What is a Make & Sell Project?
Make & Sell projects have the option of creating a pre-order period before retail sales. The benefit of a pre-order period is that you will be able to collect pre-orders from customers through your Qrates project page while your project is being manufactured. Unlike crowdfunding projects, customers who order from a Make & Sell project are guaranteed a record/cassette as it does not have a pledge goal amount to reach. Make & Sell projects require upfront payment to start the manufacturing process.
Once Make & Sell projects are complete, any remaining stock not ordered during the pre-order period goes directly to the project's selected Qrates Storage. During this period, customers can continue ordering records/cassettes that will ship directly from our shipping centers.
Make & Sell projects allow artists to send their records/cassettes from Qrates Storage to an address of their choosing through either Send Vinyl or Send Cassettes requests. As with the pre-order period, artists and labels can set any price they want for their merchandise during the sales period.
To create a new Make & Sell project, click MAKE YOUR OWN in the header section of our top page.
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