How It Works
Our 6-phase process has been proven to be the fastest and most efficient way to develop Private Label products with all ranges of customization.
Whether you just want to test the market and roll out a simple product or you want to create a truly customized product, this 6-phase product development process is the most time and cost effective way to do it.
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Phase 1 – Quotation
Create a new project in your FactoryDesk account
Enter the details of your new product idea: links to existing similar products, your rough budget, and estimated order quantity. Specify whether or not you want a custom logo and packaging.
While not all of the information is required at this stage, the more details you can give us, the faster we’ll be able to get the necessary quotations and samples from the suppliers.
We find the right suppliers and come back with a range of products
- We use our local team to source for legitimate and reliable suppliers.
- We negotiate the terms and get a scope of different product materials and manufacturing methods. Our sourcing staff gets the MOQs and quotes.
- New items in your FactoryDesk account are created. You get to compare the products based on their price, MOQ, features, and quality.
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Phase 2 – Sample Order
Decide which samples you want us to order
After you’ve compared the products in your new FactoryDesk project, you can simply check off the ones you’re interested in receiving the samples for.
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Phase 3 – Sample Review
We order and review samples at our office in China
Having your samples reviewed at our office in China can easily save you a lot of time and money. You’ll only have to pay a few dollars to get the samples shipped to our office.
Once the samples arrive, we take detailed photos and upload them to your account along with the report. Bad products get weeded out immediately – so you no longer have to pay $50 in shipping costs just to receive a sample of a poor quality product.
We’ll assess your samples’ overall Quality Score based on their usability, quality and durability. From there you can also optionally decide to have the good looking samples consolidated into one shipment and sent to you.
Go/No-Go decision
After receiving and reviewing your samples, we’ll be able to provide you with:
- Product and packaging dimensions, carton dimensions and shipping cost estimate
- Per unit price (if you haven’t made any customizations to the product at this stage, it will be the same as in the quotation provided in Phase 1)
- All product specifications
At this stage you can estimate the profitability of your product fairly accurately and make a go/no-go decision.
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Phase 4 – Design Process
Upload the designs
Simply upload the files containing your packaging and logo designs. Specify any special requirements you might have; we recommend you also give us a UPC code to print on packaging – this way you can always re-sell your product outside of Amazon.
Alternatively, we can use one of our experienced designers to do the packaging and logo design for you.
Packaging production done right
Our team is experienced in working with the printing factories. Since MOQs for printings are always much higher than almost any kind of product, we’ll be ordering more packaging than the actual product order volume and storing the excess amount at our warehouse.
This does two things:
- Since we work directly with a printing factory, we get much better prices and quality as compared to having your supplier/agent use some random printing factory only because it’s nearby their own factory.
- You eliminate the middle man (supplier/agent), saving money (they would otherwise take a cut) and time (less parties in the communication loop, less back-and-forth).
In-process consulting
The Design Process phase is where our in-process consulting comes the most handy.
You’ll receive feedback and guidance to make your product even better and increase its value. All of this at absolutely no additional charge. We’ve built some strong brands in e-commerce over the last 8 years and we’ll help you build yours.
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Phase 5 – Production
Final quote
Depending on the iterations we’ve gone through at this point and the extent of customization added on top of your first requirements (we’re a flexible bunch over here), we may need to get the final quote(s) from the supplier(s).
Placing an order
We upload production items that include prices and all the details into your project. You make the final decision, specify the order quantity, and hit the proverbial big red “order” button.
Payment
We offer two fast, reliable and safe payment methods:
- US bank transfer
- PayPal transfer
- Payoneer transfer
No more pricey transfer fees and no more international wired transfers that take few days. We pay the supplier 30% to start the production and we only pay the other 70% once the production is finished and the goods have been made according to the specifications.
On an off chance something is wrong with your order, we’ll either have the supplier fix the goods or refund you the money (in our 8 years’ experience we only had to do this once, and we managed to get all of the money back!).
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Phase 6 – Shipment
Goods inspection and Quality Control
- Your goods are inspected at our warehouse or, optionally, we perform an on-site inspection.
- We ensure that all the goods have been properly manufactured to weed out any defective units that could compromise your Amazon Seller account.
Labeling, bundling and FBA prepping
- Your products are carefully put together by our staff who makes sure to pay attention to the small details. This always shows later in your Amazon reviews.
- Your units are properly labeled with necessary SKU codes and wrapped in polybags. Any warning stickers (if needed) are applied.
- All the units are securely and efficiently packed into cartons. We seal each entire carton with tape to ensure your goods are protected from water and dust, and to strengthen the cartons.
Professional product photo shoot
We’ll take high quality raw photos that you can either send to your designer or have our staff edit them for you. This way you save both time and money, and you’re able to build out your Amazon listing faster than ever before.
Freight forwarding
- Only ship the products you need. Simply specify in the web platform which variations/volumes you want shipped and we’ll store the rest for you.
- Enjoy our highly competitive freighting rates that are 10-30% lower (on average) than what Chinese suppliers offer.
- Ship directly to Amazon warehouses, saving hundreds of dollars and time in the process. No more need for inspection, prepping and labeling in your home country.
We recommend shipping separately to few different Amazon FBA warehouses to save even more money and time – there’s no need to pay Amazon to do it and add another couple of days to the process. With our freight forwarding alone you can get your goods to FBA warehouses at a lower cost and in less time – so you can start selling sooner.