Custom storefronts
Running your own site or checkout? Send orders straight from your backend, with no marketplace in between.
Upload a 3D model and get an instant quote. Place and pay for the order. Follow it with webhooks while it is made at the production center nearest your buyer and shipped. All through one REST API.
Shopify and ShipStation cover most stores with no code. The API is for everything else: your own checkout, your own platform, or pricing shown live to your customers.
Running your own site or checkout? Send orders straight from your backend, with no marketplace in between.
Offer 3D printed products to your own users. Group orders by store, so many shops can run through one account.
Show a real production price the moment a customer uploads or configures a model, including volume pricing.
Generate a key in your 3DAPI dashboard and choose its permissions. Keys are scoped to your account.
Upload a model and get a production price back, with volume pricing for larger quantities. A webhook tells you when the quote is ready.
Turn a quote into an order with your customer's shipping address, check shipping rates, and pay. Ordering unlocks once your account is approved.
Webhooks report every step: paid, in production, shipping, and completed. No polling needed.
Upload 3D models, get production quotes with volume pricing, check shipping rates, place and pay for orders, and follow each order through signed webhooks until it is delivered.
Sellers with a custom storefront, platforms and marketplaces that want to offer 3D printed products to their own users, and anyone who wants 3D printing production inside their own software.
Create an account, generate an API key in your dashboard, and start requesting quotes. Once you have tested with quotes, request approval from your dashboard to start placing orders.
quote.completed, quote.failed, order.paid, order.payment_failed, order.in_production, order.shipping, and order.completed. Every webhook is signed so you can verify it came from 3DAPI.
Yes, 500 requests per minute per API key.
The full OpenAPI reference is available in the 3DAPI API docs, linked from this page and the site header.
Usually not. Shopify connects through ShipStation for now, and a direct Shopify connection is coming soon. Amazon, eBay, WooCommerce, Etsy, Faire and more connect through ShipStation with no code at all.