{"id":70496,"date":"2019-07-29T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/aerospace\/imakr-gets-bigger-opens-franchises.3dm"},"modified":"2019-07-29T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:18:40","slug":"imakr-gets-bigger-opens-franchises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/imakr-gets-bigger-opens-franchises\/","title":{"rendered":"iMakr Gets Bigger, Opens Franchises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dpsp-content-top\" class=\"dpsp-content-wrapper dpsp-shape-rectangular dpsp-size-medium dpsp-has-spacing dpsp-has-buttons-count dpsp-show-on-mobile dpsp-button-style-1\">\n<ul class=\"dpsp-networks-btns-wrapper dpsp-networks-btns-content dpsp-networks-btns-share dpsp-column-auto\">\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">London\u2019s <\/span>iMakr<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> isn\u2019t content with being the world\u2019s largest 3D printing brick-n-mortar store.  They want to take over the world and they\u2019re starting with the islands of Great Britain (may change next year) and Ireland. In a move that may liken them to the McDonald\u2019s of 3D printing, iMakr will be opening franchise locations in Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t say that the prospect of owning part of a 3D printing franchise doesn\u2019t appeal to me. If they weren\u2019t limiting their operations to England, Ireland and Scotland, I could see myself opening my own iMakr. Friends would stop in to look at the 3D printers I\u2019d have on sale: Ultimakers, Replicators, Solidoodles, Cubes, Flash Forge and Felix machines. I\u2019d yell at people for loitering around the Spot-A resins or FormFutura and Faberdashery filaments. And I could see myself trying to convince the shop\u2019s visitors that they couldn\u2019t live without a 3D scanner.<\/p>\n<p>If I <i>did <\/i>open an iMakr franchise (and it fit with the iMakr franchise rulebook), I\u2019d try to throw in some of our services when customers purchased a printer or scanner. Get an Up! and you\u2019ll receive free training!  Purchase a Digitizer and your first \u201con demand\u201d print is free! Attend a workshop or event and you can obtain one free Mini-You, a full-colour 3D print of yourself to put on your nightstand. Then, I\u2019d head up to my office, watching the patrons leave the store with hands full of 3D printed goodies, and I\u2019d count the big bucks as they rolled in. I wrote to iMakr to see what sorts of requirements they had for their franchisees and got the following response:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i>We are looking for managers who are passionate about 3D printing and understand the challenges of commercialising new technology. Experience and an exceptional track record in customer relationship in the retail sector is also key.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i>iMakr franchisees need to be entrepreneurial and hands-on (&#8220;getting things done&#8221; attitude), but also share our long term vision and mission of distributing 3D printing as well as understand the value of building a community (i.e. being the face of the iMakr Store in the respective cities).<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i>In exchange for their commitment and some investment, owners will be trained by our teams and will benefit from the unique integrated before (engineering, supply, branding &amp; marketing, etc.) &amp; after (support, workshops &amp; training, etc.) sales services and experience that we have developed with the iMakr Store in London.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>As they haven\u2019t made it to the US, yet, I\u2019ll have to wait for MakerBot to head out West or for HoneyBee 3D to head South. For those living in or around the UK, however, you can email <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"284e5a49464b40415b4d68414549435a064b4745\">[email&#160;protected]<\/span>.  If you are going to take part in the iMakr franchise, make sure you do a better job than the Golden Arches! The fries may be the best, but the wages aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Source: iMakr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London\u2019s iMakr isn\u2019t content with being the world\u2019s largest 3D printing brick-n-mortar store. They want to take over the world and they\u2019re starting with the islands of Great Britain (may change next year) and Ireland. 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