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Portrait of Oren John

Oren John

Product developer and designer with experience in fashion, jewelry and home goods. Co-author of Product Sourcing Secrets.

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01About Oren

In his words, from the course: “I have spent years helping brands and operators turn ideas into physical products, not as a theorist, but as someone who has sat in the middle of briefs, factories, freight quotes, and launch deadlines.”

02How he works

“The point of this course is not to impress you with jargon. It is to give you a repeatable way to make decisions so you stop guessing.”

“A beautiful mood board does not equal a manufacturable product. A low unit price on a chat screen does not equal a profitable order. And ‘the factory said they can do it’ is not a quality standard. Written specs, samples, and inspection are.”

03On ProductGods

Oren is one of the two instructors of Product Sourcing Secrets, with Colin Landforce. The guides below carry his byline.

Guides by Oren10 guides

Guides by Oren John

Start a brandHow to start a clothing brandGet the order right and most of the hard decisions get easier. Here is the sequence that takes a clothing brand from an idea to a first production run that sells.Oren John · 10 minStart a brandHow to start a jewelry brandYou can launch jewelry with a small first order, but only if the spec is exact. Here is the order we use, from the metal lane to a sealed sample and claims you can defend.Oren John · 9 minFind a factoryIs Alibaba legit? How to vet suppliers and pay safelyAlibaba is a real marketplace that real brands source from. The question is never whether Alibaba is legit. It is whether this supplier is.Oren John · 9 minDevelop the productThe product development process, stage by stageProduct development is a set of decisions made in order. Each stage produces a document the next one needs. Skip one and the factory fills the gap for you.Oren John · 9 minDevelop the productHow to manufacture a product: choose how it gets madeYou will almost never build a factory. You will choose who makes your product, how much of it is yours, and where. Those choices decide your minimums, your cash and your timeline.Oren John · 8 minDevelop the productWhat is a tech pack? A plain-English guideA tech pack is the instruction manual for your product. It is what lets two factories quote the same thing and lets bulk match the sample.Oren John · 8 minDevelop the productFree tech pack template (with a filled example)Every sheet a factory needs, what to write in each field, and a filled example. Download it as a spreadsheet, no email required.Oren John · 9 minDevelop the productQuality control inspection: factory audits, the three inspections and AQLWhat an independent inspector checks at each stage of an order, how AQL sampling decides pass or fail, what the report should show and what to do when a shipment fails.Oren John · 9 minCosts and termsFOB meaning: what Free On Board covers when you buy from a factoryFOB is one of the first terms you meet on a factory quote. What it includes, where your risk starts, why it is not the same as "FOB shipping point" on a US invoice, and how to compare it with EXW and DDP.Oren John · 10 minCosts and termsImporting from China to the US: the steps for a small brandThe order of operations from a factory quote to cartons at your door, with each US rule linked to the regulation, so you know what to ask your broker and forwarder.Oren John · 11 min
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Product Sourcing Secrets walks one product from idea to an approved production order: the brief, the RFQ, sampling, landed cost, the PO and inspection. It comes with The Vault, our researched list of 300+ factories with contact notes, and a database of 100+ tech pack designers.

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