There are many ways to locate suppliers. We will cover each of them in this lesson.
- Trade & Consumer Shows related to niches you want to build sites around.
- Yellow Pages & Commerce Directories will have contact information for businesses.
- Dropship Directories are a great resource for finding online suppliers
- Suppliers on the Web can be found with good research
- Trade & Consumer Shows are a great resource when you can find the ones related to your industry. Some great resources to look at:
http://www.biztradeshows.com/ (be sure to check shows by industry), http://www.conventions.net/
http://directory.tradeshowweek.com/directory/index.asp
These should all help you find a trade show for your industry if one exists.
The drawback on this method is that you will need to attend a trade show to make contact with suppliers.
The best benefit is that you have direct contact with manufacturers of various products.
- Using a phone book or http://www.yellowpages.com/ will help you find local suppliers that may produce, or wholesale your products. Many of the companies close to you may sell their products at a wholesale price to you, so your business can sell them for a retail profit online.
The drawback here will be a potential limited supply depending on your geographical location (where you live).
The benefits are that many local small manufacturers are generally looking to get their products on the market. This is a great resource to find local suppliers.
- Dropship directories are like a phone book for dropshippers. They are a website that has found many dropshippers, and offer dropship supplier contact information to you. The ones we currently suggest are due to great customer service, and good supplier lists. Know that most Dropship Directories will charge a fee to use their service. In my opinion it is well worth the cost if you have the ability to utilize them. This is by far the best method for your first online retail website.
- As well you can simply search (or query a search engine) for a dropshipper. This can take a great deal of time and for many niches and many times it just is not worth the hassle for your first website. I highly reccomend if you choose to search for a supplier (or dropshipper) online, you spend less than 24 hours doing it. This will help you move forward quickly.
- Hint- The best search engine I have found if you decide to take this route is www.dropshipquery.com
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