You can reset your password through either your Google or Facebook account. If you have used a custom login method, that is something you can edit using the reset password button in the login page.

Yes. You can choose not to create an account at TheStraitsCollective when making a purchase. However, you are highly recommended to do so as all your delivery details will be saved in your account. Any future purchases that you make will become much faster and simpler.

An invoice ID is a number generated for your reference after every successful checkout. A particular invoice ID may include multiple items that you have bought from multiple sellers in a single checkout.

For every successful checkout with an invoice ID, all the items that belong to a particular seller will be consolidated to a single order ID. Therefore, if you bought multiple items from a few sellers in a single checkout, you should receive a few order IDs.

Delivery options are a list of seller defined delivery methods that you can receive the item by. Some of the delivery options will have added cost.

Pick-up options is a list of seller defined locations that you can pick-up your item from. These options will not have added cost.

There are different order statuses for different delivery types.For pick up, the order statuses are:
1. Paid – after you have successfully made a payment, the marketplace will automatically create an invoice ID and order ID and tag each item order status as paid.
2. Ready for pick-up – after the seller has picked and packed, he can change the item’s order status to “Ready for pick-up”. The marketplace will automatically send an email to inform you to pick-up his item at his selected pick-up location.
3. Completed – once you have picked-up his item, seller will set the item’s order status to “Completed”.
4. Refunded – seller will set the item’s order status to “Refunded” when he has made a refund to you.

For delivery, the order statuses are:
1. Paid – after you have successfully make a payment, the marketplace will automatically create an invoice ID and order ID and tag each item order status as paid.
2. Delivered – after the seller has shipped/couriered/delivered the item, he will set the item’s order status to “Delivered”. The marketplace will automatically send an email to inform you that your item is on its way.
3. Refunded– seller will set the item’s order status to “Refunded” when he has made a refund to the buyer.

You, the buyer, will not be charged any admin fees by TheStraitsCollective. However, you are responsible for all other related charges and taxes (including shipping and customs) related to the purchase including and not limited to charges invoiced by the seller, freight forwarders or by the tax authorities.

Simply hover the cursor over your profile to activate the drop down bar and click on “Purchases”. This opens up your Purchase History page where you can access details of orders that you have placed, including invoice ID, timestamp, item, qty, delivery method and order status.

Click the shopping cart on the top menu bar. After selecting the items that you want to checkout, fill in your delivery details which include your name, notification email, contact number and delivery address. If you are using an account, these details should already be prepopulated for you. Next, review the order details once last time before clicking “Proceed to payment”. Check the payment details and click “Pay now”. A pop up box would appear so that you can fill in your credit card details. Once the payment is done, you will be redirected back to TheStraitsCollective’s site.

TheStraitsCollective does not store nor handle any credit card details on our site. Our PCI level 1 compliant partners hold all your financial data securely; no one can access it, not even us!

TheStraitsCollective uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology which ensures that all connections on TheStraitsCollective’s server remain encrypted. This explains why the website address begins with “https” instead of “http”. Our website and app is secured using a RapidSSL Wildcard Certificate. This ensures all information you send using our app will be encrypted. Please click the “padlock” icon on the web browser for more details on the security certificate. TheStraitsCollective also do not store any credit card details and payments are processed through Stripe. Our PCI level 1 compliant partners hold all your financial data securely; no one can access it, not even us!

All sales made on TheStraitsCollective are considered to be final and binding. Thus we do not accept any order cancellations once the order has been paid.Please contact the seller directly if you need to have your order cancelled. It is up to the seller’s discretion whether he/she will allow a cancellation and provide a full refund excluding any transaction fees that have already been incurred. In addition, do note that the admin fee collected by the TheStraitsCollective is a fixed commission for facilitating a sale and thus will not be refunded.However, in rare cases where the actual item has significant discrepancies from the item description or is undelivered, please refer to our dispute policy below.

