{"id":20580,"date":"2015-04-23T21:11:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T21:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=20580"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:42:56","slug":"introducing-improved-product-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/introducing-improved-product-discovery","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Improved Product Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we are proud to announce that we are further improving the way shoppers can discover great products<\/a> on Shapeways. With improved sort capabilities, we\u2019re offering a better way for shoppers to travel through our vast catalog and find products of interest.<\/p>\n

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From the beginning, \u00a0Shapeways has allowed users to upload a 3D model and see it become a 3D print. This was the beginning of a new technology and a new community. As the community grew, so did the number of products coming out of our printers. This new library of products meant 3D printing was no longer just for those with modeling experience, but a place to create, buy and\/or sell 3D printed products. Two years ago, with this in mind, we introduced a new way to discover and purchase products on Shapeways.<\/p>\n

With the introduction of a marketplace, our community was quick to respond to the initiative and opportunity to be able to sell their products on the same platform they were able to create them on. They began filling up categories with iPhone cases, jewelry, drone accessories, miniatures and much more. We now have nearly 25,000 shops with thousands of products for public sale on Shapeways, and as these numbers continue to grow we will continue to improve upon our marketplace.<\/p>\n

Today we are integrating a lot of the functionality people are familiar with when it comes to browsing an online marketplace in order to make it easier to shop. We are taking steps to ease browsing with tag filters, shop by material, and more.<\/p>\n

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These new features also translate over to your mobile devices. We’ve taken more steps to make our site responsive and customers are able to browse and shop on any device.<\/p>\n

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Here are some of the core upgrades of the new Shapeways Marketplace<\/a> experience:<\/p>\n

Ubiquitous category, price, material, customizable and Beta filters<\/strong><\/p>\n