{"id":490,"date":"2010-06-23T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/490-significant-price-reduction-on-dense-models.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:56:31","slug":"significant-price-reduction-on-dense-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/significant-price-reduction-on-dense-models","title":{"rendered":"Significant price reduction on dense models"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From today until the 22nd of next month<\/strike> there is a significant discount
\nselected models on the site. Sean’s Oloid<\/a> is not $95 but $66. Basically models with a density higher than 10% that are larger than 20cm3 get
\n50% discount on the cm3 that exceed the first 20cm3. The discount is over the material price not the mark up of the designer so there will be differences between models. Why & how are we doing this? Have we gone nuts? <\/p>\n

We strive to make Shapeways as accessible as we can. We want to
\nmake it easier and more affordable all the time. Eventually it is our
\ngoal to let you make anything. The more you order the more we scale and
\nthe cheaper we can make it for you to order, this encourages you to order more etc.. This is a virtuous
\ncycle that benefits us both. Up and until now our pricing model has been encouraging you to make thin
\ntiny wispy things.  Larger things and more dense things are
\ncomparatively cheaper for us to make however. There is simply less cleaning
\n& handling involved per unit of size (and also per $1 in revenue). <\/p>\n

Because of this we are able to, for a month and as a test, offer a discount on models that fit the following criteria: <\/p>\n