Cavela

Create any physical product at half the cost. The first virtual sourcing agent meets the largest global private manufacturing network. Describe your product, and let the agent negotiate with thousands of suppliers for you. Samples and orders to your doorstep.Hi Product Hunt, Anthony founder of Cavela here 👋

We’re making it easy for anyone to create custom physical products.

Here’s how it works:

1. You tell our AI agent what you want to make.

2. Our agent scans our global network of 200,000+ premium suppliers to find the best match, and then reaches out and negotiates with them on your behalf to obtain quotes.

3. You purchase samples and place orders right on the platform. Samples are sent to your doorstep, orders to your warehouse or office.

That’s it.

Cavela handles everything for you: finding and vetting suppliers, negotiating quotes, coordinating sample creation, tracking order progress, quality assurance, and shipping.

After working with several dozen brands and startups creating all sorts of different products, we’re finally ready to open up Cavela to the wider public. We’re operating on a waitlist basis to gradually onboard new users, ensuring a smooth experience and delivering top-tier service for everyone. Sign up at www.cavela.com.

We can’t wait to see what incredible products you’ll make.

<3 from the Cavela team

Why use Cavela?

⏰ Save Time: We’ve automated away hundreds of hours of manual work, reducing the number of touchpoints with suppliers from 1000 to under 10. No more staying up late fielding hundreds of messages from suppliers over WeChat.

💸 Save Money: By combining our expansive network with the ability to get quotes from hundreds of manufacturers at once, we’re able to get the most cost effective quotes, guaranteed. We’ve been able to cut production costs for our partner brands by 40% on average, and beat traditional merch websites by 50%.

🧘Peace of Mind: From order tracking to on-site quality control, you can rest assured you’re in good hands.

What is Cavela for?

Creating 🔥merch: You’ve spent all this time differentiating your startup from the others, so why are you pushing out the same tired merch as everyone else? Notion famously swears by unique merch, and for good reason: it’s a differentiator that helps establish your company’s brand, and it gets people excited and talking.

Launching your tech product 🚀: Your startup has built an incredible hardware product, but you’re struggling to find a supplier to create that one accessory to tie it all together. From tablet sleeves and smartwatch bands to your product’s packaging, we have the perfect supplier for you so you can focus on your core tech.

Promoting your events 📅: I’m sure the attendees of your launch event loved the pens, but Torch Labs had branded hot sauce at theirs, and Blaze AI were giving out branded rolling papers. Whether it’s branded margarita flavored lip balm for the pre-party, or branded glow sticks for the afterparty, don’t get caught giving out boring promotional items for your big event.

Building a brand 🛍️: Sure you love tech, but your real passion is that line of dog pyjamas you’ve wanted to start since you adopted Waffles. Use Cavela to build your brand, whether that’s creating a new line of products or finding a better, more cost-competitive supplier for your existing products.@asardain this is amazing, I have several friends who struggle in procurement. This one will definitely change the landscape. Do you operate as an opaque marketplace where you list the demand to suitable suppliers or more like fiverr physical goods procurement? Nonetheless all the best for a killer launchThis looks incredible, congrats! 🎊

What’s the most challenging aspect of scaling this? I mean do you see any potential issues with founders/product creators not knowing what to include in their requests.I’ve been watching the Cavela team execute for several months now as a Partner at XYZ, and it’s unbelievable what they’ve built for this mission. As a marketing leader, this should be a vital tool in everyone’s toolbox as you make the physical products of your brand special and unique 🧰@camille_ricketts1 Thanks for the kind words! We're excited to help democratize global manufacturing and empower anyone to realize their product vision.This looks to be great idea! It can really help a lot saving time and effort dealing suppliers to get the best deal. Congratulations @asardain !