artisan furniture USA

Container Requirements

How our US Container Load Program works

Artisan Furniture is the doing business name (DBA) for Global Vision Direct Limited. The office address is registered to Global Vision Direct Limited DBA Artisan Furniture, 3600 Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753, the company is registered for the purpose of sales tax in the state of New Jersey, and we have a fulfilment centre based in New Jersey Global Vision Direct Limited, 48 Station Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512. We have our own factory based in Jaipur, India where we manufacture and ship out all of our products.

Please carefully read the below document to check and understand if you qualify for our ‘Container Load Program’

Minimum requirements for the US Container Load program

It is essential for you to be a registered business in the US. We expect you to share your company registration number or the TAX ID at the time of the order.

  • It is essential that you have the resources to buy 20ft container or a 40ft container.
  • It is essential that you have the storage space to hold boxed furniture products up to 70CBM
  • Order processing timelines are 8-10 weeks with an additional 4-6 weeks as transit time depending on the delivery destination
  • If you have a reseller certificate, also known as Tax Exempt certificate, you will be able to work with Artisan Furniture – If you are unable to provide us with a tax seller certificate, the system will charge sales tax at the checkout

Based on the above information, if you are interested to proceed with our container load program please have a read of the below benefits, however, if you believe you are not yet ready, then you may consider the dropship or wholesale programs instead which might be more suitable for you.

Limitations to our US Container Load program
  • Restrictions in regards to the value and volume apply
  • This program is for more mature business’
  • 12-16 week delivery

Benefits of working with Artisan Furniture US Container Load program

Once you have signed up for an Artisan Furniture trade account you will be provided access to a customer dashboard that showcases the container load prices which are visible in US dollars. If you have a tax seller ID then we will not charge you the sales tax on your order.

A member of our team will be able to raise a proforma invoice once you shortlist the products. The prices on the proforma invoice will reflect the container load prices (50% off dropship prices) however the actual percentage may vary as it is dependent on a number of factors such as but not limited to:

    • Total volume of your order and the container format (20ft or 40ft HC)
    • Delivery destination
    • Shipping terms such as FOB or door delivered
    • Type of packaging such as container load packaging or internet-based packaging

A standard 30% deposit must be paid in order to initiate the order. The balance payment must be paid 14 days before the container arrives at the destination port. We offer American Dollar ($), Pound Sterling (£), and European Euros (€) as currency choices.

The payment needs to be organized to the relevant bank account depending on the currency. The suitable account details will be mentioned on the proforma invoice.

We offer worldwide deliveries and all the products are shipped out from our factory in Jaipur, India via the Mundra Port.

You can alter or make possible changes on the below:

  • Dimensions of the product
  • Polish/Finish
  • Hand-painted colour options such as Cream, and Grey or wooden stains such as Chestnut or Ash Black
  • Fabric choices such as Cotton Velvet, Tweed, Tartan, Linen, Leather etc
  • Labelling options such as branded swing tickets / and or name plaques
  • Packaging options such as standard container load packaging (not suitable for courier-based delivery) or internet packaging (suitable for mail order delivery)
  • We would be delighted to execute design inspirations or product themes exclusively for your company