The Short Answer

To add zebra blinds to your shop, start with a small, deliberate fabric range (a few series in neutral colours rather than a whole collection), get a sample kit you can take to customers' windows, and agree measuring, ordering and packing rules with one made-to-measure manufacturer before the first order. What a dealer needs most from that manufacturer is not the longest colour card, but clear fabric data, samples before production, consistent sizes and orders packed so they can be installed without sorting.

Zebra blinds, also called day and night blinds, are one of the easiest products to sell in a showroom: customers understand the effect the moment they see the bands slide over each other. They are also easy to get wrong in a first order, because fabric, window size and hardware are more closely linked than on a plain roller blind.

Why Are Zebra Blinds Worth Adding?

A product customers understand at first sight

A zebra blind uses one fabric with alternating sheer and solid bands that passes twice around the tube. Moving the two layers against each other switches the window from filtered light to privacy without raising the blind. In a shop, a working display blind usually does the selling.

It sits between curtains and roller blinds

A zebra blind gives some of the softness of a sheer curtain and the tidiness of a roller blind, so it suits living rooms, kitchens, offices and rental flats. If you already sell roller blinds, the comparison is your main sales tool; our article on zebra vs roller blinds sets out the differences you can use with customers.

It fits a made-to-measure business

Zebra blinds are made to the width and height of each window, so they suit dealers who already measure and install. There is no stock to hold: you sell from samples, measure, order and fit.

How Should You Build a Starter Range?

Choose by band family, not by colour count

Zebra fabrics differ mainly in the solid band: pleated, linen-look or melange, dense, or patterned. A practical starter range covers one pleated series, one or two linen or melange series in warm neutrals, and one dense band for customers who want more privacy in the evening. Special patterns can be ordered from the catalogue when a customer asks. Our guide to zebra blind fabrics explains how each band family looks and behaves.

Read the spec sheet before you commit

Before adding a series to your range, check its composition, fabric width, weight, thickness and pattern repeat. Fabric width limits the widest blind you can make in one piece; thickness decides how large the roll becomes on tall windows. Our Zebra Blind Fabrics 2026 catalogue lists these values for the fully specified series, and states "on request" where data is not yet printed.

Starter range at a glance

Decision	Small starter range	Wide range from day one
Fabrics on display	A few series covering the main band families	Most of a collection
Sample cost and space	Low; fits one sample kit	High; needs wall space and frequent updates
Sales conversation	Quick; customers choose between clear options	Slower; more time spent comparing similar colours
Risk of order errors	Lower; staff know each fabric well	Higher; more codes to copy correctly
Handling unusual requests	Order from the full catalogue when needed	Already on display

What Should You Ask a Zebra Blind Manufacturer?

Samples and a showroom kit

Ask how samples are sent and whether a sample selection for your showroom can be arranged. At LuxiVeil, fabric samples are sent for approval before production, and a sample selection covering the product families you plan to sell can be discussed. The effect of the bands only really shows against a real window.

Minimum order and mixed orders

Ask whether there is a minimum order and whether zebra blinds can be combined with other products in one order. We do not work with a fixed minimum order quantity, and zebra blinds can be ordered together with roller, venetian, vertical, pleated and Picasso blinds or zip screens in one order and one delivery. Our wholesale blinds page describes the dealer program step by step.

Quotations, lead times and payment

Ask how quotations are structured and how lead times are confirmed. Our quotations are prepared per product line with freight shown separately, and lead times are confirmed per order, because they depend on the product mix and quantities. For export orders, payment terms are agreed per order and we can work with a Letter of Credit. If you have not imported from Türkiye before, our guide to sourcing curtains and blinds from Türkiye covers the practical steps.

How Do You Measure and Order Zebra Blinds?

Agree which size you send

The most common first-order problem is a size misunderstanding, not a production fault. State on every line whether a size is the recess (inside the opening) or the finished blind size for face fixing, so no deduction is applied twice. Keep one unit, preferably millimetres, and always write width first, then height.

