How often are buyers who are interested in wholesale purchase unsure where to start? Furthermore, wholesale directories that promise to offer genuine list of suppliers are filled with dubious sources that are seldom updated and reviewed for authenticity, which makes things more difficult for wholesale buyers.

To cater for buyers' needs and offer them a genuine list of wholesale suppliers, SaleHoo was created. Originally we spent over 8 years looking around sites for wholesalers and manufacturers for products to buy at reasonable prices and save money. With time and persistent market research, we have developed a database of some fantastic suppliers who offered a range of different products from clothing, to fragrance, appliances, electronic gadgets and computers.

Why SaleHoo UK??

We want to be able to offer our UK based customers access to the leading wholesale sources that are based right on their doorstep. This means that they are able to cut costs and save on both shipping and VAT. It also gives them the opportunity to directly visit and discuss, face to face with the suppliers they are interested in purchasing off.

Win! Win! Situation - (SaleHoo Business Model)

It doesn't matter if you are buying a few items for yourself, running a stall at a local market, selling the items on eBay or own a retail store! Our database of Wholesale Suppliers is going to guarantee best quality products at the cheapest prices.

To ensure reliability and quality assurance for its buyers, we only deal with international wholesale suppliers. 91% of our suppliers provide ship anywhere in the world facility and majority have No Minimum Purchase condition, thus, let you even purchase a single product!!

1. No or fewer fees – admittedly sales will be slower but this is countered by the greatly reduced fees. In fact, many of these sites are free to list and some don’t even collect a final value fee either! This means that you have absolutely nothing to lose by listing and when you do make a sale, you are getting an extra $1-$5 per item profit!
2. Different audience – It might seem otherwise but not everyone is a huge fan of eBay! By listing on eBay alone you are missing out on all those other people who either just prefer other auction sites, or feel safer using classifieds where they can contact and pay the seller in person.
3. Greater profit potential - Listing on a number of smaller sites with no fees can actually make you more money at the end of the day than simply listing on eBay, depending on what you are selling.

eBay International
http://www.ebay.com/

Going international is an excellent option for getting more buyers. You’ll often find that buyers in other European countries don’t have the same access to certain products you take for granted. Frequently, items that are common place in the UK may turn out to be heavily in demand elsewhere. It’s not that hard to find out what they are either. Just compare popular searches across eBay sites. But remember: you do have to balance the increase in sales with the increased complications of shipping overseas – customs, tax and a sometimes greater likelihood of parcels going missing (this varies depending on the country).

***Hot Pick***

eBid
http://uk.ebid.net/

Currently the second most popular auction site in the UK with over half a million listings. Traffic to this site has increased significantly over the past few months and now would be the perfect time to get started. Interestingly, the average number of page views for this site is 20, slightly above that of eBay UK! What we love about ebid is that there are zero fees to list your items. You pay nothing until your item sells and final value fees are very low or non-existent! Sellers get two options – they can either get a standard account which gives them access to ebid’s standard auction format which is free to list with a 2% Final Value Fee. Or, you can upgrade to Seller+ account and use the free auction" which has NO listing fees and NO final value fees. The pricing structure for this is below:

Seller+ account: 7 Day £1.99 | 30 Day £6.99 | 90 Day £16.99 | 365 Day £59.99 | Lifetime £79.99

ebid also has local sites in US, Australia, Canada and Ireland, so you have the option of selling internationally as well. Other reasons to love this site include personalized customer support (something eBay seems to have forgotten about) and a great forum.

eCrater
http://www.ecrater.com/

100% free online marketplace in a Buy Now format. This site gets a reasonable daily traffic flow and has a great variety of products listed, making it very attractive to buyers. It’s easy to use and all payments are through Google Checkout. eCrater is extremely accommodating for sellers. You can list unlimited number of products for free with up to 10 free photos per item. You also get your own URL (http://yourname.ecrater.com/), which is excellent for cross-promotion purposes and also contains order management, a feedback system and plenty more besides. If I had to choose just two new places to list from this article, eCrater would be my second choice after ebid.

Amazon Auctions
http://s1.amazon.co.uk/

Amazon is a well-respected site with high traffic. But if you list here you have to adhere to Amazon’s strict rules for sellers, plus give them a hefty 17.25% (slightly less for electronics and photo items) of the closing price in commission for the privilege. This is not a site for new seller, but it could certainly work well for established sellers and those with high-priced items. To list on Amazon you must do the following:

Accepted payment methods: Amazon Payments only, collected at time of purchase.

