Mar 4

Attention all wholesalers, retailers, wholesale suppliers and wholesale buyers.

I should have done this post like 4 posts ago as my first ‘returning’ post but anyways.

After finally completing some of my biggest projects, I am back here to do what I love – blog and share the knowledge.

You will see daily posts, numerous daily posts actually. We will discuss the industry, we will review wholesalers, we will be taking your emails and comments to help you further or start your business. We will expose scammers (list coming soon) we will do product tests, check out wholesalers customer service and be broadcasting live from the best wholesale trade shows. And a whole lot of other great stuff!

Please introduce yourself, please leave a comment, please leave an email, I would love to hear from you!

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Mar 4

This post is a call to all of the wholesale suppliers and buyers out there. I am very interested in knowing to what extent you advertise your wholesale business on these wholesale directories and for buyers how often you use wholesale directories to source new wholesalers or to buy wholesale products.

It is well know that there are a few major players in this space. Three of the big ones in my opinion are TopTenWholesale, WholesaleCentral & GoWholesale. There are a lot of wholesalers spending BIG money, and trust me I mean some are spending thousands of dollars a month to be on these directories. Any of you wholesalers out there? Are you getting qualified traffic from these directories? Are you closing deals from through these leads? If any of you are reading this, please feel free to comment!

On the other hand comes the users or the people looking to buy wholesale products. What is your level of engagement with these wholesale directories? Is it your primary source to find new wholesalers? Have you ever found any good wholesalers through these directories? What is your level of trust with these wholesalers knowing that some of them have spent a ton of money to be in your face? Again, please feel free to comment, I would love to hear your success stories about finding wholesale distributors or wholesale suppliers through these directories.

Two of my main concerns on both sides of the fence.

Wholesale Suppliers listing in these directories

I have come across suppliers that spend hundreds on yearly listings or even hundreds monthly on PPC advertising at TopTenWholesale but many seem to give me answers like “ya there good” or “ya they send a ton of traffic” when really they are not even tracking it.

Are you tracking how many hits you are getting, how many deals you are closing and what your ROI is from your spend in these directories?

Wholesale Buyers sourcing from these directories

You have these humungous directories with thousands of wholesalers listed. They have great products, at great prices and you are excited that you have found so many wholesale distributors or wholesale suppliers with products for your niche. So you jump the gun and begin ordering based on low prices – BIG NO NO. You need to qualify them. Think things through from beginning to end and eventually you will form a set of criteria that you can use when working with wholesalers. A good example:

Are they shipping the goods locally compared to where you are or are you importing them? The wholesaler tells you to import by sea because its 1/10 of the cost – Don’t jump on it, you will surely be spending a good chunk of change to clear the goods and you will be waiting a good 2 months for them. Good wholesalers will give you honest advice, others will try to push the product in your hand. ALWAYS get a second opinion from some one in the industry (send me an email I would be glad to give you my input)

Anyways, thats it for now!

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Jan 27

Wholesale directories are a very useful tool. They allow you to browse through thousands of different listings of various categories. Each category or type of good may have an unlimited number of suppliers listed within it. Not only are wholesale directories useful to find different suppliers and distributors, they are also very helpful to market your own merchandise.

Often in most directories, they all contain various types of listings. First you may find a free listing. This will be an extremely basic, and almost useless, listing as the only information it is likely to provide would be something along the lines of your company name and possibly an address. In free listings you don’t even get your phone number or website in there, and that can sometimes make it hard to find your company so a possible customer may not want to put in the extra effort to search for your company.

Next you may find a simple, general listing. This might contain something like your company name, a phone number, an address, a website link, an e-mail link, and maybe a few more things. This is more useful than the free listing, especially if you have a tight budget.

Next up is likely a mid-level premium listing. A listing like this should be pretty sufficient if you are on a tight budget. It would probably include something like the things stated previously, as well as a possible map of your location, detailed traffic stats, a photo gallery, maybe some coupons or promo codes, detailed descriptions, an image of your logo, and it likely shows up above all searches. This would be a good way of advertising your business because your possible consumers get a detailed description of your company, they can see a map of your location, and they see your logo which allows them to recognize you easily at another time.

Lastly, you are likely to find a top notch featured directory listing. This listing should include everything already stated as well as it being featured in a certain high-traffic location, perhaps the home page. It may also allow you to have your company’s banner displayed around the directory in various locations. This type of listing will obviously be the most expensive, but it will most likely be the most effective as well. You are more likely to draw in more traffic using this method of advertising in wholesale directories. You need not use this type of listing in all the directories you list your company in, but by doing this in a few it’s an easy, quick boost to your traffic.

As you can see wholesale directories are useful for both buyers and sellers. They allow you to easily boost sales and increase profits. Let us know about your experiences with wholesale directories and what kinds of listings you prefer and why. Don’t forget to share us with your friends! If you have any questions, concerns, or you would like to suggest a topic for a future post, please fill out the form on our Get In Touch With Us page.

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