How can wholesale craft supply companies sell supplies for so much cheaper than retail stores?
There are a number of reasons for this, some of which we’ve already covered. Most wholesale arts and craft supply stores don’t have a real “showroom” so they don’t have to worry about expensive storefronts, insurance for customers, parking, nice lighting, calming ambiance, friendly clerks, etc. Wholesale companies are often big warehouses with nothing more than thousands of shelves and boxes filled with craft supply items! Some wholesale craft supply stores now have beautiful websites, but that’s relatively cheap to build compared to a real brick and mortar craft store. They also make money by selling in large quantities of arts supplies or other items. If they only make 10 cents per paint brush in a sale but they sell a minimum of 10,000 paint brushes at a time, then they are still going to make a fairly decent profit. A regular arts and craft store may make 50 cents to a $1 or more for each craft item they sell in some cases, but they are usually only selling a few items at a time to
