Knowledge, Guides & Answers for Dice Buyers

Three tiers, honestly stated. Factory in-stock designs start at just 2–10 sets per colour depending on material — gemstone and wooden dice from 2 sets, sharp edge, rounded resin and silicone from 5, acrylic from 10 — and you can mix materials freely in one order or simply clear a $500 combined minimum. Light customisation (ODM) — your colours and a laser-engraved logo on YSDICE's existing molds — starts around 10 sets with no tooling fee. Full custom (OEM) with a brand-new mold starts at about 100 sets for metal, sharp edge and rounded resin (acrylic from 500).

So a Kickstarter test batch or a first retail print run is a real order at Dongguan Yushun Hardware Co., Ltd. — you do not need the 1,500-unit commitment most dice factories quote before they will talk.

A new steel mold at Dongguan Yushun Hardware Co., Ltd. runs $600–$2,000 depending on shape and detail, quoted as a one-time line item before you commit — and refunded progressively as your reorder volume grows, so a design that sells ends up paying nothing for its tooling. Your mold is never used for anyone else; that exclusivity is written into the contract.

Two lines skip tooling entirely: gemstone dice need no mold at all (the design is ground and engraved directly, sample in 5–7 days), and wooden dice are CNC-machined from solid stock. And light customisation on any of our 450+ existing molds never pays a tooling fee — you are reusing steel that already exists.

Within 3 days of your brief, YSDICE sends a rendered 3D proof of every face — numerals, logo placement, colours — with a unit price for each candidate material and an honest timeline. It is free, with unlimited minor revisions before any steel is cut.

The proof stage is where expensive mistakes become free ones: a cramped "18", a logo that crowds the face edge, a font that will not survive enamel filling — all caught on a render instead of on a thousand cast dice.

Yes — DDP door-to-door is what most YSDICE clients choose: we handle freight, customs and duties, and the price you agreed is the price landed at your warehouse. Express takes 3–7 days for samples and small runs; sea freight 25–35 days for volume, packed in export-grade cartons built for the crossing.

EXW and FOB remain available for buyers with their own forwarders, and Kickstarter runs can ship straight to your fulfilment hub.