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What is the real cost of a tangible product, like a telephone case or a tablet holder which is produced like in China or Malaysia.. for the Project Owner?

I mean how can one calculate the cost and estimate his / her Project Budget properly.

Do you know any good examples to study or any article to read or any site to visit to learn more about this, especially for sure Crowdfunding Projects.

We are getting some quotes from China, for instance, about manifacturing the product, like for 1000 pieces, moulding fee 23000 usd + per piece 15 usd, that means 38000 usd. easy to understand and let`s say we manifactured the product we wanted in China with this company. we have 1000 pieces of this product in China now and we paid 48000.. now what?

Let`s say we have 1000 addresses to send our product 1 by 1.. what way is most efficient how can we decide..

We would like to use, Fullfilrite or Amazon or any other company to help about shipping / handling let`s say, they have places in New Jersey USA, and we are in Austria, EU. they say per ounce (Kg, weight) and per needed time this or that USD costs, that is also very useful BUT what about 26 people from Australia and what about 3 people who wanted our product to us to ship to Antarctica. I mean how should we calculate these shipping costs. it should be differ from New Jersey to New Zealand, I guess. Are these companies taking all the shipping responsibilities and issues for us and we pay per piece something standart? What about the cost of transport from China to USA for these let`s say the first 1000 pieces? Who handle these or who gives suc package service? Is there a company or are there people like this or anybody to ask for consulting?

And sure, what about the import charges if there is any.. what about any other taxes that we have to (possibly) pay to send the goods from China to New Jersey (US) and then distribute to the people..

What do you suggest.. Any person who already did these and who already has something to say about these questions??

any feedback would be appreciated much..

Thank you.