What does your 3D print cost?

Filament, electricity, labour, failed prints and marketplace fees in one step. Free, no sign-up, using the same formulas as MakersApp.

The print

Your work

The sale

Result per piece

  • Filament€0.55
  • Electricity€0.08
  • Labour€5.00
  • Failed prints€0.03
  • Packaging€0.80
  • Production cost€6.46
  • Profit€1.94
  • Etsy fees€1.61
Recommended selling price
€10.01
Minimum price without profit: €7.79

Calculated with the same formulas as MakersApp. Etsy fees follow the current fee schedule; shipping is added on top at the time of sale.

Open as a project in MakersApp

Your inputs become a complete project. Continue where the calculator stops:

  • ✓Compare variants, for example PETG instead of PLA
  • ✓Calculate several products side by side
  • ✓Keep filament in stock and deduct the usage per print
  • ✓Save everything and come back to it later

No sign-up. Your numbers are already filled in.

How the price comes together

Why is the filament estimate from the slicer not enough?

The slicer only knows the material. It knows nothing about the electricity the printer uses over two hours, the time you spend removing supports and sanding, or the prints that fail. Anyone who only counts filament usually underestimates the real cost by a factor of three to five.

How much electricity does a 3D printer use?

A typical printer draws between 80 and 250 watts while running, depending on heated bed, nozzle and build volume. At 150 watts and 90 minutes of printing that is 0.225 kilowatt hours, or about 8 cents at 35 cents per kilowatt hour. That sounds like little, but it adds up noticeably over hundreds of prints.

Do I have to count my own working time?

Yes. Every minute spent removing supports, sanding, checking and packing is work that has to be paid for. Anyone who values their time at zero works for free and only notices once orders pick up. An hourly rate of 25 to 40 euros is common for manual work in a small business.

What does Etsy deduct from my selling price?

Etsy charges a transaction fee of 6.5 percent and a payment fee of 4 percent plus 30 cents per sale. VAT-exempt small businesses additionally pay 19 percent VAT on those fees, which they cannot reclaim. The calculator adds the fees so that exactly the amount you want is left after deduction.

Calculate Etsy fees
What is left of the selling price after transaction fee, payment fee and VAT?

How MakersApp covers the complete costing for 3D printing is explained on the page Costing 3D prints with MakersApp