How your price is calculated
What a plant pot of 60 cm³ printed in PLA and delivered to your customer costs: printed at home, or by us. Same items on both sides, material counted as a real print (walls and infill).
| Item | At your place, shipping included | With us, shipping included |
|---|---|---|
| Filament | €0.40 | €0.28 |
| Electricity | €0.02 | €0.02 |
| Machine | €0.16 | €0.08 |
| Labour | €13.85 | €5.31 |
| Failed prints | €0.05 | €0.01 |
| Packaging | €1.09 | €0.67 |
| Shipping | €5.49 | €5.41 |
| Delivered to your customer | €21.06 | €11.78 |
Of which €5.91 for the part and €5.87 for shipping, box included. Excl. VAT, per unit.
No handling fees, no minimum order. Shipping is added once per package.
Infill and layer height
The same plant pot, per unit, for each setting. Standard by default: 20% infill, 0.2 mm layers.
Infill
- Light 10 %
- €5.67
- Standard 20 %
- €5.91
- Reinforced 50 %
- €6.63
- Solid 100 %
- €7.83
Infill changes material and print time: walls stay solid, the inside is filled at the chosen percentage.
Layer height
- Fine 0.12 mm
- €6.03
- Standard 0.2 mm
- €5.91
- Fast 0.28 mm
- €5.85
A thinner layer gives a smoother surface and takes more machine time; the material does not change.
Our pricing rule
Our price is 3 times our cost. And it never exceeds 90% of what the same part, delivered to your customer, costs you to print yourself: on a large part, the cap wins over the multiplier. It never goes below our cost.
Our figures next to yours
What each item costs a beginner printing at home (retail purchases, post office drop-off) and our workshop (bulk purchases, business rates, parcel pickup). The simulator's values, editable with your real figures.
| Item | At your place | With us | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLA filament | €16.00/kg | €9.16/kg | source · source |
| Printer | €259 · 2 years | €389 · 3 years | source |
| Power draw while printing | 70 W | 70 W | source |
| Price per kWh | €0.2001 | €0.1583 | source · source |
| Time per part | 35 min · €23.75/h | 5 min · €20.00/h | source |
| Box | €1.08 | €0.49 | source · source |
| Shipping a 500 g parcel | €7.59 | €5.38 | source · source |
Public prices checked on 8 October 2026. Your hour is valued at the average gross private-sector wage (INSEE), post office trip included.
The more you order, the less each part costs
The same plant pot, by quantity ordered at once. Shipping not included.
1 piece
€5.91
per piece
- Order
- €5.91
- Savings
- —
10 pieces-3 %
€5.73
per piece
- Order
- €57.30
- Savings
- - €1.80
50 pieces-6 %
€5.56
per piece
- Order
- €278.00
- Savings
- - €17.50
200 pieces-10 %
€5.32
per piece
- Order
- €1,064.00
- Savings
- - €118.00
The discount stops at production cost: on very small parts, it is lower than the percentage shown.
Materials, lead times and shipping
Materials
- PLA: €1.19 per 100 cm³
- PETG: €1.34 per 100 cm³
- ABS: €1.10 per 100 cm³
Lead times
Standard: ships within 7 business days.
Express: 3 business days, +30%.
Shipping
Directly to your customer, plain box: €5.87 per package.
Or everything to you, in one package: €6.90.
Assembly (bulb, hardware): quoted on request, via the production note.