Where do you prefer to host your models? Thingiverse, Printables, Thangs, ...
Where do you prefer to host your models? Thingiverse, Printables, Thangs, ...
Where do folks prefer to host their 3d models and designs? Do you use one site, or multiple?
I originally started on Thingiverse, but switched to Printables after it launched and that has been my main location for uploading to. I recently decided to copy all my models to Thingiverse and Thangs, in additional to Printables, but I'm not sure its worth the effort to maintain the listings on multiple sites.
I love the Printables site, I think it has the best user experience, but Thingiverse seems to reach a bigger audience. Thangs I find useful for the search, but I'm not sure its worth hosting models there as well.
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I started on Thingiverse, then copied everything over to Printables when it became available. The traffic difference between them is huge. I uploaded my models to Printables in March 2022, and my total downloads is just over 2K for all of them. On Thingiverse, I have 4K downloads in just the last 30 days.
I still post most things to both sites, but sometimes I get lazy or will "do it later" and just not.
I'm seeing the same, A LOT more views and downloads on the models that I just copied across to Thingiverse in the last week.