Submissions are currently closed, but here is a general brief for a typical Poundshop.
The Brief:
Design and produce one item to retail under the strict price brackets of £1, £3 and £5.
It must be a desirable, durable, value for money object.
Your product must have a function as well as being an attractive / well designed object.
You must produce a fully realised prototype for submission.
To think about:
If successful, you may enter a maximum of three variations of each product.
We are mainly accepting £1 and £3 products.
Your production cost per unit should be around a half of the retail price.
You must make a profit to cover overheads and most importantly your time.
It can be any size, cheap doesn’t have to mean small.
Cards are great, but we only take on a few of them and are mostly looking for other items.
Would you buy your own product? If you wouldn’t buy it, don’t expect others to.
For past product ideas, please see our pinterest and instagram.
£1 products –
Commission 10%
Admission Fee £27 TBC
Suggested quantities: 200
£3 products –
Commission 15%
Admission Fee £30 TBC
Suggested quantities: 150
£5 products –
Commission 20%
Admission Fee £35 TBC
Suggested quantities: 150
The admission fee is payable only on successful submissions.
Submitting is FREE and you can submit as many products as you’d like – only successful products are charged an admission fee. We take a commission on each sold product depending on the price band.
If you would like to be considered for our next shop, you can post a prototype to :
The Poundshop
Sara Melin and George Wu
41 Shaftesbury road
Brighton
BN1 4NF
If you wish to get this prototype back, please include a self addressed stamped envelope.
If it is your first time, you will have to send us a prototype. Note: If you have sold products with us before, you may send us an image, but we might ask for a sample.
For any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask!
GOOD LUCK!