00Private beta for apparel production
From idea to ordered.
Vetted factories. Real sample rounds. Quotes you compare side by side.
01Two sides, one workspace
One place for the brands and the factories that make for them.
For brands
A sourcing co-pilot before you hire a sourcing team.
Post one production job. We turn the messy intake into a clear factory-facing brief, help source qualified responses, and keep the quote and sample process in one place.
- Structured intake for category, quantity, target cost, timeline, and tech pack
- Founder-led outreach instead of a blind supplier directory
- Comparable quote fields for FOB, MOQ, lead time, and terms
- A shared production thread for revisions, samples, and milestones
For factories
A cleaner front door for serious brand inquiries.
Join the early factory side of the marketplace. We standardize incoming briefs so your team can quote faster and spend less time chasing incomplete buyer requests.
- Capability profile that explains what jobs fit you
- Standard production spec format every time
- Brand context before you spend time quoting
- One workspace for quote details, files, revisions, and milestones
02How it works
From production job to delivered PO, without the chaos.
- 01
Post a production job
Tell factories what you need to make, how many units, target price, where, and when. Tech packs welcome.
- 02
We build the shortlist
We qualify fit manually first: category, capacity, communication, sample motion, and whether the job is worth the factory's time.
- 03
Compare and message
Tech-pack revisions, quote comparison, and sample requests live in one thread instead of scattered email and WhatsApp.
- 04
Run the first order
Use the workspace to keep milestones, files, comments, and production photos tied to the actual PO.
—On the floor
We vet every factory in person.
Capabilities, certifications, capacity, references. Verified on the cutting floor, not on a profile page.
03Sampling, done right
A real sample motion. Not a single photo.
Production doesn’t ship from a one-shot quote. You need proto, fit, PP, and TOP samples, with revisions, lab dips, and trim cards in between. We run the loop so your first production order isn’t your first fit check.
Proto sample
First physical interpretation of your tech pack. Stand-in fabric and trims. Use it to verify pattern and construction before committing to materials.
Fit sample
Same factory, real fabric, graded base size. We coordinate fit comments and revisions round by round.
PP sample
Pre-production. Final fabric, final trims, final construction. This is the reference your order ships against.
TOP sample
Top-of-production, pulled live from the cut. The audit before goods leave the factory floor.
04The workspace
What the product actually does.
Factory fit
A shortlist built around the job, not a logo wall.
The first version of StitchGrid is intentionally hands-on. We qualify factory fit by capability, order size, communication quality, sample process, and buyer seriousness before anything becomes a match.
Quote comparison
See every offer side by side.
When factories respond, we line up FOB, lead time, MOQ, and order total in one table. Best price and fastest lead are highlighted, and we flag when a quote is outside your target band.
Production tracker
A shared thread once the quote turns real.
From sample request through PO, production, QC, and shipment, the MVP gives both sides one place for files, status, notes, and photos.
05Fabric library
We speak fabric.
Quote ranges shift dramatically by weight, finish, trims, and construction. We match factories by what they actually run (not a generic category tag) and flag when a spec will price you out of your target band.
A starter view of common constructions:
How does the marketplace actually work right now?+
StitchGrid is in private beta. You post a production job with category, quantity, timeline, target cost, and a tech pack if you have one. We manually help convert that into a factory-facing brief, source qualified conversations, and keep quotes, files, messages, and milestones organized in the product.
Do you already have a large factory network?+
No. We are not claiming hundreds of thousands of factories or public brand references. The MVP is founder-led and selective: we qualify each factory relationship around the jobs we can realistically support.
What's the business model?+
Phase 0 is brokerage plus workflow. We expect to charge a success fee on production orders we help broker, without a long-term contract or per-message platform fee.
Can I pay the factory directly?+
Yes. Phase 0 is brokerage. The deposit and milestone payments go from you to the factory directly through the channels you'd use anyway. StitchGrid invoices you separately for the take rate.
Do you do small runs?+
We are focused on real production orders, not one-off prototypes. If a job is too early or too small for a factory relationship, we will say that directly instead of forcing it into the marketplace.
Ready when you are
Post the job. We’ll help turn it into a factory-ready brief.
Tell us what you need made. We'll help qualify the brief, source the right conversations, and keep the first production motion organized.