◎ Quarry-certified stone◻ White-glove delivery to the USA, Canada & Australia◈ Made to order · 6–10 weeks total◇ $300 flat white-glove freight · USA, Canada & Australia · Elsewhere, ask us for a quote before ordering
For architects, interior designers & developers
Specify travertine side tables on trade terms.
Tobia Stones works directly with the trade. Your client pays retail — you are compensated on every piece you place, and the rate rises with the work you bring. Membership is free.
Commission, not discountYour client pays retail. You are paid on the sale.
Rates that riseThe more you place, the more each piece returns.
Priority productionTrade orders move to the front of the cutting schedule.
No fee, no minimumNo annual cost. No exclusivity. Cancel anytime.
Two ways to work together
Choose the one that fits the project.
Some studios purchase directly and bill the client. Others prefer the client to transact and take a commission. Both are open to you, and you can move between them project to project.
Option One — Specify & Earn
Specifythe standard route
Your client purchases. You are paid.
You specify the piece, your client buys it at retail, and you are compensated on the sale. No purchase on your side, no inventory, no logistics. We handle fulfilment, delivery and aftercare.
Commission on every piece placed, rising with your annual volume
Your client pays the same price as anyone else — no discount conversation
Paid on confirmed delivery, settled monthly
An email introduction is enough. We confirm the attribution to you in writing before the order is taken
A written statement listing placements, amounts due and amounts paid, issued when a commission becomes payable
No minimum volume, no exclusivity
The exact rates are sent the moment your account opens.
Option Two — Purchase Direct
Procurewhen the firm bills
You purchase. You bill the client.
Some firms are required to procure and invoice under their own name. Trade pricing is available on that route, arranged per project rather than as a standing discount tier.
Trade pricing on all configurations and finishes
Production is 4–6 weeks and delivery 2–4 weeks, the same as retail
Your first stone sample is on us — write to us and we will send it
Certificate of origin, CAD files and specification sheets for the spec book
Custom dimensions cut to your drawing, quoted within 48 hours
A dedicated project contact for coordination and logistics
Tell us your procurement requirement in the application and we structure it around it.
Beyond the discount
An extended studio.
For the architect designing a residence to be inherited. For the interior designer whose drawings will outlast the final invoice. For the hospitality team commissioning a lobby that will register as memory long after the stay ends.
The percentage is the easy part. What matters more is that provenance, cut, finish, lead time and custom dimensions are handled personally — project by project, by someone who knows the quarry the block came from.
No portal, no login. An email introduction is enough, and we confirm the attribution to you in writing before the order is taken. There is also a direct line, and you will use that one more.
Included with every trade account
What you receive.
01
Specification sheets
Full technical documentation for every finish: density, porosity, finish tolerance, recommended sealing. Formatted to drop straight into a spec book.
02
Dimensioned drawings
Dimensioned drawings on request, so the piece can be placed in your drawings and renders before a single sample is shipped.
03
Physical samples
Cut from the same blocks as production stone, not a catalogue chip. Free on a trade account. Because no render shows what travertine does at four in the afternoon.
04
Custom dimensions
Height, width and depth cut to your drawing. Quoted within 48 hours. The block is large enough that most requests cost nothing extra.
05
Certificate of origin
Named quarry, extraction date, block reference. Clients commissioning at this level ask where the stone came from. You will have the answer in writing.
06
Priority production
Trade orders are confirmed in writing with a named contact: 6–10 weeks rather than 4–6. Installation dates rarely move for stone.
The material
One block. No veneer.
Roman travertine, quarried in Tivoli — the same geological formation the Colosseum was cut from. Each piece is extracted and shaped from a single block. No veneer, no joint, no assembly. The sides are left raw so the pores and sedimentary strata stay visible. The top is honed matte.
Dimensions17.7" H × 12.6" W × 12.6" D (45 × 32 × 32 cm)
Weight121 lbs / 55 kg
OriginTivoli, Lazio, Italy
Lead time6–10 weeks on trade
DeliveryWhite-glove, $300 flat USA · Canada · Australia
BeigeGreyRedCalacatta Noir
What we can prove
Verifiable, not decorative.
TivoliNamed quarry on every certificate
Single blockNo veneer no joint, no assembly
121 lbsTwo-person handling crated for transit
14 daysReturn window on trade orders
How it works
Three steps, one business day.
You apply
Studio name, website, and the market you work in. Ninety seconds. The qualifying questions that follow are optional.
We verify
We look at your work and confirm eligibility. You hear back within one business day — from a person, not an autoresponder.
You specify
Discount or referral link is active immediately. Samples and CAD files go out the same week. No annual fee, cancel any time.
Trade & referral application
Open your account.
Before you apply
Questions we are asked.
Who qualifies for a trade account?
Practising interior designers, architects, design studios, property developers, hospitality and contract buyers, and stylists working on commissioned projects. We verify through your website or portfolio. There is no revenue threshold and no requirement to have purchased before.
How am I compensated, and why not a straight discount?
Most houses hand the trade a flat discount. We pay a commission instead. Your client pays the same price as any other client, and you are compensated on the sale — which means you never have to frame your work as having secured a deal. You specified a piece. That is a different conversation, and a better one.
The rate is progressive: it rises as your annual volume grows, so the studios who bring us the most work earn the most on every piece. Exact rates are sent when your account opens.
Can I both purchase directly and take commission?
Not on the same order — one route applies per piece. But you can move between them freely across projects. Firms that must procure and invoice under their own name use trade pricing; everyone else specifies and takes the commission. Tell us which you need in the application.
Is there a minimum order or an annual fee?
Neither. No minimum volume, no annual fee, no exclusivity clause, and no obligation to order at all. The account stays open whether you specify once or twenty times, and you can close it at any point.
How are custom dimensions handled?
Send the drawing or the measurements. We confirm feasibility against the block and return a price within 48 hours. Because the pieces are cut from a single large block, most dimensional changes carry no surcharge — we will tell you plainly when one does.
When is referral commission paid?
Within 14 days of the return window closing, so 28 days after delivery. You are credited whether the introduction came through a tracked link or a plain email — we confirm attribution with you before the order is processed, so nothing is ever ambiguous.
What if the stone is wrong for the room?
Trade orders carry the same 14-day return window as retail orders. This is also exactly why samples are free on a trade account — travertine changes considerably under different light, and no render or screen reproduces that. Take the sample to the site before you specify.
Do you ship outside the USA, Canada and Australia?
Those three markets are covered by our standard white-glove rate. Elsewhere we quote per project — the piece weighs 121 lbs, so freight is genuinely case by case. Ask, and you will have a number within two business days.
Tobia Stones — Trade
Stone, placed once. Remembered always.
Open an account in ninety seconds. We reply within one business day, personally.
