Even if you’ve been in business for a while, there are still valid reasons to consider using a Wholesale Directory to source your leads. Online, eBay or a bricks and mortar store, doesn’t matter, your business will benefit with a solid partner in your corner.
First of all it’s true, whatever you can find inside a wholesale directory, you can find for free online. But what is also true is that trying to find that information by yourself online, without paying for it, takes many many hours, days, months even. It will take real effort and a lot of your money trying to discover which lead is genuine and which lead will take your money and disappear with it.
Let’s be honest there are a lot of scammers out there. They present themselves as genuine sources that will offer you genuine wholesale goods at great prices. Truth is the prices might be great, but that could be for two reasons: the merchandise turns out to be fake and second rate or in return for your money you will receive absolutely nothing in return. They will simply disappear into the night with your money, leaving you frustrated and out of pocket.
Be Safe and Use “Salehoo”
Well signing up to a wholesale directory, could spare you all of that, but only if you sign up to the right directory. I’ve been in this business for sometime and made money and what I think you should look for when choosing a wholesale directory are things listed below:
1) Make sure they list the suppliers that supply the products that you want to sell.
2) The suppliers listed within the directory must have been vetted and checked so that you can safely do business with them.
3) Do the suppliers offer secure payment options?
4) Make sure that the wholesale directory you decide to sign up to, offers a full money back guarantee. If you get inside the members area and you don’t like what you see, you will want a hassle free way of getting a refund on your purchase.
5) Some directories have a tiered structure that they don’t advertise prominently and you get to the members area only to find that the suppliers that you want contact details for, are on the next tier or even the tier after that. All that that means is that you end up paying another fee to access those suppliers! I would suggest that you avoid such directories.
6) Are the leads that you are buying fresh and does the directory have regular suppliers joining and signing on.
7) If you want to diversify into other areas, other products can you get those leads through the same directory? Or do you have to find yet another directory to source the leads to source the products that you are now interested in?
With all that in mind, I started to make some real money when I used Salehoo and that’s why I highly recommend it to you and all my other readers.
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