Your product launches.
Without the overseas headaches.

01 · About
What is ALTAMEET

ALTA MEET is a New York–based K-beauty manufacturing and sourcing consultancy. We help U.S. indie beauty brands select Korean OEM/ODM partners and manage product briefs, samples, packaging, production coordination, quality-control coordination, regulatory coordination, and logistics.

We work primarily with first-time founders and growing indie brands that need a responsive, bilingual partner between their team and Korean manufacturers. Brand strategy, content, AEO/GEO, and AI-powered PR are available separately as optional add-on services.

Pricing is transparent and client-paid. Paid engagements begin with a fixed monthly retainer with a three-month minimum. When an order moves into production, we charge a separate production-management fee disclosed in advance. Clients receive the manufacturer’s original quote, and ALTA MEET does not receive manufacturer commissions or add undisclosed markups.




  

    
Your Pain Points
    
How We Solve This
  

  

    
Wrong manufacturer match — capacity oversold, quality misaligned, MOQ unrealistic.
    

      Vetted Korean network
      Matched by your specs, MOQ, category fit, and budget.
    
  

  

    
Language and cultural barriers slow every conversation. Vague responses, no Zoom meetings, hidden problems.
    

      Single bilingual lead
      One point of contact runs every factory conversation in real time, in Korean, and translates context — not just words.
    
  

  

    
Indie brands get deprioritized by manufacturers. Always saying "no" without explanation or alternatives. 
    

      Relationships, Reading Contexts 
      "No" is rarely the end of the conversation — it's MOQ structure, scheduling pressure, or capability mismatch in disguise. I translate what's actually being said, surface the alternatives that weren't offered, and open doors an indie brand alone can't reach.
    
  
  

    
Hidden margins. Unclear pricing. You never know what the agency really makes.
    

      Transparent fees
      Client-paid, fully disclosed fees. You receive the manufacturer’s original quote, and ALTA MEET never adds undisclosed markups or receives manufacturer commissions.
    
  

  

    
Hiring an in-house product team is expensive — product manager, sourcing lead, QC, and overseas communications all add up before you've produced a single SKU.
    

      Cost-effective vs. in-house
      You don't need to hire a product manager, sourcing lead, and QC/communications person separately. With a decade of experience across Korean manufacturing and global brand development, Altameet operates as your outsourced product team — at a fraction of the cost of building one in-house.
    
  

    
A strong product with no story. Generic positioning that gets lost in a crowded category. Weak ingredient narratives. AI search engines that have never heard of you.
    

      AI-powered PR
      I help shape how the brand tells itself — ingredient storytelling, design coordination, and content engineered for AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) to actually cite when people ask about your category.