Finding stuff to sell online, while avoiding the scammers
January 30, 2009 by Efficient Entrepreneur
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This article is about 500 words long, and will take about 3 to 5 minutes to read.
You know what you want to sell, But you don’t know where to get it.
Finding a wholesaler is a key component to ensuring that your goal of selling online. But being a wholesaler “middleman” can be a profitable business, which gives anyone an incentive to attract newbie entrepreneurs. It’s important to keep an eye out for these scams….or to subscribe to a reliable source that will do all that investigating for you.
Enter Worldwide Brands, The Product Sourcing Experts.
WorldWide Brands 5% Fluff, 90% Meat, 5% Gold
Meat and Potatoes: 90%. Worldwide Brands has a wealth of company information separated to cater to the major types of e-commerce business: Dropshipping, Light Bulk, Liquidation and Wholesalers. Every entry in their database is double-checked to ensure that you are speaking to the actual wholesaler rather than someone posing as the wholesaler and marking up the products you’d be buying from them. The database is easily searchable based on the products you are looking to sell in your store. Search for specific goods like Mikasa dishes or general arenas like baseball bats.
Gold: 5% It’s well worth the money invested. Not only do you get lifetime access to the constantly updated database for one price, but they also include market data and research. So if your first shop takes off and is doing well, and then you decide that you may be interested in seeing if another arena would be profitable, WorldwideBrands will give you a clearer image of the marketplace and your chances of success.
Fluff: 5% Some saleable items come up with a lot of different options from dropshipping through wholesale, but some come up short. This really isn’t Worldwide Brands fault, as it just the reality of the market. Some industries simply do not drop ship and some industries only have one or two major wholesalers and you’ll have to play by their rules. This may not be the right investment for you if you’re not willing to be diligent and committed to making your market work, or to know when it’s time to back out and try a more easily accessible one.
WorldWide Brands is a unique resource, run by people committed to the success of online businesses and (like Efficient Entrepreneur) to exposing scams and teaching business people which strategies will work best for their longterm goals. If you already run an online business, this directory can be a great asset to expand your current e-commerce offerings. And since you only pay a one-time lifetime fee, you can so it at your own pace. Worldwide Brands is also well-respected in the e-commerce world, and that says a lot.
At the time of this article, $299 for a lifetime membership
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