Frequently Asked Questions

Questions on Our Products

We are based in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa and surrounded by local game farms, both government owned and privately owned.

We source hides directly from these game farms and get the hides tanned. We are able to reduce the cost on a Zebra hide as we do not work through a middleman, we are the suppliers from start to finish.

We are registered with KZN Wildlife in South Africa and are allowed to sell animal hides and by-products. We obtain all necessary paperwork and permits to allow the items into your country.

KZN Wildlife are our government conservation authorities for our area and control the moment of any animal product within and out of our country.

Any animal product we sell has to be authorized by them for sale so you know that the permit that is issued means you are buying from a legal trader of all products on this website

We sell South African soft tanned A, B & C grade hides with the option of felt backing on the Zebra hide. All our hides are hand selected and checked to make suer the meet the highest standard available for that grade.

A grade Zebra hides are considered the best with almost very few  imperfections. They  full hides with good patterns and colouring  . A grade hides (best sellers) have minor markings that are not easy to notice from a distance.

B grade are still good full hides with a few natural scars. 

C grade Zebra hides are mostly skins that are used for upholstery and are smaller or blemished Zebra skins.

 

Felt backing is usually ( can be any color if needed) the black material, the same as you see on a pool table that is green, that is glued and sewn onto the back of the Zebra hide.

Felt has a few positives to it in that the felt does protect the underside of the hide, it makes the hide slightly softer to walk on but also is visually appealing as it leave a black small boarder around the hide which almost frames the hide.

We usually recommend that a hides has felt if going on the floor however it is a personal chose should you opt for it as some client jus like the natural unframed look.

Yes it is legal to own a Zebra rug as long as it is a Burchell Zebra also known as Plains Zebra.

There are 4 types of Zebra  and Plains Zebra is the only one you can own as the rest are on the CITES list and require special documentation /CITES permit to own one

We are taught from a young age that Zebra’s are black and white. This is not the case for most Zebra’s

 The hides we get in are are dark chocolate brown/black stripes  with beige /cream / whitish  shading between the stripes . Please look at the photo product gallery for the coloring of each hide for sale on this website.

About Our Company

We usually ship our items via FedEx or Aramex  and send express airfreight but will accommodate clients should they want another delivery option . Our first option is to send with FedEx and will send with them whenever as we have a good relationship with them and have had good service from their side.

Aramex couriers is our second option  however they are more expensive than FedEx so you will need to contact us for a shipping cost should you want the Aramex courier delivery option

We ship to any country in the world were you have access to delivery by courier.

International delivery to most countries will arrive in 1 week from when we send out.  We do have to obtain an permit before we send out that takes about a week to get, so you are looking at around 2 weeks for the product to reach your country.

Customs will then need to clear the parcel that can take a few days to happen

We accept payment via PayPal or card. All orders are placed on PayPal secure server who di buyer protection to  all customers. 

The Following payment options are available:

Visa
Master-card
Discover
American Express
Diners
JCB
PIN debit cards with the Visa or Master Card logo
Debit cards with the Visa or Master Card logo
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We accept payment by Credit card, PayPal, international wire transfer and debit cards. Credit card payment is the quickest method and is done on our secure server through our credit card processor PayPal. PayPal is one of the best option for Internet payment as they do offer buyers protection so you know that your order /credit card details are always safe. We never get to see your credit card details as all that is done via PayPal who deal with the transactions.

www.zebrahides.com & www.africancraftsmarket.com were established in 2002.

We have been around for some time now. Over 20y years on the internet is a long time for the internet website.

Yes all payments are made on a secure server operated by PayPal. You can either log into your existing PayPal account, create a new account or pay for your items as a guest were no PayPal account is needed by using your credit card on our website which is 100% safe. We do not see your credit card details as your details are handled by PayPal which makes it safe.

We do not directly collect (not even see) your credit card data; instead we use PayPal credit card gateway, which will process your payment on behalf of us.

Payment is encrypted using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available.

Our price on our website are in US $ (USA).

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