Compliance, warehousing, operations and retail channels — matched to vetted partners who have done your exact category.
Open each one to see what it includes — and when to start.
Different categories follow different compliance paths: cosmetics fall under MoCRA facility registration and product listing, electronics need UL and FCC, children's products follow CPSIA, and food and supplements run on their own FDA tracks. What they share — goods that got it wrong get stopped at the port. We match you with agencies that have certified your exact category.
Common trap Registering the compliance entity (like a cosmetics responsible person) under your operating agency or freight forwarder — switch partners, and your compliance identity in the US starts over.
When to start: at sampling, not before shippingCovers US-based warehousing, DDP clearance plans, special handling for liquids, batteries and shelf-life goods, duty planning and IPPC wood-packaging compliance. With the de-minimis exemption gone, unit economics need to be re-run around domestic stocking.
Common trap Pricing domestic stock with the old direct-shipping model — the first container lands, and duties plus storage have already eaten the margin.
When to start: 2–3 months before your first stock landsAmazon US and TikTok Shop US store setup, category approval, listings and ad management. We only match operators who have actually run your category — and can show the sales data to prove it.
When to start: once inventory is in the USVetting and running creators in your vertical, content-commerce playbooks, campaign tracking and review. Creator spend should sit on top of live listings and reviews — reverse the order and the money is wasted.
When to start: once listings and reviews are in placeDirect introductions to buyers at US retailers and distributors. Major US retail runs fixed review seasons and reset calendars, so conversations start early. Slots are limited and brands are assessed first.
When to start: 6–9 months before your target shelf seasonWe publish the process, because the vetting itself is the value.
No one enters the list from a brochure. Every partner has been interviewed face-to-face or on video — about what they do, and just as important, what they won't take on.
They must show real cases in the same category — what they did, what went wrong, how they fixed it. Without your category, they would be learning on your budget. We don't accept that arrangement.
We call brands they have served and ask one question: how did it really go. The slowest step — and the most useful one.
Rate ranges and billing models go on file before a partner is listed. Fees that surface mid-negotiation get a partner removed.
Every partner commits to a first-response window, on record. Miss it repeatedly and they're off the list.
US retail buyers work fixed review seasons and reset calendars — usually 6 to 9 months out. The hardest part of this road isn't the product; it's meeting the right person at the right time.
The buyer list is never published or shared. Every introduction is arranged individually, after we've assessed the brand. If you already have US sales data or a review base, say so in the form — we'll prioritize the assessment.
First in the series, focused on beauty & personal care: the MoCRA responsible person, facility registration renewals, product listing cycles, exemption exceptions, tariffs and customs. Electronics and children's-products editions are in the works.
No. Submitting, matching and introductions are free for brands — you only spend money when you decide to engage whoever ends up doing the work.
DawnRise is a US-registered company based in Los Angeles. We build stores and trade show booths for brands, and we work these market-entry links ourselves — what we can do, we do; for the rest, we hand you to vetted partners who've done your exact category, and follow through to the end.
Only the partners we match you with — never more than three — and only after you've okayed it. Nothing is published or resold.
Publishing the list hands the screening work back to you. Names are easy to find; knowing which one fits your category, stage and budget is the actual work — and that's what we do.
No. Partners are on identical terms — there's no paid ranking. We only earn when a match works out, so pushing the wrong partner costs us too.
Yes. Early brands most need compliance and logistics thought through first — those are the two things that hurt most when done out of order.
The more specific you are, the better the match.
We'll reply to the email you left, with initial matching suggestions.
While you wait, have a look at the US Compliance Guide — Beauty & Personal Care.