If you’re looking to start your own clothing line but need a little nudge in the right direction, this is the tread for you.
Here’s my best vendors for elevated merchandise: beanies, hats, hoodies, sweats.
You want to make great clothing? Start here.
I consistently get this question on how to make elevated merchandise, and there’s tons of options!
I’ve waded through the chaff and I’m focusing on actual high quality, modern, cool stuff in this post.
Here’s my old list to start your own DTC online clothing shop with non-lux options, too.
https://www.productworld.xyz/2022/06/06/best-domestic-international-clothing-product-vendors/
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Rue Porter is still the highest quality affordable blanks I’ve come across to start your own clothing line with.
They’ve got dope billboards in LA and had them in and out Coachella this year pushing “luxury blanks”.
Their fit is fire… modern and different. Quality high, tags are just size to make it easy.
You can apply to have a wholesale store right on their site.
The only downside is there is pretty hefty order delays often, and lots of sell-outs, but they’ve got the quality.
For Beanies, the best domestic solution I’ve found is The Studio.
Plenty of options from embroidery to patches and they take care of it all.
200 from $7.49/e
I’ve done lots of beanies overseas, they don’t have the reliable quality these guys do (especially with embroidery)
For jerseys… we’re going overseas. You want factories that do die-sublimation, and do thread embroidery just for jerseys.
Domestic middleman markups are insane.
The Healong Sportswear team in Guangzhou does it all: basketball, baseball, rugby, golf.
Pro tips for working with teams like the above:
This is crucial!
A gem I’m currently working on a product with right now is WATC Studio.
I love them because they have a digital studio for wholesalers. Upload logos and hit printed samples for $50-80.
Their quality is also very similar to Rue Porter.
Short run digital print samples are crucial for workflow. It means you can check designs fast, and be shooting content while your product is in production — as long as you’re willing to pay more for pre-production units.
Doing it all from in their store is a game changer.
If you have a solid following and want to focus on creative not operations, I’d also take a look at Pietra Studio.
They did these caps for Nostalgia Killer that just dropped, and they handle fulfillment, packaging, etc., too.
You can google any of these, or I’ll drop links directly in my Product People newsletter, a weekly ultra-resource of factories, playbooks, ideas, and inspiration for people that currently are or want to make products.
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– Oren
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Do a Google search on how to create your own sauce brand, and you’ll find MILLIONS of results, that include condiments, hot sauce, bottling and selling tips, and more.
That’s not surprizing, though… sauces and condiments sell $37.7 BILLION yearly in the US, and the margins are incredible.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me take you to Flavortown!
Here’s my product playbook with factories, ideas, and how to execute…
Consumers want unique, niche brands with values and more flavor. Sauce newcomers like Truff, Sir Kensington’s, Graza, MomoFuku, and more have taken advantage of a huge shift over the last decade.
We’ve seen celebrity chefs and restaurants break into the category, with brands like Momofuku entering direct to consumer and channel sales.
Brands like Truff seemingly come out of nowhere and dominate online ads and retail.
This is actually easier than you might think…
Here’s my cheat sheet of how to make a sauce or condiment unique in its category.
HIGHER END
– Go “restaurant grade” with higher-end materials and richer composition (more oil/butter)
– Execute “small batch” with unique, differing tastes and approaches for connoisseurs.
HEALTHY OPTIONS
– Make a popular sauce with no additives, artificial flavors or preservatives and focus on rapid supply chain turnaround for freshness.
– Low to no sugar version of any popular sauce. Surprisingly low-hanging fruit.
FLAVOR
– Add truffles. You might laugh, but we have not left the truffle era. The taste can be applied to many sauce options
– Exotic flavor combos. There’s room for “out there” & impulse buy options that are good for a unique meal. Especially if packaging is a talking point.
AESTHETIC
– Look and feel. I’m convinced part of Jacobsens and Sir Kensington’s success besides just great products is they look modern at home.
