Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to the questions brands ask us most, from minimums and sampling to payment structure, quality guarantees and design protection. If your question is not here, one email gets it answered.
- MOQ
- From 300 pcs per style
- Sampling
- 1-2 weeks
- Bulk production
- 4-6 weeks
- EU road freight
- 3-7 days
Quick answer
Working standards in brief: an Istanbul-based production management company placing orders across vetted Turkish manufacturers, MOQ from 300 pieces per style and 100 per colourway on knits, sampling in 1-2 weeks, bulk production in 4-6 weeks, AQL 2.5 based inspection before shipment and EU road freight in 3-7 days.
Before You Read the Answers
Two facts frame everything below. First, we are a production management company in Istanbul, not a single factory: your order runs at the vetted specialist manufacturer in our network best suited to it, with our team managing sampling, quality and logistics as your one accountable partner.
Second, the numbers we quote are working standards, not marketing: MOQ from 300 pieces per style with 100 per colourway on knits, sampling in one to two weeks, bulk production in four to six weeks, road freight to the EU in three to seven days. Where a real answer is 'it depends', we say what it depends on.
Orders and Money
The questions in this group cover minimum quantities, pricing logic and how payment is structured across a project. The short version: minimums are genuinely accessible for growing brands, every cost is itemised in the quotation, and payment follows the standard deposit and balance structure used across the industry.
The detailed answers are in the FAQ list below, and anything specific to your product is confirmed in writing in your quotation.
Samples, Production and Delivery
This group covers how sampling works, how long production takes and how goods reach you. The pattern to notice is that every stage has a defined timeline and a defined approval gate, so you always know where your order is and what decision, if any, is waiting on you.
Turkey's location does a lot of quiet work here: samples courier to Europe in days, and finished bulk arrives by road in under a week, which changes how tightly a brand can plan a season.
Quality, Communication and Trust
The final group covers the questions that decide long-term relationships: what happens when something is wrong, who you talk to, and how your designs are protected. Our answers are specific because our processes are: AQL 2.5 based inspection before shipment, one dedicated English-speaking contact, and NDAs signed before sensitive files change hands.
If you want to verify rather than take our word, start with a sample order. It is the cheapest possible way to test everything on this page against reality.
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