- Licenses, insurance, and legal review
- Check zoning, product, food, cosmetic, shipping, and storage rules; define custody and loss in contracts.
- Revenue models
- Fixed-fee packages, hourly support, recurring retainers, and clearly scoped add-on services.
- Suggested pricing
- Planning estimate: $3–$12 assembly per box plus materials, storage, and postage.
- Ongoing expenses
- Insurance, software, equipment, training, secure storage, marketing, taxes, and subcontractor support when needed.
- Marketing
- Run a 25-box paid pilot with local makers and small online brands.
- Risks and common mistakes
- Working outside the written scope, weak privacy or record controls, underpricing travel or revisions, and making guarantees.