Member Benefits
The Fullarton Group is for promotional product distributors who want to maintain their individuality and their own brand while still being a part of a larger group to develop best practices, strategies and build relationships with other like-minded entrepreneurs. Membership is by invitation or application only.
Financial benefits with a meaningful impact on your growth.
Rebate Tracking & Management
Fullarton receives regular reports from all suppliers to track, calculate, collect and distribute rebates. Fullarton ensures all members receive all rebates earned. Members trust the results.
Rebates Above Your Best Price
Distributors continue to negotiate their own best price and delivery while still participating in the Group rebate programs.
Exclusive Rebate Programs
Fullarton uses a data-driven approach to rebate program negotiations with Group Supplier partners to receive better rebates than Distributors could on their own. Our rebate model allows even the smallest of Members to push the rebates ever higher, putting more money in the pockets of everyone.
Exclusive Product Promotions
Fullarton Supplier Partners may offer product promotions, flash sales, booking programs, and other incentives that are only available to Fullarton Members. These incentives are offered above and beyond the negotiated rebate program with each Supplier.
No Change to Ordering & Payments
Fullarton Distributors maintain their current method of sending purchase orders, receiving invoices, and making payments to their suppliers.
No Long-Term Commitment
We understand that you need to do what is right for your business so, if you decide, for whatever reason, Fullarton is not a fit for your business, you may leave at any time.
Networking & Non-Financial Benefits
Relationships & Networking
Being ahead of the pack with insight into what the brightest and best entrepreneurs in the promotional products sector are doing gives you a competitive advantage. Your Fullarton network is your “go to” source for all the business issues you face. If you want to get better at any game, you need to play with the best. Fullarton’s criteria for membership brings the best together and when we meet, it is the owners and leaders of our member companies that attend.
Support on Both Sides of the Fence
The Fullarton staff is working for both its Members and Suppliers. We visit our Members’ factories and speak to our Suppliers regularly. Our General Manager is a liaison between all Members and Suppliers to make warm introductions and help solve problems where traditional member to Supplier communication cannot. Every effort we take is focused on your success.
Annual Meetings
Nothing is more looked forward to by our Members than the Annual Meeting. Learning, sharing, and making friends. Being an independent promotional product distributor is a lonely job – nobody else in your community knows what issues you are facing on a day to day basis. At Fullarton, all of our Members are just like you – similar issues – similar challenges.
Suppliers Truly Become Partners
When great companies live by the “better together” model the result is growth and increased profits. Our Suppliers, selected by our Members for their products, service, and programs, demonstrate daily are true partners in our Member’s success. Partners support with training, innovative products and support that deliver much more than a low price. Fullarton provides the opportunity for its Members to deepen their ties to their existing Suppliers and opportunities to establish new Supplier partners.
Member FAQ
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How does the event format work?Day 1 - August 27th will feature USA Suppliers only. Day 2 - August 29th will feature Canadian Suppliers only. Distributor members will join the Zoom link at 12:50 pm EST on both days, all distributors will be added to a sub-meeting room within the master Zoom meeting, and vendors will be brought in one-by-one at their scheduled time slot to give a 15-minute presentation on their new or upcoming products. All distributors need to do is watch and learn!
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What if I cannot stay throughout the entire Zoom call for one of the days?We know spending more than even 1 hour on a Zoom call may not be realistic for all distributors, which is why Fullarton insists every distributor register multiple staff.
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Will there be a schedule of when each vendor is presenting?Yes, Fullarton will publish a supplier presentation schedule for each day.
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Will there be time for a Q&A with each vendor presentation?Fullarton has requested that each vendor leave 2-5 minutes for a Q&A session. Ultimately this will be left to the vendors to plan for this. However, Fullarton staff will be monitoring the chat during the presentations and will follow up with the vendor on your behalf after the event should any questions go unanswered.
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Will distributors receive a copy of each vendor's presentation?Fullarton requests a copy of each vendor's presentation to consolidate into a library of presentations made available to participating distributors only.
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Is there a cost to attend this event?No! This is a complimentary event put on by Fullarton Group for our distributor members and vendor partners!
