Resources
Custom Plush Buying Guides
Four guides for the decisions that come before a quotation: what to prepare, what drives cost, which material choices matter, and which market requirements apply.
What These Guides Are For
They exist to shorten the gap between an idea and a brief that can be quoted.
Most first enquiries arrive incomplete: a picture without views, a quantity without a split, a date without a shipping mode. The gap is rarely reluctance; it is not knowing which details change the answer.
Each guide covers one of those gaps and ends with the inputs that make the next step specific. None of them publishes prices, lead times or certificates, because those depend on the project.
If you already have a complete brief, skip the guides and send it. They are here for the stage before that.
The Guides
Start with the question you cannot answer yet.
Artwork And Project Brief Checklist
Views, dimensions, colour and market information a pattern maker needs before sampling.
Artwork checklistCosts, Samples And MOQ
What a quotation is made of, how sampling is charged, and why the quantity split moves the unit price.
Cost guideMaterials And Customization Options
How surface, filling, decoration and packing decisions change shape, handfeel and cost.
Materials guide
Five Questions, Five Entries
| Question | Go To | What It Settles |
|---|---|---|
| What do I need to prepare? | Artwork and project brief checklist | Views, size intent, colours, market and what is still missing |
| Which material or option fits? | Materials and customization | Surface, filling, decoration and packing trade-offs |
| How is the price built? | Costs, samples and MOQ | What is included, what is separate and what is confirmed per project |
| How do I approve a sample? | Design to sample | Revision rounds, change list and the approval that releases production |
| How are packing and shipping handled? | Production and delivery | Packing instruction, carton marks, freight method and documents |
A Short Path From Idea To Quotation
Five steps, in the order that avoids rework.
Describe The Project
Purpose, audience and the date the goods must be usable.
Prepare The Artwork
Gather views, size intent and colour references; declare what is missing.
Fix The Quantity Split
Units per style, colour and packing variant rather than a single total.
Check Material And Packing Choices
Decide what matters for handfeel, branding and distribution.
Send The Brief
Market, age group, rights statement and Incoterm complete the picture.
Have The Brief Ready?
Skip ahead. A complete brief is more useful than a perfect one written later.