Mooresville, NC – Wholesalecrafts.com, the premier online marketplace for retailers to source artist-made American and Canadian craft products, announces record breaking third quarter 2012 online sales results.

Total online sales placed by retailers to artists through Wholesalecrafts.com’s shopping cart for July, August, and September 2012 came in at $1,427,863 – an 18.4% increase over 2011, and the highest recorded third quarter sales amount to date. 5,399 total orders were placed online – a 15.7% increase from 2011, and the highest number of third quarter orders ever recorded.

July, August, and September 2012 were all record breaking months, boasting the highest sales amounts ever recorded for those months, with September breaking the overall record for the highest sales amount ever recorded in a single month on Wholesalecrafts.com, coming in at $543,795.

“These are just amazing numbers,” said Nancy Vince, President, Wholesalecrafts.com, Inc. “Our late Summer and early Fall months generally prove to be our biggest buying months of the year, but this year really exceeded expectations. We are very thankful to our retailers that participated and thrilled for the success of our artists.”