Website or Email Info on Label?

I'm curious if people have put their website or email info on their labels.

The website seems like the logical choice, but what about when you do wholesale and your customer doesn't want your website info on the item? Do you have separate labels made or just say, to heck with it and use your normal label?
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I have a clause in my wholesale contract that reads:
By ordering these products you agree not to alter them in any way, including, but not limited to removal of product tags/labels/instructions.

If they dont sign saying they will not comply then personally I do not allow them to order.
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I do a lot of drop ship and so I have this problem too. There are a couple of ways you can get around this.

First, CPSIA only requires that your name and location (not a web address) be on the label. You can ADD a web address to that if you want, but it has to have your physical location. This adds a layer of Googling to anyone who wants to find you directly, and that's actually quite a barrier. Only the most determined would go to the trouble, when they already know they can go to your customer to get the goods. The downside of this is that maybe you were hoping to use the same labels for your retail stuff as for your wholesale stuff.

Second, there's the wholesale agreement that VulvaLoveLovely mentioned.

Third, the law says that the name and address of the "manufacturer OR private labeler" be on the label. You can set up your wholesale accounts who don't want to have your address on the goods as "private labelers" meaning that you make the goods in their name. You will, of course, need to ask them to pay more for the privilege. Your wholesale customers might also want to keep in mind that when they become a private labeler, they assume responsibility for the CPSIA testing. They will then decide how important their branding is to them. Either they'll pay what it takes to get them their own labels if their brand is that important to them, or they'll allow your labels to be used.
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BTW I forgot to mention that all of my wholesale customers, including my largest one, are opting for using my labels. Branding is nice when it's free, but when it's not...
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curiousworkmanship says:
Third, the law says that the name and address of the "manufacturer OR private labeler" be on the label
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Just trying to understand here. So lets say I make a stuffed toy out of yarn. I will have to put where the yarn and fill came from?
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Vulva/Curious, thanks for your ideas! I'm still thinking about my plan of action. I just don't want to have separate labels for wholesale/Etsy and other work, but most of my wholesale people really don't want anything but my brand name on my dresses, which really doesn't bother me.

Urban-I'm no CPSIA expert, but I think yes you do. Check the other forum posts about that to be sure!
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UrbanVillage says:
curiousworkmanship says:
Third, the law says that the name and address of the "manufacturer OR private labeler" be on the label
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Just trying to understand here. So lets say I make a stuffed toy out of yarn. I will have to put where the yarn and fill came from?
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I'm going to try to answer this with 2/3 labels/or 1 if you combine them.

1st the ftc labeling says that you must show the country of origin of the fibers (yarn/fabric etc).and where the item is assembled. So an FTC label (which you should have already been using for years) would say possibly "made in the USA of imported fabrics" or assembled in the USA of fabrics from China". But you also have to state what the fabric content is. 100% cotten, polyester, whatever. Go to the FTC website, it's been listed several times on this forum to read up on what you need to be doing.


Then you have to have a label for the CPSIA. Company name, Podunk Oh, USA. DOM _______ fill in the blank.


Then you probably want a size label too.
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I would put that info on a business card or tag

Than put name, where it's made, washing info(if need) and size (that goes on the item)
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