Mostly in the title. There are several products I would like to have made which would entail slight variations on existing, widely manufactured products. As one example, moving a button to a different location and redirecting 2 wires would make the existing product serve a totally new purpose. I have about 2MM followers across social media accounts and I wonder if companies exist that manage design and communication with manufacturers for a commission of sales. That may be too much to ask considering factory retooling costs. Really I’m just not sure what a good method is for getting physical products made when I am not able to personally dedicate my time to the process. Who are the right people to start talking to?
I have done this many times. I used to own a production machining business. What you want to do depends highly on if the existing product has patents and if so, are your changes significant enough to not infringe on said patents.
It isnt cheap, but the pay off is nice if you know how to market the new design