Do I need a business or sales tax license to buy wholesale?

You do not need a sales tax license to buy wholesale from us. The one place it matters is Maryland. If you operate there and give us your Maryland Sales and Use Tax number, we exempt your orders from sales tax. Without it you can still buy at wholesale rates, and Maryland sales tax is added at checkout. Everywhere else, in the US and abroad, there is nothing to provide.

Are the prices on the website wholesale prices?

Your pricing applies automatically when you are signed in to the account you registered with. Signed out, you are looking at retail. There is no separate price list to request and no rep to email for a quote.

Which products are excluded from wholesale pricing?

Wholesale pricing covers regularly priced inventory. Three things sit outside it: Perfectly Imperfect pieces, which are already discounted for their flaws; bundles and sets, which are built and priced as retail products; and gift cards.

Can I order samples or small quantities at wholesale?

Samples and small quantities are fine, and we would rather you tested a stone before committing a shelf to it. The one place we draw a line is an order built almost entirely from small increments of our bulk categories.

Wholesale Partnership · Est. 2015

A wholesale program built on knowing where every stone comes from.

Q: What is the minimum wholesale order?

Our minimum wholesale order is $150. Your discount grows with the order: 30% off at $150, 40% off at $300, and 50% off at $1,000. Tiers are based on the retail value in your bag before the discount, so you always see what unlocks the next rate.

Q: How is shipping calculated for wholesale orders?

US orders ship free, every time, with no minimum to reach and no handling, packaging, or fuel charges added at checkout. International orders ship DHL Express, Delivered Duty Paid. Duties and import taxes are calculated and collected at checkout, so nothing is owed when the box arrives. Rates are live by destination and weight, with no markup from us.

Since 2015, we've worked with small-scale miners, cooperatives, and artisan lapidaries. The shops we partner with carry that same standard forward to their own customers.

Pricing

30 to 50% off

Minimum

$150 per order

Shipping

Free, no threshold

Membership

$99, one time

Read this part first

This program is not for everybody, and we would rather say so now.

We are not the cheapest wholesaler and we are not trying to become one. Every choice we have made about sourcing costs more than the alternative. If price per pound is how you buy, there are suppliers who will serve you better than we will, and we would rather you use them than be disappointed by us.

Probably not a fit

You compete mainly on price and need the lowest cost per piece.
You need a hundred identical pieces, every month, on schedule.
You want the stock everyone else has because you know it moves.
Your customers do not ask where things come from, and you would rather they did not.
You need a supplier who says yes to everything.

Probably a fit

Your customers ask questions and you want real answers to give them.
You would rather carry twenty stones you can talk about than two hundred you cannot.
You are building something with your name on it and the sourcing has to hold up.
Natural variation between batches reads as a feature to you, not a defect.
You want a supplier who will tell you when something is a slow mover.

"I would change how most shops carry exactly the same stock. Choice is usually an illusion right now."

A Beyond Bohemian wholesale partner, 2026 partner survey

Your pricing, and what it actually costs you

Three rates. Nothing added on top.

Your rate is set by the retail value in your bag and applies the moment you're signed in. No quotes, no negotiating. Shipping, packing, and insurance are ours on every U.S. order, so the number in your cart is the number that leaves your account.

30%

off at $150

Enough to test a few lines before you commit a shelf to them.

40%

off at $300

Where most of our partners order. A full restock across several stones.

50%

off at $1,000

Our best rate. Season buys, opening inventory, and anchor pieces.

No hidden shipping or handling. Ever.

Stones are heavy, and almost nobody in crystal wholesale ships them free, because it's expensive to do. We do it anyway, and it's the reason the rates are tiered: bigger orders are what make it work. The rate you earn is the margin you keep, with nothing quietly added at the end.

$1,000 of stones at retail, at the top tier. What it actually costs to land at your door.

Here50% off, shipping on us

$500 stones

$500you keep 50%

Elsewhere50% off, plus freight and handling

$500 stones

$200 freight

$700you keep 30%

The $200 is an illustration. It's about what you see importing from another country once freight, duties, taxes, and handling fees are added up. From a domestic wholesaler it's more often $50 to $100. Either way it's a number you have to work out before you know your real margin, and it changes with every order. Here there's nothing to work out: less time on a calculator doing conversions and pricing things out, and a margin you can see before you place the order.

What usually gets added

Freight, quoted after you commit
Pick, pack, and handling
Packaging, boxing, and crating
Fuel and residential surcharges
Small-order penalties
Insurance, priced separately

What we add

Nothing. Shipping, packing, and insurance are ours.
Free on every U.S. order, from the $150 minimum up.
International ships DHL Express with duties and taxes collected at checkout, so nothing is owed on delivery.

