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Dear Contributor,

Thank you for your interest in Black Mouse's online shop.

We have launched a new e-commerce online shop from this craft site. We specialise in greetings cards and wedding stationery and to complement our range we are looking for UK crafters who create handmade, quality, lightweight small gifts who might like to sell their merchandise in our new shop.

Our clients tend to be ABC1 and interested in quality, design and originality. They usually have a good idea of what they want and appreciate quality designer goods.

Please note - at present we are not looking for other peoples cards, only small gift items, although we may change this in the future.

We know there are a lot of talented UK crafters out there. (sorry - this is restricted to crafters in the United Kingdom at present)
Perhaps you don't have your own site, don't make a wide enough range to sell elsewhere, want to test a product or just want to extend availability.
The items you make must be small, lightweight, genuinely handmade and of good quality - basically they need to be postable!

The site currently gets around 350,000+ hits and 15000+ unique visitors a month, and with the launch of the shop these figures are increasing. We will continue to promote the shop across the internet and we will take care of all online orders, secure online payments and delivery to the customer.

Only small quantities on sale or return will be required initially so there will be no great risk or outlay.

There is a small one-off charge per product for setting it up in the shop - but this will only be deducted from sales to further reduce the risk to you. (if no sales after 2 months - you pay nothing!)

Products can be withdrawn at any time at short notice should you decide it's not for you. (unpaid set up fees will however still be payable if the items have been in the shop less than 2 months)

You can set your own prices.

You will need to send a picture or sample of the product(s) so we can ensure it fits our requirements.

We just need a description of the product, it's weight in grammes, any minimum order quantity (usually 1) and your preferred selling price (please take into account the deductions as outlined below when setting your prices)

Special Introductory offer
The usual will £8 charge will be reduced to £1 only for each item to set it up in the shop. This includes product photography - or optimising/scanning your own photographs - , and entry into our database plus generation of the necessary web code.
You do not need to send any money as this fee will be deducted from your sales.

We will deduct from your selling price a 20% sales commission plus a 5% transaction fee (we will absorb the higher transaction fees on lower ticket value Switch sales)

Your sales revenue after deductions will be paid initially after the first 2 month period then monthly by cheque through the post to your nominated address.

The goods need to be supplied on sale or return. You can send single or multiple items for inclusion - you choose.

All stock remains your property until sold.

If you decide you no longer want the items in the shop, you can withdraw them at any time
(please allow 10 working days for stock to be despatched to you and removed from the site)
Any outstanding set-up fees for that item must be paid prior to despatch if they have been in the shop for less than 2 months.

If you have any queries or want to arrange for your product(s) to be included after the launch please contact us at shopgift@blackmouse.co.uk for a copy of the contributor agreement.

NEW - We are now offering contributors their own shop page just for their product range. Contact us to discuss.

Black Mouse reserves the right to refuse products which are deemed unsuitable for the needs of the online shop at the present time.
This in no way implies that any refused products are below standard, it's just that we have a tight brief!