It cost me $50k+ and multiple trips to Hong Kong & China to find my factories.
But now you can find any brand's overseas manufacturers for FREE.
The ultimate tool for finding the best overseas partners 👇
But now you can find any brand's overseas manufacturers for FREE.
The ultimate tool for finding the best overseas partners 👇
I've been sharing tons of factory links to overseas and domestic vendors for clothing, supplements, wellness, sports and more.
But I realize everyone has their own product ideas, and while these tools are great, they don't cover everything.
But I realize everyone has their own product ideas, and while these tools are great, they don't cover everything.
Enter Import Yeti.
Any shipment to the US from overseas of a certain size requires customs sea shipment records.
Import Yeti aggregates these for easy search.
It's a goldmine for finding brands connections.
Any shipment to the US from overseas of a certain size requires customs sea shipment records.
Import Yeti aggregates these for easy search.
It's a goldmine for finding brands connections.
To start, you need to know the companies actual business names.
Your best bet for this? Go to their website, go to the footer, and click the Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy.
In side the legalese, you'll find the actual company name.
Your best bet for this? Go to their website, go to the footer, and click the Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy.
In side the legalese, you'll find the actual company name.
Now you just search Import Yeti. You can search the brand name, if that doesnt work, then the company name you found etc. Most things will come up right away just with the brand name.
Here's an example with Outdoor Voices.
Here's an example with Outdoor Voices.
You'll get a list of companies, select the one for your brand, and you can see the "number of shipments" which will be helpful to guage usefulness.
Our example shows 56, jackpot.
Brands with multiple hubs will often have multiple results fwiw.
Our example shows 56, jackpot.
Brands with multiple hubs will often have multiple results fwiw.
Once you're here, you'll get a list of all their shipments. Here you see a wide variety of factories, mostly Vietnam, some China.
I clicked the first one, and most popular. If you scroll down you can also see other plces this factory ships to! Forever 21, Chubbies, Cutter and Buck. This is a WINNER.
It will also brand map factories, their top brands, and those brands top partners. This is CRAZY information to be available to anyone 🤯
In some cases, you will run across brands where there the majority of shipments come from one factory, and that factory has no other relationships.
This is a vertically integrated brand who has their own factory. You're out of luck :(.
Kudos to them tho!
This is a vertically integrated brand who has their own factory. You're out of luck :(.
Kudos to them tho!
This isn't just factories in Asia. One of my favorite menswear brands is John Elliot, I love them for their quality... and guess what, a lot of their shipments are from Italy.
It's also not just clothes. Want to start a lighting company for creators? Here you are. EVERY category is on here.
Once you have the factory? There are options on page to search via Alibaba and Google.
This is where the work comes in. Not all have websites, not all are findable.
A couple things to note:
This is where the work comes in. Not all have websites, not all are findable.
A couple things to note:
Some of these websites aren't secure and will get warnings in chrome. Be safe, but know you're going to ignore some browser warnings.
With enough google hunting you can ussually get a phone number or email. I've also found them on linkedin search, and on the weibo/wechat app.
With enough google hunting you can ussually get a phone number or email. I've also found them on linkedin search, and on the weibo/wechat app.
There is absolutely no excuse not to start your own brand. The sourcing of these products is commoditized. Anyone can find a perfect factory for their product.
What stands out? Actual innovation, branding and marketing.
With great execution, the next big brand is...
YOU.
What stands out? Actual innovation, branding and marketing.
With great execution, the next big brand is...
YOU.
If you found this valuable I have an super powerful newsletter about bringing products to life, link in bio @orenmeetsworld.
I put EVERYTHING in there, product and branding gems weekly from all of my (rapidly increasing) projects.
I put EVERYTHING in there, product and branding gems weekly from all of my (rapidly increasing) projects.
RT to share the alpha with the world, I'd appreciate it!
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