Postage credit: Fixed by product line. See details.

Shipping expectation: Seller ships within 48 hours of purchase.

Returns: Sellers will accept returns and refund buyers. See details.

Preloved
http://www.preloved.co.uk/

If you specialize in selling vintage or second-hand items then this classified site is a great place to do it. Preloved is a classified site and only for second-hand items only. It has a gorgeous design and layout, reasonable traffic flow and you can list for free with one free photo.

AdTrader
http://www.adtrader.co.uk/

This is a classified site with free listings in some categories. Ads display for 1 week, or you can pay more to list for longer. I’m not sure that the traffic to this site would justify paying a listing fee, however it is worth a go. What we did like about this site was the handy ‘top searches’ for the month page http://www.adtrader.co.uk/siteinfo.php?page=top_searches. Great for market research!

VAT stands for ‘value added tax’ which is the tax that is charged on services that VAT registered businesses provide inside the European Union. 

As a UK seller, you are in contract with eBay Europe, and are required to pay VAT at the rate of 15% on your eBay selling fees (likewise how you have to pay VAT when purchasing a SaleHoo membership). However, if you if you run a registered business and have received a VAT ID number (issued by your tax authorities), you may qualify to register for exemption from VAT on eBay fees.  And after paying both listing and Final Value Fees on eBay, it’s well worth taking a short time to make yourself exempt to save you some money.

If you don’t qualify, it is eBay’s responsibility to charge you for this tax. The cost will be included in the fees eBay deducts from your sale. Therefore you don’t need to do anything. 

2 simple steps to register from VAT exemption 

1. If you have a VAT ID number and use your eBay account exclusively for business, you can register your business with eBay. To do this, you will need a UK postal address or landline telephone number and details of a bank account that accepts Direct Debit instructions.  
2. Once you are registered as a business with eBay, you need to register your VAT ID number with eBay. Once you have completed this step, you will be exempt from VAT on eBay fees.

Before you register

Remember that all transactions on your eBay account will need to be business-related in order to qualify for VAT exemption. Also remember that VAT exemption is accompanied by a responsibility that you will self-assess your VAT exemption eligibility.

If your circumstances change and you are no longer eligible for VAT exemption, you need to contact eBay about it immediately.

It’s highly likely that your supplier knows when they are selling fakes, and some suppliers are pretty upfront about this, while others insist that their great uncle works for Gucci and gets them the items for next to nothing.

Unfortunately, it will take a bit of digging for you to find out the truth. To make it a little easier on you, we have put together a simple 4 step solution to help ensure that you are buying genuine items.

• Avoid buying from China. If your supplier is based in China, there is a 99% probability that the items are fake. While there are laws regulating the manufacturing and selling of fake goods, these laws are very rarely enforced - China brings in millions of foreign dollars every year from the selling of fake goods.
• Order a sample item and go over it with a fine tooth comb. There are a number of websites and YouTube videos which talk you through everything you can check to determine whether your item is the genuine article. To find these, simply run a Google search using the keywords “your item (e.g, True Religion jeans) + how to spot a fake”.
• Rather than testing the products themselves, it’s often much easier to test the supplier (especially when dealing with overseas suppliers). Start by asking them to provide a copy of their ‘chain of title’. This is a series of documentation which establishes rights to resell goods. These are a pretty good indication that the goods will be genuine.
• Ask yourself if the price makes sense. If your supplier can sell you a Louis Vuitton suitcase for £100, you know for sure that it is a fake.

Remember that while it might seem like a good get rich quick scheme, the selling of fake goods carries very serious consequences. Customs regularly do random checks of packages and shipments that come from China and if you are found to be involved in their distribution, you could face prosecution.

Stay tuned on the SaleHoo UK Blog for more killer tips for selling on eBay.

Auction management software can help with this never-ending to-do list, faced by so many full and part-time sellers, by cutting out the massive amount of the time it takes to list and re-list your items. Ultimately giving you more time to grow your business, or get away from the computer and enjoy life! But which auction management software is right for you? The right tool for the job
There are many options out there, some great, and some not-so-great. The best auction managers can help with all sorts of things such as scheduling automatic re-listing of your items, keeping your product pictures organised, and sending out automated emails to buyers after you have mailed items or received their payments.

When selecting which software option is right for you, consider which parts of the sales process hold you up, or which steps you dread doing the most. For example, if you are quick at responding to emails, and to get items in the mail, but struggle with getting your listings back up and running, then you should focus on finding a product which can help by doing this for you.

