als bedrijf, het geeft aan wat je te wachten staat en de platformen die er zijn. Echter als je al een printer hebt gekocht en enige tijd andermans of eigen designs print weet je wat hier besproken wordt.
By Alicia Mosby on 1/26/2024
This course is a great source for a newbie like me! The instructor gives inciteful lectures. I feel like I was given a map of printing business opportunities and it has helped me chose which direction I would like to take and which printer would be best to start with. Good, common sense information that was easy to follow. I would love the section on Copywrite to be explored more, but I know this is a tricky topic with varying rules.
By Michael McLaughlin on 12/26/2023
Instructor is very well versed in the money making end of 3D printing. He did repeat himself a few times but that is OK by me as I am a slow learner. I will probably rerun the course a couple of times .
By Tasha Clark on 12/10/2023
Started of quite interesting but then got very boring very quickly, he repeats himself quite a bit and I found a lot of the content unnecessary and as I said boring, I actually fell asleep several times and had to replay. I wish I could get a refund as I feel like I have wasted my money!!
By Dan Loyer on 9/19/2023
Overall great course in learning about 3D Printing in General and how to run it as a Business, if that is your goal. I myself I am a beginners in this 3D-Printing business stuff, so If your just starting out like I am then this course is for you. I am confused about the Cost Breakdown and where he is getting these numbers. I did post a question in the Q and A Section of the course and still waiting for an answer.
By Robert McVicar on 5/6/2023
I'm about half-way through the course and really enjoying it. Everything you have discussed so far is very critical to any business, but I love that you focused this so well and with such attention to detail on 3D printing. I'm pretty excited to begin exploring this business and I thank you for your guidance! I'm an electrical engineering student and have been running a family business with my father for the past 13 years. For now, this will be a fun little side gig for me that could put a couple extra bucks in a pocket, but who knows? Maybe it'll go further than that! Either way, I'm pretty excited!
By Ryan Minica on 7/13/2022
This course was extremely helpful to me. The individual file cost/profit breakdowns were fantastic as well as the case studies. The analytics side and resources seem solid for any business not just selling 3D prints/files. Great job and thank you!
By Philip Samuels on 5/1/2022
Well presented and to the point. Covered lots of topics related to 3D printing. The gems in this for me were the expenses and revenue examples for selling 3D prints and digital 3D files. The sections on creating online courses, creating a YouTube channel, and affiliate marketing I could have done without and wasn’t really expecting given the focus of the course. However, the useful info definitely outweighed those less useful topics.
By Craig Krause on 7/3/2021
I built my first RepRap 3D FFM in 2014, but never used it to make money, just for fun. If you want to make some money, this course is absolutely for you. It's packed full of info on every aspect of selling 3D stuff, do's and don'ts. I had no idea that the price of resin printers have come down - the price of the course is worth knowledge.
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