On February 17th, the MyMiniFactory and Thingiverse teams hosted a live Q&A on Crowdcast to take questions from the community following the acquisition announcement. The session ran for over two hours, and by most accounts, the community appreciated the team’s … Read More
The Minarium Point of View
MyMiniFactory Bought Thingiverse. What 3D Printing Creators Should Be Demanding Now.
The 3D printing community woke up on February 12th to news that few saw coming. MyMiniFactory had acquired Thingiverse, the oldest and largest 3D file-sharing platform on the internet, from Ultimaker. With over 8 million users and a library of … Read More
Amazon of 3D Assets
I built Minarium because I have lived what it feels like to grow a business on someone else’s platform. Big marketplaces are powerful. They have the traffic, the trust, and the momentum. For a 3D creator, large marketplaces can feel … Read More
From Keywords to Context: The Future of 3D Model Search
When you upload a 3D model to a marketplace, the goal is simple: get your creation in front of the buyers who need it. But in practice, that’s easier said than done. Today’s marketplaces force creators to spend significant time … Read More
The 3D Model Marketplace is Rapidly Evolving. Join the Minarium Fellowship.
As a 3D model creator, there are many places to sell your art online. Legacy marketplaces are well entrenched, and in many ways, have a captive audience of sellers. This “stickiness” makes it easier for existing marketplaces to extract more … Read More
How Minarium Keeps Commissions Low—and Why That Won’t Change Overnight
At Minarium, we built our marketplace with one goal in mind: to empower creators, not weigh them down with endless fees. From day one, we knew high commissions were a major frustration in the 3D model space, and we set … Read More
Minarium’s Stance on AI: Enhancing Search, Respecting Creators
Our use of artificial intelligence is focused solely on one thing: improving search and discovery for buyers. Our AI search engine is built to help users semantically find the exact 3D models they are looking for … Read More
Video: Fingerprinting Technology Highlights
Protect Your 3D Models from Piracy: Meet Minarium’s Fingerprinting Tech! As a 3D model creator, your hard work deserves protection. That’s why Minarium is proud to offer cutting-edge fingerprinting technology – a game-changer in the fight against digital piracy. Why … Read More
Blog: The Future of 3D Model Discovery and Ownership
In a world where creators are uploading millions of 3D models every year, finding the right one shouldn’t feel like searching for a needle in a digital haystack. But today’s marketplaces are broken—search is outdated, piracy is rampant, and creators … Read More
Video: AI Search Technology Highlights
See How AI from Minarium is Revolutionizing 3D Model Search We’re excited to share our brand-new video, giving you an inside look at how Minarium is using AI to change the way people find 3D models — making the process faster, more … Read More