Apparel PLM for brands & consultants · $199/mo, not $900
From idea
to first run.
And the reorder.
The production spreadsheet you rebuild every season, replaced: one record per style with the tech pack, sample rounds and markups, trims, costing, line sheet and invoices — plus a searchable directory of 1,100+ US factories, reviewed by the people who actually produced there.
Draft a tech pack — free
Try the live demoClick around and test everything before you buy — no signup.
First draft is on us. No card, no call, no account to set up first. Or start with the factory directory →
1,100+US factoriesDomestic manufacturers only
~10 minIdea to tech pack draftFlats, renders, BOM, spec
86Suppliers, studios & 3PLsReal pricing published
$0To post a production briefFactories come to you
Start where you are
What are you trying to do this week?
Most people land here in the middle of a run, not at the beginning. Pick the one that sounds like you.
Free draft
I don't have a tech pack yet.
Start from a photo or a sketch. Get technical flats, renders, a bill of materials and construction notes back in about ten minutes.
Draft a tech pack →I'm ready to find a factory.
Search 1,100+ US manufacturers by specialty, MOQ, location and rating. Read the reviews before you reach out.
Browse the directory → Always freeI'd rather factories came to me.
Post what you're making, your quantity and your timeline. Factories read it and reach out to you.
Post a production brief → Free toolI don't know if my numbers work.
A per-unit cost with fabric, labor, sampling and margin — before you email a single factory.
Run the numbers →I want an expert to develop it for me.
Pattern makers, technical designers and product developers who take you from sketch to factory-ready.
Browse consultants →My run is too small to hit MOQ.
Join an open run and share a factory's fabric minimum with other brands cutting the same base cloth.
See open runs →The production toolkit
Everything you'd normally run in five spreadsheets and a thread of emails. On one record.
Runsheet started as a directory. It's now the record of a style from the first sketch through sampling, production, invoicing and wholesale — and it lives with the factory list, so nothing gets re-typed. These are real screens, not mock-ups — and you can click through them yourself.
Tech packs
One photo in. A factory-ready draft out.
A flat lay or a garment on a hanger is enough. About ten minutes later you have a draft you'd otherwise wait a week and pay $150–$300 for — flats, renders, BOM and a lettered spec. Draw each point of measure straight onto the flat, correct anything, export the PDF.
- Technical flats front, side and back, plus photoreal renders
- Bill of materials and construction notes
- A lettered measurement spec drawn straight onto the flat
- Export as PDF or an Excel spec sheet
Drawing C · Sleeve length
One record per style
Every style, every stage, one place.
Each garment is a style with a stage — Idea, Spec'd, Sampling, Revising, Approved, In Production, Selling. Click one and the whole record opens: tech pack, files, costing, size chart, documents. Drag it across the board when it moves.
- List or board view of your whole line, with due dates
- Colorways, size run, COGS and margin on the overview
- Consultants: sorted by client, with a Present mode for meetings
The Theo Blazer · one record, six tabs
Sampling & markup
Fit notes the pattern maker can actually use.
Run fit rounds with your factory — they reply to an email like normal and it lands on the project. Open a photo of the sample and mark it up: red pen, arrows, lettered points of measure with what changes and by how much. Export it, or copy the notes.
- Rounds, revision items and approvals, per style
- Markups saved to the style, exported as PNG
- Attach screenshots, CLO3D renders or an existing tech pack
The Una Paperbag Pant · A Extend leg opening 2" · B Replace white buttons with navy · C French seam pocket, lower by ½"
Costing, trims & purchase orders
Know the margin before you cut. Then order the buttons.
Fabric × yardage, CMT, fixed costs — with retail and wholesale margin recalculating as you type. Trims carry vendor, color match, per-unit quantity and who supplies them, and the size run does the order math: 8 buttons × 190 units + 5% waste = 1,596 to order.
- Live COGS and margin per style, size run by colorway
- Trims & findings with order quantities, grouped by vendor
- A purchase order generated from the record in one click
Trims & findings · Wawak · 1,596 buttons to order
Invoicing
Get paid when the work moves.
Set a fee and milestones per client — a deposit, a payment when a style reaches In Production, the balance on final samples. When a style moves, the invoice is due. Pass-through expenses bill at cost. One click makes a print-ready invoice; paid is a checkbox.
- Milestones that fire on a date, a stage, or when you say so
- Fee · invoiced · paid · remaining on every client card
- "Invoice due" shows up on Home the moment it fires
Marlowe & Finch · $20,000 engagement · deposit paid, Theo Blazer milestone due
Your team
Since you were last here.
Invite a teammate — same dashboard, their name on what they change. Open it the next morning and Home shows what moved while you were out, grouped and readable, with a handoff you can copy into a text. No timestamps on every row, no counts per person. Just what moved.
- Named links per person, at no extra cost
- A studio pulse: what moved this day, week, month, year
- Admin can remove a seat or rotate every link when someone leaves
Sam R. · 17 changes since Ed was last here
Beyond the first run
The run after that is the one that matters.
