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How to find and vet a local clothing manufacturer

August 26, 20265 min read

Local clothing manufacturers: how to find one and how to vet it

Six kinds of company call themselves a clothing manufacturer and they do different jobs. How to tell them apart, where to actually look, and the warning signs worth walking away from.

by LukeSupply chainIndustry

August 25, 20264 min read

How to make merch for YouTube without a warehouse

Creator merch fails for reasons that have nothing to do with audience size. What to make, when to make it, and how to run it without holding stock yourself.

by DanielCommerceIndustry

August 25, 20264 min read

Make your own merch that people actually wear

Most merch fails as clothing before it fails as branding. How to design merch people choose to put on, and the production decisions that decide whether they can.

by TidiProductCommerce

August 25, 20265 min read

How to sell merch online: the decisions that matter

Where to sell merch, how to price it so it survives landed cost, and why the storefront is the least important decision you will make. A practical guide.

by DanielCommerceProduct

August 6, 20263 min read

The invisible onboarding: Why friction kills commerce apps

Most commerce platforms lose users at the signup screen. We explore how to use AI and tension-resolution UX to make complex onboarding feel like magic.

by TidiProductCommerce

June 23, 20263 min read

Automating the SKU: The End-to-End Product Creation Engine

How we are replacing manual B2B catalog management with an AI-driven system that handles everything from discovery to automated billing.

by MattProductEngineering

June 7, 20263 min read

Vibe Coding: Why Figma variables are the new source code

Stop fighting with AI-generated layouts. When Figma variables are clean, the code writes itself. Here is how we use vibe coding to build storefronts.

by TidiEngineeringProduct

June 6, 20264 min read

How to design a consumer brand identity that actually converts

Most brand identity decks die on first contact with the storefront. Here's how to design a consumer brand identity that holds up from logo to checkout.

by TidiProductCommerce

June 5, 20264 min read

How to grow a DTC brand without paid ads, the 2026 playbook

Meta CAC crossed the unit-economics line for most categories in 2024. Here's the actual playbook for growing a DTC brand profitably without leaning on paid ads.

by DanielIndustryCommerce

June 2, 20264 min read

How to build an AI-ready storefront with Next.js in 2026

Agentic commerce is here. Here's the practical guide to building a Next.js storefront that converts AI buyers as well as humans, schema, rendering, testing.

by MattEngineeringAgentic commerce

May 3, 20263 min read

Storefronts for agentic commerce

AI buyers don't scroll. They read the page like a structured document and decide in milliseconds. Here's what changes when your top customer is an agent.

by RyanEngineeringAgentic commerce

April 12, 20263 min read

Why we built Nomu

Most modern brands aren't held back by their idea. They're held back by the seams between code, ops and supply chain. Here's how we got to Nomu.

by MattCompanyCommerce