Quantity Discounts On Cast Metals

Discussion in 'Official Announcements' started by virginia_gordon, Jun 13, 2017.

  1. virginia_gordon
    virginia_gordon Shapeways Employee Community Team
    Whether you’re prepping for your art fair or placing an order for your stockists, we understand that jewelry designers in particular are increasingly dependent on Shapeways to provide the inventory for their businesses.

    Starting today, we’re offering Quantity Discounts on large orders of a single model in the majority of our cast metals (with the exception of pure gold and platinum, though plated items will receive discounts). The discounts will be given according to this simple breakdown:

    Order Size Discount

    26 - 50 | 5% off

    51 - 100 | 10% off

    101+ | 15% off​
    How does it work?

    When you place an order for more than 25 units of a model in one of our cast metals, your discount will be automatically applied at checkout.

    Why just cast metals?

    We sent out a survey at the beginning of the year asking jewelry designers what they needed in order to succeed. Pricing for cast metals was at the top of the list. We restructured the pricing so that cost was balanced evenly throughout all designs while lowering the cost of ⅔ of designs. Due to this rebalancing we are now able to offer flat rate Quantity Discounts across all cast metal pieces.

    This is just the beginning. As we’re able to negotiate lower rates with our materials and services suppliers, we’ll expand Quantity Discounts to other materials.

    Let us know if there’s anything else we can do to help your businesses thrive. We’re here to support your creativity, at every scale.
     
    JoyComplex likes this.
  2. JoyComplex
    JoyComplex Active Member
    I think this is pretty great! Nice Tuesday surprise!
     
  3. Hi Virginia, thanks very much for this. Quick request - would it be possible for someone at Shapeways to just double-check that the VAT (for those of us that pay VAT) is being calculated properly in the cart check-out page when the bulk discount is applied? Both for the updated per item price and the total price?
    Thanks - Emily
     
  4. SnoozeAlongSnail
    SnoozeAlongSnail Well-Known Member
    I saw an announcement about these bulk discounts a while ago. This is really neat :D
     
  5. lawrencekramer2014
    lawrencekramer2014 Well-Known Member
    Hi Team,
    It would be helpful to have this information more visible to those of us producing jewelry.
    I just found it by chance. The decision of whether to have a cast made from a finished piece, to make a mold (the old ways die hard) and then cast quantity locally, versus having Shapeways do the quantity production are based on cost, quality, and timeliness. COGS and margin matters, even for us weird artists.
    Best Wishes,
    Lawrence