New Wholesale Accounts

To qualify for a wholesale account with Aporia Records, your business must meet the criterea outlined below:

United States:
Aporia sells directly to all business accounts with a valid EIN tax ID number.

Canada:
Aporia sells directly to non-traditional retail environments, including gift, book and clothing shops, as well as cafés, museums, & other specialty stores. Canadian wholesale accounts must have a valid CRA Business Number/GST number.

Music Retailers in Canada:
Aporia does not sell directly to traditional music retailers in Canada.
Please contact Outside Music for ordering information.

Wholesale Policies

Ordering Prior to Establishing Credit
The most expedient way is to order online with a credit card. You also may choose to prepay with a cheque or money order. If you send a cheque/MO, it must clear before we can ship your order. We do not take COD orders.

Pre-Paid Orders
If the funds are not received within a 3 week period for any orders being held, these orders will be deleted.

Establishing Credit
Print out our credit application, fill it in and either fax it to 416-944-8034 or mail to:

Aporia Records
Attn: Wholesale Accounts
Suite 700 - 1881 Yonge Street
Toronto ON M4S 3C4 Canada

Allow up to three weeks for processing depending on how quickly your references respond.
NOTE: We only extend credit to stores and catalog or e-commerce businesses. For verification, we may require a copy of your catalog, a photo of your store or a web address.


Terms
Net 30 days from the date of invoice for accounts that have established credit. Orders from accounts past due 15 days or more will not be shipped. Past due accounts will be charged 2% per month on the unpaid overdue balance. Customers are liable for all monthly interest charges, collection fees, or attorney costs that may be incurred in the collection process.

Consignment Program
Aporia offers a consignment stock program for accounts wishing to carry at least 3 different titles on an ongoing basis. Click here for more information.

Discounts
We offer a 40% discount off of our listed retail prices for orders over $100 net ($50 for web orders). The exact shipping costs are included on your invoice. For orders under $100 wholesale cost, there is a $10.00 surcharge. Orders below $50 wholesale will be cancelled. Orders for businesses that are not stores, catalogs or e-commerce will be cancelled if below $100 net.

Shipping
Exact shipping costs are added to your invoice. We ship UPS or FedEx Ground at our discretion unless you request one or the other. Large shipments may ship via a common carrier of our choice.

CARRIERS CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL DELIVERY which we pass through.

Free Freight
$1,500 net billing in any month earns free freight within Canada or the United States for the subsequent month if and only if your account is current.

Returned/NSF Cheques
A cheque returned for insufficient funds will be redeposited and an immediate credit hold will be placed on your account until the situation is resolved. Re-instatement of credit terms must be negotiated with the credit manager. Subsequent orders must be paid by credit card or be COD for cashier’s cheque or money order. Service charge fees will apply as follows: (a) if the cheque is under $100, a minimum fee of $10 will be charged to your account (b) if the cheque is from $100 to $1,000.00 you will be charged 10% of the face value of the cheque (c) if the cheque is over $1,000.00, the fee will be 5% of the face value of the cheque with a minimum charge of $100.

Returns
Aporia will not authorize any returns until merchandise has been held by the customer for a minimum of 90 days. After that, merchandise purchased from Aporia may be returned for credit within 2 years subject to the following conditions:

1. Before a return is made, a list of the product to be returned must be submitted to Aporia. Proof of purchase may be required.
2. Aporia will review the list and issue a RA# which must be marked on the outside of the package and a list of the box contents must be included.
3. Stock must have shrink wrap intact with no price stickers or residue, otherwise 10% restocking fee will be charged.
4. Returns are limited to 10% of the amount purchased from Aporia in the preceding 12 months. Returns exceeding that will be charged an additional 20% restocking fee.
5. Return credits must be used within 1 year. COD and credit card customers must inform Aporia of a credit to be used before placing a new order. Net 30 accounts should specify which invoice a credit is to be applied.
6. All returns are for exchange of product only. Aporia does not offer refunds on returned product.