My name is Matthew Bredel and as of March, 2007, I am a full-time, work-at-home internet marketer.
For close to 10 years, I worked for a defense company which was an OK job, but I was so uninspired in life and frankly, I needed some more money. That is when I first discovered internet marketing! Now I admit that I didn't start making thousands in my first couple of months (in fact, I lost my shirt!), but I finally saw the "internet light"...
I am sure this is one of those questions that all of you have thought about at one point or another. If you were to join a wholesale or dropshipping network, could you use it to just buy products for yourself? Sounds like a great idea and a good way to save yourself money. [...]
I am sure this is one of those questions that all of you have thought about at one point or another. If you were to join a wholesale or dropshipping network, could you use it to just buy products for yourself? Sounds like a great idea and a good way to save yourself money. The answer, of course, is “sort of”. Let me explain.
By this point, I am sure you have typed in a product that you have been looking for and added the word “wholesale” to it in a search engine. What do you get? Probably about 100 websites claiming to be wholesalers offering products at distributor costs. But the reality is that most of these websites are not wholesalers. They are distributors themselves using the term “wholesaler” as a marketing ploy. Still, most of them offer pretty good deals for the retail consumer. In the business, we refer to these types of sellers as “middlemen”.
But what about real dropshippers and wholesalers? Could you sign up for Worldwide Brands and buy yourself products through their suppliers at wholesale prices? The quick answer is yes, but you probably will not want to go through the hoops required to do this. Remember than Worldwide Brands offers lists of true wholesalers and dropshippers. Because of this, it is required that you have a reseller’s permit to purchase from these companies. And beyond this, you still need to get approval from the suppliers themselves. For example, if I have a seller’s permit for a company called Garden-Adornment, I doubt that an electronics supplier will sell me plasma screen TV’s. Still, I can buy all of the garden products from suppliers that I have accounts with (I probably have to prove to them that I am a retailer, though). So going through the hoops to buy from a true wholesaler for yourself is really not worth the time or effort, unless you plan on going into selling that product for yourself.
But what about Doba? Interestingly enough, Doba does not require that you have a reseller’s license to purchase products. Are they a true wholesaler? Sort of. The prices that they offer are the lowest for those products available. Still, you do pay a little bit of overhead for the Doba service (which I think is incredible). But is it worth paying their monthly fee to maintain access to this database? I cannot answer that question. It is something for you to check out for yourself.
Personally, I think there are plenty of bargains currently on the internet. I have access to all of these resources and I still prefer to just shop at Amazon.com or Walmart.com. The prices are usually pretty good, but with much less hassle.
- Matthew Bredel
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