First-timers

Commercialise your first physical product

Use our step-by-step guidance from idea to production and build a profitable product that your customers love.

Mentorship

Step-by-step collaboration gives you control of your baby.

This is your idea and your business to run.

We help bridge the gap between what you want to achieve and where you are now.

Knowledge is power.

Make decisions now that increase your success later.

It's easy to feel overwhelmed when developing your first physical product.

Use a team that takes their own products to market.

Get support and answers to all your questions.

Test your assumptions

Build a solution that excites your customer

Create something you can get feedback on next week and gain confidence in your idea.

Prototyping and validating is the first step to a successful product business.

Trust is earned

Tap into our network

The right factory could be the difference between profit and loss.

With over 150 products manufactured, we have built up connections with trustworthy suppliers that have our back.

They could have yours.

"Design Make Connect understood my needs and vision for my product, and were able to work with me to deliver on what I wanted. However, they also were willing to provide their own input and interpretation based on their experience and skills, which helped guide me to a better end-result. The DMC team are very experienced, and more importantly, passionate about what they do, and they treat their clients projects as if it's their own - taking full responsibility and accountability for everything."

Founder

Maverick Watch Stands

On Call Expert - Slow and Steady

$299 per month

Your on-tap product development expert.

Includes:

  • 2 x 60-minute calls
  • Unlimited voice notes through WhatsApp within 2 days
  • 100% money-back guarantee.
  • Refine your idea
  • Understand development costs
  • Uncover the unknowns

Chip away at your product idea using the knowledge from someone that has done it a hundred times.  

On Call Expert - Consistent

$499 per month

Your on-tap product development expert.

Includes:

  • 4 x 60-minute calls
  • Unlimited voice notes through WhatsApp within 24 hours
  • 100% money-back guarantee.
  • Refine your ideas
  • Understand development costs
  • Uncover the unknowns

Chip away at your product idea using the knowledge from someone that has done it a hundred times.  

Frequently asked questions

What does designing a physical product cost?

For basic, plastic products, it can cost from $7,000 up to $15,000 (from idea to production). For more complex products you can expect costs of $25,000 to $50,000. For extremely complex products expect costs of $100,000 and upwards.

How long does the design process take?

Depending on the complexity of the product. We like to get to prototyping asap, we believe getting something physical is key to squashing those assumptions. With basic products like enclosures, we can be prototyping in a 6 weeks. Whereas with complex products containing electronics or many moving parts, that can take 10 weeks till first prototype.

What happens if things go wrong?

Simple answer is, we fix it. Design is not linear. Design happens in waves, some weeks we'll be charging ahead on cloud 9, other weeks we'll be falling on our faces. It's all part of the journey. What's key to success in this business is trusting the process and always keeping a positive approach. Positivity helps us find the best solutions.

What happens if I am unhappy with the service?

If you think we suck, or we don't actually get along, or we can't solve your problem. We part ways, pay back some money and move on.

Who is involved?

In product development you end up working with a lot of different people. The design make connect team is powerful, but we don't pretend to know everything. If we need a trusty Hardware Developer, we'll give Jimmy a call and get him involved. We believe the best person for the job is the best thing we can do for your project.

Still have questions?

Get in touch with the team!

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