Finding Wholesale Sources Is It Really That Freakin Hard?
If you are at all serious at building your ebay business in to a life long means of income at some stage you are going to have to find a wholesaler to provide you products to sell.
You might imagine this would be a easy thing to do, but I am afraid I have some rather bad news for you. You are not likely to get killed in the rush for wholesalers looking for you to sell their goods. No the harsh reality is on the whole most wholesalers would rather deal with large retail businesses and not online ebay businesses.
So where should you start when trying to find a reliable wholesale source?
I have found that the very best way to find good wholesalers is to do plenty of reasearch first. One way is to search using google with your keyword such as “computers wholesale” or similar search phrases.
I am quite suprised that not that many people look on eBay for wholesale goods even though there is a entire category dedicated to wholesale goods. You can find it by putting in words like wholesale and wholesale lots which came up with over 37,000 listings in the eBay search engine when I searched.
The fastest and In my view most consistent method is to utilize a on line source directory. The best one I have found is by World Wide Brands which you will find at http://www.auctionwealthsecrets.com/directory . This is a very well researched resource that I use almost daily and has made me many thousands of dollars.
If you live in one of the major cities you can also find wholesale suppliers through visiting tradeshows. The good thing about trade shows is they are only open to businesses so you know that you will get an opportunity to make some good supplier contacts.One good tip is to know what you are looking for and make sure you have done basic research so you look like a serious business owner and not a wannabe.
Although intimidating you could just get out the local or even national business directory and start contacting companies by phone. If you are trying to source products from abroad you may want to make initial contact via email or letter to ensure you can speak to some one who speaks your language or you will need to arrange an interpreter to act on your behalf as a very last resort.
Don’t forget as your business relationships develop with wholesalers you may find they offer you better deals than at first. Like everything in business as the trust by both parties builds so will the opportunities for greater profits.
