Here is how this all works.... an order comes in. The customer has given me all their shipping information, paid for their mask, and paid for shipping. I then transfer the customer's shipping information via email to you, I pay you; and you then send the mask directly to the customer. I can pay you for the mask in advance if you can take payment via credit card or paypal.

While participation is free to you, I still do need a few things:
- High quality images of the finished product.
- How much you will be charging me (not the customer) for the mask
- Your estimated time of delivery... some studios have a mask or two on hand, others make them as the orders come in (not recommended, but possible).
- All of your contact information. Include cell phones, etc.
- How you want to get paid. I pay by credit card (best) paypal (second best) or check in the mail (third best... if an order comes in and you are getting paid by check, the order should not be held until the check comes in. Customers don't like it.)

Rules of the site:
- Do not put your promotional information in my customer's box, please.
- Do not (ever) put anything in a box (such as an invoice) that has my cost of a mask on it.
- Stick to your schedule. If you need to have more time to fullfill an order, okay, but write me so I can inform the customer. But only delay an order once if you can at all help it. More than one delay will often lead to....
- Don't do anything that causes a customer to cancel their order.
- Take care of the things that are under your control. I haggle with the credit card companies and do all the customer service on your behalf.
- Pay yourself enough that this is worth your while. The LAST thing I want to have happen is for an order to come in, and for you the artist to get disinterested because it is not worth your while.
- Communicate with me priority over everything else. If I write you two times in a day asking where an order is, it is because the customer is asking me. If it is frequent asking, it is usually a solid indication that the customer is angry. Not answering questions tends to make them angrier. It is my job to deal with the occasional upset customer, but we need to pull together. As a generally mellow person I do not like dealing with angry people.
- Never make me chase you down for answers. Sept/Oct are my "hell months" because my site keeps me glued to the chair from early in the morning till the wee hours and I do not have time for that kind of thing. Not complaining, I am glad for it, but the customers are my priority.
- Important: ALWAYS ship with tracking!!!!! If you do not, every third customer will simply say "I never got it" and there is no proof otherwise. This leads to a chargeback to me (the customer then challenges the transaction) and not only do I have to fork the money back over, but I get a fine, and my merchant credit standing takes a hit. If this happens, you owe me a mask and the $35 fine. So again, always ship with tracking.
- Communicate with me proactively. For example, let me know if you are getting behind before things back up. If you need to change a price, let me know (don't wait until another order comes in or you will be expected to honor the older price).
- Stay cool, calm, and courteous. I make mistakes too.

Advantages (or, why do this?)
- Because you will make more money, of course!
- I do customer service... Go through a couple of Halloweens, you'll find out :~)
- Halloween-Mask.com and Halloween-Masks.com enjoy high search engine standing... notwithstanding another "Florida" update!
- It is free. There are plenty of companies that charge out the yin-yan for the same thing. Paying for traffic on BizRate or Overture do make for good profit... for BizRate and Overture!
- It is one more outlet for you, and the more you have the better you will do.
- I spent 8 years as a professional sculptor, I have walked the road you are on.
- I go to bat for you. When you do business online, you will run into the occasional psycho, and I am not being euphamistic. Trust me, been there, done that. You do not want to cross paths with these people, not even once, not even for a minute. There ARE scary, cruel and profoundly dangerous people on the other end of your computer. This one thing alone makes it all more than worth participating.
- I am available. No, not available that way, it means I can be reached by email and phone.
- Pricing is flexible. If I need to charge more for a mask than you do yourself, so be it.

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