Model upload & 3D viewer
STL, OBJ, 3MF and STEP uploads with an in-browser preview customers can spin, zoom and measure.
3D printing software: instant quotes, print queue & orders
3D printing services: upload the model, see the price. Print more, quote less.
Every STL arrives in an email. Someone opens it in the slicer to price it and the customer waits a day for a number. Meanwhile the printers get juggled off a whiteboard. We build instant quoting, print queues and order tracking for 3D printing services, then we host them and look after them.
Looking for 3D printing instant quote software that runs the print farm too?
The price of a 3D print depends on volume, material, print time, supports and finish. So most print services end up quoting by hand: download the file, slice it, guess the post-processing and email a number back. Do that forty times a week and quoting turns into a full-time job that doesn't print anything. Customers who wanted a price in minutes have usually gone elsewhere by the next morning.
Wollopit builds custom software for 3D printing services that works out the price from the uploaded file. Customers upload a model, pick a material and colour and see the price before they pay. Paid jobs land in a print queue grouped by material, the farm board shows what each printer is doing and customers get status updates without ringing you. We connect it to Xero, Shopify and your shipping, then host it and look after it.
01The problems
What we hear from 3D printing services
Does your 3D printing service have these problems? Here's how we'd fix them.
Most print services we talk to are great at getting a tricky part off the bed. The bit that hurts is everything around the printer: quotes, files, queues and the "where's my part?" emails.
- The problemEvery quote done by handEach file gets downloaded, opened in the slicer and priced by eye, then emailed back the next day.How we fix itCustomers upload STL, OBJ, 3MF or STEP files and see a price straight away from volume, material, print time and finish.
- The problemCustomers gone before the quoteBy the time your price goes out they've already ordered from whoever answered first.How we fix itInstant quotes with checkout on your website, so they pay while they're still keen.
- The problemNobody knows which material to pickCustomers ask for "the strong one" and can't tell PLA from PETG from nylon.How we fix itA material guide with strength, heat resistance, finish and price side by side, plus a simple "what's it for?" picker.
- The problemBroken files found too lateHoles in the mesh, walls too thin and parts bigger than the bed only show up once you slice it.How we fix itAutomatic checks on upload flag thin walls, open meshes and oversize parts before anyone pays.
- The problemPrinters juggled off a whiteboardSomeone has to remember which printer has black PETG loaded and which job is due first.How we fix itA print queue that groups jobs by material and colour, assigns them to printers and shows what's running now.
- The problem"Where's my part?"Customers email and ring for updates while you're elbow-deep in support removal.How we fix itOrder tracking with automatic updates at each stage, from queued to printing to shipped.
- The problemBulk orders priced separatelyFifty brackets get the same manual treatment as one, with discounts worked out on a calculator.How we fix itQuantity breaks and batch pricing built into the quote, so larger runs price themselves.
- The problemFailed prints eat the marginA job fails at 80% overnight, gets reprinted and nobody ever counts what it cost.How we fix itA failure log with one-tap reprints that tracks lost material and printer hours per job.
- The problemRunning out of filament mid-batchHalfway through a run you find the last spool of white is nearly empty.How we fix itSpool and resin stock tracking with low-stock alerts based on what's in the queue.
- The problem"Same as last time" ordersEngineers and product designers email to reorder a part with no file and no order number.How we fix itTrade accounts with saved parts, their own pricing and one-click reorders that invoice straight into Xero or MYOB.
- The problemDesign jobs with no filePeople turn up with a broken knob and a photo, asking what it'll cost to print one.How we fix itA design request form for photos, measurements and notes that becomes a quoted design job and then a print order.
02What we build
Solutions
What we build for 3D printing services. Usually all talking to each other.
Pick the one that's hurting most or join the whole lot up. Everything is built around how your team works, not the other way round.
Instant pricing engine
Prices from volume, bounding box, print time, supports, material and finish, using your own rates and minimums.
Printability checks
Thin walls, open meshes, tiny features and oversize parts flagged on upload with plain-English fixes.
Material & finish guide
FDM, resin and nylon options with strength, heat and finish notes, colour swatches and photos of real parts.
