What Are Wholesale Distributors?
Wholesale distributors purchase, store, and distribute products they obtain directly from the manufacturer. Wholesale distributors make it easier for retailers to get the products they need by providing low wholesale prices while at the same time not requiring manufacturer contracts or extremely large manufacturer direct purchases that have to be stored in large warehouses. By purchasing products in extremely large quantities directly from the manufacturers or suppliers and reselling them to retailers wholesale distributors can pass on savings as well as convenience. Wholesale distributors usually store their products in large warehouses and sell them on demand to retailers in smaller quantities than they bought them, but still at significant savings. Some distributors sell only by the pallet, crate, or carton. They may order hundreds or even thousands of pallets of a product from a manufacturer and then sell the product by the pallet to the retailer. This approach saves on sorting, pa
