Your design. JCH's factory floor. A share of every unit.
You lead the design. JCH takes your client's product into tooling, production and delivery, and you earn a share of every unit for as long as JCH makes it. Your own profile page on jchtrade.com is free.
- NDA before details
- Your client owns the tooling
- Answer within 1 business day
- First call and quote free
You lead the design.
JCH leads tooling, production and launch.
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Designer leads the design
Concept, industrial design, CAD and prototypes stay with the designer of record.
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JCH reviews it for production
A design-for-manufacturing read before any steel is cut, with notes the designer can act on.
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Tooling and samples
JCH builds the molds and sends first samples for the client and designer to approve.
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Production and delivery
JCH runs production, quality checks and freight to the client's dock.
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The designer keeps earning
A share of the unit price on every unit JCH makes for a client you brought, plus a flat referral bonus when your client pays for tooling.
All client business runs through JCH: JCH quotes, contracts and invoices the client. Inquiries from your JCH profile page come to JCH, and you are credited for them.
Most directories charge designers. JCH pays them.
| Topic | Typical design directory | JCH designer network |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to be listed | Often a monthly or yearly fee | Free |
| Leads | You compete for them | Leads from the JCH website go to designers free |
| After CAD | Your client finds a factory alone | Hands straight to JCH tooling |
| What you earn on production | Nothing once the design is delivered | A share of every unit for clients you bring, plus a flat referral bonus when your client pays for tooling |
One page. Plain English.
No contract maze while the network grows. The handshake memo sets out who leads what, how leads are credited, and how partners get paid. It becomes a formal agreement later, negotiated together.
JCH Designer Partner Network
- You design, we make. You lead concept, CAD and prototypes. JCH leads design-for-manufacturing review, tooling, samples, production and delivery. The client decides.
- All business runs through JCH. JCH quotes, contracts and invoices the client. Inquiries from your JCH profile come to JCH, and you are credited for them.
- Your share. A share of the unit price on every unit JCH makes and is paid for when you brought the client, for as long as JCH makes that product for that client, plus a flat referral bonus when your client pays for tooling. Leads from the JCH website go to designers free.
- Honesty. Nobody promises prices, lead times or capabilities the other hasn't confirmed in writing.
- Your client's IP stays your client's. Both sides keep client information confidential and sign the client's NDA when asked.
Straight answers.
Does it cost a designer anything to join?
No. Your profile page on jchtrade.com is free, and so are the leads JCH sends you.
How does a designer get paid?
A share of the unit price on every unit JCH makes and is paid for when you brought the client, for as long as JCH makes that product for that client, plus a flat referral bonus when your client pays for tooling.
Who leads what on a project?
The designer leads concept, industrial design, CAD and prototypes. JCH leads the design-for-manufacturing review, tooling, samples, production and delivery. It is flexible by project, and the client decides.
Who does the client deal with?
JCH. All business runs through JCH: JCH quotes, contracts and invoices the client, and inquiries from a designer's profile page come to JCH's intake with the designer credited.
Who owns the design and the tooling?
Your client, unless your client agrees otherwise. JCH signs the client's NDA before details, and the client owns the tooling they pay for.
How are leads credited to me?
An inquiry from your JCH profile page is credited to you. Leads from the JCH website go to designers free.
Who can join?
Any US-based product or industrial designer or design studio. JCH reviews every application by hand and replies by email. Every approved partner gets a profile page at jchtrade.com/designers.
Is there a contract?
Not yet. Partners and JCH work from a one-page handshake memo while the network grows. It becomes a formal agreement later, negotiated together.
Your profile, your call.
Every partner gets a profile page in our designer directory. You control the bio and portfolio; we never publish your rates. A completed profile (bio of 50+ words, 3+ portfolio items, specialty tags) is required before you go live in the directory.
Apply in two minutes.
Open to US product and industrial designers. JCH reviews every studio by hand and replies by email.