There are lots of resources that make running a product-based business easier than ever.
We've complied a list of our favorites, including affordable graphic design solutions, quick-turn product photography studios, and small-batch warehouses to outsource your fulfillment.
None of these companies have asked us to promote their products. While some pay an affiliate commission, all of these resources are suggestions we would share with clients regardless. We hope this list helps you grow your business!
Design & Photography
Soona
High-quality, quick turnaround product & lifestyle photography.
Fiverr
Fiverr is great for accomplishing low-cost, project-based design work. You can also search for tasks like product photography, keyword research for SEO, and simple video animations.
Loom
Make a quick video sharing your screen. The easiest way to give your partners feedback during logo development, website creation, and other design projects.
Looka
Use Looka's AI-powered platform to design a logo, make a website, and build a brand you love.
Creative Market
Beautiful, easy to use templates for pitch decks, social media graphics, landing pages and more.
Design Contest
Let graphic designers compete for your business! Host a design contest for logos, branding guides, product artwork and more
Ecommerce
Shopify
Get a super-professional, functional website – easy to manage on the backend – and that connects with a bunch of helpful shipping and promo apps!
Bench
A great bookkeeping solution for your ecommerce business.
Hey Carson
Get help with all the small shopify tasks you can’t (or just don’t want to) do yourself.
Out Of The Sandbox
Beautiful Shopify themes to uplevel your website look and feel.
Clearco
Funding for your ecommerce business, without giving up equity.
Storetasker
Need help building and managing your Shopify store? Find affordable taskers who can assist you.
Woo Commerce
A great ecommerce store solution if you want to integrate your website with an existing wordpress site.
Clear Brand Academy
A video course to help you create a website that sells. Includes a pre-built ecommerce template.
Afterpay
Get more sales by letting your customers pay in installments.
Inventora
Track your components/materials, inventory levels and costs for all SKUs
Marketing
Klaviyo
The best email software for ecommerce, hands down.
Affiliatly
Incentivize influencers, bloggers and passionate customers to promote your brand with an affiliate program. You'll be able to generate a unique URL for each affiliate, set your own commission terms, track referred sales, and easily make payouts.
Brandboom
Get a FREE professional -looking line sheet for pitching retailers. Easily upload products listings, pricing, terms and more, and download a line sheet minutes later.
Jungle Scout
Software to help you manage and grow Amazon sales.
Faire
Get more wholesale accounts by connecting with thousands of independent retailers.
Flodesk
Design emails people actually love to get in their inbox—and look great on any device. Beginners and experts use Flodesk to create campaigns that grow their business.
PickFu
Gather real-time insights from customers about design, pricing and more.
Planoly
Plan and schedule your Instagram posts in advance.
Sourcing
Maker's Valley
Connect with "Made in Italy" factories for clothes, shoes, bags and more.
Maker’s Row
Find US manufacturers in a variety of product categories.
ThomasNet
A large database of US manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers.
ALIEXPRESS
Lower minimum wholesale and custom products from China.
PLEASE NOTE:
Having great manufacturing and quality control partners is essential, but it doesn’t guarantee you will avoid problems with design, production, or quality. We recommend that you have expert guidance - through our service or another consultant you trust - to help you manage these relationships and protect your interests.
Order Fulfillment
Shipmonk
Shipmonk is another great way to fulfill customer orders. Send them your inventory and they’ll ship orders directly to your customers!
Deliverr
Deliverr specializes in quick delivery for ecommerce stores and integrates easily with shopify, amazon and other platforms.
Packlane
The most beautiful custom shipping boxes! Wow your customers with a branded delivery experience plus get $25 off your first order
EasyShip
Install on your website and get the best shipping rate comparisons each time you are preparing to ship an order.
Anytime Mailbox
Get a mailing address for your business for less than $5 a month.
OpenPhone
A customer service number where people can ask questions about ordering and returns is important as you grow. Open Phone allows you to set up a remote number.
Shippingeasy
An alternative to EasyShip to manage your own ecommerce shipping from your home or office.
ShipStation
Want to make money while you sleep? Use a site like Shipstation to handle all your fulfillment. Just ship finished product to their warehouse and they’ll do the rest.
PLEASE NOTE:
None of these companies have asked us to promote their products. While some pay an affiliate commission, all of these resources are suggestions we would share with clients regardless. We hope this list helps you grow your business!
About Us
Learn To Make A Product helps new and emerging brands design, manufacture, and launch their physical product ideas. Thousands of entrepreneurs have used the site to bring a range of products to life, including apparel, home goods, wearable devices, children’s toys, bodycare, sporting goods and more.
