Yup, early on you’re gonna be finding workarounds for plenty of mfg defects. Anyone in hard/soft goods has plenty of stories about doing it. It’ll cost you a bit extra, but on your first production run you’re really trying to figure out if you CAN sell your product (do people like it? Can you market it effectively? Is the pricing right?) So chock this up to thinner margins, find a local seamstress to fix them, and focus on the experimentation aspect of launching a new product. Just fake it till you make it!
Yup, early on you’re gonna be finding workarounds for plenty of mfg defects. Anyone in hard/soft goods has plenty of stories about doing it. It’ll cost you a bit extra, but on your first production run you’re really trying to figure out if you CAN sell your product (do people like it? Can you market it effectively? Is the pricing right?) So chock this up to thinner margins, find a local seamstress to fix them, and focus on the experimentation aspect of launching a new product. Just fake it till you make it!