MOQ, lead times & licensing
FAQ: MOQ, lead times, samples and licensed IP
Minimum quantities, schedules, artwork formats, samples and how licensed IP is handled — the questions international partners ask before the first brief.
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Questions we are asked before the first brief
Yes. The process is built for international B2B partners: enquiries in English and Japanese, and delivery worldwide.
No. We develop and produce merchandise programmes for companies that hold or licence intellectual property. Basic unit prices are confirmed after a new account application.
Yes. Creative direction is the first step, so a concept becomes specified products — materials, construction and finish — before final artwork exists.
Yes. Enquiries, specifications and day-to-day project communication are handled in English and Japanese.
Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI), layered TIFF and print-ready PDF. Other formats can be discussed, by email or upload to our server.
Up to nine-colour printing on textile products, applied by sublimation transfer.
From 50 pieces for most textile products, and from 100 pieces for tapestry. Smaller runs can be discussed; a colour-matching fee then applies separately from the unit price.
Prices vary with specification, quantity and trading terms, so please ask before ordering. The basic unit price is confirmed after a new account application.
For textile products: fabric, printing, sewing, assembly, insertion of the instruction manual and PP bag packing. Instruction manuals you supply can be enclosed.
Yes. Nothing moves to volume production until a pre-production sample is signed off. Fabric swatches and sample sets can be sent internationally.
Indicatively six to fifteen weeks from brief to delivery, depending on complexity, quantity, approvals and season. A committed schedule is issued once the specification is agreed.
Yes. Packaging is developed as part of the product, and labelling, export documentation and worldwide shipping run in the same workflow.
No. Battery products, including power banks, are not part of the programme.
Yes. Packaging is developed as part of the product — retail-ready packaging, labelling and the insertion of an instruction manual you supply.
Yes. Checkpoints are agreed in advance, and a final QC report and compliance documents are issued with the finished series.
Yes. Fabric swatches and sample sets are sent internationally, and nothing moves to volume production until the pre-production sample is signed off.
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