Retail interior designers are commission based designers working for specific manufacturers and they are commonly associated with residential interior design services .

In this form of rendered interior design services, fees aren't directly charged by retail interior designers for interior design tasks. What it entails is that the income earned for interior design services provided by the interior designer is directly related to manufacturers products sold to clients, products required for interior design projects.

From the early era of the interior design profession, the retail or commission based mode of charging for interior design services was the traditional way of billing clientele. Because interior design jobs were fairly straightforward and simple to execute, retail interior designers 'had the day'.