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Starting a board game or puzzle brand requires learning a few important manufacturing terms. One of the most critical metrics you must understand is the Minimum Order Quantity, commonly referred to as MOQ. This number dictates how many units you must purchase to start a production run with a manufacturing partner.
When you plan to create Custom Jigsaw Puzzles for your retail store, promotional campaign, or independent art business, the MOQ determines your initial investment. Understanding this baseline requirement ensures your budget aligns closely with your actual production goals. It also helps you plan your inventory, storage, and marketing strategies effectively.
This guide explains exactly how order minimums work for professional puzzle manufacturing. You will learn about our specific quantity requirements, the rapid sampling process, and how our dedicated art engineers guarantee high-quality results for every single box we produce.
Minimum Order Quantity is simply the lowest number of units a factory is willing to produce for a single order. Manufacturers set these limits because the setup process for printing, cutting, and packaging requires significant time and resources.
Machines must be precisely calibrated. Printing plates need to be prepared. Die-cutting tools must be aligned perfectly to ensure clean cuts. Because these initial setup steps cost money, producing a very small number of puzzles is generally not cost-effective for the factory or the buyer. By establishing an MOQ, manufacturers can keep the cost per unit affordable, passing those savings directly on to you.
At Yang & Yan Puzzle, we strive to make the production process as flexible as possible for our clients. We understand that brands often want to offer a diverse catalog of designs to their customers.
Our official MOQ is 100 boxes per puzzle image, with the total order quantity being not less than 500 boxes.
This specific structure offers excellent flexibility. For example, if you want to sell custom jigsaw puzzles 1000 pieces in size, you do not have to order 500 boxes of the exact same picture. You can choose five different images and order 100 boxes of each design. This allows you to test multiple artwork styles in the market without overstocking a single design. It helps independent artists showcase a wider range of their portfolio, and it allows retail brands to build a comprehensive product line from day one.
Creating a successful custom made jigsaw puzzle requires rigorous attention to detail. The colors on the box must match the colors on the puzzle pieces, and both must faithfully represent your original digital artwork.
To ensure this high level of accuracy, our art engineer will check each printing during production. They monitor the color matching, the image resolution, and the alignment of the cuts. Their primary job is to assure the printing is the same as your design.
We also use highly advanced, fully automatic, and unattended machines in our production workshop. This technology, combined with our professional management experience, allows us to produce puzzles with an incredibly low missing piece rate. Missing pieces are the biggest concern for puzzle buyers, and our manufacturing process is specifically designed to eliminate this issue entirely.
Seeing a physical version of your product before committing to a full production run offers great peace of mind. We have streamlined our sampling process to be fast and straightforward.
If you want to have a custom sample before mass production begins, you simply send us your puzzle image and box artwork. We will finish creating the physical sample in just one week. Once completed, we ship the sample directly to you using reliable couriers like DHL, FedEx, or UPS. You will typically receive the sample within one week after we finish producing it.
Sometimes, you might just want to check the physical quality of our cardboard, the finish of the paper, and the precision of our die-cuts before submitting your own artwork. If you need existing samples only, those samples are entirely free. You simply cover the freight cost for shipping, and we will send them right out.
Yang & Yan Puzzle was founded in 2015. With over a decade of experience in jigsaw puzzle and board game manufacturing, we serve as a highly professional OEM and ODM provider in China.
Our production workshop is equipped to handle massive volume. We can produce up to 50,000 jigsaw puzzles per day, meaning we can easily scale with your business as your orders grow.
Furthermore, product safety and international compliance are paramount. The puzzles we produce all accord with strict global criteria, including EN71, ASTM F963, UKCA, CPSIA, and CCPSA standards. This means your puzzles are safe, non-toxic, and legally compliant for sale in major markets across North America, Europe, and beyond.
Because of the heavy setup costs associated with professional printing and die-cutting, our total quantity cannot be less than 500 boxes. This minimum ensures we can keep the per-unit price competitive and maintain our strict quality control standards.
Our rule requires 100 boxes per puzzle image. If you have specific requirements regarding mixing different piece counts (such as mixing 500-piece and 1000-piece puzzles), please contact our sales team to discuss how we can best accommodate your project within the production schedule.
You can send your digital files directly to us via email. Our art engineer will review the files to ensure the resolution and dimensions are correct before we begin the one-week sampling process.
Navigating minimum order quantities does not have to be complicated. By offering a baseline of 500 total boxes with the flexibility of just 100 boxes per image, we give you the freedom to build a diverse and exciting product catalog.
With over ten years of expertise, advanced automated machinery, and dedicated art engineers overseeing your project, Yang & Yan Puzzle is prepared to manufacture your products perfectly. Send us an email with your artwork today, and we will provide an affordable quotation to get your sampling process started immediately.
