Payment terms for lash wholesale are usually simple in structure and easy to get wrong in detail. The detail that matters is not the percentage split but what has been documented before money moves, because that documentation is what you would rely on if the delivered order did not match.
Common structures
Small and first orders are frequently paid in full before production. Repeat orders sometimes split between deposit and balance against shipping documents. Established relationships occasionally run on terms where payment follows dispatch.
None of these is inherently risky or safe — the risk sits in what is specified alongside the payment rather than in the schedule itself.
What should exist before you pay
- A written quotation or proforma invoice. Not an instant message summary.
- The contracting seller named. The legal entity you are buying from.
- The payment beneficiary named. Who receives the money — not always the same as the seller.
- The product record. SKU, specification, quantity unit, pack contents.
- The shipping term and destination. See the shipping terms guide.
- The remedy if the order does not match. Correction, replacement or credit, and under what conditions.
Why seller and beneficiary must match
A payment sent to an account that does not belong to the contracting seller creates a gap that is difficult to close afterwards. If the arrangement is legitimate, the reasons can be stated in writing on the invoice. If it cannot be stated in writing, that is itself the information.
The specific case of lash trays
Lash orders are low in value relative to freight in many cases, which makes disputes awkward: pursuing a claim can cost more than the trays. That asymmetry is exactly why the specification record matters. Most disagreements are settled by comparing the delivered tray to the written specification, so a written specification makes a small claim practical instead of theoretical.
Photographs of the approved sample, dated, are the most useful single document in that comparison.
Before you send payment
- Confirm the beneficiary name matches the invoice seller.
- Confirm the quantity unit — trays, boxes or individual fans.
- Confirm the fans per tray if the unit is trays.
- Confirm which specification version is being produced.
- Confirm the dispatch basis so you know when the order is considered shipped.
The point of these confirmations is not suspicion. It is that a small order with a clear written record rarely needs a dispute mechanism at all, because both sides can see the same specification when something looks different.