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  <title>LayerMargin 3D Print Pricing Guides</title>
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  <entry><title>How much should you charge for a 3D print?</title><id>https://layermargin.com/guides/how-much-to-charge-for-3d-prints/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/guides/how-much-to-charge-for-3d-prints/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>Learn how to price 3D prints with a practical formula covering filament, machine time, labor, failed prints, selling fees, and target profit margin.</summary></entry>
  <entry><title>Price an Etsy 3D print without letting fees eat the margin.</title><id>https://layermargin.com/guides/etsy-3d-print-pricing/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/guides/etsy-3d-print-pricing/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>A practical guide to pricing 3D printed products for Etsy while accounting for production cost, current shop fees, packaging, and profit margin.</summary></entry>
  <entry><title>Turn G-code facts into a full 3D print cost.</title><id>https://layermargin.com/guides/gcode-cost-calculator/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/guides/gcode-cost-calculator/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>Use G-code metadata from Cura, Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer, or PrusaSlicer to start a private 3D print cost and selling-price estimate.</summary></entry>
  <entry><title>Turn a profitable print into a realistic print-farm plan.</title><id>https://layermargin.com/guides/print-farm-profit-calculator/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/guides/print-farm-profit-calculator/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>Learn how to connect 3D print pricing with printer capacity, monthly unit targets, machine hours, selling fees, and expected profit.</summary></entry>
  <entry><title>Calculate filament cost per gram—then keep going.</title><id>https://layermargin.com/guides/filament-cost-per-gram/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/guides/filament-cost-per-gram/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>Calculate filament cost per gram and material cost for a 3D print, including supports, purge waste, spool weight, and failed-print allowance.</summary></entry>
  <entry><title>Failed prints are a pricing input, not a surprise.</title><id>https://layermargin.com/guides/failure-rate-profit-margin/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/guides/failure-rate-profit-margin/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>Learn how failed-print rate affects true production cost, selling price, and margin, with the correct reserve formula and practical tracking advice.</summary></entry>
  <entry><title>From $3.96 of PLA to a $35 selling price.</title><id>https://layermargin.com/examples/11-hour-pla-print/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/examples/11-hour-pla-print/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>A complete worked 3D print pricing example using 180 grams of PLA, 11 print hours, labor, machine wear, an 8% failure rate, fees, and 35% margin.</summary></entry>
  <entry><title>Price a four-part multicolor batch without hiding the purge waste.</title><id>https://layermargin.com/examples/multicolor-print/</id><link href="https://layermargin.com/examples/multicolor-print/" /><updated>2026-07-19T12:00:00Z</updated><summary>A worked multicolor 3D print pricing example with purge material, four units, 20 printer hours, labor, failure risk, fees, and target margin.</summary></entry>
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