Group Effort Explanation...Who creates the imaginative products or muses we think of?

[PayDoh]

Hello All...
My name is Ana (PayDoh) and I am a rookie:
If I wanted to market a dancing dinosaur toy (just for an example), who would make the toy dinosaur dance?? I have no idea as to how little toy machines work, so who can make a dancing dinosaur for me so I could sell it??
Tim created a supplement that increases brain efficiency or whatever it is...he came up with the idea of a drug that could do that but who actually had the means and know how to actually create it??
I could think of a million things but Id have no clue on how to actually make it!!!???
I have an idea for a muse but I dont know how to make it an actual product, that works!!! I looked on thomasnet.com and found manufacturers of my base-product but nothing that would indicate that they could make my idea (of bettering that product) work!!!
Tim didnt become a chemist to make his supplement exist....so HOW??, Who developed such a product for him???!!!
I hope you catch my drift here.......Please If you have any answers, it would be amazing.....If you have any questions because I wasn't clear enough..please ask!!....Thank You...........PayDoh

[laniers]

I would want a good idea that there is a market for my product before I spent a dime on manufacturing. I'd get a designer to create 3D renderings or illustrations of the product, build a complete web site and find out how many people are willing to push the buy button. Once you determined that, only then would I look for a manufacturer.

[OneOfEm]

Remember, niche=market. Let your market help you decide on a product, not the other way around.

Even with the shirt example in the book, that guy only thought the shirts would be a great product after bunches of people asked him about his.

-OOE

[PayDoh]

I'm aware of that whole marketing strategy and to find the ppl who want my product before I get it maufactered...however Im wondering on who would make the product I have concocted in my head after I've found those who would buy it. For example...if I wanted to sell a walking toaster (just a silly example) who would have the means of getting a toaster and making it walk...is there actually a company that could develop this walking toaster for me??? How did Tim find that chemist or whoever to make a specific product to enhance brain efficiency or whatever it does, for him???

[Wayno McQueen]

One suggestion...
go to www.alibaba.com for a good look. Find a company ( most are from China I think ) that makes something remotely similar to your idea and ask them if they can make what you want.