The most consequential decision a Kickstarter creator makes is rarely the product itself — it’s the choice of manufacturing partner. A great product paired with a poor factory ships late, ships defective, or doesn’t ship at all. A modest product paired with a competent factory typically reaches backers on time, in spec, and with the […]
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You’d assume that when you pay $20,000 for an injection mould, you own a $20,000 mould. Most Chinese contract manufacturers operate on a different assumption. The disagreement only surfaces months or years later, usually in one of three scenarios: You try to switch factories and discover the moulds aren’t yours to move. A competitor’s version
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Home appliances are one of the categories where China’s manufacturing dominance is most absolute. Refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, small kitchen appliances, water heaters, hair dryers — for most of these product types, the world’s largest factories sit in eastern and southern China, alongside the brands that grew up there (Haier,
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The single most common mistake we see from crowdfunding hardware founders is treating IP protection as a legal exercise. It is, in part. But the protection that actually holds up — the protection that prevents your design from showing up as a knockoff on Alibaba within 90 days of your Kickstarter campaign going live —
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Most importing problems trace back to a supplier-selection problem. The factory looked legitimate online, the quotes were competitive, samples were good — and three months later the production run was poor quality, late, or never arrived because the “factory” was actually a trading company that subcontracted to a workshop that closed. China supplier verification services
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