For factories, sourcing agents, and 3PLs

Brands with an audience,
ready to order.

Solova brings you founders who already have people to sell to, a clear brief, and an operator managing the project on their side. We keep the economics transparent on both sides, because that is how a partnership lasts.

01

A written brief, before the first call

Category, use case, rough dimensions, materials, target landed cost, and quantities. You quote against a document, not a conversation.

02

A founder with an audience

The people who will buy the first run already exist and already trust them. That is what makes a reorder likely rather than hopeful.

03

1 operator who speaks factory

One point of contact on the brand side who has sourced since 2017, reads a quote properly, and answers in your working hours.

04

Demand tested before tooling

Every product reaching you has been through demand research and validation, so fewer projects die between sample and production.

How a project runs

What working with us
actually looks like.

Step 01

Brief and match

  • We send the brief first. You tell us whether it suits your lines before anyone spends time.
  • Matched to category, not scattered across every factory in the network.

Step 02

Quote and samples

  • Quotes stay open on both sides. The founder sees the economics, and so do you.
  • Consolidated feedback. One set of notes per round, from the operator, not a group chat.

Step 03

First run

  • Costed before it is ordered, including packaging, freight, and duties.
  • Logistics coordinated with the 3PL, so the handoff is not your problem.

Step 04

Reorder

  • When the product sells, it runs again. The relationship is built for the second order, not the first.
  • Performance data comes back to you, so the next run is better specified.

What we look for

A good fit
runs both ways.

01

A workable first-run minimum

Brands start small and grow. We look for partners willing to quote a real first run, not only volume that a new brand cannot reach.

02

Sample turnaround you can hold to

We would rather hear 5 weeks and get 5 weeks than hear 2 and get 6. Dates we can plan around matter more than fast dates.

03

Transparent quoting

Line items we can explain to a founder: tooling, unit cost, packaging, and what changes at each quantity break.

04

Compliance and certification in order

Whatever your category requires, documented. Our partners include BSCI-certified facilities.

05

A facility we can see

Photos, video, or a walkthrough of the floor. We want to know how you actually work before we send a brief.

What we never send you

  • Cold inquiries from someone who has not defined a product.
  • 1-piece and sample-only requests with no run behind them.
  • Founders who disappear after the first sample round.
  • Briefs we have not read ourselves first.

Categories we are building in

  • Footwear, including performance and lifestyle.
  • Baby, plush, and soft goods.
  • Jewelry, including fine and fashion.
  • Apparel, home, and accessories, with partners matched per project.

Tell us what you make, the categories you are strongest in, and a first-run minimum you would quote.

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