What is ODM?

What is ODM?

ODM stands for ‘Original Design Manufacturing’ and means that the customer simply brings the product idea to the factory, which develops and manufactures a specific product based on it.

In other words, it's an approach that leaves everything from product planning to design, development and manufacturing to the factory, requiring its operators to focus solely on sales.

However, with China imports, it is common to select products already available in the Chinese market that you want to sell as private label products and ask the factory to grant you your own brand.

This is exactly why China Import ODM is suitable for beginners, it is characterised by the ease of product and factory selection!

There are significant differences between ODM and OEM in the product development and manufacturing process.

As mentioned above, in ODM, the factory is responsible for everything from the product planning stage to manufacturing, and the requesting business person is only responsible for selling the product.

On the other hand, in OEM, the business operator is responsible for the planning, design and development of the product and the factory is only responsible for the manufacturing process based on it.

Both ODM and OEM end up importing and selling the product as a private label product, but they differ in terms of who is responsible for product planning and development.

The process from product planning to development requires a certain amount of business experience, so it can be said that OEM is a bit more difficult than ODM.

What are the benefits of ODM implementation?

The benefits of ODM implementation include the following three.

Own-brand products without the need to develop know-how.

-You can sell your own brand products at a low cost

-You can bring a private label product to market in a short period of time.

Official 1688 (Alibaba) partners provide a list of carefully selected factories

As an official partner of 1688 (Alibaba), we have access to an official list of selected factories.

In addition, our partner factories have unique technical capabilities and experience in handling a wide range of product categories.

In addition, we have established the following strict selection criteria when presenting to our members.

(1) High quality, less than 3% defective rate, short production lead time, quick quotation available (mandatory)

(2) We can offer competitive prices or minimum order quantities

(3) Experienced in branded apparel and grocery manufacturing (mandatory)

(4) Independent designers or pattern makers or ability to propose OEM products (prerequisite)

(5) Factories with good quality and more than 10 years of experience in the industry and official certification mark 1688 (mandatory).

Therefore, efficient product development can be realised by finding the best partner according to the product specifications required by the customer.