What is a Wholesale Distributor?
To have a better understanding of dropshipping, it would behoove you know more about the distributors you’ll be working with. A retail merchant is the end of the line, at the beginning is the manufacturer who will produce the items. The wholesale distributor is the go-between who will take the huge quantities of items at a very low price from the manufacturer and resell them at a slight mark-up in smaller quantities to the merchant retailer who will then mark-up the price further, to sell the items individually. The principles of wholesale distribution have been a great marketing tool for ages. The beginnings of the wholesale distribution and dropship concepts were developed by companies such as Sears, J.C. Penny’s, Montgomery Ward and the Fuller Bush Company. Now, with the internet, wholesaling of products is hugely popular and quickly becoming a leading business option for those who want to start their own business with little to no money, with no building and no products of their ow
