Custom Production

Are you interested in bulk orders, or custom-branded filament?  There's a few options to get started today!  If you need help figuring out which option is best for you, feel free to reach out.

Distributors - Brick & Mortar

If you would like to resell Polar Filament, and you have a physical storefront, then we can offer distributor pricing.  Distributor pricing is calculated based on volume and shipping costs.

Distributor Buyback Guarantee - Distributors who start with an order of at least 15 unique colors and at least 2x of each color (30 spools total) qualify for the buy-back guarantee.  We've seen the most success from resellers who start with a wider color portfolio, so this is the incentive to start big without the risk.  If any spools don't sell, we will buy them back at the same price you paid (excluding shipping).  The buyback guarantee is valid for 1 year after original purchase.

Free Color Exchanges - Want to stock new colors?  Try out new colors risk-free.  You can exchange any unopened spool for a different color within 1 year of purchase.  Exchanges are free, excluding shipping costs.

Boxes - Polar Filament branded boxes are available for an extra $0.50 per spool.

Wholesale - Print Farms

Do you use a lot of filament?  Contact us about wholesale pricing.  Wholesale pricing begins at 50kgs.  Pricing is determined on a per-customer basis, and is dependent on shipping address.  When reaching out, please include your estimated order size and shipping zipcode.

MOQ: 50kgs.  Pricing is considerably lower for pallet shipments (300-420kgs).  See "Shipping" section for more details.

Spool Sizes: Our best pricing is on 4kg spools.  We can produce on 1kg, 4kg, 5kg.  Depending on the material, 6kgs may also be an option.

Lead Time: For large orders, we may not have everything in stock.  We can ship out a partial order for what we have, and then schedule a production batch to make up the difference.  Typical turnaround time is 2-weeks, but can be closer to 4 weeks during the busier times of the year (Black Friday, Christmas, and before 3D printing trade shows).

Whitelabel - Custom Branding

White label production is the most cost effective way to get started with your own filament brand.  We use all of our own supplies, such as resin (raw plastic pellets), colorants, spools, and packaging, but we put your custom label on the product.

MOQ: 50kgs per order, 25kgs per color.  For example, you could order 25x red, 25x blue, and 25x yellow, which meets our 50kg order minimum and our 25kg/color minimum.

Custom Label: We will design a custom spool label for your brand.  You may also send us a mock-up of your own design, and we will match it.  You may have 1 or 2 labels per spool, at no additional cost.  All labels are black-and-white thermal labels, 2.25*1.25in (675*375px, vectorized images recommended).

Colors: There is no fee for using colors that we already stock.  If you would like a custom color, please see the Color-Matching process.

Custom Materials: If you would like a custom material that we don't keep stocked, you are responsible for the full cost of the raw material order.  Most materials have 750kg minimums for the raw material, but in special cases it can be as low as 25kgs.  You may source this yourself and send it to us, or ask us to source it for you.

Shipping: See "Shipping" section below.

Turnaround: Typical 2 week turnaround.  May be closer to 4-weeks during busy times (Black Friday, Christmas, and before popular 3D printing conventions)

Order Tracking Portal: Place orders, and see existing orders on our live order-tracking portal.  See per-spool manufacturing logs, live updates on orders as they're being produced, and scheduling/waitlists.  An account will be set up when you place your first order.

Toll Production - Large brands & Custom Materials

Toll production is best suited for large brands, material producers, or brands with exotic materials.  Toll production is when all of your raw materials/supplies come in one door, and leave through another door as a finished product.  You may choose which raw materials you'd like to supply, and which ones you'd like us to supply/procure.  This includes raw resin, spools, colorant, boxes, and packaging.

MOQ: 500kgs first order, 250kgs every 6 months.

Custom Packaging: Custom spools and boxes are an option, typically purchased 5000x at a time.  These costs are billed as-needed.  We invoice for custom spools/boxes separate from filament production, which means you don't need to order 5000kgs of filament just to get a custom box.  Expect $5000 minimums on boxes and spools, depending on the design.

Custom Materials: If you would like a custom material that we don't keep stocked, you are responsible for the full cost of the raw material order.  Most materials have 750kg minimums for the raw material, but in special cases it can be as low as 25kgs.  You may source this yourself and send it to us, or ask us to source it for you.

Warehousing: We do not charge warehousing/storage fees if you have active orders.  If your supplies sit stagnant for 6 months without any orders, we will notify you that you have 30-days to place an order, arrange return shipping, or pay a monthly warehousing fee.  Warehousing storage fees for unused supplies is $24 per pallet per month ($1.50/sqft/mo).

Order Tracking Portal: Place orders, and see existing orders on our live order-tracking portal.  See per-spool manufacturing logs, live updates on orders as they're being produced, and scheduling/waitlists.  An account will be set up when you place your first order.

Shipping

Email us for a shipping quote.  Most of our bulk orders are quoted with shipping excluded.  For orders of 1-200kgs, we typically ship with UPS/USPS in boxes of 6kg, or 10kg.  For orders of 300kgs+, we typically ship on pallets. Pallet shipping can cost anywhere from $0.40/kg to $1.50/kg depending on the destination and time of year.

Pallet Sizing: 300-420kgs, 40x48" pallet