billdough

either domestic or overseas - whatever can give us high quality and low price. i have currently been talking to factories in china, but our prototypes have all been made locally.

any times on finding a good intermediary? i've talked to xpicorp.com, who have seemed helpful, and i've tried pch international, but got transferred around their phone system.

tooling costs have ranged from 5,000 USD to 12,000 USD. i plan on visiting the factories, but the large range in prices has me unsure of how i should price my own product.

first run of production will be 5k units. we will ramp up production once we get more distribution and the product begins to sell well.

is this how one gets into "Ask HN"? just do a self post?