Glossary · Business & Sourcing
What Is Sampling Cost?
Sampling cost is what a brand pays to reach an approved sample: development charges for a new formula, charges for each round of adjustments, courier costs and the price of the sample units themselves. Some factories credit part of it against the first production order, and some do not.
Why it matters when you source
Sampling is where project budgets quietly overrun, because each round looks small and the rounds multiply when a brief is vague. Ask what a round costs, how many are included and whether any of it is credited back on order.
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