My models barely get any traffic, like 3-4 views a day on average. Maybe the problem is the content, people are just not interested, i’m posting things that serve an actual purpose. Or maybe the problem is something else i don’t know.
The model that have the most downloads/boosts are the ones who posted in the early days. There are so many models on Makerworld that new additions get buried so deep in the search results that they almost disappear. You get an influx of views the first day when you post but when it’s no longer at the top on the “new models” page, it dies down quickly.
Maybe the search algorithm should be revised to favor new creations, not older than a few weeks, not just the most popular to give a chance for these models to be found.
Anyway, i don’t think it’s worth the time and effort to post new models.
Sorry you feel that way, You have pretty nice stuff, unfortunately I don’t need any thing like you are makeing right now but some day I might. Give it time, it appears that you haven’t been here that long.
Try to add some more keywords to all your models. To get good traffic just like with website SEO you need to optimize the search keywords on your model as thats is how people find them primarily. You can also post them on reddit as “show and tell” to get some traffic and eyeballs on them.
Yes, I looked at your (bfrigon) stuff and I don’t want to be negative but creativity & originality plays a big part in something being popular.
For me there are tons of items similar to most of yours and as for some of the functional stuff I just create my own.
I think you have posted some cool models. They aren’t that different from the models I tend to post. I think you should just be patient. I make whatever models capture my imagination, and post them, even if they are simple (or sometimes stupid). You never know what people will like. I do it because I like it. But over time the prints/downloads add up.
You have not really been posting that long. I post a ton of functional models also, not one of mine has been “viral”. I’m fairly certain the trending page is rigged from people who swap downloads or from people who bribe people on youtube to push their model. I’ve tried all kinds of SEO tricks and posting at certain times it seems to make no difference.
That said however, over time I find my models slowly float up the list. Even though not one of mine has really been viral I’ve still been able to make my printer pay for itself and bought 3 other printers and about 50 rolls of filament (some I donated to my kid’s school). I don’t chase the trends at all. I just make the stuff I want to make and post it up if I think other people can use it. I’m not making a living off of it, but it has made printing basically free for me and enabled me to try out a lot of filaments I would not otherwise have bought.
Part of it too is just building a following. Once you have a block of followers that download will get pushed to them as well and they will give you a bump. I don’t have a ton of followers but whenever I post something now I’ll get a few downloads from them.
I looked over your stuff. It would appear to be aimed at the more serious ‘makers’ and 3d printer operators.
Problem is, alot of it has solutions that have been around for ages on places like thingiverse and cults3d. No one is going to download something they’ve already printed and are successfully using.
However, all your work looks great. Hopefully, you keep at it!