If you'd like us to consider your wholesale items for our shop, please have a look around to determine if your style plus our style equals bliss. If you think the relationship is one worth pursuing, please send an e-mail to wholesale@thesweetunfolding.com with product photos or links, prices, and your wholesale policies, including information on minimum orders. We'll get back to you within two weeks to let you know if we are M.F.E.O. (extra points for you kindreds who know what we mean).

Consignment Information

Are you an arty guy or gal with some great handmade goods to offer? Are you more interested in creating than dealing with day-to-day business tasks like shipping orders and record-keeping? By consigning with The Sweet Unfolding, we'll take care of the details so you have more time to make cool stuff!

How does consignment at The Sweet Unfolding work?
We're so glad you asked. The basic arrangement is this: we'll post your items for sale in our shop and take care of all aspects of selling them. From taking product photos and writing descriptions to collecting payments and shipping products, we'll handle the details for you. We'll also promote you and your work on our site. In exchange, you'll receive 60% of the selling price and we'll keep the standard 40% consignment fee. This covers the administrative, business-y costs of maintaining the shop like packing and shipping items to customers, advertising, taxes, our ridiculously large telephone bill, and more fees than we ever thought possible.

What kind of products are we looking for?
We love discovering new artists and items that make our hearts beat faster. Nothing thrills us more than finding an eclectic, artistic new product that our customers will love. We're especially interested in items with a greener touch, and we'd love to learn more about products you make from materials and manufacturing processes that are kinder to the earth and its inhabitants. Of course, we always love to see products that help our customers add an elegantly edgy style to their weddings and special events.

So you want to submit an application
If only we had a filmstrip to show you that outlines the process! First things first, send an email to consignment@thesweetunfolding.com detailing the products you'd like us to consider. We need a thorough description of the item, including the retail price, the materials used, and any other descriptive details you'd like to provide. Please be sure to include product photos when at all possible. They may very well save you those infamous thousand words.

We'd also like to know a little about you. What's your style? What inspires you? Who did you aspire to be when you were in the third grade? All of these things factor heavily into our decision. (Okay, not really. We just like back-story to add drama to our workday.) If you have a web site, send us the link because we'd love to take a look.

We'll review all your information and get back to you in 2 - 4 weeks. If it's true love for both of us, we'll ask you to ship us your items (be sure to insure the package!) and include a list of product descriptions and prices. We'll handle all the shop details, from taking product pictures to prettily packaging and shipping your items when some lucky buyer snaps them up.

Once a month we'll send you an itemized list of all sold items along with your payment. You can choose to receive your payment through PayPal or we'll mail you a check, whichever you prefer.

What if an item doesn't sell?
We'll feel indignantly sympathetic over it for you. It's up to you whether you'd like to keep the item listed at its current price, put it on sale, or simply pull it from the shop. We recommend keeping your item listed for three months and then re-evaluating. Of course you're welcome to request that your items be removed from the shop and sent back to you at any time, no questions asked.