Wholesale pricing covers essentially the whole catalog. Three exceptions, all for the same reason: Perfectly Imperfect pieces are already deeply marked down, and bundles, sets, and gift cards are priced as retail products. Discounts do not stack on any of the three.

I worked at a crystal wholesaler before I started this. I saw how the trade actually works, and I could not unsee it.

Most crystals pass through four or five hands before they reach a shop. Mine, sorting facility, exporter, importer, distributor. Every hand takes a margin and loses a little more of the story. By the time a stone reaches a shelf, nobody left in the chain can tell you where it started, and most of them have stopped asking.

I started Beyond Bohemian in 2015 to work the other way. Buy direct from people I know by name. Ask the questions. Write down the answers. Say so plainly when I do not know something, because that happens too.

That path is slower and it costs more. It also means that when one of your customers picks up a piece and asks where it came from, you have something true to tell them. In a market where most shops carry the same stock from the same anonymous sources, that is not a small thing. It is most of what separates a shop people remember from one they walk past.

We would rather you knew every term before you applied, which is why all of them are on this page.

Paul Oliver, Founder

What you can actually tell your customers

The questions buyers ask, and what the trade usually allows.

What your customer asks	Industry norm	Beyond Bohemian
Where was this mined?	Country at best, often nothing	Region documented on the product page
Has it been dyed, heated, or stabilized?	Inconsistent, rarely volunteered	Always disclosed, including when we do not know
Who handled it before you?	Layered brokers, no answer	One of five sourcing paths, each one documented
Is this good quality for what it is?	Graded once, at speed, under bright lights	Inspected again and graded in our studio
Can I ask you something specific?	Ticket queues, AI chatbots, or a rep who does not know the products	Reply to any email and you get us

"I have scoured the internet and Faire. A year later I only purchase with one other vendor and they don't come close to providing the provenance or overall quality that you do. That part is so important to me because I pass the story on."

A Beyond Bohemian wholesale partner, 2026 partner survey

Where it actually comes from

Five sourcing paths. One standard. Every stone comes through one of them.

Nobody covers thirty-plus countries on direct relationships alone, and any supplier who tells you they do is either very small or not being straight with you. We use five paths. Each one has its own integrity and its own paperwork, and none of them is a fallback for the others. When a customer asks your staff who handled a piece before you did, this is the answer you get to give.

01 · At the Source

A first-name relationship with the miner, the lapidary, or the artisan who made the piece. The shortest chain we can build, and the one we build first when it is available.

02 · Through Our Network

Long-term, vetted, small-scale partners we have worked with for years. One step removed from the source, with the same questions asked and answered.

03 · Through Cooperatives

Community-based aggregation, where a group of small producers pools what they bring up. More than half of our inventory moves under this model.

04 · Through Documented Trade

A vetted intermediary, with paperwork required before anything moves. This is the model we lean on least, by intention, and we say so on the product page when we use it.

05 · From Existing Collections

Material already in circulation: estate pieces, old stock, collections that change hands. No new extraction demand at all.

The full standard, including what we do when a path cannot be verified, is published at From the Source to You. Your customers can read it too. That is the point of publishing it.

What approved partners receive

Inside the partnership.

Wholesale Pricing

30 to 50% off essentially the entire catalog, set so your shop has real margin without us trimming quality to fit.

Provenance You Can Hand Over

Origin, treatment, and supply chain context lives on every product page. You get the same published information your customers see, so what you tell them matches what we can back up. When we asked our partners what would help them most, this was the one thing every single one of them picked.

Free U.S. Shipping

On every wholesale order, with no threshold to clear and no flat-rate games. International ships DHL with duties collected at checkout, and no markup from us.

First Access

New arrivals, limited pieces, and rare origins come to wholesale partners before they reach our retail floor.

Personal Curation

Shop the full catalog whenever you are ready. Or write to us and we will help you pull a selection that fits your shop, including telling you when something is a slow mover. We would rather you order eight things that sell than thirty that sit.

Our Bag Buy-Back

Send your packaging bags back and we reuse them. It cuts your cost and keeps them out of the landfill.

The $99

Our Wholesale Membership.

Joining takes a one-time $99. The moment the payment clears, your account is on.

We ask for it because running this type of wholesale program is not inherently sustainable with our business model, and we would rather spend that energy on people who are serious about growing their business the right way.

