Wholesale
Some of my pins are available for wholesale for brick and mortar or physical store stockists. Before we do a wholesale agreement, I need to know a little bit about your business first. Typically this is just information about what products you sell, where your store is located and if your store has a social media page or website I can look at.
Guidelines
When selling my pins, I ask that the following be observed…
- All my pins are shipped mounted on their backing cards and must be sold on their backing cards.
- No attempts should be made by the stockist to alter the pin face, design, post, metal or backstamp.
- If the stockist is selling a patch or sticker, no attempts should be made to alter the face or back of the sticker or patch.
- If the stockist is selling a print, no attempts should be made to alter the artwork in any way.
- Stockists are not permitted to scan, trace or otherwise reproduce the artwork of a pin, patch, sticker or print.
- Modifications to the backing card or sleeve to add hang hooks, placing it in a bag for retail, placing a pricing sticker on the backing card or sleeve, etc. is OK.
- I do my best to inspect the pins in wholesale orders with the same level of scrutiny as the pins I sell in my own storefronts to ensure they meet A grade (standard grade) quality.
Contacting Me About Wholesale
I do not wholesale to individuals or groups for personal use. You must own and operate a physical store or physical booth in order to qualify for the wholesale program.
If you’d like to contact me regarding wholesale, please send me a message and tell me a little bit about your business, its name, any social media or website you may run for it, what kinds of items it sells, where it’s located etc. You can get in touch with me via my Contact Form.
Pin Back Options
Pins are sold with colour rubber PVC clutches unless you specify otherwise. Locking back clutches can be shipped with my pins but may come at an additional charge.
Lead Times
Sometimes I require a bit of lead time to produce the amount of units needed for a wholesale order. Unless I have enough units of a product on hand, I will need anywhere from 15-45 business days to produce the items. More complex items may need additional time to be produced. Large orders may also need more time to be produced.
There is a production pause of 3 weeks that occurs at the beginning of every year that may cause some delays in fulfilling wholesale orders. Please keep this in mind when planning out your stock.
Stockists
The following is a list of stockists or places where you can find The Geeky Forge products.
If you’ve found my pins for sale on any site (especially AliExpress, Depop, DHGate, Wish or Amazon) not listed above, please let me know using my Contact Form. I offer a thank you coupon for counterfeit reports of my pins, items or artwork.