Custom Headwear Manufacturer for Overseas Buyers
Hongyuecap has 15 years of production experience in custom headwear, and manufactures and exports for overseas buyers: baseball caps, bucket hats, straw hats and knitted beanies. We run both OEM programs, produced to your specification, and ODM programs, where we support development from a reference sample or a concept.
An order moves through six stages: specification review, quotation with a stated lead-time band, sampling, sample approval, bulk production with in-line checks, and export packing. Each stage has a defined output, so you know what you are approving before the next one starts.
MOQ starts at 50 pcs; mass production runs up to 500,000 pcs per month. In-stock styles ship in 3–7 days, standard production takes 20–30 days, and peak-season or complex builds run 35–50 days. We export to 32 countries.
About Hongyuecap
15
Years Experience
OEM
Product Development
ODM
Specification Support
QC
Production Review
LOGO
Decoration Planning
EXPORT
Packing Support
What We Build
Baseball caps, bucket hats, straw hats and knitted beanies, in OEM and ODM programs for overseas buyers.
How Orders Run
Specification review, quotation, sampling, sample approval, bulk production with in-line checks, and export packing.
Order Parameters
MOQ from 50 pcs; mass production up to 500,000 pcs per month.
Lead Times
In-stock styles 3–7 days, standard production 20–30 days, peak or complex builds 35–50 days.
Custom Options for Your Caps & Hats
NEXT STEP
Talk to the people who will run your order
Send a reference or a sketch — we confirm fabric, structure and decoration, then quote against a real sample schedule.
MOQ from 50 pcs per style · Sampling 3–15 days · Production 20–30 days
Material
Color
Style
Logo
Patch
Tag & Label
Closure
Packaging
How We Work With Overseas Buyers
Hongyuecap produces custom headwear for importers, distributors, promotional suppliers and brand owners, and the work is organised around one idea: an order should be settled on a specification before money is spent on material.
That means the first conversation is not about price. It is about what the hat has to do. A cap for a golf club, a bucket hat for a resort chain and a beanie for a winter retail programme need different fabric, different construction and different decoration, and each of those choices changes the cost. Quoting before those decisions are made produces a number that will not survive contact with production.
So the sequence is fixed: define the style, agree the specification on a written sheet, approve a physical sample, then produce. Buyers who arrive with a reference sample or a clear tech sheet move faster, because there is less to translate.
We work in English, quote in writing, and send progress against the agreed dates rather than against an assumption. If something will be late, we say so when we know it, not when the shipment is due.
What We Ask You to Confirm Before a Quote
A quote is only useful if it is built on a fixed specification. These are the inputs that change the number, and each one needs an answer before pricing means anything.
Style and structure. Product type, panel count, crown shape, brim width and closure. Small changes here change the pattern, and a new pattern changes the cost.
Material. Fibre, weight and finish. The same product name covers very different cloths, and cloth is the largest single input into the unit price.
Quantity and colour split. Total units, how many colourways, and the ratio between them. Colour count drives the minimum, because each colour needs its own dye lot.
Decoration. Method, position and size. Embroidery stitch count, print coverage and patch size all carry their own cost and their own lead time.
Market and deadline. Destination affects documentation and packing requirements; the required delivery date decides whether the order fits normal or peak season.
Send those six answers and the quote can be firm. Send a product photo and a quantity alone, and the best we can return is a range.
GET A QUOTE
What we ask you to confirm before a quote
Tell us the style, quantity and destination. We reply with a costed quote and a sampling date, not a price list.
MOQ from 50 pcs per style · Sampling 3–15 days · Production 20–30 days
From Enquiry to Shipment: The Working Sequence
The same sequence runs on every order, and knowing it in advance is what lets a buyer plan the launch date rather than hope for it.
1. Specification. Style, material, quantity, decoration, packing and destination are written down and agreed. Ambiguity is resolved here or it resurfaces later as a defect.
2. Sampling. A physical sample is produced in the production material. Sampling runs 3-15 days depending on whether material is in stock and whether decoration is involved.
3. Approval. The buyer approves the sample against the specification sheet. From this point the approved sample is the reference for the whole run, and changes after this point are chargeable.
4. Production. Bulk runs 20-30 days in a normal season and 35-50 days in peak season, counted from artwork and sample approval rather than from the enquiry date.
5. Inspection and packing. Units are checked against the approved sample and packed to the agreed carton configuration.
6. Shipment. Documents are issued against the agreed terms. We ship to buyers in 32 countries including the United States, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa and Egypt.
Fifteen Years in Custom Headwear
Fifteen years is a long time in a business where most orders are decided by small details, and it has shaped how we work rather than what we claim.
What those years changed is mostly procedural. We learned that the arguments happen at the same points every time: colour that does not match between the swatch and the bulk fabric, embroidery that pulls on a curved panel, a size breakdown that does not match what the market expects, packing that does not match the carton limit at the destination. Each of those now has a checkpoint before production rather than a conversation after it.
What has not changed is the constraint. Headwear is a physical product made from cloth, thread and time, and no amount of process removes the need for a buyer to see and touch a sample before committing to volume. We would rather send a sample that ends the conversation than win an order that produces a complaint.
Capacity is around 500,000 pcs per month across caps, bucket hats, straw hats and beanies. If your programme needs a capability we do not have, we will say so.
Questions buyers ask about Hongyuecap
What kinds of headwear do you make?
Baseball caps, bucket hats, straw hats and knitted beanies, produced for overseas buyers under both OEM and ODM programs. Under OEM we produce to your specification; under ODM we support development from a reference sample or a concept.
What do you need from me before a quote is possible?
A fixed specification. The inputs that change the number are style and structure (product type, panel count, crown shape, brim width and closure), material (fibre, weight and finish – cloth is the largest single input into the unit price), quantity and colour split, decoration, packing and destination. If a detail is undecided, say so and we will settle it before pricing rather than guess at it.
What does the order sequence look like?
Specification, then sampling, then approval, then bulk production with in-line checks, then export packing. Sampling runs 3-15 days. Bulk production runs 20-30 days in a normal season and 35-50 days in peak season, counted from artwork and sample approval rather than from the enquiry date.
What is your minimum order quantity?
Our minimum order quantity is 50 pcs per style and colourway. On more complex builds – structured crowns, custom-developed fabric or custom colours, and multi-technique decoration – the practical minimum has ranged up to around 1,200 pcs, because the mill runs a minimum dye lot and the line needs a run long enough to hold consistency across the whole order. Tell us your target quantity and we will say straight away what is workable; recent orders we have run include 490 and 500 pcs.
How much does a sample cost?
Sample cost has ranged from RMB 100 to RMB 700 depending on the style and the decoration method. Ask for the sample in the production fabric – a sample made in a substitute cloth proves nothing about the bulk order.