✷ HOW TO FIND A MANUFACTURER + MY FIRST PLUSHIES ✷ how to manufacture products from start to finish!
2023 ж. 11 Қаң.
25 923 Рет қаралды
hey friends! here's my first "how to" video! I put a lot of work into this one for yall so I hope it's helpful! I'll be sure to put time stamps in the comments!
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Thank you for sharing! People normally gate keep this kind of info or don’t show it! I have asked people what they use and they say they don’t want to tell me. I don’t understand why people hate keep the information - normally i’m not making the same thing as you and might be making for a completely different audience as well,, and would be using my own designs. I’m not stealing your audience / customers in doing so. That kinda thing drives me crazy. I appreciate you sharing this info, because it’s incredibly difficult to find this from anyone! Hope you’re having a lovely day!
You’re welcome! Also like I say in the video, sometimes it’s really expensive to find a manufacturer and you spend a lot of money trying to find the right one, so sometimes it’s understandable. Just be sure to ask some of your art friends too! ☺️
Thank you for sharing this! I hate when people see me as competition instead of a colleague. I want to make my own plushie that NOT EVEN intended to be sold and they just keep gatekeeping. Thank you!!
Omg I love how busy bug and clementine turned out as plushies!!
Thanks for sharing Veronica! You were very thorough in your manu. search and tips for communicating with manufacturers. The plushes turned out SUPER cute. I'm totally gonna pre-order a lil' clementine-so sweet. 🌈
Yay I’m glad it was so helpful!!
As someone who designs products and works with factories for a living I wanted to say that this is a great overview. However, I have never manufactured or sourced my own designs so that part was really inspiring to see. Good on you for going for it! Also, anyone who is complaining that you are not providing confidential sourcing information is ridiculous.
Thank you for ALL the information. Us new comers really appreciate it. It’s so overwhelming at the beginning. You are amazing. I am coming back to your pateron. I’ve been missing my stickers and postcard every month. It was such an exciting time for me. I so want the plushies. As always much love from 6breakingloose
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I cannot stress this enough yall, make a new email specifically for this. Your email will be PACKED full of Alibaba messages and ads 😂 also when I did this for some odd reason all my coworkers got bombarded with Alibaba emails as well as emails about my design which kinda freaked me out lol
as an (ex) product designer, it actually doesnt matter if the design is in cmyk or rgb, but you need to call out every color that is on the design as a pantone color so that the manufacturer can reference it. some programs have a tool for this (like Adobe Illustrator) otherwise you would need a pantone swatch book and manually match the colors. i am impressed at what you could figure out without art school or professional product design experience!
I guess that’s true! This was before I got a Pantone book though haha 😆
Thankyou for sharing! This was very helpful!
your plushies look so cute!!! and thank you for the tips on finding a manufacturer :)
You’re welcome!! Hopefully it helps!
hey friends! Please like, share, comment & subscribe!! I always forget to say lol ✨Also plushies go up for pre-order on January 21st @ 11AM CDT!!!!✨ Time stamps: 0:00 first time getting my Busy Bug & Clementine plushies/story about them 2:50 let’s get started/intro about manufacturing 4:24 first step 5:05 rgb vs cmyk 10:37 finding a general manufacturer 13:19 overseas manufacturers/how to use alibaba 18:58 starting the plushie process 27:18 PRE-ORDERS ANNOUNCEMENT 🥳
This is super cute!
Here to comment at the beginning! I am so excited about this video! Thank you Veronica! Now off to watch lol....
Thank you so much for watching!!
Hello Veronika! Yout two designes turned out so nice as pushies 🥰 Thank you so much for all the information you shared in this video! It's super helpful 💕 Figuring out RGB and CMYK is pretty difficult for me aswell but it has to be done 😄 Have a lovely day!
so glad it helped!!
The thumbnail is funny because it looks like it says "FINDING A MAN"
LOL
Thank you for the info, I already make plushies (clayface and crochet) but I'd love to have one made of my own designs to sell for a bit less!
Hi, really cool toys! I would like to design my own but I'm confused with a number of available manufacturers - I don't know which one is noteworthy. Can you share which one you chose?
Omg thank you so much for sharing. I'm psych too and i want to produce plushies for my clients but i don't know where to start haha i have lots of ideas. I don't design but i think I'll hired someone to make my dream come true 😂 Agreed with you that trial and error is a must. thanks you thank you for sharing. BTW your plushies are so cute!!!!
Awww I didn’t know you had a Patron until, I’ve literally just gone and signed up 💜🙌🏻
Thank you so much!!!
Clementine is perfect and I love them so much they're perfect 😭
Thank you 😭🍊
Thank you!
Thank u for sharing ur process of the sample photos ! I’m going through the same thing where it feels discouraging when they updated plush doesn’t look as imagined but it’s really helpful to know this is just part of the process and that changing manufacturers is fine too :) ur plushies are very cute I love clementine
Thank you!! Glad it helps!!
Hey! I loved this video, and had a few questions of my own. I know depending on the manufacturer it will be different, but how long from sending in and agreeing on a design was it until you got to see a photo of the sample plush?
Probably around two weeks!
These are adorable! Do you know what kind of fabric they used?
I already know what I want my own plush to look like but still confused of how to get some company or someone good to make it
Hi, thanks for sharing your video, do you need any special information/testing/regulation for the label to sell in the USA?
do you have a recommendation for an at home printer? i used to print myself but the colors were never as vibrant as yours!
I have a canon pixma!
@@veronicaporlier thank you for sharing!
have u also made vinyl figures?
I made it lol, a bit late but im here
Yay thanks for watching!
@@veronicaporlier np :>
So how much do you charge for the manufactures name? I sure would love to save money. How about asking the manufacturer for a referral fee?
Sticker blitz allows rgb files,I’ve ordered from them three times now.
Ooh I’ve never heard of them!
@@veronicaporlier they ship pretty fast, I order 5 stickers and they send me 12.
Who did you end up using?
Interesting video, but I’m a little confused how the fact that you spent money makes you want to share less info. The only people who profit from that lack of sharing are the companies who do “bad” work, like the first one that you ordered samples from. The next time someone is in your position, they might also order samples from that company and lose money in the same way you did. So even if it’s not your goal to cause suffering, the result of you not sharing all the info is that more people will suffer the same way you did. And it’s not like the money you spent becomes a better investment if you keep things secret.
Exactly. This is the second person I’ve come across that gate keeps for this. Why not charge for the info, or ask the manufacturer to give you a commission for the referral??
You said you were more hesitant with sharing information about oversees information because you had to spend a lot of money etc. Why would you want to put other people through that? If you're going to make a KZhead video to help people, then help them. Break the mold and don't be like other gate keeping people. Knowledge should be free. You wouldn't have to spend so much money if more people helped you.
I literally tell you step by step how to find a manufacturer. Some of you just want the easy answer for me to just tell you exactly who I use. I’m teaching HOW to do it, not just giving the answers. As a business owner, I know exactly why this is a bad idea and most other business owners know this too.