Hello -
If you choose to rate this answer, I ask that you do so after asking
for any necessary clarification or information. Thanks for your
understanding.
There are a multitude of sources for where "power sellers" are buying
their products. Just like any other retailer or reseller, many of
these companies and individuals have arrangements with wholesalers
which enables them to purchase things at cost and mark them up.
Others have sources for factory seconds and refurbished items. Still
others use dropshipping tactics to eliminate warehousing and other
costs.
Resellers will typically have tax ID's in the state they are doing
business, which is generally a prerequisite for buying at wholesale.
Often, buying power is afforded to those companies that buy in bulk,
allowing for significant discounts. eBay is essentially like any
other reselling or retail media, except auction-style.
Here are some examples of wholesale resources:
Yahoo B2B Wholesalers
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Wholesalers/
Wholesale411 - wholesale search directory
http://www.wholesale411.com
Resellers Kit
http://www.rs-kit.com/
Wholesale Auction
http://www.wholesaleauction.com/
Directory at Google
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&cat=gwd%2FTop&q=wholesale&btnG=Google+Search
Dmoz
http://dmoz.org/Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Gifts/Wholesale_and_Distribution/
Different wholesalers have different criteria for becoming resellers.
Certain ones only accept buying in quantity.
To locate other sources, try some additional search strategies such as
wholesale search
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=wholesale+search&btnG=Google+Search
dropship sources
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=dropship+sources&btnG=Google+Search
Visit discussion groups on the topic such as alt.wholesale in Google
Groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&group=alt.wholesale
Search Strategy:
Yahoo Wholesalers category and previous knowledge
Thank you,
jbf777
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Request for Answer Clarification by
zoewong-ga
on
31 Aug 2003 19:22 PDT
jbf777,
thanks for the answer. Some links you provided are actally
paid-membership required. Did you happen to see any web sites that try
to connect resellers to dropshippers or wholeshalers? for example,
http://www.rs-kit.com/ looks like a good resource, however, it does
requires subscription.
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Clarification of Answer by
jbf777-ga
on
31 Aug 2003 20:06 PDT
Thanks for your clarification request:
Thousands of companies here, in several categories, with contact
information:
BAO Link
http://www.baolink.com/
A search for "distributor" on yahoo returned a listing of 356
categories of companies:
http://search.yahoo.com/search/dir?p=distributors&y=y&e=18031&f=0%3a2766678%3a2718086%3a8101%3a27755752%3a23508770%3a1088132%3a18031&r=Business+and+Economy%02Business+to+Business%02Computers%02Hardware%02Distributors&h=C
Please don't hesitate to ask for any additional
information/clarification.
Thanks,
jbf777
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Request for Answer Clarification by
zoewong-ga
on
02 Sep 2003 21:15 PDT
BAO Link is really not a wholesaler or liqudator. It's very different
from http://www.rs-kit.com/ whose mission is "We are a service
dedicated to helping computer resellers find TRUE wholesale computer
companies to buy through". Are there any similar sites that don't
change a bulk? thanks,
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Clarification of Answer by
jbf777-ga
on
02 Sep 2003 22:08 PDT
Hi -
Not sure what you mean by "change a bulk?"
BAO Link is a massive database of wholesalers for all types of
different products. It's on the order of rs-kit.com, but is free, and
isn't exclusive to computer products.
jbf
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