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Should You Purchase a List of Wholesale eBay Suppliers?
By businessbroad | February 24, 2008
As a professional buyer for several years now, my answer - It depends. Yes, you’re spending money, and yes, there’s always a chance that you won’t get what you thought you were getting. It happens to the best of us. Even still, it may be worth buying a wholesale supplier list in a couple of situations:
-Your time is worth something. Trust me when I say that it takes many hours of searching to get a comprehensive list of good suppliers. If you’d rather spend the time narrowing down a list rather than creating one from scratch, then by all means, buy a list of potential wholesale or drop ship suppliers.
-You don’t know what you want to sell. If you’re not sure what you want to sell, having a list of wholesalers will definitely make it easier to browse and narrow things down. You may find that being able to speak to the suppliers first helps you to locate an industry that’s easiest for you to navigate. It may also help you locate a niche you never thought of like light fixtures or Japanese lunchboxes.
-You’re lazy. There’s nothing wrong with that, either. Maybe you’d rather spend the time doing something else for your business (or just enjoying life). Who cares? If you have the extra cash to buy your list and save time, good for you.
Now, it’s true that I’ve talked about a ton of wholesale suppliers here on the blog. That may be enough to get you started, especially if you’re interested in giftware products. If not, give this wholesale list a try. SaleHoo has been around for a while now and they’re one of the few companies that actually lists full names of people who have been happy with their memberships.
Topics: Distributors/Vendors |
August 23rd, 2010 at 8:03 am
Doesn’t seem like this blog is still active, but if so you might be interested in covering my business, ImportGenius.com. We’re a business intelligence service for people buying goods from overseas. You can look up any US company to see what they import and who they buy it from overseas.
Check it out and let me know if you’re interested, I’ll be happy to send a free trial account.
Thanks!
Ryan