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Secret Wholesale Forum

Is there, in fact, a secret wholesale forum?

You are here because you want to know the wholesale forum secret that will reveal low cost product distributors for:

goods to sell at flea markets

on eBay, through Craigslist

other online classifieds

and through your own ecommerce sites.

Keep in mind that this may cost you some money. In Internet marketing, secrets are never traded away cheaply. However, I will tell you what I can for free.

The best forum for developing contacts in the wholesale industry and among drop ship companies will be the live forum of human exchange that occurs at trade shows and exhibitions. There are simply no two ways about it. That is where and how you develop in the shortest possible time your most reliable contacts. This is also how you stay on the cutting edge of the wholesale industry for your line of products. This, right here, is a profound wholesale forum secret.

To get an idea of just how important this is and to give you product ideas, check out this online trade show directory:

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Not all of us can pick up and go to trade shows, however, especially if we are just starting out or may not even have a state sales tax permit, or are just simply trying to figure out if selling physical goods is something we want to do. In that case, your online resources become even more relevant. If you can’t get to trade shows, forums are where your fluid and up-to-date exchange of information among real people takes place. There is a forum that I think is a well kept secret, and only a very few people understand its true value. In my opinion, the Salehoo forum has a great deal to offer.

There may be a few private forums set up by individual marketers that are not broadly publicized, but keep in mind that anyone can set up a forum and that not all forums are public–that is, some are available only through paid memberships. The more exclusive the membership the harder it will probably be to know about it. “Private” does not necessarily mean a “secret.” Also, keep in mind that the terms “private” and “secret” have been co-opted by marketers as a means of causing you to feel that there is something you don’t know about. When you receive email telling you about some secret membership and begging you not to tell, usually the whole point is to get you to tell as many people as possible.

Now, there are some very solid wholesale, dropship, liquidation and closeout resources online. However, it is probably the case–again, in my opinion–that you will develop your best list by attending the major trade shows because that is where and how you’ll personally meet the manufacturers and distributors and create your network of insider contacts.

The fact of the matter is, if you are trying to figure out whether or not selling goods online (or off) is going to be a viable business for you, you are going to have to do the research. If you are serious about the research, you will need to figure out how much time and money you want to spend on research. Even a thousand dollars is not much if we are serious about long term planning.

So there you have it. My thoughts on the “secret wholesale forum” question.

By the way, here is something extra,

Have you every noticed some eBay sellers seems to sell at rock bottom prices and you wonder how they can do it and make a profit? There are a number of ways this can occur. First, successful power sellers have the money to buy large, bulk lots of liquidated stock. By large, I mean by the truckload. Thus, someone might bring the per piece price of a dvd player to $25 or $30, or less. Second, the successful sellers have the money to buy large lots of an item from a wholesale distributor such as DBL or WYNIT at a much lower fixed per unit price. A slightly more “blackhat” method is purchasing an item from an authorized dealer at the price the dealer paid. This is usually only possible if you have a close contact with a dealer willing to sell you items under the table. So, for example, if you have such a contact with a licensed Rolex dealer, someone who purchases Rolex watches in bulk at the closely guarded dealer prices, then you would have a source for relatively low cost Rolex watches.

By the way, one of the Salehoo managers has recently set up an auxiliary business to make available exclusive access to high quality brandname liquidated stock in small bulk lots. You can read more about that in our product sourcing scoop post.

The Salehoo membership and forum allow a means of information not normally available to the public. Feel free to sign up for a free newsletter or take a free video tour.

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