– User experience. I love the Graza olive oil for its squeezable form factor that’s more along the lines of real user needs.
Sabatino does higher end sauces and condiments, with a big emphasis on truffles. Factories in US and Italy so you know its real.
Karma Sauce is another noted white labeller for sauces of all kinds.
Want to take it overseas for max margin, or to authentically incorporate flavors originating in Asia?
There’s a generational shift happening as consumers begin to prefer niche options for them, whether regional, aesthetically, by values, or made for their background.
Every major producer is getting market share taken by dozens of new entrepreneurs, and there’s room for MUCH more.
Whether you’re just passionate about the space, or you have a regional restaurant or online following around food…
The path to succeed is there with a differentiated, interesting product, and direct access to the world’s top suppliers.
Never forget, the real sauce is the friends we make along the way.
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Basketball Tik Tok is massive, 120 BILLION hashtags, and it’s crossing everyone’s feeds during the playoffs. In-season is the best time to create basketball products, and we’ve got just the right factories and ideas to help you do that.
Keep reading to discover 8 product ideas and their 7 respective manufacturers to build a product in this niche, or you can also read this thread on Twitter:
Basketball Tik Tok is massive, 120 BILLION hashtags, and it's crossing everyone's feeds during the playoffs.
Below are 8 product ideas + manufacturers to build a product in this niche 👇 pic.twitter.com/c0jRjOzPCn
— Oren John (@orenmeetsworld) June 12, 2022
Grab these light-up nets – made for social content.
Factory link: https://mega-glow.en.alibaba.com/
Custom shorts are growing more and more common and there’s tons of dope styles, but these particular ones are only 10 MOQ for a custom logo, which makes it super easy to launch.
Magnetic tactics board… someone could do something sick with these. I’ve never seen one tricked out, but it’s a fun gift idea for any coach.
Factory link: https://gy-industries.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html
Custom balls, $10 at 30 quantity, so many fun items you can do here for various niches, at decent quantity but be sure to specify your size!
Glow in the dark balls from the same company, which are also an easy content win.
Custom design at 100 quantity.
Factory link: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Custom-High-Quality-Indoor-Basketball-for_1600133436727.html
This is a great option for custom jerseys… just make sure you have your sizing right, and provide sizing to them.
Die sublimation jerseys have a low MOQ (10) and look great.
Factory link: https://www.healong.com/
Snapbacks and hats. Good snapbacks with multicolor embroidery have high MOQs (think 1000, try to negotiate down), but plenty of options with less.
Factory link: https://thunderoutdoor.en.alibaba.com/
Agility ladders and rings, and tons of cones and options.
As low as $2.20 each at 100 MOQ, this is a great product for margin, and to bundle with content like a manual or video series of drills, or an accountability program.
Factory link: https://saiaosports.en.alibaba.com/
Some ideas I would look at when you create basketball products:
Opportunities in social and ecommerce
Got any other suggestions? Drop me a comment below.
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Luxury brands average 150% more margin and 200% more operating profits than mid-market brands. It’s easier – and cheaper! – than ever to create a luxury brand, so why wait?
Here’s my product playbook – with factory links – to make your own luxury goods. You can also read this thread on Twitter:
Luxury brands average 150% more margin and 200% more operating profits than mid-market brands.
Here’s my product playbook with factory links to make your own luxury goods: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ManJY6lJUd
— Oren John (@orenmeetsworld) July 7, 2022
The key differentiator between a high-end good and a value counterpart is the quality. This narrows down to:
To achieve a real luxury brand, quality is just one cornerstone, you also need
The last one is the hardest, because you need to execute all the others for extended periods to achieve a true luxury regard for your product.
There are 3 types of high-end brands:
Major fashion houses were housed out of Italy forever, but due to changes in global positioning and various other factors, Portugal now produces a large amount of luxury goods. And they’re the perfect place to go if you want true luxury quality at a reasonable price.
