Direct Wholesale or Faire? Choosing the Right Ordering Path

The short answer: choose direct wholesale when you want an approved Rock Paper Scissors trade account and a direct relationship with us. Choose Faire when your store already prefers Faire's marketplace, account, and purchasing workflow. The artwork can overlap; the best path is the one your team can order, receive, reconcile, and reorder consistently.

Quick comparison

Decision	Direct wholesale	Faire
Account	Approved Rock Paper Scissors trade account	Your existing Faire buyer account
Shopping environment	Our protected trade portal	Faire marketplace
Assortment conversation	Useful when you want direct help selecting a focused assortment	Useful when your team centralizes marketplace purchasing
Terms and availability	Shown in the direct trade channel	Shown in Faire for your account
Reordering	Return to the direct portal and company account	Reorder through your Faire workflow

Choose direct wholesale when

• You want a direct trade relationship with Rock Paper Scissors.
• You want your approved company account, pricing, and ordering context in one portal.
• You would benefit from help narrowing artwork for a specific store, museum, project, or display.
• Your team is comfortable managing this vendor relationship outside a marketplace.

Direct access is review-gated. Start with the wholesale application; approved buyers receive access to the protected trade portal.

Choose Faire when

• Your team already discovers and purchases brands through Faire.
• You prefer to keep marketplace orders, messages, and account terms together.
• Your receiving or bookkeeping process is already organized around Faire.
• You want to compare this assortment alongside other Faire brands.

Compare current terms in the channel

Do not use an old invoice, screenshot, or blog post as the source of truth for current pricing, case quantities, availability, or terms. Those details can change and may differ by approved account or channel. Review them in the direct portal or Faire when you are preparing the order.

Can a retailer use both?

A business may have practical reasons to use more than one buying system, but duplicate purchasing creates receiving and reorder confusion. Choose a default channel for Rock Paper Scissors and record it in your vendor notes. If your process changes, switch deliberately rather than placing the same replenishment order twice.

Decision checklist

• Which account does the buyer already use every week?
• Where does accounting expect invoices and order history?
• Does the store want direct assortment help?
• Who owns reordering, and where will they look first?
• Have you checked current terms in the chosen channel?

See both paths on the Rock Paper Scissors wholesale overview.