The conductor for a touch panel is manufactured by forming, on an insulating transparent cover member, at least one the thickness changed part obtained by changing a thickness of a portion to be deformed during forming with respect to a thickness of other portion in advance, forming a conductive film laminate by disposing a conductive member on a surface of the cover member, and performing collective forming into a three-dimensional shape such that the conductive film laminate is deformed at a portion where the thickness changed part is formed.