Validate products digitally before committing to MOQs.
Small manufacturing business owners can't test new products due to high minimum order quantities (MOQs) from factories requiring massive upfront costs.
ProtoValidate creates 3D digital twins from your specs for virtual testing, customer feedback, and simulations. Share interactive prototypes with buyers, collect pre-orders, and confirm demand without physical samples. Integrate AR previews to boost conversion before factory orders.
Small manufacturing business owners launching or testing new products
End-to-end validation from spec to pre-order with AR and analytics.
friendly
Auto-generate 3D prototype from uploads.
Embeddable 3D/AR viewer for sharing.
Forms and polls on prototypes.
Stripe-powered pre-orders on prototypes.
Views, engagement, conversion metrics.
Basic stress/usage simulations.
Brand prototypes with logos.
Share edits with team.
PDF validation summaries.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| specs | text | No |
| model_url | text | No |
| views | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| prototype_id | uuid | No |
| comment | text | Yes |
| preorder_id | uuid | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| prototype_id | uuid | No |
| amount | int | No |
| status | text | No |
Relationships:
/api/prototypesGenerate 3D from specs
/api/feedbackSubmit feedback
/api/preordersCreate pre-order
/api/analyticsGet prototype metrics
No pre-orders
100 shares/mo
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 120 | 6% | $144 | $1,728 |
| Month 6 | 700 | 9% | $1,134 | $13,608 |
3D prototypes, feedback, pre-orders – all digital, zero MOQ risk.
Target Shopify store owners in product dev stage via Twitter/LinkedIn; post demo in r/productdesign; offer free prototypes to 10 from Upwork gigs.
Design
No manufacturing validation/pre-orders
MOQ-focused with 3D/AR/pre-sales
Pre-orders
Physical only
Digital first
Data from validations improves AI modeling accuracy.
AI 3D gen maturity + remote validation post-pandemic.
3D gen quality
Use proven APIs, manual tweaks
API costs overrun
Tiered usage, optimize calls
Success: 15 want access
Success: 10 pre-orders collected
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