Interesting links. The first is for American factories only, which is neat, but I'd be surprised if this case was made in America. I'm familiar with the second link, but I don't believe it's related to factories/mass production. The third link is being squatted on.
Ah yes sorry, meant fabhub.io. Ironic to get the address wrong as its my site. Belated disclaimer.
For outsourcing, alibaba.com and mfg.com are the big ones. Starting onshore / digital may be good for short run & prototyping. Trade mags and manufacturer associations have local directories.
> We’re almost at the stage now where we will never have to even see another iPhone case.
"We successfully made the transition from being an ad agency with attached warehouse and fulfillment center to being solely an ad agency."
So you never had anything to do with the physical product anyway, no development or manufacturing or anything. Naturally you had to streamline your business process to reflect this, but it's not what I'd call a "Physical Product Experiment".
Awesome read. BTW, both UPS and USPS (don't know about FedEx, etc) will pickup packages on demand. Of course, if you live in an apartment, this does mean you have to be home at the time.
Not sure whether it's changed, but USPS pickup was only free a few years ago when you shipped Priority or higher.
I'm surprised how much time was spent writing addresses by hand. Paypal Multi-Order Shipping and cheap adhesive shipping labels, which can be found on eBay, take a lot of pain out of that process.
I'd love to buy several of these. Would you consider accepting Bitcoin? I'm always looking for ways to spend it and I see you're on Shopify which should make it very, very easy.
This is glossed over, yet I have no idea how I would even start contacting factories.