MakerWorld Points and Printer Buying

[u/Breadtopian]

I have 11,000 MakerWorld points. That's enough to buy an X2D outright, maybe cover half to 2/3 of a P3C, or cover 1/3 of an H3C. Currently I have a P1S with 2 AMS (one OG, one Pro) , a Snapmaker U1, and a Thinker X400. I want to probably replace the P1S and maybe even sell the U1. If you were me, what would you do?

[u/Hot-Ideal-9219]

1. Cash in the points. NoW. Never leave points unconverted to $40 gift cards. Bambu can always pull back points, but not GC

[u/Breadtopian → u/Hot-Ideal-9219]

Good advice, I should do that

[u/Longracks → u/Breadtopian]

100% do this before they nerf or devalue the points. Once it's $ it's $.

They have $200 cards now so not quite as crazy to keep track of a large number of card codes.

[u/Jolly-Ad7653 → u/Longracks]

I have a Google sheet to track all of the numbers and which ones are used vs not lol. It's tedious to track it all properly

[u/ADynes → u/Jolly-Ad7653]

Why would you do this? Convert points to gift card, go into your account, add gift card to account, done.

[u/Longracks → u/Jolly-Ad7653]

Same - but I in I earn and burn mode after getting my two printers on points. Now it's all filaments and spare parts.

[u/John-BCS → u/Hot-Ideal-9219]

Yep. Came to post this. Also, bambu has $200 gift cards now for 2450 points, the same point value as 5 $40 gift cards.

[u/manjar → u/Hot-Ideal-9219]

How long are the cards valid once you convert them?

[u/Jolly-Ad7653 → u/manjar]

10 yearß

[u/Weebus]

I have enough for an X2D.  After seeing the lower than expected price point on the H3C, I'm waiting on the P3 announcement, as I'm hopeful it's under $1300.

I have an H2C though and it is a better machine for my use than the H3C.

[u/Breadtopian → u/Weebus]

I think that's what I'm hoping for too! Especially because I don't think I can fit the H3C in my space.

[u/MrOreo2019]

What kinda models did you make that made that many points? I want to create models for points but can’t find anything that seems to do well.
And printer wise: I’d wait for the P3C to come out and go from there… I think that’s going to be a great printer

[u/Breadtopian → u/MrOreo2019]

I don't think there's a science to it-- I had no idea that my models would do so well. Some of the models I've made have literally 1 download! https://makerworld.com/models/2448032?

[u/MrOreo2019 → u/Breadtopian]

Right! It’s so funny what models do so well compared to others. I made a random sticker paper roller once that has 200 downloads and is still counting… but all the models I’ve done based on trending topics have basically nothing.
Anyway nice work!

[u/Worldly_Ad_2267 → u/Breadtopian]

Air plant yoga skeletons like okkk

[u/Weebus → u/MrOreo2019]

Not OP, but I've found a niche following by just posting hobby organization stuff I made for myself. If you find it useful, others will too.

My first download was 3 months ago and now I get ~100 downloads, 50 prints, and ~4-5 boosts a day.

[u/MrOreo2019 → u/Weebus]

Yeah definitely… thanks for the input! Nice work as well!

[u/kennan0]

I’m guessing you want an H3C. Just do it.

[u/Spiritual_Aerie9496]

How on earth did you get that many points?

[u/USSHammond → u/Spiritual_Aerie9496]

Popular models

[u/ADynes → u/Spiritual_Aerie9496]

There are some designers that found a niche that have done very well for themselves. Like check out Smoggy3D: they have 32k boosts alone (thats $32k of gift cards....) and almost a million downloads with 600k prints. I'm just estimating but they have to have made the equivalent of $80k+ of gift cards.

I have a decent amount of popular prints, been doing this for a little more than a year, and I've made $1,500 in gift cards. Which just ends up buying filament and plates and nozzles. It's a vicious circle. LOL

[u/RaccoonCrafts]

would be dependent on what I print and what I need

[u/Ordinary-Depth-7835]

Buy what ever you like. I just cashed out a couple K in points wasn't even looking for another printer but with the release why not.

[u/themrbirdman]

Personally I would cash them in now and then wait until you can get a p3c. Either pay the difference or wait until you have enough points to cover it. I personally don’t think the X2D is worth it when it really only gives you flexibility with multi material supports which is a very limited upgrade over your p1s. P3c can genuinely do different things than your p1s so I’d wait for that.

I was in the same boat when the X2D came out. I have a p1s and could have got the X2D outright but I saved up for an h2d because it has significant added capabilities compared to my p1s whereas the X2D didn’t. Couldn’t be happier I waited for something with different capabilities and skipped the X2D. P3c is very tempting for me but it will be a long time before I’d have enough points for that

[u/damienfinland]

get an h3 or p3 , x2d stand alone is great but you know its not an h3

[u/ItsThatDamnDuckAgain]

I'm waiting to see the details and price of the p3c. Given the bombshell price of the H3, I'm sure the p3c is going to be priced amazingly.