Stocking with us.

Do you want to take your small business a step further by stocking your handmade items and crafts in a shop? Rent a shelf is a fantastic option to promote your work, business and have a physical micro shop without having the cost of owning your own shop. We are basically a mini market based at a market!

We currently support 30-35 small businesses promote and sell their handmade crafts and items. We stocks anything from jewellery, home fragrance and confectionary to bath & body cosmetics, children/baby clothing and photography. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Please take a look below to find out more about how rental spaces works.

• The shelf spaces are of various sizes and the monthly rental costs reflects this. Shelf spaces vary in cost ranging between £10 and £30 a month.
• Wall/Floor spaces are available to rent at a monthly rental cost of £10 a month.
• There are 7 greetings card racks available (2 wall mounted & 5 on a rotating card display). The monthly rental cost of these are £10 and in each rack are 8 slots for cards. Each slot hold 2-3 A5 or 10cm x 10cm cards depending on the thickness.
• All shelf/wall/floor spaces are to be rented for a minimum of two months.
• No commission is taken from sales. However, you will be responsible for covering the cost of the card transaction fee if your sale is made via a card payment. This is currently 1.69% (approx 8 pence for every £5 taken on the card machine).
• All stockists are allocated a trader ID.
• Before stocking the space agreed, you must sign a contract agreeing to the terms and conditions.
• Any spaces that are available will be available to fill on the first of the month and must be fully stocked within the first week of the month.
• If you wish to terminated your contract after the minimum period of two months rental, you are required to give four weeks notice on the first of the month.
• If when you enquire about a space with us and there are not any available, you will be put on a waiting list and will be contacted when a space becomes available that is suitable for you. As we would like there to be as much of a variety as possible, we do not tend to stock more than two of the same type of work.
• The double unit we are based in at Tiverton Pannier Market is lockable and secure. There are 3 locks on each door (2 padlocks & one main lock). There is also CCTV at the market as well. No monies is left on the premises overnight.
• As we are based in a double unit, we are open to the elements. Rain does not come into the unit but it can get a bit windy at times. Please ensure that your items are packaged well.
• All sales are recorded twice using the card machine system and a physical sales book.
• Cash and card payments are taken for sales.
• A sales list will be sent to the stockist on the first of every month. If no sales have been made, then no sales list will be sent.
• Any monies owed to the stockist for any sales made will be paid in the stockist bank account between the 1st and the 10th of the following month. For example, May sales are paid between the 1st and the 10th of June.
• Devon & Somerset Craft Collective is entirely run by the owner, unless help is required, for example, if the owner is going away on holiday, then a shout out for help will be there. If a stockist is able to help out, then full training will be given.
• Although advertisement and marketing of the shop and items will be done by the owner via Devon & Somerset Craft Collective's social media and website, we do ask you, the stockist to help with that advertisement and marketing by promoting that you are renting a space within Devon & Somerset Craft Collective and sharing social media posts from Devon & Somerset Craft Collective.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

You, the stockist will be responsible for the following;

• Delivery of stock to Devon & Somerset Craft Collective, Unit 13 & 14, Tiverton Pannier Market, Tiverton, Devon EX16 6NH.
• Ensuring your items are labelled correctly with the price and trader ID.
• Refreshing your shelf/wall/floor space with new stock at least once a month.
• Making sure you have up-to-date public liability insurance to cover your products and supply a copy of this.
• Provide correct and up-to-date contact details for you, the stockist.
• To pay the required amount of monthly shelf rental costs on time, on the first of the month by standing order. Cash is not accepted, unless paying for at least six months up front.
• To give four weeks notice to terminate your contract to vacate your rental space on the first of the month. Failure to give notice will mean that the rent is due for that month.
• Failure to pay the monthly space rental costs on time will create a debt payable by the stockist to Devon & Somerset Craft Collective. If you are unable to pay on the first of the month, please advise us of this and the due date can be extended by 5 days. Failure to pay rent once the 5 days has expired will result in stock being removed from the rental space or Devon & Somerset Craft Collective may choose to take 30% of sales until the rent is paid.
• To remove stock from Devon & Somerset Craft Collective on the agreed date, unless alternative arrangements have been made, for example, arranged for stock to be posted back to the stockist.
• All postage costs must be covered by you, the stockist.

We, Devon & Somerset Craft Collective will be responsible for;

• Recording all sales and uploading them to a spreadsheet.
• Keeping a record of all sales and monies owed to the stockist.
• Ensuring any money owed is paid to stockist within the stated time framed stated above and in the contract.
• Ensuring that the unit is safe and securely locked at the end of the day.
• Devon & Somerset Craft Collective will be open at least four days a week for between 4-6 hours a day. There may be occasions when the shop has to shut. If this occurs, the all stockists will be notified as soon as possible. We will do our absolute best to ensure this doesn't happen.
• Marketing the shop on social media and website and ensuring that customers are able to browse the products with ease.

We have a limited amount of shelf spaces of various sizes available. Please get in contact with us to find out more via Facebook, email or by using the ‘contact us’ form at the top of the page.