First, you have to have a well made prototype.

The better the prototype, the easier it is to license.   However prototypes can be expensive so hedge your bet by starting with the least expensive, best looking version of your idea that you can do.

See Types of Prototypes for more detail.

It can be a low cost, but well done $5 Prototype, a hand made craft or a professionally done or 3D printer prototype.  Finished products are easiest to license or sell but higher risk and more expensive to the inventor.

Second, make a demo video.   

This can be professionally done, shot by an amateur or homemade with a smart phone or video recorder.   The key is to use the right language and shoe the product Problems / Solution / Benefits in under 2 minutes, but no more than 5 minutes.   If you have questions, read my blog, Demo Videos That Sell.  

Third, post your video online.

I recommend setting up your own YouTube or Vimeo channel because it offers you a free platform with the most control over your video content.  You can see a view count, telling you when your video is being viewed so you can keep an eye on the progress.   Generally, we need 1-3 views to start, 4-7 views if we’re interested and under 10 views to offer a licensing agreement.   The content remains under your control so you can delete the video at any time.

To maintain confidentiality:

• Vimeo:   Please be sure to set your privacy settings to “only people with a password.” Don’t forget to include your password in your submission email. Also, please select “download the video” option.

• YouTube:       Please adjust your settings so the video is “unlisted”, then      share the link with us via the submission form.

Finally, submit your product to Carrie Jeske

Always give us First Look before sending anywhere else.

1. Submit Online.   A member of our team will review your submission and reply with the next steps.

IMPORTANT: when you submit via email, be sure to include:

Subject Line of Email:   Simply list the Product Name.  This allows me to sort, track and forward to interested investors.

Link To Video in the Body of Email:  Copy/paste a link to a video from your YouTube, Vimeo, or website in the body of the email.

My email date and time stamps every email for my protection and yours.   All submissions are confidential, non-public disclosures.    I will reply to every single product submission with specific feedback related to the Characteristics of Successful TV Products.

To find out more Low Cost, High Return Inventing watch and SUBSCRIBE to Carrie Jeske YouTube channel.

Submit Products for review.

Onward & Upward,

Carrie Jeske

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There are many places to submit product for ASOTV or other distribution channels, but none as fast as As Seen On TV.  Here’s the steps you can take.

EVALUATE / VALIDATE / RESEARCH the concept yourself.   

1.   

Search Google “Images” and Amazon.com by keyword descriptions.   Consider what words buyers would use to find your product and make a note of them.    

2.    

Estimate the cost and retail price based on other products with similar materials.   Goal is $2-5 in cost of goods, $11 wholesale, $19.95 retail.  We buy in mass volume and can make things much less expensive, but it’s good for you to have an understanding of the cost.

3.    

Review competitive solutions:  Find your unique advantage, gather marketing verbiage, assess the size of the problem.  Explain how your product is better.

4.    

Consider products with similar materials and begin making an Inventor “Mock-Up” prototype.  Keep the mechanics simple.

5.    

Protect Your I.P.  – Use an Inventor Notebook and NDA’s.   If you don’t understand the laws, seek legal counsel.

Don’t try to hire someone to live your dream.  Do this yourself.

Carrie Jeske

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