Likewise.
Like Joris and Maurices' excellent shop, my shop, too, was analyzed by SW. I, too, had concerns upon first hearing that the pricing model was going to change. But I am happy to report that the responses offered to me by SW were reasonable, well thought-out, and based on a thorough, product-by-product analysis of the effects of the pricing change on my shop (of about 830 products). Their analysis was professional and thorough and they provided the complete analysis to me in the form of an MS Excel spreadsheet and separate analysis and commentary.
SW's analysis of my shop is consistent with what SW employees have stated on this forum, that generally smaller products would become cheaper (more than 570 of my over 800 designs are going to become cheaper - roughly 2/3rds of all my designs will cost customers less), a few will stay about the same, and some very large objects will become more expensive (68 products will increase more than $5 USD). Most of these very large products in my shop that will see big price increases don't sell much anyway. The vast majority of my sales are for smaller objects and SW's analysis confirms that they are going to become cheaper.
Analysis indicates that some of my products are likely to become directly cost-competitive with other media such as resin. And being that my products are often more accurate than their resin competition, and always more accurate than their injection-molded competition, I am game. This is a win for me as a shop owner and a win for the customer who is sensitive to price as most of my customers are and yours, too, probably.
On a different note, it has been reported by some of my customers that some other designers, surely with the best of intentions to keep their valued customers informed, may have unintentionally alarmed the public in a way that does not help.
Two customers who purchase products from me as well as from other SW designers, contacted me privately in near hysteria based on what was told to them by other designers. One said that "Shapeways was going to jack their prices up" and another with great certainty, "so you're about to make your stuff unaffordable". They both demanded to know what I knew of the coming pricing change as if this was all some nefarious plot to screw the public by way of a predatory conspiracy of designers and SW.
Fellow designers, please be careful when dealing with the public and please avoid alarmist speculation based on fear. Please avoid public remarks that lead to hysterical comments such as "jacking their prices up" and "your stuff unaffordable" which are not accurate statements for all products in all shops, and are not helpful at this time.
Alarmist, fear-based, generalized public comments can harm other shops, as well as your own. Please be patient as the new pricing change develops and be very careful what you say.
Thanks for your time and consideration. Best wishes to you all during and after the change.