Any New Zealand-owned and operated business which manufactures and supplies soft furnishings direct to end users, or provides soft furnishing services (such as fitters or interior designers), may apply to become a member of Soft Furnishing Associates (SFA).
There are two major benefits:
- A featured listing and webpage (optional) in our business directory, within your geographic area, and located above all non-member listings on that page
- Access to other members for support, inspiration, shared information and knowledge and potentially referred customers.
There are three membership options and fees:
- Members who choose to have a feature text listing plus full web page on this site pay a fee of $245 + GST for the first year, dropping to $195 + GST for subsequent years.
- Members who want only a feature text listing (but no web page on this site) pay an annual fee of $100 + GST. (You may add a web page at any later time by paying an extra $50 set-up fee plus $95 +GST per year.)
- Members who want to be members-only, with no special feature listing, pay an annual fee of $50 + GST. (You may add a web page or feature text listing at any later time for an extra payment.)
Your featured listing in the business directory will look like this if you have a full web page on this site. (Clicking on "Further details >>" takes the visitor to your on-site web page.)
OR your listing will look like this if you choose to be a member only and have a feature text listing but not have a full web page on this site ($100):
OR your listing will look like this if you choose to be a member only with just a simple one-line text listing on this site ($50):
Your Business Name
Your Business address Your Phone number 
If you choose to have one, your dedicated webpage will show the material you supply, assembled by our professional webmaster. An actual example of how this may look is shown here. The page is optimised for search engine ranking and submitted for indexing on Google and MSN. Statistics on page visitor numbers are provided every month.
SPECIAL OFFER!! Be first to list on your regional page and receive a 33% discount on your first year's membership fee.
Who can join?
Soft Furnishing Associates membership is open to business satisfying these conditions:
- New Zealand owned and operated businesses or individuals, AND
- Businesses for which a significant proportion of their activity is making soft furnishings (that is, it is not for firms that only supply fabrics, or carpets, or outsource all their manufacture, etc.)
- (or) Related businesses such as fitters and interior designers, who believe they will help the group as a whole.
Apply to join using the form at the bottom of this page. (Click here to go straight to it.) If you have any prior questions, please email us by clicking here, or phone
Peter at (04) 5890292.
Activities and Benefits
Read about Member Activities and Benefits. If you have any questions, please email us.
Current members find great benefits from belonging. Here is one comment from a member, Jan Gunn of Jan Lambert Design Ltd in Wellington:
"When we joined SFA the initial goal was to boost our profile in our local area. However, one of the greatest benefits has come through the developing of links to other members around the country. There are few supports for designers and manufacturers in the soft furnishing industry. The sharing of issues and solutions through SFA has already made our membership worthwhile."
Comparison of membership types
|
Member +
full page |
Member +
basic listing |
Member
only |
Annual fee (plus GST) |
$195.00 |
$100.00 |
$50.00 |
Page set-up fee: first year only (plus GST) |
$50.00 |
- |
- |
Your own full web page on the Soft Furnishing Associates website? |
Yes |
No |
No |
A contact form on your web page for customers to contact you? |
Yes |
No |
No |
A feature (coloured) listing? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Your listing in the top group of your area page? |
Yes |
Yes |
Below other members |
List your email address and own business website address (if you have one) as part of your listing? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Have BOTH your landline and mobile phone numbers listed? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Full access to the members-only area of the site, and to all member networking activities? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Terms and conditions
Read the Terms and Conditions of Membership. If you have any questions, please email us.
Apply for membership
To apply for membership, fill in all the details in the following form and click 'Send'.
If you are nervous of using the internet and would like some guidance or help, please email us by clicking here, or phone
Peter at (04) 5890292. We can phone you back if you're worried about call costs.
Your featured text listing will be added to your regional page within 24 hours, and you will receive an email from us with instructions on the next step. You will also be sent an invoice for your membership fee.
(If you don't hear from us by email within a couple of days, please phone us at (04)
5890292 to let us know, as we're finding that email providers these days can sometimes be unreliable.)
