Trade accounts

Apply for a trade account

For businesses that order regularly. Approved accounts are invoiced monthly, payable by the 20th of the following month; anything unpaid after the 20th puts the account on stop credit from the 1st. It takes about ten minutes: have your NZBN, two trade references (with email addresses) and the details of every director or owner handy.

Prefer paper? Download the application form (PDF) and email it to accounts@signcentral.co.nz. Every application is subject to our Terms of Trade.

First, confirm it is you

We email you a 6-digit code before the form opens. It proves the application came from a real person at a real address, and it is the email we will write to about the account.

1The business applying

Legal name of the entity Exactly as registered, e.g. Smith Signs Limited, or your full name if you are a sole traderTrading name (if different) If other, describe NZBN 13 digits, from nzbn.govt.nzCompany number (if a company) GST number Date the business was established Current ownership since If the business changed handsWhat the business does Website

2Addresses

Physical business address Postal address is the same as the physical addressPostal address Usual delivery address is the same as the physical addressUsual delivery address

3Contacts

Accounts payable contact Email addresses for invoices and statements One or more. Separate several addresses with commas.Accounts phone Main contact for orders and proofs Their email Their mobile

Do your invoices need a purchase order number?

NoYes, every orderYes, orders over a set amount

Purchase order rules we should know People authorised to place orders on this account Name and email, one per line. Anyone not listed may be refused.

4Credit requested

Monthly credit limit requested (NZD excluding GST) Expected average monthly spend with us (NZD)

Have you bought from Sign Central before?

NoYes, as a cash customerYes, we have had an account before

How did you hear about us?

5Trade references

Two suppliers you currently buy from on account. We email both references as soon as you apply, so please check the email addresses are right.

Reference 1: business name Contact person Phone Email We send the reference request here.Reference 2: business name Contact person Phone Email We send the reference request here.Bank and branch Accountant (firm and phone)

6Directors, owners, partners or trustees

Every director, owner, partner or trustee must be listed and each gives the Personal Guarantee and Indemnity below. Date of birth and residential address are needed for the credit check.

Read the Personal Guarantee and Indemnity

To be signed by every director, trustee, partner or owner of the Customer. Each person signing (a "Guarantor") agrees with Sign Central Limited as follows, in return for Sign Central supplying goods and services and giving credit to the Customer named in this application:

G1I personally guarantee to Sign Central the punctual payment of every amount the Customer owes or later owes Sign Central on any account, including interest, costs and charges under the Terms of Trade, and the performance of all the Customer's other obligations.
G2As a separate obligation, I indemnify Sign Central against any loss it suffers because any amount is not recoverable from the Customer for any reason, including because the Customer is insolvent, or the obligation is void, unenforceable or was never validly incurred. I am liable as a principal debtor, not merely as a surety.
G3Where more than one person signs, our liability is joint and several. Sign Central may enforce this guarantee against any one of us without first demanding payment from the Customer or any other Guarantor, and without enforcing any other security.
G4This guarantee is continuing. It covers the Customer's account balance from time to time and is not discharged by any payment, and it stays in force until Sign Central releases me in writing. Resigning as a director, trustee or partner does not release me for amounts incurred before Sign Central receives written notice of the resignation and confirms my release.
G5My liability is not affected by: Sign Central giving the Customer time or other indulgence; any variation of the Terms of Trade, credit limit or payment terms; Sign Central releasing or not enforcing any other guarantor or security; the Customer's insolvency, liquidation or change of structure; or anything else that would otherwise release a guarantor.
G6I have read and agree to the Terms of Trade, including the security interest under the PPSA, the charge over property and the authority to obtain and give credit information about me under the Privacy Act 2020. I will pay Sign Central's costs of enforcing this guarantee on a solicitor and client basis.
G7I confirm that I am 18 or over, have authority to give this guarantee, have had the opportunity to take independent legal advice, and that signing electronically (typing my full name and submitting this form) is intended to be my signature and to bind me in the same way as a handwritten signature.

7Declaration and consents

I have read and agree to the Terms of Trade (version 2026.1) on behalf of the Customer The Customer is acquiring goods and services for business purposes and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 does not apply I authorise Sign Central to obtain credit reports and trade references about the Customer and each person listed above, to give information about the account to credit reporters and collection agencies, and to register its security interest on the PPSR The information in this application is true and complete, I have authority to make it, and typing my name below is my electronic signature Full name of the person completing this application Their position

Read the declaration in full

1The information in this application is true, complete and correct, and I have authority to make it on behalf of the Customer.
2I have read the Terms of Trade (version 2026.1) and agree that they, together with this application, form the contract between the Customer and Sign Central Limited for all goods and services supplied.
3The Customer is acquiring goods and services for business purposes and agrees that the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 does not apply.
4Credit is granted at Sign Central's sole discretion and may be varied, suspended or withdrawn at any time. Approval, and any credit limit, will be confirmed in writing.
5I authorise Sign Central to obtain credit reports and trade references about the Customer and each Guarantor, to give information about the account to credit reporters and debt collectors, and to register its security interest on the Personal Property Securities Register.
6The Customer will tell Sign Central within 7 days of any change of ownership, directors, structure, name or contact details.

By submitting you confirm the details are true and that you are authorised to bind the business. We will email a copy of your application to your accounts address. Personal information is handled under the Privacy Act 2020 and used for credit assessment, supply and debt recovery.

Apply for a trade account

First, confirm it is you

Thanks, we have your application