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3D Print Quote Builder

Price a whole job part by part, add your time, shipping and tax, and hand the customer a clean quote.

The quote

Parts

Your time & extras

Your printer & shop rates
Your numbersnot on the quote
Total to the customer
$0.00
Your costs (material, power, wear, failures, shipping)
$0.00
Your time, at your rate
$0.00
Profit after costs and your time
$0.00
Margin
0%
Profit per printer hour (0h)
$0.00
computed in this browser only

Local onlyEvery number on this page is computed by JavaScript in this tab. Your shop details and the last quote are remembered in this browser's local storage, and nothing is uploaded.

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How much should you charge for a 3D print?

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A quote has to do two jobs. It has to cover what the print really costs you, and it has to look like it came from a business. This page does both. Each part is costed the same way as the 3D Print Cost Calculator: material by weight, electricity for the print time, wear on the printer, and a share of the prints that fail. Your markup goes on top, and the quantity multiplies it out. Your time for design and finishing is charged at your own hourly rate on its own line, so the customer sees what they're paying for. Setup, shipping, a discount, sales tax and a deposit come after that.

The quote on the right is what the customer gets. Print it, save it as a PDF from the print window, or copy it as plain text into an email or a message. Your cost, your time and your profit stay in the box underneath, which never prints.

Questions this tool gets asked

How do I quote a 3D printing job?

Cost each part first: material by weight, electricity for the print time, wear on the printer, and a share of failed prints. Mark that up to your price, multiply by the quantity, then add your time for design and finishing, any setup fee and shipping. Discount and tax come last, then the deposit. This page does each step and lays it out as a quote.

What markup should I use on 3D prints?

The page starts at 100%, which doubles your cost per part. Simple repeat parts in PLA often sell closer to 50% over cost; one-off, rush or engineering work can carry far more. Your time is charged separately at your hourly rate, so the markup is the profit on the printing itself.

Should I charge for design time?

Yes, whenever you model, fix or slice a file for the customer. Enter the minutes and your hourly rate and it shows as its own line, so the customer can see what they are paying for. Leave it at zero when they send a print-ready file.

Should I take a deposit before printing?

For custom work, many shops ask for half up front, because a part made to one customer's file cannot be sold to anyone else. Set the deposit percentage and the quote shows the amount due to start and says the balance is due on delivery. Set it to zero to leave it off.

Does the customer see my costs or profit?

No. The quote shows prices only. Your cost, your time and your profit sit in the Your numbers box below it, which is never printed and never copied into the quote text.

Does anything I enter leave my browser?

No. The math runs in this tab. Your shop details and the last quote are kept in this browser's local storage so they are there next time, and nothing is uploaded anywhere.

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