Example: A Resort Room-Slipper Order, Start to Finish
A worked example, not a real client - but it follows exactly how a hotel room-slipper order runs with us, from the first photo to cartons on a pallet. Use it to picture your own order.
The order at a glance
- Quantity
- 4,000 pairs
- Sizes
- EU 36-44
- Material
- Soft EVA, sand-grey
- Branding
- Tone-on-tone deboss
- Sample
- ~8 days
- Bulk
- ~30 days
- Packing
- 100 pairs / carton
- Freight
- Sea, US West Coast
The brief
A US resort group wants a plain EVA slipper for guest rooms: soft footbed, a sand-grey color to match the rooms, and a small tone-on-tone logo embossed on the footbed. Quantity is 4,000 pairs across EU 36-44, bulk-packed, shipping by sea to a West Coast port for the summer season.
How it develops
We work from their photo and a Pantone reference to lock the shape and footbed density, then emboss the logo on the sample so they see how subtle it really reads. Sample out in about 8 days. After sign-off, bulk runs in roughly 30 days with in-line checks on sizing and emboss depth, then a final AQL pull before the slippers go into master cartons, 100 pairs each.
How the quote breaks down
The quote lists four lines, not one: the sample charge, the per-pair price at 4,000 pairs, the emboss tooling (one-time), and the bulk packing. Lead time is dated to land before the season. Because the breakdown is open, they can see exactly what a reorder next year would cost - the tooling drops off, so the second order is cheaper.
