Wholesale terms and conditions

WHOLESALE ORDERING WITH THIMBLEPRESS®

Hello! We are so excited you are looking into carrying our brand! We look forward to learning more about your store/organization and building a successful partnership! We know that you’re excited to get started, but for speedy account approval and order processing please read and familiarize yourself with our wholesale policies below!

To place an order, view wholesale pricing, or access our online catalog, you must first be a registered and approved retailer. If you’re not registered and would like to be, please see directions below.  Please note in order to be approved you must have a working URL for your store or you may send us photos of your storefront for consideration to wholesale@thimblepress.com.

Online retailers carrying Thimblepress® products are required to include the Thimblepress® name in the product title or in the product description. Once you are approved as an online retailer, you may only sell on the URL that is submitted and approved through your wholesale application. Accounts may not utilize national/global selling platforms, including but not limited to Amazon.com, Ebay.com, ETSY,  Walmart.com, JET, Shoptique, etc.  Failure to comply will result in your wholesale status being revoked.

All Thimblepress® products being sold online must state: “created by Thimblepress®”.

1. SIGNING UP FOR AN ONLINE WHOLESALE ACCOUNT ON THIMBLEPRESSWHOLESALE.COM

We are available on multiple platforms for wholesale. We’ll break them down below!

Head over to Thimblepresswholesale.com and register for an account. After your account has been approved we will grant you access to our site! 

We want to make this as seamless as possible for you!

ORDERING ON OUR WEBSITE

1. Login to your account on Thimblepresswholesale.com

2. Begin shopping. The prices are set to wholesale prices and minimums.

3. Once your cart totals at least $150 in wholesale product you will be ready to check out. You will not pay on the site, rather, when your order is ready to ship we will call to collect payment information. 

If you have any other questions on how to order, please feel free to reach out to us. We are happy to help in any way we can! Thank you!

2. WE ARE SET UP ON FAIRE FOR WHOLESALE. See below for details

4. We are on ABOUND wholesale

5. We are on Bulletin Wholesale

Are you a current retailer with an online account and trying to access your account on our new site? Simply put in your existing username and click forgot password. You will then be directed to create a new password. voila! That's it! 

Are you a current retailer but do not have wholesale account access within our website? Apply for a wholesale account and email us. We will be more than happy to transition your account to ‘wholesale buyer’ status on our website!

Please be mindful of our minimum quantity requirements when ordering, which can be found below. Questions or Confused? Email wholesale@thimblepress.com. 

ORDER AMOUNT MINIMUMS

Opening orders: $150

Minimum reorder: $100

ITEM QUANTITY MINIMUMS PER ORDER

Small and Large Art Prints, Notepads 3

All other products 6

Box Sets of Cards  3 per design (sets cannot be taken apart and repackaged for individual sale)

PAYMENT

Payment for orders are required prior to shipping, by check or credit card. Orders prepaid by check will only ship once the check is cleared. Net 30 day terms are offered to retailers with a credit sheet and an established relationship with Thimblepress®, but will be assessed a $75 late fee for past-due invoices. Returned checks are subject to a $35 fee. (If/when placing order through thimblepress.com your shipping payment will be calculated post-purchase as we strive to provide the best pricing and most accurate rates we can find.)

SHIPPING

Orders ship approximately 1-4 weeks from order date. If the order is much larger than a standard order we will arrange specific terms. We strive to get orders out as fast as we can but many of our products are still handmade by our studio team. Please contact us for specific lead times. All orders ship vis UPS or USPS. Please contact us if you would like to request special shipping terms, times, or if you have a UPS account number you would like us to use.

PACKAGING

Wholesale orders are packaged in as few boxes as possible. All prints come wrapped in cello sleeves with a cardboard backing. Greeting card box sets come packaged in a custom paper and clear top box. Single cards come in a clear cello sleeve. All items are retail ready and have labeling and packaging to clearly identify the product.

All Thimblepress® products must be sold in their original packaging. Boxed sets may not be broken up and sold as individual cards. If you have any questions regarding the way our items are packaged, please email wholesale@thimblepress.com.

BACKORDERS

We do not typically do backorders. If an item is out of stock we will remove the item from your order and make a note on the invoice. In the rare occasion we put an item in your order on backorder, the customer is responsible for all shipping charges associated.

REFUNDS

We ask all changes to your order be submitted by email to wholesale@thimblepress.com within 24 hours of placing the order. Any returns to your order or cancellations not reported within 24 hours will be issued up to a 20% restocking fee for the items restocked. If a restocking fee is issued, it will be deducted from the adjusted order total. Merchandise that has been mistakenly shipped must be emailed to wholesale@thimblepress.com within 5 days of receiving the shipment. Returns or exchanges must be postmarked within 5 days of notifying us by email. All merchandise must be returned unopened and in its original packaging. We will not accept returned products that have already been marked or labeled.

PRODUCT IMAGES

If you would like to use Thimblepress® product photography to market Thimblepress® products you must be an approved Thimblepress® retailer. If you are an approved retailer please email wholesale@thimblepress.com for access to our product and lifestyle images. When using our images on a website or printed publication, approval by a Thimblepress® account executive must be given.

Please note, the product  and lifestyle images we send to you can only specifically be used to market our products. Images cannot be used on your website as banner images unless our product is named and featured alongside the lifestyle image. As much as we love seeing it on there, we simply cannot legally allow it. The photography rights provided to us only extends to the marketing of our products and for the Thimblepress® site. All Thimblepress® products being sold online must state: “created by Thimblepress®”.

HOUSEKEEPING

Please note, our studio hours are Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm CST. We do not keep office hours over the weekend, so if you are wanting to inquire about an order please email wholesale@thimblepress.com and we will get back to you as soon as we can. The best way to inquire about your order is to email us, not call.