Define the customer need and compare potential product ideas. Create a focused product brief with your intended market, features and budget assumptions.

Explore supplier research methods and compare capability, communication and production arrangements. Build a shortlist and prepare questions to investigate reliability before committing.

Turn your product brief into a simple specification and sample-review checklist. Record quality observations, packaging needs and questions to resolve with suppliers.

Compare quotations, minimum order quantities, lead times and payment terms. Build an indicative cost sheet covering the product, packaging and delivery assumptions.

Estimate a manageable first order and map how products will be stored, packed and dispatched. Identify stock risks and prepare a basic replenishment plan.

Develop a clear product offer, launch checklist and small initial market test. Define review points before increasing stock or committing to a larger order.