Online checkout
Card payments through Stripe, PO numbers for trade and orders that drop straight into the queue.
Print queue & farm board
Jobs grouped by material and colour, assigned to printers and shown on a screen in the workshop.
Order tracking
Status pages and automatic emails or SMS from queued to printing to post-processing to shipped.
Quantity & batch pricing
Price breaks for larger runs and batch quotes for mixed parts in one order.
Trade accounts & saved parts
Business logins with their own pricing, saved files, reorders and invoices into Xero or MYOB.
Filament & resin stock
Spool and resin tracking, usage per job and reorder alerts before a batch runs dry.
Failure & reprint log
One-tap failure logging, reprint jobs and the real cost of failed prints per material and printer.
Design & scanning requests
Photos, measurements and notes in one form, quoted as a design job and turned into a print order.
Shipping & dispatch
Labels through StarShipIt, Australia Post or Sendle with tracking numbers sent to the customer automatically.
A website that prints
Hand-built, quick on mobile, with instant quoting front and centre and built to rank for "3D printing near me".
03The systems
The big ones
Your whole print service, on one system.
These are the systems 3D printing services ask us about most. Each one works on its own. They get properly clever when they're joined up.
Instant quoting
Upload a model. See the price. Pay.
Customers drop in a file, pick a material, colour and finish and get a real price in seconds. The pricing uses your rates, your minimums and your machines, so the number on screen is one you're happy to print for.
- STL, OBJ, 3MF and STEP uploads
- Spin and measure in the browser
- Pricing from volume and print time
- Your own material rates and minimums
- Support and post-processing costs
- Finish options like sanding or dyeing
- Quantity breaks for bigger runs
- Multi-part orders in one cart
- Stripe checkout or trade PO
- Manual review for odd jobs
Printability & materials
Catch the bad files before anyone pays.
Every upload gets checked for the problems you'd normally find in the slicer. Customers see what's wrong and how to fix it, then a material guide helps them choose the right plastic for the job.
- Open mesh and hole detection
- Thin wall warnings by material
- Oversize part alerts per printer bed
- Tiny feature and overhang flags
- Plain-English fix suggestions
- Material comparison table
- "What's it for?" material picker
- Colour swatches and real part photos
- Heat and strength notes
Print queue
Every printer busy. Every job on time.
Paid jobs land in a queue grouped by material and colour, then get assigned to the right printer. A farm board on the workshop screen shows what's printing, what's next and what's due today.
- Jobs grouped by material and colour
- Assign jobs to specific printers
- Due dates and rush jobs at the top
- Farm board on any workshop screen
- Printer status and loaded filament
- Print files attached to each job
- Post-processing checklist per job
- One-tap failure logging and reprints
- Printer hours and maintenance log
Orders & tracking
Customers know where their part is. You stop answering emails.
Every order has a status page that updates itself as the job moves through the workshop. When it ships the label prints and the tracking number goes straight to the customer.
- Status page for every order
- Email and SMS updates at each stage
- Queued, printing, finishing, shipped
- Photos of finished parts before dispatch
- Labels through StarShipIt or Sendle
- Australia Post tracking sent automatically
- Local pickup with ready alerts
- Order history for every customer
Trade accounts & stock
Repeat customers reorder in one click. Spools never run dry.
Engineers, product designers and schools get their own logins with saved parts, their own pricing and invoices that land in Xero or MYOB. Behind it the stock system knows what's on every spool and what the queue is about to use.
- Trade logins with their own pricing
- Saved parts and one-click reorders
- PO numbers and monthly invoicing
- Invoices into Xero or MYOB
- Credit limits and account holds
- Spool and resin stock levels
- Usage tracked per job
- Reorder alerts from the queue
- Material cost per job and per customer
04How it changes
Before and after
A batch of prototypes, wolloped.
Here's how a prototype order could change. Every print service runs differently, so we map yours first.
