How Many Rounds of Free Sample Revisions Are Actually Normal?<\/h2>\n
No single number is normal: no industry body sets one, and most factories never publish a re-sample policy. What you can rely on is the layered structure almost every workshop follows. At the CAD and wax stage, revisions are effectively always free \u2014 nothing in metal exists yet, so a change costs the factory minutes, not material. Our process works this way: you approve a 3D-printed wax model before any metal is cut, and revisions at that stage are free, as our custom OEM\/ODM process<\/a> page states. The first physical sample is normally covered by the sample fee you already paid.<\/p>\n The contested ground is every physical round after that. Some factories absorb one or two minor re-samples to win the order; others invoice the full fee again for each new physical piece, regardless of who asked for the change; and a fair number draw the line we drew at the top of this article \u2014 free when the factory missed the spec, charged when the buyer changed it. These policies all exist simultaneously, so never assume: ask how many physical rounds the fee covers and at which stage charging begins, before CAD work starts. Our FAQ page<\/a> states what we commit to \u2014 sample fees credited on your first bulk order, samples shipped 7\u201310 days after CAD confirmation \u2014 but charged rounds are a negotiation every factory handles its own way.<\/p>\n Draw the boundary per round, using these four categories:<\/p>\n One more distinction: a thickness change on a stock-mold design may be impossible, because the mold fixes the band geometry \u2014 you would be moving to a made-to-order path. A full OEM build from 3D-printed wax has no mold to re-cut, just wax, metal and bench time. Ask which path your design is on; it changes the price of every later round.<\/p>\n On our published terms, yes: the FAQ page states that sample fees are credited on your first bulk order, and the custom process page repeats it \u2014 from the production line, credited against the bulk order. That is the pattern worth demanding from any factory: the sample is not a profit center, it is the entry ticket to production. But read the mechanics when you negotiate: is only the first fee credited, or every paid re-sample charge too? Does the credit require a minimum order value? MOQ 30\u201350 pieces applies on wholesale designs and 50\u2013100 on full custom builds \u2014 compare them on our wholesale program page<\/a>. Factories answer these differently, so write the mechanics into the PO rather than trusting a chat window.<\/p>\n Copy these five lines into your PO, then fill the brackets with whatever the factory agrees to \u2014 the structure matters more than any particular number:<\/p>\n 1. Factory-fault re-samples.<\/strong> Any physical sample deviating from the approved drawing\/CAD revision [No.] shall be re-made at Seller’s cost, including return courier, within [7\u201310] days of written notice.<\/p>\n 2. Buyer-change re-samples.<\/strong> Changes requested by Buyer after sample approval are quoted as re-make cost before work starts; no work proceeds without Buyer’s written approval of the quote.<\/p>\n 3. Included rounds.<\/strong> The sample fee covers [1 \/ 2] complete physical sample rounds; additional rounds are quoted per Clause 2.<\/p>\n 4. Credit against bulk.<\/strong> The sample fee and approved re-sample charges are credited against Buyer’s first bulk invoice on this design; the credit survives [30 \/ 60] days from final sample approval.<\/p>\nWhen Does a Re-Sample Cost the Sample Fee Again \u2014 and When Should It Not?<\/h2>\n
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Is the Sample Fee Credited Against the Bulk Order?<\/h2>\n
The PO Clauses That Settle This Before It Happens<\/h2>\n
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