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Our ready to ship kids dresses wholesale range covers Princess Dress and Daily Dress. Minimum order is 10 pieces per design and stock ships in about 5 to 7 days. Smocked designs are not ready-to-ship: they are made to order from our pool in about 20 days, from 30 pieces...

Low MOQ smocked dresses are available from Cherrysmock in Hanoi: samples have no minimum, smocked designs start at 30 pieces per design and are ready in about 20 days, and ready-to-ship Princess Dress and Daily Dress start at 10 pieces per design. Typical custom orders elsewhere take 35 to 50...

To price smocked dresses, start from landed cost, then multiply: 2x gives a 50% margin, 2.5x gives 60% and 3x gives about 67%. Hand smocked pieces take far more labour than machine-made ones, so most boutiques aim for 2.5x or more. Decide your lowest acceptable margin before any sale.

Landed cost is the full per-piece cost of a product once it reaches your shelf: factory price + shipping per piece + duty + packaging. Example: $12.00 + $5.00 + $0.60 = $17.60. Price from this number, not from the factory price, or your real margin will be lower than...

A kids boutique usually loses money despite good sales because of costs nobody counted: shipping and duty, unsold stock, returns, discounts and fixed costs. In our example, a $1,550 paper profit became $564 after 25% went unsold and 5% was returned. The fix is to price from landed cost and...

Holiday smocked dresses and sets are among the most photographed pieces in children’s boutiques. They are also the easiest to get wrong on timing. If your stock lands after customers have already bought their holiday outfits, it stays on the shelf. This guide helps you plan the season: when to...

This guide explains how to order wholesale smocked kids clothing from Cherrysmock, from choosing styles to delivery. Buying children’s clothing from overseas should not feel complicated. At Cherrysmock there are two ways to order: choose ready-made styles from our catalog, or send us a brief for a custom design. This...

Most complaints about smocked clothing come from a short list of repeat problems: fabric that is too thin, smocking that loses its stretch, shrinkage after washing, and uneven stitching. You can catch nearly all of them if you know what to look for. Use this checklist when you compare suppliers,...

This guide explains how to buy wholesale smocked kids clothing for a boutique, step by step. Smocked dresses, rompers and sets sell well in children’s boutiques, but they are easy to over-order or price wrongly. This guide walks through the decisions that matter before you place a wholesale order, from...

Hand smocking vs machine smocking: how to tell them apart, what each costs, and which to choose for a boutique range.