The Shapeways X Etsy E-Commerce Integration is a seamless means for Etsy store house owners to handle their orders and success immediately on Shapeways. This thrilling e-commerce integration additionally provides members of our neighborhood who is probably not present Etsy customers a chance to arrange their very own store and broaden their buyer base.
We spoke with certainly one of our creators who’s utilizing the Etsy E-commerce Integration to develop her enterprise. Ola Shekhtman is the designer behind Cityscape Rings, a fantastic jewellery firm that turns iconic metropolis skylines into distinctive assertion items. Beneath is her Shapeways story.
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The Freedom of 3D Printing
IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ME ABOUT 100 YEARS TO PRODUCE 1,000 OF MY RINGS BY HAND. IT ONLY TAKES SHAPEWAYS 2 TO 3 WEEKS TO CREATE AND SHIP THE SAME AMOUNT.
Cityscape Rings: 3D designing provides me three completely different sorts of freedom. The primary: geographic freedom. I can stay the place I would like, I can journey all yr lengthy – the one software I have to have for my enterprise is my laptop computer.
Then there may be the artistic freedom. As a result of Shapeways’ 3D know-how is ready to seize and render extremely fantastic particulars, I by no means have to carry again in what I design. So many jewelers are amazed by the small print of my Cityscape rings. Clients adore the miniature columns and statues that I’m in a position to construct into every bit. It’s difficult to carve out home windows and but 3D printing makes it straightforward.
Lastly there’s the liberty of time – it might in all probability take me about 100 years to provide 1,000 of my rings by hand. It solely takes Shapeways 2 to three weeks to create and ship the identical quantity. With 3D modeling, I can design one metropolis’s skyline as soon as after which it’s out there to order in any amount, endlessly. That permits me to pursue infinite quantities of recent designs.

London Ring by Cityscape Rings
Beginning A Enterprise With Shapeways
After I completed my first 3D mannequin, I did some analysis to see the place I may produce it. Shapeways was all the time the primary identify that popped up. I signed up simply, uploaded my mannequin, checked the value, selected a fabric, made a easy fee and obtained an ideal high quality product within the specified time.
Sooner or later I purchased a big 3D printer with the intention of fulfilling my order on my own. I offered that printer 3 months later. Since I’m the proprietor of my enterprise and its solely worker, I play numerous roles. I’m the designer, I’m the 24/7 customer support, I’m the advertising and marketing and PR specialist, in addition to the accountant, analyst, and planner. I’m comfortable to have Shapeways deal with the manufacturing, that means I can not less than get some sleep.
Shapeways was my first expertise and I nonetheless belong to Shapeways. I keep due to the continued high quality of the product and the customer support – the client help is sensible!
“The Etsy E-Commerce Integration is Magic!”
The Etsy market is massive. It’s the tenth largest on-line market. Etsy guests are prepared to purchase – they’re looking out with the intent to buy. All you want are some high-quality photographs, a charming description, the proper title and tags, and your buyer will discover you.
Earlier than the Etsy integration, it took some time to put orders on Shapeways for my prospects. The Etsy E-commerce integration is magic! Now I’m in a position to place an order with out a single click on. I’ve extra free time to work on new concepts.
I even have a store on the Shapeways Market, which is actually a stream of passive revenue. All I do is add fashions on the web site, add some photographs and descriptions, after which as soon as a month cash instantly seems in my PayPal account. What could possibly be simpler?
This yr, Cityscape Rings began to look in some bodily present outlets. My subsequent plan is to overcome wholesale.
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