Recommended Auction Management Providers

1. Auctiva is a pioneer in auction managers, and is recommended by many eBay sellers for its’ ease-of-use. It offers great features like marketing tools and listing templates to create attractive listings. Cost: 30 day free trails are available, and then it will cost you from US$2.95-US$19.95 per month
2. eSellerPro is another popular option among sellers. It’s user-friendly and very reliable according to reviews, and it integrates with multiple platforms including eBay, Amazon, and Play.com Cost: Varies. You need to contact eSellerPro for a full personalized pricing plan.
3. Garage Sale is the eBay tool for Mac users. It comes with 130 listing templates, has comprehensive training and support and even integrates with your Twitter and PayPal accountCost: US$34.99 for a single user license which you can use on two Macs, as long as you are the only one using it.

Shipping

This is the least-likely cost to be overlooked, as suppliers add the cost of shipping on to the total when you place your order with them. Shipping rates vary a great deal depending on the size and weight of the order, and the country of origin. Many sellers are surprised when their supplier informs them that the shipping costs will be more than the cost of the order. This is common when buying bulk items from countries such as India and China where manufacturing costs are cheap, but international services are not.

VAT

VAT stands for ‘value added tax’ which is the tax that is charged on services that VAT registered businesses provide inside the European Union. It is worth taking the time to find out whether you have to pay VAT on your order before you order from your supplier. VAT is charged on all goods which have been imported from outside of the EU, making it slightly more expensive to import products from the US and Asia. When importing, you will pay the same VAT rate (17.5%) as if you bought the goods from inside the UK.

Duty

Imports may be liable for duty, depending on the classification of the goods and where they came from. Any goods imported from inside the EU will not be liable for import duty. The value of the duty is assessed by Customs based on the declared value of the goods and the shipping costs. Therefore bear in mind that keeping shipping costs down is very important as you will pay a duty on them also.

Note that while goods from inside the EU will not be liable for import duty, you may need to pay excise duty.

For more information on importing to the UK, check out this SaleHoo guide on The Rundown on Importing to the UK.

Why register?

Because it is illegal not to! Every business seller has a legal obligation to make it clear to their buyers that they are operating as a business. This is to show buyers that you are selling items with the intention of making a profit, as opposed to casual sellers who might sell a few things from around the house to clear some space and so on.

If you choose not to register and falsely represent yourself, you will be breaking the law, and may have your eBay seller’s account frozen and have to deal with the people at Consumer Affairs enforcing the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.

Another reason to register is that you may qualify for a reduction in eBay fees. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Are you a business yet?

It’s time to register if you:

• Sell items you bought to resell
• Make items yourself, then resell them with the intention of making a profit
• Buy items on eBay for your business

You don’t need to register yet if:

• You sell things that belong to you and that you don’t need anymore. And don’t think you can try and convince anyone that you bought 300 electric hand beaters for yourself, then decided you went a bit over board, and sold 299 of them. It will not go down well!
• You use the account to buy personal items for yourself

If you manage to fit into both categories because you use the same account to sell items which you have bought for reselling and buying a few personal items for yourself, there is an easy solution.

By setting up two separate accounts, you can keep one for personal use, and one for your business. This means that when you do want to sell your own personal items, you can do so with your personal account, saving you from paying any associated taxes on it.

How to make the switch from a Private Account to a Business Account

Simply visit: https://scgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ChangeRegistrationAccountType&ChangeRegistrationAccountType&guest=1&changeregistrationaccounttype , sign in and click the Business Account box and click confirm.

If you are unsure whether you should register as a business, or require more information, please visit the eBay Business Centre

Stay tuned for more information on registering as a business on the SaleHoo UK blog. 

Stay tuned on the SaleHoo UK Blog for more eBay Tips for UK Sellers.

Income Tax

What many UK sellers don’t realise is that while you do not need to declare and pay Income Tax on income made from selling a few old household items, you do need to pay it when your selling becomes serious.

For regular sellers, you will be liable for Income Tax because under current tax laws you are considered to be “trading”. You are defined as a “trader” in the UK if you:

• make items yourself and sell them, intending to make a profit
• sell (or buy) goods on behalf of others for financial gain (for example on commission)
• provide a service and receive payment (whether in cash or in kind).

Therefore, if you are using the SaleHoo supplier directory to buy wholesale goods which you will use to resell to make a profit, you are liable to pay Income Tax.