A style doesn't end at delivery. Approved styles carry straight into wholesale: publish a line sheet your buyers order from — one link, no login for them, no commission — and list the line in the buyer directory so retailers find it. Orders land on the same record.
- Wholesale brand directory — live now, free to list
- A line sheet your buyers order from — unlimited buyers, unlimited orders
- Shopify import for brands already selling — reorder from real numbers
Terms
Wholesale · 55% off retail · open territory
Ready to shipWholesale · 55% off retail · open territory
Lead time
4–6 weeks · MOQ 24 units per style
Made to order4–6 weeks · MOQ 24 units per style
Line sheet · SS27
6 styles · generated from your approved packs
Live6 styles · generated from your approved packs
Buyer ordering from the line sheet
Quantities by colorway and size · emailed to you · CSV for the buyer
LiveQuantities by colorway and size · emailed to you · CSV for the buyer
Then send it somewhere real · Reviews can't be bought
1,100+ US manufacturers. Reviewed by people who ran production there.
Search by specialty, MOQ, location and rating. Every listing states the number suppliers usually bury.
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The Evans Group (TEG)Los Angeles, CA
MOQ: 50 unitsView profile →
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Outsourced Fashion ConsultingLos Angeles, CA
MOQ: 100 unitsView profile →
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Apparel Production Inc NYCNew York, NY
MOQ: 25 unitsView profile →
Why the reviews are worth reading
Reviews can't be bought here. Not by anyone.
Factories can't pay for placement, can't pay to remove a review, and can't pay to rank higher. Every review comes from someone who actually ran production — a brand founder, a technical designer, a freelance production manager — and it's rated across sourcing, sampling, production and relationship, not one vague star.
Factories can respond publicly to any review. That's the only lever they get.
Three sides, one table
Built for the people who actually make things.
For brands
Get it made, without the guesswork.
Browsing, reviews, tools and briefs are free. Pro-Studio adds warm introductions to any verified factory and a seat at Office Hours.
- One free tech pack draft to start
- Post a brief — factories bid to work with you
- Styles, sampling, costing and purchase orders in your dashboard
For consultants & freelancers
Run every client from one studio.
Pattern makers, technical designers, product developers. A free public profile brands can find — and a workspace where every client's styles, packs and fit rounds live on their own record.
- No commission, no pay-to-bid — clients contact you directly
- Milestone invoicing, Present mode for client meetings
- Invite your team — named links, a handoff every morning
Try the consultant demo · Already listed? Ask a client for a review
For factories
Your next client is already searching.
The most direct pipeline domestic factories have to brands who are ready to produce. No cold outreach, no trade shows — qualified inbound briefs.
- Claim your profile and control your public presence
- Verified badge and priority placement in search
- Receive and bid on production briefs from serious brands
1,100+ listed & growing weekly
Free tools · no account needed
Check the math before you spend the money.
Most first runs fail on arithmetic, not on the factory. These are built from real LA-area project pricing, not a markup formula.
Small-Batch Cost Calculator
Pick your garment, fabric price, quantity and retail price. Get a per-unit cost with labor, yardage, branding and sampling — plus a margin verdict and a quote-checker that tells you whether a factory's number is fair.
Estimate my run →Run Size Planner
Work out a first run size from your budget and how fast you expect to sell through.
Plan the run →Are You Factory-Ready?
Find out what's missing from your package before a factory tells you — and what to fix first.
Take the checklist →Pricing
Almost everything is free. One thing isn't.
Browsing, reviews, tools, briefs and your first tech pack draft cost nothing. Pro-Studio is for when this is your job.
Free
$0forever
Everything you need to find a factory and know whether your numbers work.
- Full factory directory and community reviews
- Post production briefs — factories bid
- Cost calculator, run planner, checklists
- One tech pack draft to try the generator
- Free public profile for consultants and factories
🚀 Pro-Studio · 14-day free trial
The full production toolkit, plus the door-opener: we make the introduction instead of you cold-emailing.
Founding rate: the first 10 studios lock in $99/mo — $199/mo after — for as long as they stay subscribed. 10 left.
- 20 tech pack drafts every month
- Styles, sampling, markup, trims, costing, POs and invoicing
- Team seats with the "since you were last here" handoff
- A line sheet your buyers order from — no login, no commission
- Unlimited warm intros to any verified factory
- 2 free brief boosts a month
- A seat at Office Hours — a live call twice a month with Ed and other founders
Team · 14-day free trial
$299/ month
Everything in Pro-Studio, for growing brands and studios running several clients at once.
- 10 seats and 50 tech pack drafts a month
- Approvals routed to a teammate for sign-off
- Client portals with your logo and colours
- Priority support · $2,990/yr on annual
Try the live demo first — no signup →
Free for 14 days, then $99/mo at the founding rate ($199/mo list) — card on file, nothing charged until day 15. Cancel any time and your styles, packs and clients stay exactly as they are. Consultants: see consultant Pro-Studio and the $49 Runsheet Core option →
