October 31st, 2008

The little animals of Monique are nice, we noticed that many people like them, plus it is easy to create many kinds of products with their simple design. So, the next idea that came naturally to our minds is : why not making a product line based on these round animals, and sell them ?
And so here are the options we’re facing :

1. To find manufacturers in Asia for a mass production and sell through a distributor in France/Europe who will take care of the stock, distribution, and marketing, but .. they’re not cheap.
2. To find local manufacturers, and sell the products ourselves. Which gives us a better margin, but also more logistic work and less time for creating new products.
3. To sell a licence of our design to a company with their own production and distribution network. The easiest way to start, but (ofcourse) the package comes with its inconvinient points too ..

It is a problem to find a reliable manufacturer. Monique who’s an Indonesian, naturally went to Indonesia to find ones, but like she thought might happen, knowing well the country and the way people work there, she didn’t find anything match to our expectations.
We can do like everybody else, outsourcing in China, but we will need a lot of preparations since we have no contact person there. So maybe later ..
For the moment, we choose to work with “nearby” suppliers. Less fuss, more quality ..

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