$99

One-time membership fee · Non-refundable

What a first order actually costs

$300 of stones at retail$300.00

Your wholesale rate, 40% off−$120.00

Shipping, packing, and insurance$0.00

You pay$180.00

How it works

From application to first order.

Step I.

Apply

Fill out the brief application below.

Step II.

Pay the $99

This is what puts your application in front of us. It is a one-time membership fee.

Step III.

Get set up

A person reads every application. Once your account is switched on, your wholesale pricing is live.

Step IV.

Order

$150 minimum, free U.S. shipping, and your pricing shows automatically when you are signed in.

Your account switches on automatically the moment the payment clears. Nothing else to do.

Apply now ↓

Begin your application

Tell us about your shop.

In two minutes you will be shopping at wholesale prices.

FirstFill in the form below and press the button. It takes you straight to a $99 checkout.
ThenPay the membership fee. Your account is switched on automatically, and your wholesale pricing goes live right away.

What is the minimum order amount?

Our minimum wholesale order is $150 USD.

Your discount grows with the order: 30% off at $150, 40% off at $300, and 50% off at $1,000. Tiers are based on the retail value in your bag, so you always see what unlocks the next rate.

What does the $99 membership cover?

A one-time $99 membership fee. It isn't refundable once your account is active.

Wholesale at this level doesn't pay for itself the way people assume. Deep discounts, free shipping on every order, and hand-checking each one cost real time and money. The membership covers part of that, and it means we put our energy into shops that are serious about growing the right way.

Do I need a business or sales tax license to apply for wholesale?

We only require a sales tax license for those operating in the state of Maryland. For all other states and countries, submitting our wholesale application is the only step for account approval and purchasing privileges. Yet we are happy to assist start-ups and entrepreneurs in the beginning stages of their business. Please visit the website of the Department of Revenue or similar agency that administers sales tax licenses or business licenses in your state to ensure compliance with any local and state tax laws. They are generally free to apply for and many issue permits and licenses online within minutes.

Can I order samples? Are small-quantity orders eligible for wholesale pricing?

Yes, you are welcome to order small quantities or individual pieces as samples, and we encourage you to test products before you commit a shelf to them. Your $150 tier exists partly for that.

Where we draw a line is orders built almost entirely from small increments of our bulk categories. Orders that include more than 10 items from bulk categories (bulk tumbled stones, bulk raw stones and crystals) in 1/8 pound, 1/4 pound, or individual-piece increments take considerably more labor and packaging than the pricing supports, and we may reach out about them before shipping.

For the best return in your own shop, 1-pound and 1-kilogram options are usually the stronger buy, especially if you are shipping internationally.

Are there any product exclusions?

To keep our wholesale program sustainable, only regularly priced items are eligible for wholesale discounts.

Bundles and sets, Perfectly Imperfect items, and gift cards are reserved for retail purchases only.

Are the prices listed on the website wholesale?

Only when you are signed in. To see live wholesale pricing you have to be logged in to the account you registered with. Signed out, you are seeing retail.

Once you are signed in, your rate shows on every product page and updates as your bag grows past each tier.

How is shipping calculated for wholesale orders?

Wholesale orders shipping within the United States ship free, on every order, with no threshold to clear.

International wholesale orders ship with DHL, Delivered Duty Paid. Shipping is calculated live at checkout by destination and weight, and your import taxes and duties are collected at checkout, so nothing is owed on delivery.

Wholesale and retail orders follow the same shipping guidelines, which you can read on our Shipping Information page.

Can I special order something that isn't on the website or is out of stock?

Some of our exclusive items come from artisanal sources that can only produce small quantities and priority of those items are given to established wholesale accounts. If you are after something you don't see let us know and we will try our best to help. If you are seeking a large volume of a particular item that we do not have on hand we may require a deposit to secure the item from one of our trusted suppliers to arrive in a future shipment. Please contact us for a quote and a time frame of delivery. While we try to keep up with demand and have plentiful stock of all of our items, we generally do not offer back orders on items that are out of stock as products can vary considerably with each batch and may not always be the same as previous batches.

Are there any discounts if I don't have a business but want to purchase in a large volume?

For personal purchases made in large volumes we can offer similar prices to the introductory wholesale level without the business sales tax license requirement. Many products offer significant price breaks as the quantity goes up. Additionally we often feature heavily discounted items that do not require wholesale registration to purchase.

When will my wholesale account be approved?

Your account is approved automatically after Shopify records payment for the $99 application fee. Sign in with the email used on the application and at checkout. If access does not appear within a few minutes, email info@beyondbohemian.com with your order number.