Kindred Spirits Gifts &Home Decor

1. )How do I lease a booth?

One of our owners will assist you in picking out the appropriate booth size and location. Then you simply need to sign a 6 or 12 month leasing agreement, pay the first months rent and security deposit, which will be stated in the leasing agreement. Your monthly rental payment is due on the first day of each month following. If you move into a booth after the first day of the month, then your rent shall be prorated on the actual number of days rented for the first month.

For Vendor information please log on to www.kindredspiritsgiftsandhomedecor.com or call (614) 759-9808.

2.) How do I pay my rent payments?

Rent payments for all vendors are paid to Kindred Spirits Gifts and Home Decor. For your convenience, you may also designate that your rent payment be charged on a monthly basis to your Visa or MasterCard. For qualifying dealers, rent may be deducted from your monthly sales checks. Please check with the store management if you are interested in charging your rent or deducting rent from sales.

3.) Is Kindred Spirits Gifts and Home Decor concerned about what products are  displayed for sale?

Yes,we will make ever effort to ensure the items that are available in our store are of superior quality and marketability. We will also avoid “over saturation” with too much of the same items.  We believe diversity and variety will bring customers back for return visits.

4.) Will you allow dealers to sell manufactured items?

Yes, we will allow dealers to sell manufactured items, however we will employ strong restriction policies toward items. We recognize that many manufactured items enhance or compliment “hand made” crafts (i.e. packaged scents, candles, potpourri oils, etc.). It is our policy to monitor the quality and quantity of all products stocked for sale. Please see the store management for approval of manufactured products.

5.) Are dealers required to work at the store?

Absolutely not!! There will not be any dealer work day requirements. We provide the professional staff to ring up and checkout all sales, so you can provide a booth full of inventory.   Each vendor will be assigned a specific dealer number which will need to be recorded on all price tags. Our computerized checkout system will maintain a record of all your sales.

6.) Are there restrictions on when I can stock my booth?

No, you may stock your booth anytime during normal business hours. We do suggest that you do this at slower times of the day, as not to inconvenience customers and possibly lose sales.

7.) I live out of town, and cannot come in regularly to stock my booth. How can I keep my booth stocked?

Kindred Spirits Gifts and Home Decor offers free booth restocking for out of town dealers, Simply ship your priced merchandise to us, and our trained staff will do the rest! We can email you pictures after each restock upon request.

8). How does the layaway program work?

When a customer places an item in layaway, Kindred Spirits Gifts and Home Decor requires that ½ of the total purchase be paid. The customer signs an agreement that the layaway will be paid in full within 30 days. The layaway item(s) will be placed in a designated storage area until the layaway balance is paid in full. If the customer does not pay within the 30 days, they will forfeit the amount paid, and the item is returned to the dealer.

9.) What kind of security system do you use?

Kindred Spirits Gifts and Home Decor has and will continually upgrade a state of the art closed circuit TV system with video recording. Our staff will also be trained to recognize and investigate suspicious behavior. We also have a security sensor system, and offer for a small fee, security tags to protect products from theft by activating a door sensor if the tag is not deactivated at the checkout counter.

10.) How often do you cut Vendor checks?

Checks are cut on the last day of each month.   They are available by the 3^rd of each month and will be mailed on the 5^th of each month, if not picked up.  Your check will include an itemized list of each product sold.  In the interim, you can access your daily sales on our website after 10:00 pm each night.