Almost every tool is born from a problem of its own. Ours was born when we
realised how much time we were wasting digging through sticky notes full of
orders, uploading every single listing to Etsy by hand, searching the supplier's
website for the temperature to print the filament we bought two months ago, or
chasing down which folder held the .stl with the final design
(BolloBox_final_v2_thisONE_final.stl).
Sounds familiar, right?
That's why we created BolloPrint. A management app designed specifically for 3D printing workshops and print farms. We've built it piece by piece to solve the specific pains of anyone running 2, 5 or 30 printers at the same time. We're not a generic management tool shoehorned into the job. It's made by makers, for makers.
What will you find in BolloPrint?
Every tool you need so success doesn't bury you when the workshop starts asking for more hours than the day has:
- Real cost calculation: you'll know what each piece costs you, counting the filament, print hours, electricity… If you don't account for every cost, invoicing doesn't always mean making money.
- Design library: no more hunting for the final .stl. You open the file straight from the order, without diving through folders.
- Order Kanban: one glance tells you what's queued, what's printing and what's running late, without having to ask around.
- Quotes: no more spending hours on a quote that sometimes doesn't even get accepted… It got accepted? Turn it into an order with a single click.
- Online store integration: connect with Etsy (and soon Shopify) so you stop spending hours entering data by hand.
- Printer control: connect to your machines, whatever the brand.
- Global materials catalogue: more than 3,800 filaments and 750 resins (and counting) with their technical specs. You can also jot down your own printing tricks so you remember them next time.
- Inventory control: you won't overbuy materials when you know exactly what's in stock (filaments, resins, magnets, keyrings, isopropyl alcohol…).
So what's this blog for?
We're not going to fill it with boring press releases or filler articles. If you come here, it's to take something useful back to the workshop:
- Tutorials and feature bites: we'll explain parts of the app and tricks to get the most out of it day to day.
- Transparent development: we'll tell you what we're working on and what's launching next (like e-invoicing — we'll start with Verifactu for Spain).
- Practical guides: management and profitability tips to work out margins, organise orders and structure your workshop without losing your mind.
- Real cases: things that work in other workshops and that you can apply to yours.
A note on how we work
We don't want to design behind closed doors. We want BolloPrint to be democratic software, built hand in hand with the workshops that use it every day. If you have an idea or need a specific feature, tell us and we'll look into it.
The next step
If you're already using the app, thank you so much for your trust! If you've just arrived, feel free to take a look around the website, try BolloPrint for free in your workshop or join our Discord to talk to us directly.
Let's get started!
