Frequently Asked Questions

The Clover Market was launched in the spring of 2010 in the greater Philadelphia area to provide a venue for independent artisans and antique dealers to connect with customers who love to shop small. We have now transitioned into an online presence due to COVID-19, and our outdoor Markets and holiday show are on hold for now for safety. The new online shop provides a venue for customers to discover and purchase from the same high quality, independent brands featured at our live events. We plan to carry a well-edited assortment of handmade goods along with a selection of high quality vintage finds. The shop will always be live with a variety of sellers from the Philadelphia area and beyond, and we look forward to highlighting new sellers, products, seasonal or holiday collections, and exclusive items proudly designed and produced in America. You can read more about us here.

Our online shop works as a curated dropship program. Clover Market manages vendor selection, marketing and social media, product review and rotation, customer service, the website, and vendor payments. Vendors focus on selecting their products to add to the shop (more on that below), shipping orders, helping to get the word out and, of course, making and finding beautiful things!

Our events and online shop are focused on handmade products along with high quality antiques and vintage goods. We consider handmade products to be those which are original in design and which require a level of skill and creativity in their final execution. We value seeing the maker's personal imprint on the final products sold versus products with minimal handiwork done on purchased components. When reviewing potential vendors, we consider product quality and craftsmanship, uniqueness, cohesiveness of design, fit with our aesthetic/what we feel will resonate with our customers, and the overall mix of sellers we have at any given time. We strive to have a variety of styles, price points, and categories represented in our shop, and at our events. Finally, but importantly, we are interested in increasing representation of BIPOC brands in our vendor community, and this can be indicated on our interest form.

We do not accept buy/sell, directly imported goods, direct to consumer/MLM, or other commercially-made or mass-produced items for our events or online shop. From time to time we may include products which are designed locally and produced via fair trade partnership. 

As with our in-person Markets, vendors benefit from the connection to customers who are interested and passionate about buying from independent businesses, often locally-based. We have cultivated these customers over 10 years and close to 100 Markets and now they will be able to shop easily from one location. You will have the opportunity to be seen and promoted on our social media platforms and will be assured that the other brands will be of similar quality and craftsmanship. 

Update: we have paused taking applications at the moment for our online shop. If we open up the application in the future, we will post the interest form (previously posted below) here.

We will be using a rolling/open call process for the online shop. If we feel your products would be a good fit with our store and we have space in your category, we will contact you by email with some additional information to get started. This may take time depending on how many active vendors are already participating in your category of goods. While we may not be able to bring you onboard immediately, we may have openings at a future date as new vendors and categories are added.

The online Market utilizes a revenue sharing model. A contract with additional information will be provided during on-boarding, and the vendor application has additional information as well. There is no fee to submit our interest form.

Each vendor may sell a total of 20 products, and we require a minimum of 4 products. A small number of products (1-2 depending on how many total items you are selling) must be exclusive to our shop while participating with us. All products are reviewed before being presented in the shop, and product inclusion is at the discretion of Clover Market. We will be mindful of fit with our aesthetic and what we feel will most appeal to our customers, and for not over-saturating products and product categories.

^{Once you are approved as a vendor in the online shop, you will receive additional instructions during the vendor on-boarding process along with a contract outlining the terms. But briefly, yo}u will be able to add products through a dedicated vendor portal either using a simple form or you can connect your existing Shopify store.

Absolutely!  We don't have any restrictions around other online or in person sales platforms.

Yes. If you want to pause orders from your shop you can email us and we can temporarily hide your products' availability. If you are no longer interested in selling with us, you can let us know that as well and you can easily delete your products from the shop.

If you have a question that has not been answered above, feel free to reach out to us helloclovermarket@gmail.com and include "Seller Inquiry" in your subject line.  We will get back to you as quickly as possible.