Here are 4 premium factory options in Portugal to get you started:
I also highly recommend subscribing to Business of Fashion and following them on Twitter @BoF. They have classes and just tons of resources behind the paywall.
You don’t approach a factory without a plan, so here’s where to begin:
A good partner
But don’t expect all this before you’ve done a few transactions and proven legitimacy.
The goods themselves are just step one. Creating a premium or luxury brand requires a premium experience.
To charge a premium, your ethos from inception must be to:
Desirability is the x-factor in luxury. You can create amazing products, but how do you get customers to truly desire it?
Great tactics to consider include:
In addition, design is paramount:
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With very few exceptions, products aren’t just suddenly launched out of nowhere. Much like a new project needs the guidelines that a project brief would offer, you need to create a product brief for products in the design phase.
This is a walk-through of product brief basics you need to know and best practices to create them. Learn how you can make your own briefs, and what information needs to be included in a good product brief.
Keep reading to see a product brief in action as we put together a capsule collection for some friends. Learn more about how to create a product brief now.
More than anything, your product brief is a clear and detailed guide that provides everyone with approved design instructions for the build.
Whether you have your own team or you’re doing this with a client, you need a document where everyone can collate their resources and say “Hey, this is the approved thing that we want to do for XYZ product.”
There are a few situations in which you’d need a product brief. The most obvious of these is to:
Once you’ve found a format that works for you, keep it consistent, and refer back to it often. This is especially true when placing repeat orders with overseas factories.
A good product brief is an unambiguous and uncomplicated document. It doesn’t have to be long and it doesn’t have to be perfect:
The actual design of the brief doesn’t matter; content does.
List out all the products that will be worked on and their components – packaging, accessories, anything in the box.
I do recommend if you’re going to a factory to make it super, super detailed and cover absolutely everything!
PRODUCT BASICS
QUANTITIES
PRICING
For the capsule collection we’re going to use a broker who already has existing relationships with a factory and they’re going to do some of the translation. We’re keeping this example a little more high level but you’ll get the gist.
Just a reminder that the design of the brief doesn’t really matter as long as it’s detailed and follows a logical flow. The content is what’s important here.
First things first is to actually list out all the products that are going to be worked on and their components. In this example we’re doing a sunglass product, so we’ll need the sunglasses themselves, the removable strap, and a semi-hard case. We’re not boxing them but we may still need a manual.
This is listing out all of the different components inside your items so they know the entirety of what you’re looking to create. This is especially important when you’re creating a product line.
Next up, we focus on listing out the target quantities we want to do for each of the line items. You’ll want to put your quantities down so you actually know all the things that need to be included as a part of your product. You can check those off one by one inside the brief itself.
If you’re doing this internally and making your own products, you’ll have factories and stuff already in place. Here, I’d be putting in target hours or target price points but there’s no reason to send your target price points to your broker or your external factory. Focus them on the bottom line, sure, but let them price to you.
In our example brief for the capsule collection we’ve taken some inspiration from the brand Sporty and Rich because we really liked four of their colors. You can include color blocks in your product brief so the factory knows exactly which color you’re referring to.
TOP COLOR-MATCH TIPS
Now that your product brief basics are down on paper (so to speak), it’s time to walk through your primary product concepts. You may have only one product; I like to work in product lines.
Having a product line lets you have a “hero” product, some secondary products (that aren’t scheduled to be the core seller), and then some accessories. These accessories are essentially products that people are going to add on to almost every purchase. This is your upsell, and it’s an overlooked gem.
Your next slide is going to just outline the top things you’re trying to achieve, like an overview of your vision. It makes sure everyone knows and is aligned on what you’re trying to do.
Then we get to the complicated parts, which includes any standout functions or technologies that are required. You’ll actually need to detail this quite well so specify that these are technology examples, not visual examples. You don’t want to look like your competition; you just want to have some of the same tech they’re using to try and find something similar in what you’re putting together.
