Welcome to the Costume Buyers Club
The Costume Buyers Club helps dance schools access premium-quality costumes at significantly lower prices by combining the buying power of studios across the country. We handle the sourcing, logistics, and quality control — you enjoy better costumes, lower costs, and a stress-free ordering process.
Why Join
- Save up to 40–50% on costumes
- Higher quality with no retail markups
- Easy, streamlined ordering
- Member-only tools and resources
- Benefits for studios of all sizes
Join the Club and make costume buying easier, cheaper, and better for your studio.
What is the Costume Buyers Club?
At its core, the Costume Buyers Club is a collective buying partnership designed exclusively for dance schools. Instead of each studio paying high retail prices for costumes, we bring everyone together under one umbrella to unlock wholesale-style pricing, higher quality, and simplified ordering.
By leveraging the combined purchasing power of many studios, we are able to work directly with vetted suppliers, negotiate better terms, and pass the savings back to our members.
Key features of the Club:
- A membership-based platform where dance schools become “members” and gain access to special pricing.
- Bulk orders consolidated from multiple studios to achieve lower cost per unit.
- Direct sourcing from factories, minimal retail markup, and rigorous quality control.
- Transparent cost-comparison showing how the more participants or units we achieve, the lower the price per costume becomes.
- A platform that works for studios of all sizes — whether you order 10 costumes or 300, you benefit from the collective model.
How Does It Work
Joining the Costume Buyers Club is straightforward. Here’s the step-by-step process and how the membership model functions:
Introduction & Membership Enrolment
- Studio signs up as a member of the Club (there’s a membership fee which covers administration, sourcing, quality assurance and logistics).
- Upon joining, members receive member-only tools such as our measurement calculator (pre-loaded with size-charts from popular brands worldwide) and guides on maximising
profit from costumes.
Order Windows & Bulk Consolidation
- We open defined “order windows” — this allows multiple studios to place orders in the same timeframe so we can pool units and negotiate lower unit cost.
- Pricing tiers apply:
o Under 20 units = $49.50 each
o 21-100 units = $47.50 each
o 101+ units = $44.20 each
o 200+ units = $42.40 each
Sourcing, Logistics & Delivery
- We identify the best factory or supplier, manage quality control, handle international and domestic shipping, customs and logistics.
- Once units are consolidated, costumes are delivered to a central warehouse and then forwarded to each studio — smoothing the process and reducing per-studio logistics cost.
- Member dashboards allow studios to see upcoming order windows, pricing tiers, and place their selections.
You Benefit Regardless of Size
- Even if your studio orders a relatively small quantity, you still benefit from the bulk-buy model because the unit cost is based on the combined total from all studios in that window.
Why Did We Start the Club
Founder Louise has been a dance school owner for over 25 years and knows the challenges intimately: you want premium costumes, you want to maintain margins, and you don’t want to stay up at night worrying about cost, quality and logistics.
Because of global shifts—such as rising shipping costs, tariffs and minimum orders—traditional costume supply models have become increasingly expensive and inefficient for many studios. The Club was created to offer a smarter, community-powered alternative.
Why we launched this initiative:
- To empower studios (especially smaller ones) to access the same quality and buying power as larger studios.
- To reduce cost per unit by leveraging collective orders and passing savings back to members.
- To provide a streamlined, trusted sourcing & logistics solution so studio owners can focus on teaching and running their business, not chasing suppliers.
- To build a community of like-minded studios collaborating rather than competing — helping each other benefit.
- To protect studios’ margins and ensure costumes become a profit centre, not a cost centre.
Why Join the Club
Becoming a member of the Costume Buyers Club gives your studio a competitive edge — not just on price, but on quality, service and profitability. If you’re focused on giving dancers the best experience and protecting your studio’s bottom line, it’s a smart move.
Benefits of membership at a glance:
- Major cost savings: Because we combine all member orders, unit cost drops significantly — for example, a comparable costume that would cost ~$80 AUD on US sites can cost as little as ~$42.40 with us.
- Premium quality without retail markup: We source factories, apply quality control and pass
the savings on — you don’t pay the typical retail mark-ups. - Access to member-only tools & resources: Free measurement calculator, profit-maximisation guides, and priority access to new designs.
- Efficient and stress-free process: You don’t have to manage shipping from overseas, negotiate with suppliers, or worry about minimums — we handle it all.
- Fair model for all studios: Whether you order 10 costumes or 300, you benefit from the collective power. No “big studio only” model.
- Improved profitability & better dancer outcomes: Lower studio cost means more flexibility — you can offer better value to families, potentially build margin back into the studio, and ensure dancers look their best on stage.
- Future-proofing your costume buying: With rising tariffs and shipping costs, the traditional model is becoming unsustainable. We’re positioned to navigate that and keep your costs down.