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Didn't take an in-depth look, but I'm wondering:

Have you hear of makerOS/manulith: http://makerOS.com http://manulith.com

EDIT: How many people you think there are out there willing to use this, buyers or sellers, and why?

I think what I'm doing is different to makerOS, but there's some similarity with manulith. I've tried to make the website as easy to use as possible for both the buyers and sellers. Makerloom also has the best rate for sellers/makers in this space. Most other companies take 30-45% of the sales price but we take 25%. I'm really hoping that people can see that. I'd appreciate it greatly if you took a closer look at it so that you can give me some more feedback.

The second part of my comment was an edit, don't know if you saw.

Sorry didn't know it was an edit. Makerloom allows prospective buyers to look at a preview of the 3d model that they may want to download. They can look at it right in the browser (thanks to webgl). Also not all models are for sale, we actually encourage our makers/sellers to list some of their models for free. I'd like to add more features but I need more users so I can know the features that would be useful to them.

But how many?

I'd like as many users as possible ;)

But how many do you think are possible. If you were to capture the whole market, because your product is the best and you outsell your competition, how many would you end up with?

All 7 billion humans isn't your target. Maybe someday, but not right now. How many people are there with 3D printers? With things to print?

The replies are nested too deeply. There's about 5mm people who own 3d printers. Not all of them will be interested in putting their stuff on my platform so I think 30% of those is a realistic number.

What's different about that 30% and why are they interested in putting their stuff on your platform? Are these the same people who own 3D printers?

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