If you did not receive an item, you need to make a report to the seller by contacting him/her directly. The seller should address your concern and provide updates on the delivery of the item and its tracking information. If you find that the seller’s response is unsatisfactory, TheStraitsCollective will step in to mediate. You should always communicate through the admin so that you will be protected by our Terms of Service.

If there are any significant discrepancies in the item, you should contact the seller directly. The seller will address your concern and offer a solution, such as offering a replacement or trading for another item.
If both you and the seller have agreed on returning the item, you should take note of the following.

• You must return the item in the exact same condition in which it was received.


• It is your responsibility as the buyer to pay for the return cost of shipping.
• You, as the buyer, need to pay for any customs charges incurred on the returned item.
  

If you are unsatisfactory with the resolution provided by the seller, you can request TheStraitsCollective to mediate for you.
As part of the mediation process, the admin will review the chat history, item description, photos of the item provided by both you and the seller, and any other information about the item that you and the seller have provided. You should always communicate through the admin so that you will be protected by our Terms of Service.

Simply click on the “BE A SELLER” tab on the top menu bar.
1. Sign up by using either your Facebook or Google+ account
2. Fill up your profile details
3. Add a delivery address (your item will be sent to this delivery address when you purchase an item from TheStraitsCollective as a buyer)
4. Link with your Stripe account (this is the account that you will receive your payments with)
5. Add your delivery options and/or your preferred pick-up location
6. Click save

Congratulations, you are now a seller on TheStraitsCollective and can start uploading your first item. <

Simply click on “BE A SELLER” on the top menu and sign up from there! Once you have filled in all the mandatory fields, you will be able to start listing your items immediately!
1. Upload the items that you want to sell. Set your price, category and choose the delivery methods/pick-up locations for this item
2. Be informed immediately when someone has purchased your item
3. Payment made by the buyer, minus the transaction clip to TheStraitsCollective, will be transferred to you immediately
4. Fulfill your order and update your buyers on the latest status using our order management system
5. Get useful business insights such as your sales history, best-selling item and other analytics to optimize your business

You can list an item by clicking on “BE A SELLER” on the top menu bar and signing up as a TheStraitsCollective seller. Once you have successfully on-boarded as a seller, click on “upload” under the “Seller” drop down box.
Provide us with all the relevant details such as the item category & sub-category, name, price, description, quantity, image and the delivery options.
Once you are happy with your listing, click on “SAVE” and your listing will be published.
So what are you waiting for? Start listing your first item on TheStraitsCollective now!

No, unfortunately not. The current default currency on TheStraitsCollective is SGD, and we do not accept any other currencies at this point in time. Do set up your Stripe account in Singapore and configure the currency in Stripe as SGD. If not, you might incur additional charges arising from foreign exchange differences between SGD and the currency in your Stripe account.

If you can’t log in to your seller dashboard, it might be because you have been banned by TheStraitsCollective. You can raise a case by contacting TheStraitsCollective directly.

1. On your seller menu, click on the “Your Items” tab to access all your items.
2. Choose the item you want to edit, and click on the sign.
3. You will be redirected to your specific listing’s details page.
4. From there, you may edit any details you would like.
5. Once you are happy with the new details, click on “Save” and your edits will be reflected.

Yes, you can definitely do so. If you add more than one delivery address during the sign up process, you have the choice of selecting your preferred address during the checkout process when you purchase an item from TheStraitsCollective as a buyer.
If you add more than one delivery options and/or your pick-up locations, your customer has the choice of selecting their preferred option when purchasing an item from you. You can always add more delivery options or pick-up locations by first navigating to your user settings through you profile’s drop down bar before clicking on the “Delivery methods” tab. Alternatively, you can add new options whenever you are uploading items onto TheStraitsCollective.

If you receive any complaints from customers regarding a particular item or it is still not ready for sale at a point in time, you can temporarily remove it from the marketplace using the purchasable function. Once you switched the purchasable button to “NO”, your item will no longer be visible and searchable on your marketplace. In addition, buyers will not be able to check out the non-purchasable item.

