Circular Sourcing is a marketplace-style platform. Think of us as a one-stop shop for businesses to buy and/or sell any amount of designer deadstock and quality surplus materials used in the fashion and textile industry.

We’re here to radically shift the needle:

• give greater access to surplus raw materials
• keep materials in use at their highest value
• help build a local circular fashion ecosystem.

Read more about Circular Sourcing.

Great question. The first thing you need to do is register as a Seller. To do so, follow the simple steps below.

1. Go to this page and register
2. Wait for our approval
3. Once you get a confirmation email, you can start listing your products
4. Once you’ve created listings, send us your labelled fabric samples and we’ll handle the photography and videography for all your listings.

Yes, there are real people behind the scenes, so please send us a message to get started. We happily offer personalised support via Zoom, email and phone.

Log into your Seller account and navigate to your dashboard and click ‘Settings’ to update your bank and billing details, or to change your visible store profile.

Please get in touch to let us know if you have any issues on Circular Sourcing. We’re here to help you manage through it.

We accept all kinds of designer deadstock and quality surplus fabrics. Please note while we do accept quality fabrics with non- integrity based faults (ie. discolouration, barre, spirality) we cannot accept fabrics that are not fit for purpose (ie. disintegrating yarns, non-functioning spandex, holes or significant flaws that render a fabric un-usable). All faults must be listed accurately within listings or they may be at risk of return. See our Fabric Faults Policy and our Refunds and Returns Policy for more.

Sellers choose their own minimum and maximum amounts for cut lengths and/or can choose to sell by the roll. Please note, the minimum fabric inventory quantity that we can list is 5 metres. It is up to you as the seller whether you are willing to cut and sell 1m at a time or in higher increments or full amounts.

To keep this a thriving and equitable marketplace for all, we ask that you complete all sales here on the Circular Sourcing platform. Any attempt to go ‘off platform’ when communicating with Buyers or completing a sale places Sellers in breach of our Selling Policy. We don’t want this to happen, but if it does, your account may be suspended or terminated at our discretion. Read our Selling Policy for more information.

It’s free. There are no charges to create a Circular Sourcing listing and for now, while we are piloting our platform, there are no limits on how many listings sellers may create.

We deduct a 20% commission on sold items. Please note that a transaction fee will also be collected during the transaction by Stripe or Paypal, our secure payment partners. Read more about fees and charges.

You’re paid once we receive confirmation that the order has been fulfilled (shipped). We’ll send you a fortnightly statement and request an invoice from you. Once we receive your invoice, we’ll pay you via automatic direct debit to your nominated bank account, which you can select once your seller account is approved. Please note, we’re working on rolling out an automated payment system in order to further streamline this process – stay tuned!

A transaction fee will be collected during the transaction by Stripe or Paypal, our secure payment partners. Read more about fees and charges to learn what each payment gateway charges.

It’s all in your Seller account. You can see your sales data, fees, your order history and statements for download.

Log in to take a look (it’s on the top right of any page) or read more about fees and charges.

This could be because your order hasn’t been fulfilled (we don’t pay out unfulfilled orders), or you’ve chosen manual shipping and haven’t changed the status of your order in your Seller account (which is how we know to pay you).

Once an order hasn’t been fulfilled within 15 days, or if a Buyer sends us a complaint advising that the order hasn’t come through, we get in touch with you to find out why. We may cancel orders and refund Buyers at our discretion.

It could also be because you haven’t yet set up your payment details in your account.

It’s a flat shipping rate for cut metreage / swatches and a bespoke quote for fabric rolls.

Cut Metreage – Flat Rate

Cut meterage is any fabric (swatch, remnant or metres cut from a roll) that is folded and placed into a post bag or box for shipping purposes.

To keep things simple, the shipping cost is charged at an averaged flat rate based on the order weight. The price is added to the order.

We’ve found this to be the most convenient and cost effective approach for cut meterage – it means that some orders may cost Sellers a little more to ship, and some may cost Sellers less.

We ask that when booking your deliveries that you use the fastest route possible, for example Express Australia Post or equivalent.

Fabric Rolls – Bespoke Quote

Shipping costs for fabric rolls are calculated based on the order and the Buyer’s location in relation to you. The price is quoted after the Buyer places the order.

If you offer rolls, please ensure when Buyers order by the roll that you promptly provide them with a shipping quote (within 1 business day) via email, then once the quote is accepted, generate an additional invoice for the shipping. Buyers who order by the roll will be notified at the time that a shipping quote will be provided separately.

Please do not send rolls until the buyer has paid the additional cost of roll delivery to you.

You can buy shipping labels directly through our integrated shipping platform, ShipStation, which once set up is simple and streamlined – or you can do this manually. In either scenario, the postage charged to Buyers remains the same.

If you choose to fulfil orders manually please note:

You’ll need to log into your Seller account to manually mark your order as shipped and fulfilled and enter the tracking number. That way we know to pay you for the sale.

Read about ShipStation carrier partners.

Buyers pay a flat rate for swatches and cut metres. Buyers pay a bespoke quote rate for rolls.

Sellers should ship all orders within 1-3 business days after an an order is placed with Express Post (or equivalent). If you need a longer lead time, we can’t stress enough how important it is to let the Buyer know as soon as possible. This builds trust in you as a Seller and could lead to more sales.

The good news is that ShipStation integrates with all the main shipping carriers – DHL Express, DHL eCommerce, Sendle, Aramex, Australia Post MyPost Business, Australia Post eParcel, Startrack, Couriers Please, UPS, Seko, Quantium, Toll, FedEx and Direct Freight Express.

Go to https://www.shipstation.com/au/ to create a ShipStation account.

First you go to https://www.shipstation.com/au/ to create a ShipStation account.  Then you log back into your Seller account to connect ShipStation and have yourself two platforms that seamlessly speak to each other.

All sales are typically final unless the items received weren’t as described or there are faults exceeding the allowance (noting this doesn’t apply when faults are accurately disclosed in a listing). See the Refunds and Returns Policy for more information.

We encourage Buyers to inspect all items on delivery, and to immediately report any issue with quality or accuracy to the Seller. Items that were ordered over 15 days ago or that have been cut are ineligible for returns.

Please note that we do not allow refunds or exchanges due to change of mind, found it cheaper somewhere else, decided you did not like the purchase or had no use for it.

All items that are sold as faulty, that are also accurately described in the listings are final sale and cannot be returned, refunded or exchanged for any reason. Read more in the Fabric Faults Policy.