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Roseanne Gennett
I was keenly interested in hearing directly from brand owners about the volume of orders on Faire. The vast majority (47%) receive between 1-4 orders per month. Another 29% of respondents receive between 5-9 orders per month, which means that 76% of all artisans on Faire receive nine orders or less per month. Interestingly, 1% of respondents receive 50+ orders per month!
As I mentioned in a previous blog about Indigo Fair, the Faire commission structure has evolved with the platform. Makers who are onboarding at present pay a 25% commission on first orders from any buyer, 15% commission on reorders from the same buyer, and an optional 3% fee for immediate payment (as opposed to waiting 30 days for invoice settlement). When I polled the Lucky Break community, 64% of respondents affirmed that they were under the current Faire fee structure, while 36% are grandfathered in under older (and more favorable) fee structures.
But not everyone is jumping on the Faire bandwagon, and even some who have hopped on have done so reluctantly. The majority of artisans that I spoke with had some reservations about Faire. Chief among those concerns is a mistrust of the constant tweaks and evolutions, a distaste for the expensive fee structure, and an uneasiness about how Faire handles returns. Several makers recalled how Faire initially sold their products without notifying them or requesting permission, and there was plenty of moaning about a lack of transparency or a dearth of information about how Faire works.
5. Enable direct wholesale ordering on your website, and offer special incentives (lower minimums, faster shipping, complimentary shipping over a certain threshold) to incentivize direct orders.
I am contemplating purchasing from the artisans on Faire and am especially interested in how Faire is doing relating to retailers. Can you provide me some information based on your research and responses from retailers in your survey?
I went to bed owing $0 and woke up with a $425 charge, meaning the vendor went into my account WITHOUT authorization and added more product to my order without my approval or asking me. They are a nightmare to deal with. After going back and forth with their customer service since October 2021, I filed a fraudulent claim on them and the brand and deleted my account.
I did speak with buyers and attempt to bring their opinion of Faire to the table. You can read more about that in an earlier installment of my blog series about Faire. >> -makers-designers-and-retail-buyers-love-about-faire/
Hi Rhonda, I came across your feed. I am not sure what products you are looking for.
But I am a wholesaler. If you are interested in Waffle Shaped Wax Melts or the Wax Snaps I am here for you
Thank you, Barbara
Hi Rhonda,
My company is launching on September 28, 2021 and provides wholesale buying to retailers. We work with several artisans in Haiti who create handmade wall decor made from recycled steel drums. If there is interest, please feel free to review the products on our website at
Black owned businesses is also racism. I am of mixed color and I do not purchase according to race. if you are going to call attention to this, you should also show white owned, Asian owned, Mexican owned, Jewish owned., etc. Why are you showing favoritism towards a persons race ?
Lucky Break continually features and highlights the work of artisan brand owners across the spectrum of race, nationality, and creed. We always have, and we plan to continue that effort. This Instagram post from May 28, 2020 is one recent example of Lucky Break connecting readers to brands owned by women of color, indigenous women, and Asian women, too. >> _dDnKxJ/
I also had the same experience. Placed 3 orders, 1 from uk turned up quickly, 1 from italy where i received a butterfly broach shipped from china. Was told to mark it as received and then tell them what was missing. Order apparently got replaced but 4 weeks later nothing has arrived and the tracking is unrecognised and there is no way to mark the order as not received to open a dispute. the seller answered my sales question in 9 mins but cant reply to my delivery in 8 days. 3rd order was apparently delivered but not to me and im still waiting for a replacement to arrive.
As a buyer, I see absolutely no benefit to this type of platform as it is a 3rd party inserting themselves into my workload. I want certain things from a vendor and I want direct answers, if a vendor has their act together for wholesale, regardless of their size, they will be able to deal with me direct. When I make the choice to buy from local Indy artists, it is also to benefit them, so them loosing money on the deal is not cool, I want to deal direct. One can research on Etsy, through local street fairs, festivals and art shows, etc. Show off those people that are more local to you.
Faire already had to go through reconstruction once, they are not the only vendor to approach this type of business and other businesses did not go about it in such a predatory manner. As a buyer for a larger company, I felt like this platform gave the vendors a bad name. When they rebranded they ended up spamming our company across the board with no research as to who they should be contacting and when I finally got someone to answer my contact attempts, they basically blamed the artists. Shady and unprofessional.
Based on your survey results, it seems to me they are burning through brands. Makers are attracted by the light (orders), but then burned by it (high commission). As you mention in your blog, Faire is incentivized to have buyers consistently buy from new brands, not reorder from existing ones. Thus makers consistently loose 25% of profit margin, and that constancy will stay high in the long run, as buyers continue NOT to reorder. So, tired of being burned, makers leave the platform.
I wish more retailers would understand what happens with Faire in the background. An absurdly high commission to the vendors, for doing what? A website, offering no real human contact, should not be taking 25-28% EVER from a maker. This is robbery. Faire is basically exactly like Amazon. They flash free shipping, discounts, free $100 credit, net terms (basically acting like a bank for vendors) etc. to the retailers to get them to stop working with sales people and brands directly. Amazon did the same thing to pull customers away from small retailers. Small independent retailers asking customers to shop small and come to their shop should NOT be buying on Faire. It is a billion dollar company that is the opposite of buying small. They are taking money away from local sales people and vendors, and often sales people are providing a service and a retailer ends up putting the order through Faire. This in turn takes money out of a small business (steals it from the local sales person and moves it to a billion dollar company). Is this what small retailers want to be doing, or even know they are doing? I wish people would start talking about this on a bigger scale and what Faire is truly doing to the industry. 25-28% commission ends up meaning higher wholesale prices, retailers need to understand this!
Great article. Could not have come at a more opportune time. My summation of Faire is this. We received our first order within 2 hours of going live with the site. It was a pleasant surprise. Now we are asking ourselves if it is the one hit wonder because we have not had anything since.
I recently joined Faire. I am a buyer for my very small shop. Faire has been a great site for me. I can look through many brands to find just the right products. I have noticed however that minimum $ values, set by some brands, have precluded me from even looking at their products. Some smaller brands with low minimum $ purchase sometimes have only a few (sometimes 2) items for sale so i was not able to purchase anything from them. I do not understand how they could make a go of it. But for me, it works great. I have so far bought from three different brands of which one i ordered from twice and plan on ordering more from all of them again in the future.
Beware: Faire is a HUGE spammer and they are not only bombarding small businesses luring them on their shitty paltform, but also illegally ignoring any unsubscribing. We have reported and marked them as Spammers!
Hello!
Do you know what kinds of goods are most popular among the top 1% to 50% of sellers? What types of buyers are most active on Faire? It seems to me that this platform is primarily focused on goods whose end customers are women. Is this correct?
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A reputable China wholesale website online should prioritize comprehensive supplier vetting, secure payment methods, and genuine buyer transactions. Crucially, it should offer prompt dispute resolution to safeguard the interests of both buyers and sellers.
However, Alibaba has a broader range of services, and now there are even online trade fairs. With the development of global business, there are more and more suppliers from other countries selling on Alibaba.
Unlike other B2B China wholesale website, MadeinChina.com loads faster and provides a broad catalog with few repeats. Besides, the searches of this Alibaba alternative provide relevant information. All suppliers come from China.
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