You are only able to add an item under a particular category or sub-category if it has been created by us. If you can’t find the right category for your items, don’t worry! Simply drop TheStraitsCollective an email, we will review your request and add in the category for you.

You will need to contact help@marketplace.com with your invoice number and name.

Click the “Sales” tab on the seller menu to access your sales page. Here, you are able to view the total quantity and revenue earned for each item that you have sold.

Click the “Orders” tab on the seller menu to access your orders page. You are able to view the relevant details for each item order that you receive, including the Order ID, Invoice ID, Timestamp, Item, Quantity purchased. Click on any payment ID to dive into greater details.
Anytime you have completed a certain action to fulfill the order, you can change the order status by clicking on the drop down bar. In the event that you are fulfilling multiple orders at the same time, you can also mass update the order statuses. Simply check the boxes of the relevant orders and click on the “Change Status” button.

For pick up, the order statuses are:
1. Paid – after the buyer has successfully made a payment, an invoice ID and order ID would automatically be created and each item order status would be tagged as paid.
2. Ready for pick-up – after you have picked and packed, you can change the item’s order status to “Ready for pick-up”. The buyer will receive an email notification to remind him to pick-up his item at his selected pick-up location.
3. Completed – once the buyer has picked-up his item, you can set the item’s order status to “Completed”.
4. Refunded – you can set the item’s order status to “Refunded” when you have made a refund to the buyer.

For delivery, the order statuses are:
1. Paid – after the buyer has successfully make a payment, an invoice ID and order ID would be automatically created, and each item order status would be tagged as paid.
2. Delivered – after you have shipped/couriered/delivered the item, you can set the item’s order status to “Delivered”. The buyer will then receive an email notification that his item is on its way.
3. Refunded– you can set the item order status to “Refunded” when you have made a refund to the buyer.

There are no listing fees or subscription fees charged, so you can list as many item as your like. However, you will be charged a transaction fee for each transaction made. Drop TheStraitsCollective an email to ask about the transaction fee.

Stripe will automatically credit any Payout/Payment directly to your Stripe account after every successful transaction.Stripe will transfer funds to your bank account based on the schedule listed in your dashboard. For example, “Daily — 7 day rolling basis” would mean that charges processed on 1st March would be grouped together and deposited in your account on 8th March, and “Weekly (Monday) — 2 business day rolling basis” would mean that charges processed before a given Thursday will be grouped together and deposited in your account on the following Monday.Your transfer schedule can be configured to simplify your accounting. We currently offer the option for funds to be transferred daily, weekly (on a custom day of the week), or monthly (on a custom day of the month).You can see all attempted transfers made by Stripe to your bank account on your dashboard.

Stripe submits transfers every day, but most banks will only process the transfer on business days. This means that if Stripe sent you money on a holiday or a weekend, you will probably only receive the money in your bank account on the next day that your bank is open. For transfers sent on business days, you should receive the money by the next day.If the transfer was submitted on a business day and you don’t receive the money in your bank account within a couple of days, this probably means that the transfer has failed. Banks take 3-5 business days to inform Stripe about transfers that failed to go through, at which time Stripe will e-mail you about the issue and how to fix it.

This policy is part of our Terms of Use (insert link). By selling on TheStraitsCollective, you are agreeing to this policy and our Terms of Use.
TheStraitsCollective requires all sellers and users to abide by the laws of the jurisdictions in which you are operating and selling. If you are shipping items across international borders, we expect all members to follow the local laws of both the exporting and importing countries.
Therefore, even if an item is illegal in one country but legal in another, it would still be strictly prohibited in TheStraitsCollective. TheStraitsCollective does not allow any listing that through images or descriptions facilitate or promote illegal acts when applied under a specific context.
TheStraitsCollective expects all users to only list items that are legal. All items must not present legal risks to our community, be inconsistent with TheStraitsCollective values or harmful to our members.

If any product does not adhere to the product policies in our terms of use, TheStraitsCollective reserves the right to delete/ban it to maintain a comfortable environment for all users.