Great post. Mind sharing the company that did the packaging and shipping for you? (Or any alternatives)
The Results Of My Year-Long Physical Product Experiment
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#12>After a lot of back and forth with a few different factories, I managed to find one that could do what I wanted. This is glossed over, yet I have no idea how I would even start contacting factories.
Makersrow.com custommade.com fabhub.com
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#13>After a lot of back and forth with a few different factories, I managed to find one that could do what I wanted. This is glossed over, yet I have no idea how I would even start contacting factories.
Or how to even find them. I think this would typically be easier in the US than in Europe.
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#14Exit offers for Shopify are powered by Sticky[1]. [1]: http://www.addsticky.com/
Any idea about their rates? Honestly, this seems pretty easy to set up yourself.
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#15I'd love to buy several of these. Would you consider accepting Bitcoin? I'm always looking for ways to spend it and I see you're on Shopify which should make it very, very easy.
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#16>After a lot of back and forth with a few different factories, I managed to find one that could do what I wanted. This is glossed over, yet I have no idea how I would even start contacting factories.
Makersrow.com custommade.com fabhub.com
Interesting links. The first is for American factories only, which is neat, but I'd be surprised if this case was made in America. I'm familiar with the second link, but I don't believe it's related to factories/mass production. The third link is being squatted on.
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#17Have you considered outsourcing your shipping to a third party logistics company? Slightly added cost but takes away a bunch of the pain as well.
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#18> We’re almost at the stage now where we will never have to even see another iPhone case.
"We successfully made the transition from being an ad agency with attached warehouse and fulfillment center to being solely an ad agency."
So you never had anything to do with the physical product anyway, no development or manufacturing or anything. Naturally you had to streamline your business process to reflect this, but it's not what I'd call a "Physical Product Experiment".
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#19So this is the same guy that bought the Las Vegas apartment and rents it on Airbnb?
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Makersrow.com custommade.com fabhub.com
Interesting links. The first is for American factories only, which is neat, but I'd be surprised if this case was made in America. I'm familiar with the second link, but I don't believe it's related to factories/mass production. The third link is being squatted on.
Ah yes sorry, meant fabhub.io. Ironic to get the address wrong as its my site. Belated disclaimer.
For outsourcing, alibaba.com and mfg.com are the big ones. Starting onshore / digital may be good for short run & prototyping. Trade mags and manufacturer associations have local directories.