Designer-Artist Application
Allow Deep South Fibers to introduce and promote your work to qualifying retailers internationally so you as a designer can focus on what you do best, create! Time is valuable so let us stock and manage your portfolio exclusively as we use our market presence and base of relationships to get you noticed. In the meantime, you are free to continue to reinvent yourself as you push your craft forward. Take a look at our store locator to view our ever expanding list of customers today!
For established designers who are seeking an exclusive distributor, Deep South Fibers offers the following benefits:
- Representation at TNNA's (The National Needlearts Association)
- Have your product(s) featured in one of our many weekly email campaigns
- Have your product(s) featured in our quarterly mail campaigns
- Share the ‘in-store foot traffic’ with the other designers on our site. Deep South Fibers is quickly becoming the ‘one stop’ shop for LYS retailers as the only place to stock up on the latest and best assortment of knitwear designs. Gain exposure and increase your sales just by being a part of the team; the DSF Network team!
- Gain a web presence. Deep South Fibers owns and operates one of the industry's most efficient web interfaces that will professionally display your products and allow the qualifying LYS (Local Yarn Store) to purchase wholesale 24/7. Using the web as a tool, we also offer designers the following:
- Vendor/Designer Home Page - Become a member of the 'DSF Network'! Click here for example
- On-Line Trunk Show management - Trunk Shows sell yarn so let us manage your trunk show inventory as we work with those stores that want physical samples of your line!
- 'Free Pattern' downloads section - Click here to see our current Free Pattern selections.
- Eratta capabilities: DSF offers to help our designers to easily manage issues with past or current versions of their patterns. Click here
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Have your products available for sale directly to the consumer using our Shopatron® network! The Shopatron network enhances our customers’ shopping experiences while expanding sales opportunities for our designers and retailers. By partnering with Shopatron, the Leader in Retailer-Integrated e-Commerce, we now have access to a nationwide network that matches manufacturers with participating retailers. Click for more information.
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Autoship: Deep South Fibers offers an Autoship service that allows our retailers to ‘pre-order’ a specific amount of patterns from their favorite designers. Increase your guaranteed sales opportunity today!
- DSF handles all order fulfillment, accounts receivables, and customer communications. For the small designer, there isn’t a need to invest in expensive and complicated tools to handle large call volumes and other optional payment systems.
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Allow DSF to manage your store model program. Samples = Sales! We know the value in having a sample on the sales floor. Allow retailers to invest in your line by knitting a sample for their own store. Our customers can redeem a photo of their knitted store sample for free products!
At Deep South Fibers, we view the relationship that we have with our designers as a ‘partnership’ and as such the ultimate success of our collective brands is tied.
For consideration fill out an application today. If we feel your line, or a portion thereof, would be a good fit in our portfolio, you will be contacted within three (3) business days.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Deep South Fibers
