what kinds of products do you develop?
We make consumer products that people want to buy.
Our deepest experience is in sporting goods, outdoor games and gear, apparel, household and automotive accessories, pet products, children’s products, arts and crafts, fitness, holiday items, and toys and games. We also work in beauty and personal care, electronics accessories, office products, and tools and home improvement.
What we turn down: software, and ideas that cannot realistically be manufactured.
what is your minimum order quantity?
Production runs typically start at 1,000 units. Here’s why.
Tooling costs the same whether you make 50 units or 5,000. At low volume, the tooling alone can eat your entire margin.
If you only need a handful of units, you want a prototype shop, not an ODM. We will tell you that on the first call.
can you just 3D print my product?
We 3D print constantly during prototyping, and it is one of the most valuable things we do.
But printing is not production. When you move to production we cut real tooling, because printed parts cannot hit the cost, the strength, or the finish a retail product needs.
do you use AI in your design process?
Yes, we utilize AI throughout each department to assist with various marketing, design, and production services. We use a custom-built, firewall-protected AI platform to maintain your product’s privacy and protect its intellectual property.
do you manufacture in the United States?
Yes. We source from 160+ manufacturing partners globally, including domestic options.
Rather than defaulting to one answer, we will walk you through the real cost, timeline, and tariff tradeoffs between U.S. and overseas production for your specific product.
do I need a patent before I talk to you?
No. You do not need a patent, a prototype, or any prior experience.
Filing too early, before your design is production-ready, is one of the more expensive mistakes in this business. You end up protecting a version of the product you never build.
Our Patent Alignment Program and our patent attorney partners handle IP at the point where it protects something real.
will you keep my idea confidential?
Yes. Confidentiality is standard from the first conversation.
Your idea is yours. We are in the business of building products, not taking them.
how long until my product is on a shelf?
Most products are launch-ready in about six months. That is only possible because research, design, branding, and manufacturing run in parallel under one roof, instead of in sequence across four vendors.
With that said, complex mechanical or electronic products typically take longer, which is something we will walk through with you during our consultation.
how much does this cost?
The fee for the Accelerator Program is $52,850, with $25,000 due within 10 days of signing and the remainder paid across six equal installments.
The fees for the Venture Program, Licensing Program, and Patent Alignment Program are $7,500.
Manufacturing and tooling are separate costs and vary depending on the size and complexity of your product. We will keep you informed throughout the Accelerator Program so that these costs never come as a surprise.
do you take every product that comes to you?
No. We accept fewer than 3% of the entrepreneurs we talk to.
We assess the product and the person behind it, because a good idea with nobody willing to run the business is not a business. If we say yes, we mean it.
does 52Launch take equity in my product?
No. Our clients always retain 100% ownership of their products, whether they move forward with manufacturing or not.