Next up: the style and any notes about the product itself. Get all the details that you want into the product notes. Again, not super-specified yet. No mock-ups; this is just getting the conversation started to get into pricing.
Include a secondary option in case they couldn’t get something that looked or was quite like what you envisioned first. Make sure you’ve included branding because it impacts the bottom line from a style and color perspective.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Once you’ve broken down materials, visual examples, and links in your product brief it’s time to send your brief. Get on a call with your broker or the factory and walk them through it all so people can get a better idea.
Even if you already have a good, existing relationship with your broker or factory, you should still request a list of questions they have for you to answer. This process takes a day or two, and you’ll want to get all those out as quick as possible to move on to the next steps.
Discuss timelines and start assigning due dates. Build a chart of who’s doing what to get your quotes and your designs completed.
This video will walk you through my process, using sunglasses as an example product.
And that’s it! Many people have many formats for how this works. I found that mine in particular is not too crazy. It gets all the product brief basics down, is perfect for getting the conversation started, and gets a ton of information out at once.
I hope you found this walk-through super-informative and valuable. Let me know in the comments below where your snags were.
– Oren
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If you’re on TikTok, you’ve been seeing a ton of back-to-school posts. School supplies spending will hit $37 BILLION this year! Get in on the ground floor and start a school supplies brand of your own.
Pro tip:
That $37 billion I mentioned? The brands that sell these products are nameless. Most parents and buyers don’t care who they buy it from. That’s a huge opportunity. This years’ school season might be close, but the opportunity is there to build a brand parents care about.
I love niches like this!
If these are just faceless transactions, it’s easy to convince someone to root for you.
Here’s the five-step playbook you need:
These ideas will help you start a school supplies brand:
Use Alibaba, and search for vendors with:
That’s going to ensure you have someone legit.
Here’s some factory ideas with pricing and quantity breakdowns.
Vendor: Dongguan Hongjin Printing Factory
Dongguan Hongjin Printing Factory also makes sticker books, drawing and activity books, etc.:
This is an amazing opportunity to lean into visual themes or showcase your own art!
Want to go really ‘out there’ for social media?
Vendor: Xiamen Hailun Trading Co
Vendor: Ningbo Langterm Import And Export Co
Very nice mechanical pencils:
This factory is also a direct source for all mass-produced pencils, protractors, scissors, and hardware supplies.
Vendor: Shanghai Joan Industrial
Big opportunity here, even outside of school.
The easiest way to do this is to pick something similar you like, and sketch or painstakingly describe how to make it your own. Some quick ideas:
To get started on content, get a sample of your product sent to you via air from their initial production and use this to make content on your own page or a test page. Start cutting many different video styles. Search “back to school” and emulate the formats of successful vids.
It’s going to take 6-8 weeks for your products to come. In that time, make 3-4 videos a day on your test account just to find what works. Check out quality products on @thingtesting and get ideas form their social.
Too much product for your house? You need a 3PL (third party logistics) or FC (fulfillment center). Here’s my comprehensive list:
Best 3rd Party Logistics for CPG Businesses
To kick off your store, I’d use @Shopify and keep it simple. One page website, lots of the same video content you will make for TikTok, lots of reviews.
If you want to dive deeper on specifics, here’s a few recommended follows:
@LaurenLabeled for TikTok content strategy
@flips4miles to learn to sell on Amazon
@kobegatsby for building ecom
@jamesoncamp for buying or building a niche website
I love this niche because you can start small in terms of cost, their consume-able items that parents always need more of, and there’s tons of room for collaboration.
Remember, you don’t have to go it alone! Working together with others online is a superpower.
The next 18 months are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a brand on a new social network. Utilize the global economy through Alibaba to get enough margin to really give it a shot. Don’t sleep on it.
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The bag market is set to outpace designer apparel to be worth $100 billion by 2027! This is the time to own an e-commerce brand! Here’s my product playbook – with factories – to start your own bag brand now.
