I'm looking to sell my products to (or through) the big guys: amazon,
babystyle, babiesrus, target, walmart, etc.

I have a very small LLC business and need to know how about getting
the big companies aware of/interested in my product.

Amazon contacted a woman on a business list that we are both on about
selling her hand-made products through their site, but I don't know
her enough to expect her to share the details.

I'm looking for a complete and thorough answer including but not limited to:

1) General information on how to go about getting the big companies to
sell products from my small business. I.E. What kind of cut do they
expect/require? Do they require my company to have insurance? That
sort of thing.

2) The contact information for the specific people that handle this
sort of thing at each company (hopefully email) and how best to get
their attention.

3) Forms/templates on cold-selling products from a small business to a
large corporation. I'm looking for *good* and *specific*
forms/templates, not just a business form/template site that I have to
search through (I tried that and couldn't seem to find anything).

4) Books, links, articles, other information on this subject,
specifically small businesses cold-selling to large businesses.

Please let me know if you need any more information from me!

-Jude

The Supplier Development Department at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. designed
a guide for suppliers who have expressed an interest in doing business
with Wal-Mart, SAM'S Club and/or Wal-Mart.com. and SamsClub.com.

This guide provides the basic step-by-step information you need to
pursue your goals with Wal-Mart/SAM'S Club. We have committed
resources to education and training in order to establish new
relationships with diverse businesses. We do this because we know the
more products and services we provide through our suppliers translates
into customer satisfaction - and that's our No. 1 commitment.

http://www.walmartstores.com/wmstore/wmstores/Mainsupplier.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1979278358.1106414535@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadddjefhhkmcfkfcfkjdgoodglg.0&pagetype=supplier&categoryOID=-8883&catID=-8250&template=SubCntDisplay.jsp

Thanks so much for that information. I couldn't get the link to work, though. :(
-Jude

Go to "Supplier Information"
http://www.walmartstores.com/wmstore/wmstores/HomePage.jsp

Thank you so very much!!

Here are some additional links you might be able to use:

7-11
http://www.7-eleven.com/contact/vendor.asp

Sears
http://www.sears.com/sr/misc/sears/jobsec/vendor_howtosubmit.jsp

K-Mart
http://www.kmartcorp.com/corp/business/vendor/vendorSupport.stm

Longs
http://vendors.longs.com/

JC Penney
http://www.jcpenney.net/company/supplier/partners/page7.htm

PETCO
http://www.pvvc.com/VENDOR/NewVendor.htm

ALbertsons
http://www.albertsons.com/shared/download/pop_final.doc?c=0&sc=2
HSN
http://www.pvvc.com/VENDOR/NewVendor.htm