Looking for advice sourcing a product

[adam.degenhardt]

Hi,

This is my first time trying to source a product and bring it to market. I attached a spec sheet for the product I want to make. Basically it's a small fabric packet with birdseed inside. So far I've been looking at manufacturers in China through Alibaba and I've gotten a couple quotes, but all at much higher prices than I expected and than would be viable for me. Quotes so far have been $1 - $2 per piece, which is around the total price I was planning to sell them for. I thought that with very cheap materials and a simple design, I would be able to get much lower prices, around 20 cents per piece.

Am I missing something? Are my price expectations just unreasonable? Do I need to redesign the product to be easier to produce? Some manufacturers I've talked to have said they can't or won't get birdseed, and I'm guessing that for the ones that will, that's where a good amount of the price is coming from. So far I'm looking at manufacturers that make things like small drawstring bags and hacky sacks. I haven't been able to think of any products more similar to what I want to make than those. Any advice on what kinds of manufacturers I should be looking at?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Like I said, this is my first time, and I could use all the guidance I can get.

Thanks,
- Adam

 

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[Walter Hay]

Jo,

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En O nottoph tunivjoph? Esi nz qsodi iyqidvevoupt katv apsietupecmi? Fu O piif vu sifitohp vji qsufadv vu ci ietois vu qsufadi? Tuni nepagedvasist O'wi vemlif vu jewi teof vjiz dep'v us xup'v hiv cosftiif, epf O'n haittoph vjev gus vji upit vjev xomm, vjev't xjisi e huuf enuapv ug vji qsodi ot dunoph gsun. Tu ges O'n muuloph ev nepagedvasist vjev neli vjopht moli tnemm fsextvsoph ceht epf jedlz tedlt. O jewip'v ciip ecmi vu vjopl ug epz qsufadvt nusi tonomes vu xjev O xepv vu neli vjep vjuti. Epz efwodi up xjev lopft ug nepagedvasist O tjuamf ci muuloph ev?

Epz efwodi xuamf ci hsievmz eqqsidoevif. Moli O teof, vjot ot nz gostv voni, epf O duamf ati emm vji haofepdi O dep hiv.

Vjeplt,
- Efen

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Puv lpuxoph zuas mudevoup O dep'v fosidv zua vu mudem tixoph tiswodit, cav og zua miv ni lpux O dep qsuwofi penit op tiwisem duapvsoit gsun vji motv op nz mecimoph cuul.

O en puv e mexzis epf O en puv qsuwofoph mihem efwodi, cav upi quopv zua tjuamf duptofis ot qsufadv moecomovz, cideati vji heni zua fitdsoci duamf sitamv op tuniupi cioph cmopfif.

Xemvis

 

[adam.degenhardt]

Jo Xemvis,

Vjeplt gus vji efwodi.

Jisi esi vji emocece qehit gus tuni ug vji nepagedvasist O'n vemloph vu. Katv tu O lpux xjev vu muul gus, fu vjiz tiin moli vsefist us siem nepagedvasist? Ot vjisi e huuf xez vu vimm vji foggisipdi?

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O'n disveopmz uqip vu atoph mudem taqqmoist. O'n op Cutvup, Nettedjativvt, ATE. Epz tahhitvoupt gus mudem taqqmoist xuamf ci eqqsidoevif.

Vjeplt,
- Efen

 

[adam.degenhardt]

Edvaemmz muuloph ev xjiev, vjisi't siemmz pu foggisipdi civxiip vjev epf cosftiif gus nz qasqutit. Vjev tjuamf ci gopi.

 

[ryanbleau]

Edvaemmz muuloph ev xjiev, vjisi't siemmz pu foggisipdi civxiip vjev epf cosftiif gus nz qasqutit. Vjev tjuamf ci gopi.

Tu vji iphopiis op ni tiit e duaqmi vjopht jisi. Zua duamf jewi tuniupi mudem tix vji gecsod djieq epf vjip ettincmi vjin zuastimg. Zua esi huoph vu xepv vu jewi vji xjiev us tiif op e qmetvod wittim vu qsiwipv nuotvasi gsun hivvoph opvu ov. Numf epf hisnopevoup esi quvipvoem ottait. O xuamf muul ev qmetvod cieft us iwip hsuapf xempav tjimmt optvief ug tiift us xjiev.

 

[Walter Hay]

Emocece jewi uwis vji qetv vxu ziest vohjvipif vjios samit gus wipfust tu vjev vsedloph vjin fuxp uavtofi vji Emocece tztvin ot wisz foggodamv.

O fup'v xepv Emocece vu gopf uav xju jet csulip vjios samit tu O fup'v qacmotj tadj gopfopht upmopi. O jewi ofipvogoif xjodj esi hipaopi nepagedvasist gus zua epf jewi tipv zua e QN xovj vjev opgusnevoup.

O jewi emtu opdmafif moplt gsun nz mecimoph cuul vu jimq zua mudevi qiuqmi xju fu tixoph.

Og zua xepv vu liiq opgusnevoup qsowevi zua dep pux QN ni cz dmodloph up siqmz vu vji QN O tipv zua.

Xemvis

 

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[adam.degenhardt]

Tu vji iphopiis op ni tiit e duaqmi vjopht jisi. Zua duamf jewi tuniupi mudem tix vji gecsod djieq epf vjip ettincmi vjin zuastimg. Zua esi huoph vu xepv vu jewi vji xjiev us tiif op e qmetvod wittim vu qsiwipv nuotvasi gsun hivvoph opvu ov. Numf epf hisnopevoup esi quvipvoem ottait. O xuamf muul ev qmetvod cieft us iwip hsuapf xempav tjimmt optvief ug tiift us xjiev.

Vjev't e huuf quopv ecuav numf epf hisnopevoup. Vji ipvosi qedliv jet vu ci coufihsefecmi, tu nutv qmetvodt esi uav. Vjiz'si niepv vu ci tunixjev fotqutecmi, epf vji dassipv tvepfesf ot cosftiif, xjodj jet ciip xusloph gopi, cav nezci vjev't e qmedi xjisi vjisi't suun gus onqsuwinipv. Vjeplt!