There are lots of resources that make running a product-based business easier than ever.
We've complied a list of our favorites, including affordable graphic design solutions, quick-turn product photography studios, and small-batch warehouses to outsource your fulfillment.
Sourcing & Manufacturing
Maker's Valley
Connect with "Made in Italy" factories for clothes, shoes, bags and more.
Maker’s Row
Find US manufacturers in a variety of product categories.
ThomasNet
A large database of US manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers.
ALIBABA
The biggest and arguably best way to connect directly with overseas factories, particularly in Asia.
PLEASE NOTE:
Having great manufacturing and quality control partners is essential, but it doesn’t guarantee you will avoid problems with design, production, or quality. We recommend that you have expert guidance - through our service or another consultant you trust - to help you manage these relationships and protect your interests.
Design & Photos
Creative Market
Beautiful, easy to use templates for pitch decks, social media graphics, landing pages and more.
Design Contest
Let graphic designers compete for your business! Host a design contest for logos, branding guides, product artwork and more
Looka
Use Looka's AI-powered platform to design a logo, make a website, and build a brand you love.
Fiverr
Fiverr is great for accomplishing low-cost, project-based design work. You can also search for tasks like product photography, keyword research for SEO, and simple video animations.
Soona
High-quality, quick turnaround product & lifestyle photography.
E-Commerce & Sales
Shopify
Get a super-professional, functional website – easy to manage on the backend – and that connects with a bunch of helpful shipping and promo apps!
Big Commerce
Another popular ecommerce platform to get your store up and running.
Hey Carson
Get help with all the small shopify tasks you can’t (or just don’t want to) do yourself.
Out Of The Sandbox
Beautiful Shopify themes to uplevel your website look and feel.
Square
Process credit card payments on the go at fairs, trade shows, and pop up with this handy card reader.
Storetasker
Need help building and managing your Shopify store? Find affordable taskers who can assist you.
Woo Commerce
A great ecommerce store solution if you want to integrate your website with an existing wordpress site.
Clear Brand Academy
A video course to help you create a website that sells. Includes a pre-built ecommerce template.
Fulfillment
Packlane
The most beautiful custom shipping boxes! Wow your customers with a branded delivery experience plus get $25 off your first order
EasyShip
Install on your website and get the best shipping rate comparisons each time you are preparing to ship an order.
Shippingeasy
An alternative to EasyShip to manage your own ecommerce shipping from your home or office.
ShipStation
Want to make money while you sleep? Use a site like Shipstation to handle all your fulfillment. Just ship finished product to their warehouse and they’ll do the rest.
Shipmonk
Shipmonk is another great way to fulfill customer orders. Send them your inventory and they’ll ship orders directly to your customers!
Anytime Mailbox
Get a mailing address for your business for less than $5 a month.
Marketing
Affiliatly
Incentivize influencers, bloggers and passionate customers to promote your brand with an affiliate program. You'll be able to generate a unique URL for each affiliate, set your own commission terms, track referred sales, and easily make payouts.
Brandboom
Get a FREE professional -looking line sheet for pitching retailers. Easily upload products listings, pricing, terms and more, and download a line sheet minutes later.
The Hoth
Get your website to #1 in the search rankings with search engine optimization. The HOTH will help you create high-quality backlinks and more.
ConvertKit
Manage email marketing like a pro. When someone checks out with a product on your website, you can assign them a certain tag, and then trigger a series of automated emails (i.e suggest more products, collect feedback etc) over days, weeks or months.
Jungle Scout
Software to help you manage and grow Amazon sales.
Flodesk
Design emails people actually love to get in their inbox—and look great on any device. Beginners and experts use Flodesk to create campaigns that grow their business.
Google Rank Checker
See how your site is performing for certain search terms (and check in on your competition).
Planoly
Plan and schedule your Instagram posts in advance.
PLEASE NOTE:
None of these companies have asked us to promote their products. While some pay an affiliate commission, all of these resources are suggestions we would share with clients regardless. We hope this list helps you grow your business!
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Learn To Make A Product™ is a business accelerator for physical product entrepreneurs. We provide the mentoring, connections, and resources you need to turn your product idea into a successful business!
