Create any physical product at half the cost. The first virtual sourcing agent meets the largest global private manufacturing network. Describe your product, and let the agent negotiate with thousands of suppliers for you. Samples and orders to your doorstep.
Hi Product Hunt, Anthony founder of Cavela here 👋
We’re making it easy for anyone to create custom physical products.
Here’s how it works:
1. You tell our AI agent what you want to make.
2. Our agent scans our global network of 200,000+ premium suppliers to find the best match, and then reaches out and negotiates with them on your behalf to obtain quotes.
3. You purchase samples and place orders right on the platform. Samples are sent to your doorstep, orders to your warehouse or office.
That’s it.
Cavela handles everything for you: finding and vetting suppliers, negotiating quotes, coordinating sample creation, tracking order progress, quality assurance, and shipping.
After working with several dozen brands and startups creating all sorts of different products, we’re finally ready to open up Cavela to the wider public. We’re operating on a waitlist basis to gradually onboard new users, ensuring a smooth experience and delivering top-tier service for everyone. Sign up at www.cavela.com.
We can’t wait to see what incredible products you’ll make.
<3 from the Cavela team
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Why use Cavela?
⏰ Save Time: We’ve automated away hundreds of hours of manual work, reducing the number of touchpoints with suppliers from 1000 to under 10. No more staying up late fielding hundreds of messages from suppliers over WeChat.
💸 Save Money: By combining our expansive network with the ability to get quotes from hundreds of manufacturers at once, we’re able to get the most cost effective quotes, guaranteed. We’ve been able to cut production costs for our partner brands by 40% on average, and beat traditional merch websites by 50%.
🧘Peace of Mind: From order tracking to on-site quality control, you can rest assured you’re in good hands.
What is Cavela for?
Creating 🔥merch: You’ve spent all this time differentiating your startup from the others, so why are you pushing out the same tired merch as everyone else? Notion famously swears by unique merch, and for good reason: it’s a differentiator that helps establish your company’s brand, and it gets people excited and talking.
Launching your tech product 🚀: Your startup has built an incredible hardware product, but you’re struggling to find a supplier to create that one accessory to tie it all together. From tablet sleeves and smartwatch bands to your product’s packaging, we have the perfect supplier for you so you can focus on your core tech.
Promoting your events 📅: I’m sure the attendees of your launch event loved the pens, but Torch Labs had branded hot sauce at theirs, and Blaze AI were giving out branded rolling papers. Whether it’s branded margarita flavored lip balm for the pre-party, or branded glow sticks for the afterparty, don’t get caught giving out boring promotional items for your big event.
Building a brand 🛍️: Sure you love tech, but your real passion is that line of dog pyjamas you’ve wanted to start since you adopted Waffles. Use Cavela to build your brand, whether that’s creating a new line of products or finding a better, more cost-competitive supplier for your existing products.
congrats on the launch! 🎉
I gotta say, Cavela sounds like a game-changer for anyone looking to create custom products. The idea of just telling an AI what I want and having it handle the rest? That's pretty cool! 😎
Love how you guys are cutting down on all the back-and-forth with suppliers. It's like you've turned a thousand emails into just a few clicks. Major time saver! ⏰
And saving money while doing it? Yes, please! 💸 Cutting costs by 40% on average is no joke. That’s some serious value right there.
Can't wait to see what people create with Cavela. Here's to unique merch and standout products! 🚀
does this only work for product creation or product sourcing in general. let's say I have a product that is already available in thw market and I need it sourced. can the app do that?
this looks great. can I have an invite key, been looking for such service for a long time.
This is amazing!! I have some friends who have brands and could benefit from this. Will def pass the word along 🫶🏼
This looks really great! Haven’t seen this type of product yet so I’m super intrigued . I can totally see this being super useful. Curious to know if the negotiation process is fully automated or it can be done manually too ? Great product, great launch campaign… congrats guys ! 😊
Congrats on the launch :) Nice to see products focused on helping in this tough sector! I always hear how hard it is to build physical products, and mostly that always comes down to manufacturing reasons. Really wish you the best with this.
Not gonna lie, when I looked at the tagline, I thought this is some kind of 3D printing farm. But this is even better.
The problem with lots of marketplace is they are too free. Anyone can join and that causes a problem. People want quality over quantity. There are tons of industries like this - I can see a platform like this in the wedding supplier industry can work really well too!
How good is the agent at filtering out suppliers? Looks like there are real footage of real suppliers, what's the process for getting this to work?
Congrats on the launch here and the fundraise @asardain
This tool shaping up nicely! It might be even better with options for bulk orders or special discounts for larger quantities.
This tool seems perfect for anyone looking to produce physical items without breaking the bank. Can’t wait to see how well it works in practice!
Hey there! This idea of making custom products at factory prices is really cool. It’s nice to see something that makes personalization so affordable and easy.
I'm curious about how ell the quality assurance process work. Plz tell about Does it include monitoring of sample quality?
This platform looks great! The feature of automating the entire sourcing process seems like a huge time saving. Excited to see how this help s businesses cut costs and simplify their support chain.
Hi there, this is a really handy tool for me! Finding reliable suppliers can be such a hassle, so having everything streamlined in one place sounds like a big win
This looks to be great idea! It can really help a lot saving time and effort dealing suppliers to get the best deal. Congratulations @asardain !
This tool might be exactly what a friend of mine needs for their startup. The idea of having a virtual sourcing agent to handle everything is brilliant. I’ll definitely recommended this them!
this could really change the game for sourcing products. The 24/7 operations are a big plus. I think adding a feature for tracking orders could make this even better