I’ve worked on many bag products, tens of thousands of total units. There are so many opportunities out there, ranging from product presentation, to retail exit bags, to school bags, to designer bags, to mini bags. The size of this market can’t be underestimated!
Here’s a rough cost outline for bag products of different qualities from China:
Garment and tote bags to include with products is a great option for existing brands.
I purchase a lot of Rick Owens. What you may not know is that many Rick Owens’ products come with a super high-quality canvas bag that I use absolutely all the time. Providing a quality option for this helps cement your brand.
The Tiny Purse movement isn’t dead yet, and there’s lots of vendors with starting options. You need to ignore their styles, and design yourself. Take a loose concept they have so its a realistic starting point, but do you own design.
For most people it makes sense to start with an existing popular design and modify it to be something unique. This is a men’s option from Guangzhou Gaofeiya Leather Co
Translucent bags are also popular and affordable. Good option to easily put out a design in a unique style (over shoulder, fanny pack, tote, etc) with fun designs – especially for TikTok.
These are $10, custom logo at 100 minimum order quantity (MOQ).
These are 500 MOQ with custom graphics and packaging, but only $4.60 each
A vendor option for PU leather and patterned options on the cheaper end? Look at Shijiazhuang Anhong Trade Co
Quanzhou Fanlostar Int’l Co and Chongqing B.m. Import & Export are two legit factories who will import various materials as needed for quality options for any style you want to make.
Tips for sending a great “brief” to your chosen vendors:
Process notes: Include sketches or cad drawings with dimensions in cm/mm. If you want real leather, get a sample of the leather sent prior to an actual bag mockup. Expect to pay hundreds for a real quality single sample. This can usually be applied against your order invoice (just ask).
If you want to go expensive and charge a premium, read How to Differentiate a Luxury Brand. This is my starter guide for different techniques for differentiating a premium brand over time.
Laundry list of ideas I’ve had in this space you should use:
Backpacks are for kids, messengers aren’t much better. What’s a new form factor?
Quick checklist for succeeding with sourcing your product:
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In today’s economy, differentiation is what’s going to make you stand apart from the crowd, like this vendor. With almost 1 million transactions under their belt (so to speak) the Dongguan Rainbow Touches Garment Co. is a great vendor for differentiated and custom men’s fashionwear.
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Let’s start with this logo tee. If you look closely, this is actually a nice acid wash which will help make it stand out from what a basic tee is. You can start customizing your tee with a low MoQ (minimum order quantity) of just 30 pieces. Customized packaging also starts at just 30 pieces.
We’re looking at about 8.50 a piece on these if you want custom logo and packaging. Lead time for 100 or so pieces is just 7 days, and ordering 100 pieces also qualifies you for the $60 discount.
Let’s move on to this kind of jacket windbreaker, modeled here by legendary male model Stephen James. This is a great item for anyone doing merchandise because the actual cost is pretty cheap. And you don’t have to rush this for a super-high price point; You can make something useful and versatile for multiple seasons.
This is one of my favorites out of the options they offer. This is a satin-feel bomber jacket. Its obviously not real satin, but its embroidered with some really nice ideas.
With these, it would take about 200 pieces to get a customized logo, etc., and you’d need to order 500+ pieces for custom packaging. The good news is that you’re only looking at about $20 per piece, so you can get your thing up and running for about $1,000, plus shipping.
Here’s another unique item which would sell quite well. These all-over print shorts are polyester so I’d try to get a nicer fabric (like cotton or linen, perhaps). This has definitely got a very unique look that would help your merchandise stand out. This kind of all-over print is available in a range of options to choose from.
What’s great about this is that a sample of your custom design is only $50 and you can get custom packaging at only 50 pieces. 200 MoQ for your own logo and the end cost is only about $10 per unit.
Last is a great option for custom shorts if you’re looking for that 5-in. baggies look and all of the print. I actually like these camo ones right here, and with custom logos so you can make a fun product. Cost on these are only about $12 a piece.
