If the product format is open, compare its intended use and character features first. If the format is decided, review the artwork, size, materials and packing, and identify which details need a physical sample.
Prepare the product and artwork first
Confirm the product and its artwork before comparing prices or choosing packaging. Record the details that still need buyer or supplier approval.
- Product and use: Decide whether the character should become plush, a plush keychain, acrylic, a pin, printed goods or a mixed collection. Record where it will be sold, displayed or used.
- Artwork status: Identify the current file, locked character features, missing views and details that may need a manufacturable proposal.
- Physical proof: State what a prototype must prove, such as plush shape, fabric behavior, acrylic base fit, hardware direction or packaging fit.
- Commercial scope: Define quantity per SKU, size, accessories, packaging, inspection boundary and the delivery terms that need quotation.
- Release and delivery: Connect the approved product, packing data, receiving date and current logistics responsibility.
If the product format is still open, first compare its use and materials. If shape or fit is uncertain, review it on a physical sample. Once the product and approval reference are clear, complete the quantity, packaging and delivery details needed for the RFQ.
Find the information still needed
- Use the product hub to compare merchandise formats and choose the physical route.
- Use what happens after artwork arrives to prepare a controlled pre-sample brief.
- Use the plush sample guide when a physical prototype must answer shape, material or construction questions.
- Use the RFQ checklist when suppliers need one comparable commercial scope.
- Use Supply Chain & QC when the approved reference, supplier responsibility or inspection handoff is unclear.
- Use the FAQ for short answers about artwork, MOQ, quotations, samples, packaging and delivery.
Review each product format against its own production risks. Acrylic standee balance, plush embroidery scale and pin backing require different checks even when they start from the same character artwork.
Check specifications before prices and packing
Common examples include comparing prices before SKU quantities are separated, starting a sample before missing views are recorded, approving a product photo without naming the sample version, or choosing a retail box before the real product dimensions are stable.
Keep one short decision list. For each open item, record the owner, the evidence needed and the next approval point. Unknown information can remain open. It should not be replaced with a convenient assumption simply to make a brief look complete.
Prepare the brief for review
Send the best current artwork, intended product or use, number of designs, quantity range per design, target size, packaging direction, destination and required receiving date. Label each item as confirmed, preferred or open.
AIYYANG reviews the brief and identifies what is needed for product design, samples, quotations, QC, packing and delivery planning. Quantity minimums, costs and dates are confirmed for the actual specification and current supplier schedule.
If the product scope is clear, download the RFQ checklist or send the current brief below.
Where should a merchandise project begin?
How should I use these buying guides?
Start with the product’s intended use, artwork and quantity per design. Review the relevant guide for the files or samples you need, then update the brief before requesting a quotation.
Send the current brief and the details still to confirm
We will review the product, artwork, quantity and packing, then explain the information or samples needed next.
Send the current project brief
Use the AIYYANG buying guides to identify whether product format, artwork, sampling, quotation, QC, packaging or delivery needs attention first.