Handmade Craft Supplies Dropshipping Artisan Application

Partner with us to bring your handmade craft supplies to a wider audience

If you're an artisan creating beautiful handmade craft supplies—whether it's hand-dyed yarn, artisan beads, specialty papers, or custom tools—our dropshipping program is designed to help you scale your business without the headache of managing inventory, fulfillment, or shipping logistics.

This Handmade Craft Supplies Dropshipping Artisan Application makes it simple to apply for our wholesale partnership program. We're looking for talented makers who want to focus on what they do best—creating exceptional materials—while we handle the rest.

Why choose dropshipping for your craft supply business?

Traditional retail means tying up cash in inventory, managing warehousing, and dealing with the complexity of shipping and returns. For artisan makers, this can pull you away from your craft and limit your ability to experiment with new products.

Dropshipping flips the script. You create your products, we store them, and when orders come in through our platform or your own channels, we fulfill and ship them directly to customers. You maintain full creative control while gaining access to our established customer base, marketing channels, and fulfillment infrastructure.

What makes this application form different?

Unlike generic dropshipping applications, this form is built specifically for the craft supplies industry. We ask about:

• Skill level recommendations: Help us understand which crafters your products are best suited for—beginners, intermediate makers, or advanced artisans
• Project completion times: Essential information that helps customers plan their creative projects
• Tutorial content creation: Express your interest in creating video tutorials, written guides, or project patterns that showcase your materials
• Bulk discount structures: Define your wholesale pricing tiers so we can offer volume discounts to our professional and commercial customers

This detailed approach helps us match your unique products with the right customers while giving you opportunities to build your brand through educational content.

How Paperform makes dropshipping applications seamless

This form template is built on Paperform, the all-in-one form builder trusted by over 500,000 businesses worldwide. Unlike rigid survey tools, Paperform gives you complete control over branding, logic, and workflows—perfect for craft businesses that care about aesthetics and customer experience.

Conditional logic ensures applicants only see questions relevant to their product type and business model. If someone indicates they want to create tutorial content, the form expands to capture their teaching experience and content preferences. If they're offering tiered pricing, the form adapts to collect their complete discount structure.

File upload fields let artisans submit product photos, certifications, and sample materials directly through the form, keeping everything organized in one place rather than scattered across email threads.

Automate your artisan onboarding with Stepper

Once an application is submitted, manual follow-up can create bottlenecks. That's where Stepper comes in—Paperform's AI-native workflow automation companion.

Set up a Stepper workflow to:

• Automatically review applications and route them to your product team based on craft category
• Send personalized welcome emails to approved artisans with next steps and onboarding materials
• Create vendor profiles in your inventory management system
• Schedule onboarding calls and send calendar invites
• Update your CRM or Airtable base with new artisan information

This means your team spends less time on admin and more time building relationships with talented makers.

Who is this form template for?

This template is ideal for:

• Craft supply marketplaces looking to expand their artisan vendor network
• E-commerce platforms specializing in handmade and specialty materials
• Wholesale distributors wanting to connect makers with retailers
• Creative education platforms that pair supplies with learning content
• Boutique craft stores building a curated collection of artisan products

It's designed for businesses that value the story behind the supplies—who made them, how they're made, and what creative possibilities they unlock.

Collect payments and manage pricing tiers

If you charge application fees, vendor onboarding fees, or require sample purchases as part of your vetting process, Paperform's built-in payment integrations with Stripe, PayPal, and Square make it effortless. You can also use calculation fields to show artisans their potential earnings based on their proposed pricing structure, helping them see the value of partnership before they even submit.

Customize for your brand

This template is fully editable. Adjust the questions to match your specific product categories (fiber arts, jewelry making, paper crafts, woodworking supplies, etc.), update the theme to match your brand colors and fonts, and add your logo and imagery to create a cohesive experience.

Whether you're a growing marketplace or an established wholesaler, this form helps you discover talented artisans, streamline your application process, and build a thriving community of makers.

Trusted, secure, and compliant

Paperform is SOC 2 Type II compliant and GDPR-ready, so you can collect sensitive business information, product specifications, and vendor details with confidence. Data residency controls and enterprise-grade security features ensure your artisan partnerships are protected.

Ready to welcome talented makers into your dropshipping program? Use this template to create an application process that's as thoughtful and well-crafted as the supplies your artisans create.

Start building your artisan network today with Paperform.