For curtain retailers · Trade only
Is your supplier selling to your customers too?
What a supplier might tell you, crossed out: “We do trade and retail.”
What we say instead: Wholesale only. It’s in our trading terms.
Speedy Blinds supplies retailers only (clause 2.1 of our trading terms), so we never quote, measure, install for or sell to a homeowner, and a homeowner who finds us is pointed to a retailer who uses our workroom.
What it costs you
- Your customer finds your supplier online and asks them for a price.
- You quote a job, and the factory quotes your customer direct.
- You stop sending your best jobs, in case the customer ends up with them.
What you can be certain of
JOB SPDY-2012 · TRADE ONLY
- 01
- We commit to
- Wholesale only.
- How you’ll know
- Clause 2.1 of our trading terms: we supply retailers, not end consumers. We don’t quote, measure, install for or sell to homeowners.
- 02
- We commit to
- No showroom.
- How you’ll know
- We make for retailers, from our factory in Thomastown, and we’ve no reason to want a showroom.
- 03
- We commit to
- Homeowners sent to a retailer.
- How you’ll know
- When a homeowner contacts us, we point them to a retailer who uses our workroom. That could be you.
Clause 2.1, word for word
From the trading terms every Speedy Blinds order is made under.
Wholesale supply only: The Company supplies Goods exclusively to Retailers and does not supply Goods directly to end consumers.
Clause 2.3 goes with it: we don’t provide measuring, fitting or installation, for retailers or homeowners.
Key facts
- Who we supply
- Retailers only
- Clause 2.1 of our trading terms
- Showroom
- None
- A homeowner who calls us
- Pointed to a retailer
- Measuring and installation
- Yours, not ours
- Clause 2.3 of our trading terms
Questions retailers ask
Do you ever sell curtains directly to the public?
No. We supply retailers only, under clause 2.1 of our trading terms, and we don’t quote, measure, install for or sell to homeowners. It’s written into the terms every order is made under.
Is being trade only written down anywhere?
Yes: clause 2.1 of our trading terms, quoted in full on this page. Clause 2.3 adds that we don’t provide measuring, fitting or installation to retailers or homeowners.
Do you have a showroom?
No, and no reason to want one. Everything we make is for a retailer. That’s clause 2.1 of our trading terms.
What do you do when a homeowner finds you first?
We point them to a retailer who uses our workroom, with no cost and no obligation to them. We don’t quote them, measure for them or sell to them.
The other reasons retailers switch
Their mistakes costing you your reputation
Checked twice before it leaves, and owned if it’s wrong.Losing jobs on price
One price list for every retailer, and $0 extra for an urgent job.Dates that keep getting pushed back
What moves a date, spelled out, and word as soon as your fabric goes on back order.Quality that’s hit and miss
Made to your order within written tolerances, and checked before it’s packed.Never knowing where a job is up to
Each part of every job shows its stage in the Order app.Paying for a supplier’s mistakes
If we made it wrong, we put it right under our Made to Spec Guarantee.Losing jobs to someone faster
Standard curtains in an estimated 5 business days.No one to ask when a job gets tricky
One number for calls, texts and WhatsApp, in business hours.Looking for a new curtain manufacturer?
Manufacturing curtains, delivering certainty.
Start with one job
No application, no minimum, no contract.
Send us one job and see how it comes back. Most retailers start that way.
Tell us what you sell, where you work and what you need from a workroom. We’ll tell you plainly whether we’re the right fit, and if we’re not, we’ll say that too.