01 · The rule 01 · Design 02 · Price range 03 · Calculate 04 · Plan
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Many buyers ask for a price in the first message. If a factory sends you a price range before confirming a single design detail — that is not professionalism. Four steps.

A price withoutthe design is a guess.

Here is exactly how a UP Fashion quotation is built — who does what, the full FOB inclusions, and the one cost it excludes.

★★★Four steps — nothing quoted against a guess 2–3 working days — typical quotation time Defended line by line

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The rule
Before any number exists

Two halves of
one conversation.

You confirm — the design & its intended effect

Silhouette, fit, detailing, feel — the effect your customer buys. This is the part you think about.

We handle — production details & methods

Which construction, which seams, which flow reaches that effect — choosing how it is made is our job.

A factory that quotes before this confirmation is not saving you time — it is selling you a number it cannot stand behind.

The 4 steps
Quotation process

How a UP Fashion quotation
is built.

The blue thread grows as you read — the same way your number takes shape.

STEP 1/4
Design

Confirm the design and its intended effect

After you send the styles you want to develop, we replay the design back to you — in words and pictures — and confirm the actual effect you want: silhouette, fit, detailing, feel.

Nothing is quoted against a misunderstood design. A misunderstanding discovered after sampling costs weeks. Discovered before quoting, it costs nothing.

STEP 2/4
Price range

Confirm the target price or retail range

One garment can be made at many quality levels, and "high quality" means something different to every founder. Your target price range or retail price range tells us which production method, which grade of fabric and trims, and which production plan can stay inside your number.

If you prefer not to share a range: we quote at our highest quality standard by default. But if our definition of "high-end" and yours differ, the quote may come back higher than expected — or feel unreasonable to you. Sharing the range simply makes the quotation efficient.

Who fits us best: brands retailing around $200–1,000 match our level — founders who care intensely about construction details and fit. Within $150–200, whether your ideal target cost is reachable depends on the specific style — we will tell you honestly after reviewing it.

STEP 3/4
Calculate

How the price is actually calculated

A quotation is not typed out the moment the details are confirmed. Inside the factory, four people do four different jobs before a number exists:

Designer · KikiCompiles every design detail and translates them into Chinese for the factory pattern team
Pattern team · Pattern makerInitial calculation of fabric and trims consumption, plus wastage estimation
Sourcing · Sourcing managerWorks backwards from your target price to the right price level and type of fabric, then calculates the true per-meter price
Production · Production managerPlans the production flow by construction complexity, craft type and your target range, and calculates the labor hours
The final FOB price

Fabric & trims + labor + packaging + production wastage + fabric wastage + our margin = your FOB price.

STEP 4/4
Plan

The quotation plan you receive

Usually within one working day of the final calculation

Once the internal costing is done, your contact — Deng or Kiki — prepares a formal quotation plan. Everything you need to compare, decide and move to sampling is on one document:

Product nameProduct imagesStyle numberSample feeBulk quantity & sizesFOB price (USD)
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All four steps done — your quotation plan is on its way. Typically 2–3 working days end to end; complex styles may take longer.

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The honest arithmetic

Four steps.
Zero guesses.

4 stepsDesign to plan
4 peopleBehind every number
2–3 daysTypical quotation time
0 guessesEvery line defensible

Nothing is quoted against a misunderstood design, and nothing hides inside the unit price. Every line of your quotation plan can be defended.

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Quotation timeline: typically 2–3 working days.

Complex styles or a larger number of styles take longer — the exact time depends on the style, and we will tell you honestly after reviewing it.

We do not do picture-based estimates. A price guessed from a photo is not a quotation — every number we send is calculated and can be defended, line by line.

What FOB includes — in full

Everything inside,
nothing hidden inside.

The FOB price covers everything up to loading. Freight is the only cost outside it — and we quote it transparently in your plan instead of hiding it inside the unit price.

INCLUDED · 01

All fabric & trims

Main fabric, lining, threads, zippers, buttons — everything the garment is made of, for every single piece in your order.

INCLUDED · 02

Full packaging materials

Woven labels, size labels, washing labels, hang tags, frosted zip-lock polybags (or logo-printed polybags), size stickers, style-name / style-number stickers, cardboard inserts, and 7-ply reinforced cartons. Note: logo printing on the cartons is not included.

INCLUDED · 03

Quality control

Our internal three inspections per garment — in-line, after-finish and final — plus the QC report we provide with your order.

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Not included: shipping.

The FOB price covers everything up to loading. Freight is the only cost outside it — and we quote it transparently in your plan instead of hiding it inside the unit price.

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Quick answers

Because one garment can be made at many quality levels, a price issued before the design effect is confirmed is a guess — not a quotation. Confirming the design first is how the number we send can be defended, line by line.

Your range tells us which production method, fabric grade and trims can stay inside your number. Without it we quote at our highest standard by default — and if our definition of high-end differs from yours, the quote may feel unreasonable to you.

From our experience, brands retailing around $200-1,000 match us best — founders who care intensely about construction details and fit. If your retail range is within $150-200, whether your ideal target cost is reachable depends on the specific style, and we will assess it honestly.

All fabric and trims for every piece; full packaging (woven and size labels, washing labels, hang tags, frosted or logo-printed polybags, size and style stickers, cardboard inserts, 7-ply cartons — carton logo printing excluded); and our three internal inspections with the QC report. Only shipping is outside the FOB price.

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Start your quotation

Ready for a quotation
that holds up?

Send your styles or just the effect you want — we confirm the design first, then build a quotation plan you can compare and defend.

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You send your styles — or just the effect you want.

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02

We confirm the design and the target range — in words and pictures.

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03

Your quotation plan lands in your inbox — typically 2–3 working days after your styles arrive.

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Talk to our team.

Choose the person who best fits your project. Both reply within 4 hours.

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