Before
- Email arrives with three STLs attached
- Download them and open each one in the slicer
- Find a wall too thin and email back to ask
- Work out the price on a calculator
- Quote goes out the next afternoon
- Customer has already ordered elsewhere
After
- Customer uploads three files on your website
- Thin wall flagged and fixed before checkout
- Material picked from the guide
- Price shown and paid by card
- Jobs queued on the right printer
- Tracking updates go out on their own
05Services
Everything under one roof
Software, websites and systems for 3D printing services.
Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading what you've got, it's one team from the first sketch to the support call.
Custom software for 3D printing services
Built around how your 3D printing service actually runs: model upload & 3D viewer, instant pricing engine and the admin in between, in one system you own.
Websites for 3D printing services
Fast, hand-built websites that rank for the searches your customers make and turn visits into enquiries, bookings or orders.
3D printing service system upgrades
Running on spreadsheets, old software or a platform you've outgrown? We move your data across and upgrade in stages so the business never stops.
Apps and portals for 3D printing services
Printability checks and material & finish guide: customer and staff portals that work on any phone without an app store.
Integrations and automation
We connect Xero, MYOB and Shopify so information moves on its own and nobody retypes it.
Hosting, support and care
Managed hosting, updates, backups and security for your 3D printing service, looked after by the people who built it.
06Integrations
Connections
Plays nicely with what you already use.
We connect to the tools you rely on, work alongside the slicers and platforms you're happy with or replace the ones holding you back.
- Xero
- MYOB
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- Stripe
- StarShipIt
- Australia Post
- Sendle
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- UltiMaker Cura
- PrusaSlicer
- Bambu Studio
- Formlabs PreForm
- OctoPrint
- Autodesk Fusion
- SolidWorks
- Onshape
- Cin7
- Unleashed
07How we work
The process
Some people dip their toe in. We turn up in a rebreather.
We get properly below the surface of your 3D printing service: the systems, the busy days and the jobs everyone hates. Then we fix the bits that matter most first.
- 01
Think
We spend time at your printers and in your inbox, then work out where quoting, queuing and customer questions are eating your day.
- 02
Archi-tech
We plan it before writing code: your materials, pricing rules, printers, file checks, trade accounts, hosting and cost.
- 03
Build
Real engineering, shown to you early and often. Usually instant quoting first, so you get a win before the next pile of STLs arrives.
- 04
Look after
We host it, maintain it and keep improving it. When something breaks you call the people who built it.
08Questions
FAQ
Things 3D printing services ask us.
Something else on your mind? Ring 0423 011 252 and ask the people who'd build it.
What file types can customers upload?
Common 3D formats like STL, OBJ, 3MF and STEP, plus anything else your workflow supports. Customers can preview and measure the model in their browser before they order.
Will the instant price actually match what we'd charge?
That's the goal. We build the pricing around your own rates, minimums, print times and finishing costs, then test it against real jobs you've quoted before. Odd or oversized parts can be flagged for a manual check.
Can it handle FDM, resin and nylon?
Yes. Each technology and material gets its own pricing rules, file checks and printer list, so a resin part and a PETG bracket are priced and queued properly.
We already sell through Shopify or WooCommerce. Do we have to switch?
No. We build around what works. Instant quoting can sit inside your existing store and orders can still flow into Xero, MYOB and your shipping tools.
Are customers' files kept private?
Yes. Files are stored on our own managed servers with access limited to your team. We can add things like automatic file deletion after a set time if your customers need it.
How much does it cost?
It depends on what you need, so we quote up front once we understand it. No surprise invoices, no lock-in and you own what we build.
How long does it take?
Smaller jobs like an upload and quote form can be quick. Bigger systems are planned in stages so you get the first win early instead of waiting for everything at once.
Who looks after it once it's built?
We do. We host it on our own managed servers and keep it updated and secure. When you need something you ring the people who built it.
We already have systems. Can you upgrade them instead of starting again?
Usually, yes. Most 3D printing services we work with keep what's working and upgrade the rest in stages. We move your data across, connect the old and new while we switch and retire the old system only when the new one is proven.
Contact
Got a 3D printing service problem? Consider it wolloped.
Tell us what's slow, broken, manual or missing. You don't need a spec, just describe what's going on.