Check the widest and the tallest window

Because the bands run horizontally, a zebra blind cannot be wider than the fabric width; the mechanism may set a lower limit, which the manufacturer confirms per order. For wide openings, plan two or more blinds side by side and decide where they meet. On tall drops, a thick fabric makes a large roll, so confirm that it fits the cassette or headrail you have chosen.

A clear order line

Each line of a zebra order should contain:

Reference: customer name or room code.
Fabric: series and colour code exactly as printed in the catalogue.
Size: width and height, and whether it is a recess or finished size.
Fixing: inside the recess, on the wall or on the ceiling.
Operation: manual with chain side, or motorised with the power side and control type.
Quantity: the number of identical blinds.

If you have your own order form, you can keep using it; we check first orders together with the dealer and ask about anything unclear before production.

Manual or Motorised: What Should You Offer?

Offer both on the same fabric

Many dealers show the same zebra fabric in a manual and a motorised version, so customers can choose per room or by budget. Manual and motorised blinds can be mixed freely in one order.

Why motorisation suits zebra blinds

The movement between open and closed bands is small, and a motor control makes it easier to stop exactly where the customer wants. Larger and heavier blinds are also easier to operate with a motor than with a chain. We supply zebra blinds with motors from brands such as Somfy, Novo and Ronco; our motorised blinds page explains the control options.

Plan power before installation

For motorised blinds, note on the order where power is available and which control your customer wants. If the blinds are part of a smart home or building control system, our BMS integration guide lists what to agree with the electrician or integrator.

How Should Orders Be Packed and Delivered?

Packed per customer or per room

Dealers deal with many small orders, so installation is faster when each package is easy to identify. Group your sizes per end customer, per address or per room on the order, and the blinds can be packed to match. Packing and labelling arrangements are agreed per order.

Under your own brand

If you want to sell zebra blinds under your own name, ask about private label at the start. Products can be supplied under the dealer's brand instead of the LuxiVeil name; labelling and packaging details are agreed per order, before production starts.

Combined or split deliveries

Orders can be delivered to your warehouse, showroom or a project site, in one shipment or in agreed parts.

What Mistakes Should You Avoid in the First Orders?

Selling zebra blinds as blackout

A zebra blind is light-filtering. Dense bands make the closed blind darker, but it does not darken a bedroom fully. For customers who want a dark room, offer a blackout roller blind or curtain as well.

Approving colours from a screen

Always approve fabric from a physical sample, ideally held against the customer's window in daylight and in the evening with the room lights on.

Ignoring the band position on small windows

On a short drop, a large pattern repeat means few bands. Check how many full bands will show on the smallest window, and keep the same fabric and band position across windows that sit next to each other.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to hold stock of zebra blinds?

No. Zebra blinds are made to measure, so you sell from samples and order each blind to the customer's sizes.

How many zebra fabrics should a new dealer display?

A small range is usually enough: one pleated, one or two linen or melange series in neutrals and one dense band. Order other designs from the catalogue when a customer asks.

Is there a minimum order for zebra blinds from LuxiVeil?

No. We do not work with a fixed minimum order quantity; each order is quoted individually and can be combined with other blind types.

Can I get samples before I start selling?

Yes. Fabric samples are sent for approval before production, and a sample selection for your showroom can be discussed.

Can zebra blinds be supplied under my own brand?

Yes. Private label is available; the labelling and packaging details are agreed per order.

Can zebra blinds be motorised?

Yes. Every zebra fabric can be supplied as a manual or motorised blind, with motors from brands such as Somfy, Novo and Ronco.

Request the Catalogue, Samples or a Dealer Quote

LuxiVeil is the export brand of Gökcan Home, a manufacturer of blinds and curtain systems producing in Antalya, Türkiye, since 1994. We cut, assemble and fit every zebra blind to measure in our own workshop, manual or motorised, for dealers, retailers and showrooms. Download the Zebra Blind Fabrics 2026 catalogue from our catalogues page, choose the series you want to start with and send us your first order list or a sample request through the quote form on our contact page, or message us on WhatsApp for a quick first answer.