In this podcast, Josh, the founder of MorphoMFG, shares some tips for manufacturing products in China. His company serves as the middle man between inventors and chinese manufacturing plants. MorphoMFG has helped $3 million worth of crowdfunded products deliver their rewards to backers.
MorphoMFG has written articles for CrowdCrux before including ‘Avoid This Major Kickstarter Manufacturing Mistake‘ and ‘6 Biggest Mistakes When Manufacturing Crowdfunded Products in China.‘
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Key Takeaways
– To protect your IP when manufacturing overseas, it’s important to breakdown the components of your product and have them manufactured in different factories. This way, one factory can’t easily replicate your product.
– Try to find a contract manufacturer who can deal with factories for you. If you are trying to deal with factories in China on your own, it will be difficult because of the language barrier and they may cut corners.
– Don’t leave anything out when you are describing different components of your product. You don’t want a manufacturer to do any kind of guess work when they are making your product on a large scale. Be more detailed than you think you need to be.
– China may have a reputation of being “cheap,” but in reality they produce high quality products, as long as you know what you are doing. Don’t forget that the iPhone is produced in China.
– China is a great manufacturing location for electronics. For other industries like fabric or clothing, other destinations have advantages.
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