The 0%-fee Treatstock alternative
Treatstock is a real marketplace with real fees. Assista3d is a free local storefront with none. Plenty of makers should honestly use both.
Treatstock deserves credit: it's one of the few marketplaces that genuinely welcomes hobbyist print services, and it has been doing it for years. If you want to ship prints to buyers anywhere, it works.
Assista3d plays a different game — local jobs, local pickup, no shipping, and a 0% platform fee. Here's the honest side-by-side, including where Treatstock is still the better choice.
Assista3d vs Treatstock, honestly
| Assista3d | Treatstock | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | 0%. No listing fee, no subscription, no cut of orders. | Published selling fee: at least $2.99 and up to 25% per order (their Help Center, checked July 2026). |
| Who sets your prices | You do. Jobs route by distance and reputation, not lowest bid. | You do — you compete on price inside the marketplace. |
| Fulfillment | Local pickup only. No boxes, labels, or post-office runs. | Mostly shipped orders — you pack and ship each one. |
| Who can join | Any maker with a printer. Hobbyists are the point. | Hobbyist and professional print services welcome. |
| Your brand | Your own storefront page, your name, your QR flyer, your instant-quote link. | A shop page inside Treatstock's marketplace. |
| Customer traffic today | Early and growing — we're honest about that. The storefront tools work even with zero marketplace traffic. | An established marketplace with existing buyers. |
Fee figures come from Treatstock's own published Help Center ("Selling fee": not lower than $2.99, doesn't exceed 25%), last checked July 2026. If their schedule changes, tell us and we'll update this page.
Where Treatstock genuinely wins
- You want shipped orders from buyers nationwide or worldwide.
- You want an established marketplace with existing customer traffic today.
- You want mature marketplace plumbing — escrow-style payments, reviews, and dispute handling refined over years.
Where Assista3d wins
- You keep 100% of the price you set — there is no platform fee to price around.
- Local pickup means no packing, no shipping damage, no eating label costs on small orders.
- You get your own brand: a storefront page, QR flyer, and instant-quote link that are useful even if you never get a single job through our network.
- Dispatch routes by distance and reputation — you're not in a race to the lowest bid.
Who should use which
Use Treatstock if…
- Makers who want volume from shipped marketplace orders and accept the fee as the cost of that traffic.
- Makers in areas too remote for local pickup to make sense.
Use Assista3d if…
- Makers who want local jobs, zero fees, and their own brand.
- Makers tired of shipping — the neighbor picks it up.
There's no conflict. Keep your Treatstock shop for shipped orders and add a free Assista3d storefront for local pickup jobs. It costs nothing to have both.
Your town is probably still open
A free storefront, your prices, local pickup, and a 0% platform fee — today and for years to come. Here's exactly how we plan to keep it that way.