Home Battery ODM: Your Brand on a 5-15 kWh System
A private label programme for distributors, installers and brand owners who want their own nameplate on a residential battery — without building a factory, a BMS team or an export department.
You Sell the Brand. We Run the Programme.
ODM works when the buyer already has a market and needs a product, not when the buyer is looking for the cheapest box on Alibaba.
Regional brand owners
You have a name, a logo and a dealer network in one or two countries, and you need hardware that carries your name instead of competing with the importer next door on the same Deye sticker.
Distributors adding storage
You already move inverters, panels or electrical wholesale in the market and want a storage line you control on price and margin.
Installers going upstream
You install every week and know exactly what fails in the field, so you want a product spec that fits your service model instead of working around someone else's.
What Gets Built Under Your Name
Hardware range
LFP battery in 5, 10 and 15 kWh tiers, wall-mount or floor-standing cabinet, paired with a 5, 6 or 8 kW hybrid inverter. Single-phase and three-phase variants. The chemistry and BMS platform come from what the line already validates — a custom BMS is a two-year project, a custom enclosure is a six-week one, and we will tell you which of the two you are actually asking for.
Your identity on the product
Nameplate, silk print, enclosure colour, carton artwork, manual language and the app or portal entry point where the supplier allows white labelling. Brand assets are handled under NDA and are never reused for another customer's programme.
Specification for your grid
Voltage window, frequency, meter set, communication protocol and backup behaviour are configured for the country you sell in. A system tuned for a German grid is not the same product as one for a weak Uzbek feeder, and the difference is in settings and accessories, not in the brochure.
Documents and inspection
Factory test report with every unit, packing list, UN38.3 transport documents, and a pre-shipment inspection you can attend or commission. Export documents are issued from China; the importer of record is your company.
How a Programme Runs, Step by Step
1. Specification sheet
You send the four numbers below. We return a one-page spec: capacity, inverter rating, enclosure, compliance route, and the bill of materials the price is based on.
2. Sample with your nameplate
One or two units built with your artwork, so your dealers can touch the product and your certification lab has the exact model it will test.
3. Certification route
UN38.3, CE, IEC 62619 or a country scheme: we coordinate samples, documents and factory audit; the laboratory is third-party and the cost sits with the buyer. Certificates are issued to your model, not borrowed from another customer.
4. First batch and QC
Batch size is agreed in writing with the factory. Inspection before packing, test report per unit, and photos of the actual goods before the container is sealed.
5. Repeat supply
Locked bill of materials, agreed spare parts ratio (BMS boards, inverters), and a named contact on our side for technical escalation.
What we will not do
We will not quote a certificate we have not been handed, we will not print "our factory" on a page when we are the programme manager, and we will not sell your brand artwork or your customer list to the next buyer.
Four Numbers We Need From You
An ODM price without these four is a guess, because the same 10 kWh cabinet costs very differently depending on the enclosure, the compliance route and the batch size.
1. Target market and compliance route
The country you will sell in, and what the importer actually needs: CE, IEC 62619, UN38.3, SASO, Uzbek CoC, or a local grid-operator approval. This decides the test programme and the accessories.
2. Capacity and inverter tier
kWh per unit and kW of inverter, plus single-phase or three-phase. If you are unsure, tell us the typical daily consumption of your customer's house and we will propose a tier.
3. Volume: first batch and twelve months
Two different numbers. The first batch sets the enclosure and packaging setup cost; the twelve-month figure decides what price the factory will hold for you.
4. Brand and packaging assets
Logo files, nameplate layout, carton dimensions, manual language. If you do not have artwork yet we can quote with a generic carton and add your branding at the sample stage.
Straight Answers
Do you own the factory?
No. We are the programme manager between you and the cell, BMS and inverter lines in China. We choose the line, lock the bill of materials, run the inspection and issue the export documents. You get the factory test report, and you can visit the line with us before the first batch.
What is the minimum order?
One unit as a sample with your nameplate and carton. Enclosure colour, printed manual and custom packaging run in batches, and the batch size is confirmed per programme by the factory — we put the number in writing before you pay a deposit.
Can the certificate be in my company name?
That is the point of an ODM programme. Certificates are issued to a model and a manufacturer, so the route is: your model number, your artwork, our named factory, and your company as the applicant where the scheme allows it. We tell you which schemes allow it before you spend money on testing.
Who warranties the product in my market?
You do, and that is the honest structure of private label. We support it with spare BMS boards, spare inverters and factory technical escalation. If you want the factory warranty transferred to the end user, it must be written into the programme agreement before production, because it changes the price.
How much does a private label 10 kWh system cost?
It depends on the enclosure, the inverter tier, the compliance route and the batch size, so any single number on a web page is marketing. What we can say is the shape of the cost: the battery pack is the largest block, the inverter the second, and the enclosure and packaging setup cost is spread across the first batch only. Send the four numbers and you get a cost breakdown, not a headline price.
Can you ship to my country and who clears customs?
We ship FOB from a Chinese port with UN38.3 transport documents and dangerous goods packing where the pack requires it. Your company is the importer of record, and clearing is on your side — or on your forwarder, if you use one. We will name the port, the HS code (8507.60 for the lithium pack, 8504.40 where the inverter ships separately) and the documents we hand over.
Last updated: 2026-10-25
Send the market, the tier and the volume
You get a one-page specification, a bill of materials and the compliance route — not a brochure with a price range that fits nobody.
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