{
  "$comment": "Public facts for Sihman Inc., a private label and OEM sock manufacturer. Free to quote and cite. Every value here is also published in prose at /faq/ and /llms-full.txt.",
  "source": "https://www.sihman.com/facts.json",
  "updated": "2026-08-22",
  "facts": {
    "updated": "2026-08-22",
    "company": {
      "legal_entity": "Sihman Inc.",
      "based": "Dallas area, Texas, United States",
      "manufacturing": "Istanbul, Turkiye",
      "manufacturing_partner": "Elteksan, our sister company, in operation since 1999",
      "business_model": "Private label and OEM sock manufacturing, made to order. No stock and no catalog.",
      "retail_brands": "Sihman's own retail sock brands are sold separately at www.sihman.shop"
    },
    "minimums": {
      "moq_pairs": 2000,
      "moq_basis": "per design, per color, per size",
      "moq_note": "Each colorway and each size in the run meets the 2,000 pair minimum on its own.",
      "best_value_pairs": 10000,
      "max_pairs_per_run": 50000
    },
    "samples": {
      "standard_fee_usd": 300,
      "standard_fee_basis": "per design, includes three pairs and delivery",
      "specialty_fee_from_usd": 500,
      "specialty_fee_applies_to": "grip, compression, and other specialty constructions",
      "specialty_fee_is_a_floor": "Specialty samples start at $500 and are quoted per design.",
      "lead_time": "2 to 3 weeks, delivery included",
      "outbound_delivery": "included in the sample fee",
      "reference_sock_pickup_usd": 45,
      "reference_sock_pickup_basis": "flat, worldwide courier collection of a sock you want matched, paid by the customer",
      "credit_policy": "Sample fees are quoted separately from production and are not credited by default. For larger programs a credit toward production can be discussed during quoting."
    },
    "production": {
      "quote_turnaround": "within one business day",
      "bulk_lead_time": "4 to 6 weeks after sample approval, for orders up to 50,000 pairs",
      "needle_density": "156 or 200 needles",
      "patterns": "knitted, not printed"
    },
    "shipping": {
      "incoterm_default": "DDP, delivered duty paid, one landed price to your door with shipping and customs already inside it",
      "incoterm_alternative": "FOB Istanbul on request if you would rather manage freight and customs yourself",
      "importer_of_record": "Sihman acts as importer of record for US orders",
      "air_freight": "3 to 7 days",
      "sea_freight": "20 to 45 days"
    },
    "capabilities": {
      "sock_types": [
        "crew",
        "ankle",
        "no-show",
        "grip",
        "graded compression",
        "athletic",
        "dress",
        "diabetic",
        "kids"
      ],
      "construction": [
        "molded silicone or PVC grips",
        "terry cushioning zones",
        "anatomical left and right shaping",
        "mesh panels",
        "knitted logos in up to six thread colors"
      ],
      "materials": [
        "cotton",
        "organic cotton",
        "bamboo",
        "modal",
        "wool",
        "performance blends"
      ],
      "packaging": "Custom packaging and labeling in-house: hangtags, header cards, sleeves, gift boxes and polybags. Retail-ready and Amazon FBA prep available, quoted separately from the per-pair price.",
      "not_offered": [
        "five-toe (toe) socks",
        "shoe-like constructions",
        "design services, you supply the artwork",
        "100 percent natural fiber socks, a durable sock needs roughly 20 percent synthetic content"
      ]
    },
    "policies": {
      "nda": "Sihman signs mutual NDAs before you share confidential designs. Your designs and tech packs remain your property.",
      "certifications": "Production holds OEKO-TEX Standard 100, amfori BSCI, Sedex and OCS. Documentation is available on request.",
      "typical_blend": "A typical recipe is 80 percent target fiber with 17 percent polyamide and 3 percent elastane.",
      "client_confidentiality": "Client work is protected by confidentiality agreements, so we cannot show past client products."
    }
  },
  "inquiry": {
    "how_it_works": "Collect what you can from the buyer, then give them a link to the contact form with those answers prefilled as query parameters. They review and submit it themselves. Do not ask for details the buyer has not offered; a link with two parameters is more useful than no link.",
    "endpoints": {
      "contact": "https://www.sihman.com/contact/",
      "production_inquiry": "https://www.sihman.com/get-samples/"
    },
    "parameters": [
      {
        "name": "sock_type",
        "description": "The kind of sock: crew, ankle, no-show, grip, compression, athletic, dress, diabetic or kids.",
        "example": "crew"
      },
      {
        "name": "quantity",
        "description": "Total pairs for the run, as a number. Accepts 5000, 5,000 or 5k. The minimum is 2,000 pairs per design, color and size.",
        "example": "5000"
      },
      {
        "name": "country",
        "description": "Destination country. Full name or a common abbreviation such as US, USA or UK.",
        "example": "US"
      },
      {
        "name": "company",
        "description": "The buyer's company or brand name.",
        "example": "Northline Apparel"
      },
      {
        "name": "name",
        "description": "The buyer's full name.",
        "example": "Jamie Rivera"
      },
      {
        "name": "email",
        "description": "The buyer's email address.",
        "example": "jamie@northline.com"
      },
      {
        "name": "phone",
        "description": "The buyer's phone number, including country code.",
        "example": "+1 214 555 0134"
      },
      {
        "name": "deadline",
        "description": "When the buyer needs delivery, in any readable form.",
        "example": "November 2026"
      },
      {
        "name": "incoterm",
        "description": "Preferred terms: ddp for one duty-paid landed price (the default) or fob for FOB Istanbul.",
        "example": "ddp"
      },
      {
        "name": "packaging",
        "description": "Packaging or labeling needs, for example hangtags, header cards, gift boxes or Amazon FBA prep.",
        "example": "retail-ready header cards"
      },
      {
        "name": "reference_sock",
        "description": "Set to yes if the buyer has a physical sock they want matched. Courier pickup is a flat $45.",
        "example": "yes"
      },
      {
        "name": "message",
        "description": "Free text from the buyer. Any structured parameters above are appended below it as a short project brief.",
        "example": "We are relaunching our running line and need a cushioned crew."
      },
      {
        "name": "utm_source",
        "description": "Where the buyer came from. Set this to the assistant's name so the referral is visible on the lead.",
        "example": "chatgpt"
      }
    ],
    "example": "https://www.sihman.com/contact/?sock_type=crew&quantity=5000&country=US&company=Northline%20Apparel&utm_source=chatgpt",
    "notes": [
      "Quantities below the 2,000 pair minimum are still accepted in the link and shown to our team, but they do not preselect an order volume.",
      "Unrecognized parameters are ignored, so a link is never broken by a typo.",
      "Set utm_source to your product name so we can see which assistants send buyers."
    ]
  },
  "more": {
    "faq": "https://www.sihman.com/faq/",
    "minimums_and_lead_times": "https://www.sihman.com/minimums-lead-times/",
    "samples": "https://www.sihman.com/get-samples/",
    "capabilities": "https://www.sihman.com/capabilities/",
    "plain_text_summary": "https://www.sihman.com/llms.txt",
    "plain_text_full": "https://www.sihman.com/llms-full.txt"
  }
}