marketplace area served worldwide website threeding.com threeding is an online 3d printing marketplace and community for trading and free exchange of files ready for 3d printing . the website follows in the tradition of open marketplace giving sellers personal storefronts where they list their 3d printable models and make them available for the global audience . threeding is one of the several 3d files repositories that have emerged with the fast growing 3d printing industry . 1 contents 1 history 2 concept 3 3d printing cultural heritage 4 references 5 external links history edit threeding was started in 2013 by a group of students from the bulgarian national academy of arts . the website quickly became very popular among cad designers hobbyists and tech geeks . significant parts of the 3d objects available at threeding are digital copies of historical artifacts which is a new line in the world of 3d printing repositories . several eastern european historical and archaeological museums have also opened stores and sell 3d printable models of their exhibits via threeding . 2 3 4 concept edit threeding works in a manner similar to early ebay . in order to sell 3d printing models on threeding users must register and thus create a store . creating a store and uploading a product on threeding is free however the website charges a commission for each sale . the website does not charge anything for free sharing of 3d models . buying 3d printing models is intuitive and similar to any other ecommerce website a buyer browses through the website and once finds a model he she click add to cart and proceed to check out . the website has integrated paypal and the major credit cards . 5 3d printing cultural heritage edit several eastern european historical and archaeological museums have signed cooperation agreements with threeding and opened virtual stores . threeding 3d scans museums exhibits and the museums sell the digital 3d scans through their virtual stores . the available 3d printing models are historical artifacts from the prehistoric period ancient time medieval and the modern history . 6 7 8 9 references edit sharing and paid exchange of 3d printable files 3d printer cafe jan 10 2014 printable heritage how threeding is 3d printing history thre3d march 20 2014 bulgaria feels the benefit of history with three d print ing cooperation 3d printing industry march 6 2014 3d printing marketplace threeding re launches with fresh new look in bulgaria an ebay for 3d printable designs called threeding emerges on 3d printing january 11 2014 museum sells its collection as 3d prints fabbaloo april 7 2014 bulgarian 3d model marketplace partners with regional museum 3ders april 3 2014 bulgarian 3d printing marketplace teams up with regional museum on 3d printing march 4 2014 rare museum artifacts now available for purchase and print at 3d design marketplace threeding external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title threeding & oldid 713435006 categories printing3d printingvirtual communities3d printer companies3d graphics artbulgarian brandshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 april 2016 at 01 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view