A charity, NGO or association
For an organisation selling to fund its work, under its own name, with the same tools a shop uses.
Every seller on Surplus gets the same store page, catalogue and payouts. These are the things that are different because you registered as non-profit organisation.
One document, your TIN, and the same store page, catalogue and payout rail as every other seller.
You sell under the organisation name, so a buyer can see who they are supporting before they check out.
You can switch to another type yourself later from your seller account.
Every seller gets the same core dashboard: your catalogue, your orders, your store page and your payouts, on one menu.
Pack, print the label, hand it to a driver, get paid out.
These are the documents the signup form asks a non-profit organisation for, taken from the same list the form itself uses. You upload them in the last step, and nothing on your store publishes until an administrator has looked at them.
Filling the form in takes a few minutes. Approval usually takes one to two working days, and it is a person reading your documents rather than an automatic check.
Your details, your business and your location, with the documents above attached at the end.
We send a link straight after you submit. The account is not active until you have used it.
Usually one to two working days. A person reads them, and you are told either way.
Once approved, your store page is public and your listings go live as you publish them.
Pick the one that describes the business. It decides which documents you are asked for, so it is worth getting right before you start rather than after.
Running a kitchen, driving, dispatching a fleet or holding parcels are separate ways in. They are all on the join page.
Free to start, on the free plan every new seller is given. The form opens with non-profit organisation already chosen for you.
Already selling on Surplus as something else? You can apply to add non-profit organisation to your account from Business types in your dashboard. An administrator checks the paperwork for the new type before it is approved.