Overall, this is a great vendor to look to if you want to start manufacturing clothing overseas. They have some versatile options and you can make more money than you would domestically.
Let me know in the comments below or on my TikTok video embedded above how far you got and what you eventually had made. And don’t forget to let me kno9w if you find other, similar vendors you think I should add to my curated list.
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My niche is connecting you to new manufactures so you can launch products and brands on TikTok and other social media channels that work. Today I’ll be showing you the fastest, easiest, and most affordable way to start a ceramic planter business on the platform.
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I can’t stress this enough: There has never been a better time to start your own business, and with everyone more at home now, green is the way to go. Plant TikTok is HUGE! Start a ceramic planter business now, and take advantage of this opportunity.
If you want to start a ceramic (also known as pottery) planter business, here is my go-to manufacturer to get you up and running. This is – by far – the only factory you’ll want to use to make planters: Fujian Dehua Bebon Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Here you can see the pricing for small, medium, and large ranging from $3.55 to $5.35 per piece if you’re just getting a single unit. One drawback is that they only do customized items locally and with packaging that’ll run from about $1,000.
But here’s the thing… you could customize those with finishing in the US.
They’ve got a wide variety of ceramic products inside and outside of the planters business but things like these simple pastels are a great option.
Here’s another option. This one comes with a little bottom piece as well, which makes a great set. You can customize that, brand it, sell it separately.
There’s also more unique form factors like this crumpled paper version, too.
If you want to lower the minimum order quantity to $1000, these have a really unique look. I believe you have some customization options with the pattern and you only need to get $120 to get started. They’re ranging from $2.55 to $4.55.
You do have to factor shipping into all of these but they’re all pretty reasonably-priced if you want to launch your own brand or product in the Plant TikTok space.
I do think the best option you can do is to find unique and interesting form factors with the ceramics and try to come up with some new ideas. Take this opportunity to develop something custom and bespoke with a factory like this. It may mean you might have to use a higher minimum order quantity (MoQ) with something that differentiates your product, makes it stand out, and helps keep the room together for anyone who buys it.
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Fall is a special time of year, no matter where you live. And if you’re anything like me come Fall, you’re lusting after some Loro Piana cashmere, vicuña, or extra-fine wool.
For those who don’t know Loro Piana, the Italian company specializes in clothing, leather goods, and textile products. It is 80% owned by the luxury conglomerate LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) group.
For almost 100 years, the brand has remained the largest cashmere manufacturer in the world. It is also known as the world’s leading artisan company that processes luxury fibers.
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If you’re starting a luxury clothing brand that may well rival Loro Piana some day, you’re going to need a supplier that will give you the high-quality edge you’re going to need to succeed. I’ve taken the hassle out of sourcing a supplier from you, and done my homework.
Enter… The Zhejiang Runyang Clothing Co.
The Zhejiang Runyang Clothing Co. factory is super well-regarded and it’s your source for high-quality cashmere and wool. They boast impressive stats, too:
Let’s take a look at some of their products…
We’ll start with these cashmere scarfs available in a variety of colors. I like this style. It’s pretty easy to adapt a style and length that you do like. Personally, I’m not a scarf person, but really think these would be a stylish addition to any Fall outfit.
From a pricing point of view, they’re pretty affordable, too. Let’s break it down:
I imagine you would be able to spread that across colors, etc. if you want to launch multiple styles.
And then, we’ve all been without that dripping cashmere sweater…
Then we’re dropping down to 30 a piece but with the same customization and a lot of the qualities that I broke down before.
Going back to Loro Piana, the original inspiration for this, here are my top tips if you want to get something of this quality:
Once you get started using a luxury fabric like cashmere, you’ll need a vendor like the Zhejiang Runyang Clothing Co. to get your initial products. With custom packaging, you’re all set to launch.
Let me know in the comments below or on my TikTok video how that goes for you, and if you found other, similar vendors to add to my curated list.
– Oren
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