Suppliers.

Who PerkUp buys from, the IDs needed to open an account, how US sourcing is tiered, and how suppliers are vetted.

Supplier directory

The centralized vendor directory is the Supplier List database in Notion. Each record carries: account manager, account number, email(s), phone, website, products, notes, Location (China, India, UK, Europe, Australia, US, Canada) and Status (Pending / Active / Preferred / Inactive). Active suppliers, high level:

Category	Suppliers
POD	Printful (primary), Printrove (India), Topshelf (bulk+decoration), Digital On Demand (US+EU, onboarding), Dimona (Brazil), Rupt, Duplium
3PL / warehousing	Topshelf, Kayo (CA), LME (HK), Lockwood (UK), Backloads (EU), Packitle (AU), SZ QX (CN)
Inventory / PO layer	Fulfill Engine (used with Topshelf)

Creating supplier accounts

New supplier accounts ask for PerkUp’s association memberships and tax IDs. Account defaults: first name PerkUp, last name Operations, email operations@perkupapp.com, password from the Gift & Swag 1Password vault; post the new account in #operations afterward.

SAGE: 268561
ASI (US): 293672
PPAI (US): 880432
PSI (EU): 20637
Legal name: PerkUp, Inc.
EIN (US Tax ID): 38-4159702
Address: 651 N Broad St, Suite 206, Middletown, DE 19709, USA
Phone: (225) 399-7126

VAT / EORI registrations (full detail on Customs & VAT):

EU VAT (Latvia): LV90013461727 · EORI LVUS90013461727 · monthly
UK VAT: GB509036211 · EORI GB509036211000 · quarterly

US sourcing tiers

For US promotional-products sourcing, the January 2026 catalog analysis ranks distributors (all expose a PromoStandards API):

Tier 1 (largest): SanMar (~$3.9B, apparel), S&S Activewear incl. alphabroder (~$3.6B), PCNA ($693M, hard goods/drinkware/bags), Hit Promotional, HPG/Hirsch, Koozie Group, Gemline, Evans, Starline, Ariel.
Tier 2 specialists: Tervis (drinkware), BIC Graphic (pens), BAG MAKERS, Cap America (headwear), Next Level, Bella+Canvas, Comfort Colors, Independent Trading Co.
Tier 3 brand exclusives: SanMar (Nike Golf, OGIO, New Era, The North Face), S&S (Champion, Carhartt, Columbia), PCNA (MiiR, Corkcicle, Moleskine).

Supplier vetting

At least one factory visit per factory; meet suppliers at tradeshows at least once a year.
Visit checklist covers work environment, quality control, production processes, ethical labor, and sustainable sourcing.
Ethics is a hard stop: if a supplier doesn’t align with PerkUp’s values, it’s “a hard stop with no exceptions.”
Local warehousing is cited as a ~95% reduction in shipping CO2 versus cross-continent fulfillment.

Sources: “Suppliers”, “Creating supplier accounts”, “Supplier List”, “US Bulk Catalog Analysis” (Notion); “Warehouse and Suppliers Article” (Drive).