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The Creators Vendor Program is a membership community supporting artists, foundations, creators, and studios through shared distribution, marketing, and operational infrastructure.
Please submit the application form below to be considered for product inclusion and membership in the Creators Vendor Program. A member of our team will review your submission and be in touch shortly to confirm next steps and onboarding details.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Creators Vendor Program is a monthly membership that provides artists and studios with distribution, marketing, and administrative support.
The Creators Vendor Program is a membership-based collaboration for creators, artists, and studios producing functional art products. The program provides shared distribution, marketing, and administrative infrastructure, allowing creators to access new markets while maintaining ownership of their work and production.
The monthly fee of $50 USD plus tax supports the operational work required to represent and distribute artist products effectively. This includes platform management, retail catalog development, marketing, advertising (including paid ads), and content creation, trade show participation, sales outreach, customer communication, and administrative coordination. Rather than operating as a commission-only marketplace, the program is structured as a shared investment that aligns long-term incentives and enables sustainable, thoughtful partnerships.
4AP is the organizing and operational partner for the program. Our role is to curate the catalog, manage sales and distribution channels, lead marketing and trade show efforts, and handle customer communication and administrative coordination. We serve as the connective layer between artists, retail partners, and end customers, allowing creators to focus on their practice, while we manage visibility, access, and infrastructure.
The program is open to emerging and established artists, foundations, designers, and studios working in home goods, accessories, gifting, and lifestyle categories. Applicants should have product-ready work and the ability to fulfill orders reliably.
Participants must be able to:
• Present a clear body of work with a consistent visual language
• Offer wholesale pricing suitable for retail distribution
• Fulfill orders directly as a drop-ship partner
• Meet basic packaging, quality, and fulfillment standards
• Provide product assets and information for catalog listings
Once accepted, participants are enrolled in the Creators Vendor Program at a monthly membership fee of $50 USD plus applicable tax. The fee is billed monthly and supports program operations, marketing, distribution, and infrastructure.
When a product sells, the artist, creator, foundation or studio is paid the agreed wholesale price per unit sold. Orders are fulfilled directly by the artist as a drop-ship partner. Payment terms and payout cadence are shared during onboarding.