Comments on: Go It Alone: How To Make Your Stuff In China (Part 1) http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:35:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: designtheatre http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-240 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:01:33 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-240 Farooq, you will buy your goods “FOB Port”, typically Hong Kong or Yantian, which means you are responsible for ocean transport to a US port and inland transport to your final destination. Ocean transport cost itself is a combination of fixed costs and variable costs (based on weight and/or volume) as well as tariffs. You can search online for the Harmonized Tariff Code list (HTS codes) to see what category your product falls into and how large the tariff is – typically 0 to 5%. There’s no real rule of thumb but just to give you a general idea, assuming you’re doing something small and light with a tariff of 5% in QTY of 5-6000 pcs, I’d estimate ~$1/unit to your US warehouse, just to get you started. Search for “freight forwarders” online to get a more accurate quote and make sure to check multiple sources. Good luck!

]]> By: Farooq Khan http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-239 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:50:41 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-239 Hi Adam,

Thanks for the guidance on coroflot. This blog has really pushed me into action (have a design in hand) and I’m already looking into suppliers in China. I am just curious what the total costs are in getting a shipment of product over to the US. Besides the FOB price per unit, does the buyer (myself) pay for the ocean freight and the freight from port to my office? Is there a handy website or rule of thumb on the additional cost? In the end, I’m just trying to get a rough estimate of the total cost of making + procuring the product that is ready to sell.

Thanks!

]]> By: designtheatre http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-238 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:15:32 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-238 Farooq, thanks for the kind words. It has been years since I’ve used Coroflot although it was very useful at the time. In fact, I don’t recall there being any cost to review design portfolios (that may have changed). In terms of cost of the project – well that varies wildly with the scope, of course. I would say, back of the envelope, that you should be able to get some useful work out of a scrappy freelancer for less than $1000 to start. Just ot give you a general order of magnitude. Hope this helps.

]]> By: Farooq Khan http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-237 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:10:24 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-237 Hi Adam,

First I wanted to say I love the blog (especially this entire series about China) and find it extremely useful and inspiring.

I was wondering how you went about finding a designer at coroflot, and what was the total cost of doing business with them (posting cost + design cost)? Any insights here would be great.

Thanks!

]]> By: JoeBorn http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-201 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:18:58 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-201 Right, I haven’t had time to do real writing myself on this subject, so I just do some snippets and videos as I think of things. Its not as good but its what I have time for and I think something is better than nothing I reposted this on inventocracy.wordpress.com in case you didn’t see it or get a trackback.

]]> By: designtheatre http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-199 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:31:07 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-199 Joe, appreciate the kind words. Thanks for reading! I’ve been side-tracked but hope to get back to writing this winter. -Adam

]]> By: JoeBorn http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-197 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:38:13 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-197 Great posting, you are really doing a great service giving folks a feel for this process. I’ve done this for years and found your article very sound.

]]> By: DezVFX http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-191 Mon, 31 May 2010 16:16:52 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-191 Great article. I hope you do a video series with this theme. Keep up the good (and informative) work.

DezVFX
@GraphicDesignNY

]]> By: 5 Sweet Link for Designers http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-190 Fri, 28 May 2010 01:31:51 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-190 [...] Go It Alone: How to Make Your Stuff In China – A fantastic birds eye view article series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)on producing consumer electronics in China. [...]

]]> By: Chiriqui http://designtheatre.net/2010/04/01/go-it-alone-how-to-make-your-stuff-in-china-part-1/#comment-182 Wed, 12 May 2010 10:02:16 +0000 http://designtheatre.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-182 Bookmarked your blog. Thank you for sharing. Definitely worth the time away from my studies.

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