You can find out more about this at: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/guidance/selling/income.html

Sad, but true

I understand that there is a lot of confusion among sellers who have been misinformed by wishful thinkers who would rather believe that they are somehow exempt from paying taxes. Unfortunately for us sellers, anyone who makes a regular profit from selling, whether it is online or offline, is legally obligated to pay tax on the sale.

Tax-free allowances

Most residents in the UK receive a 'Personal Allowance’ for taxation purposes. This is an amount of taxable income you're allowed to earn or receive each year tax-free.

This tax year (2009-10) the basic Personal Allowance - or tax-free amount - is £6,475 (or £124 per week). You may be entitled to a higher Personal Allowance if you're 65 or over.

If you're registered as legally blind, or are unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential, you can also claim the tax-free Blind Person's Allowance.

Remember that your Income Tax is only due on taxable income that's above your tax-free allowances.

Disclaimer: All above information should be used as a guide only. All sellers are encouraged to seek expert advice from an accountant or tax lawyer for personalised tax advice.

When you, or any other buyer logs onto eBay and starts searching for an item, Best Match is the default sorter, and because over 80% of buyers don’t change this, it’s very important that we sellers understand exactly how to make the Best Match algorithm work for us.

eBay has spilt a few, but not all of their secrets to cracking the algorithm, and because we adore our members so much, we thought we would let you in on what we know about Best Match and hopefully get your listings sent to the top of the search results.

eBay has manipulated Best Match to favour sellers offering the best product and service possible. This comes in light of their recent endeavour to make eBay as smooth and pain free (and hopefully even more convenient) as an offline retail experience. Therefore, Best Match favours listing with:

• A high recent sales score. This is based on the assumption that most buyers will always find the best deal, and therefore, when a seller’s recent sales score is high, it must be the result of the seller offering excellent products at the best price.
• Free shipping
• Relevant keywords. Remember to list the most important details in your item titles
• High detailed seller ratings (DSRs)
• The best price. You only need to undercut your competitors ever so slightly to help to boost your rank
• Buy It Now options, either in addition to an option to bid in an auction, or on its own. It has long been considered a best practice for sellers to offer a combination of the two as it provides buyers with wider options buying options. Note that if you are selling items such as rare collectibles which will yield more profits in an auction, it is the best idea to skip this step.
•  A high number of bids. Best Match assumes that auctions with a high number of bids must be offering a good deal, and therefore favours them by pushing their ranking towards the top of the page.
• Use of the best keywords and listing titles possible.
  

Essentially, there are two ways you can pay a supplier: Through safe options, or non-safe options.

Safe options offer you some form of protection when dealing with suppliers, whereas non-safe options do not, so if something goes wrong, you will be in trouble!

You may be limited to what your supplier will accept, but generally speaking, only dodgy suppliers won’t accept any form of safe payment. If you do come across such a supplier, I strongly recommend you reconsider using them - or at least do a little research on them to find out whether they are the real deal.

To avoid getting stuck by using a non-safe payment option, you need to know which are the safe methods, and which are the not-so safe options. Because I have learnt the lesson about using safe payment options the hard way (and would prefer that you didn’t) I am going to let you in on which ones are proven to be either good, bad, or downright ugly.

Safe Options

• PayPal. It’s the king of all payment methods, with millions of members all over the world. The reason it’s so popular is because of the level of security it offers the buyer (which sellers love because it means more sales as potential buyers feel more confident in buying from them). What makes it safe: If you have a problem with the items you purchased (say they don’t show up, or they are broken) you can inform PayPal and have the transaction reversed.
  
• Credit card purchases. These are easy and convenient, and like PayPal, are safe because paying with a credit card gives you a window of opportunity to cancel the payment and file a chargeback with your card provider. 
• MoneyBookers. It’s accepted by eBay, so it’s got to be good! MoneyBookers works in a similar way to PayPal – you enter your credit card information at the checkout and the supplier gets their money sent to their MoneyBookers account. I like it because it’s authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and also because you do not have to reveal any sensitive financial information. 

Unsafe Options

• Western Union. This option is unsafe because it can’t be traced or refunded. It offers buyers no protection whatsoever, and I highly discourage you from using it. Never be fooled by suppliers who say something along the lines of “please pay me through Western Union, I can give you a discount because I don’t have to pay PayPal fees” or “my PayPal account is down for a few days, please pay by Western Transfer so that I can send your shipment immediately”.
• MoneyGram. This operates on a similar system as Western Union which makes it another unsafe option to use. MoneyGram has even admitted themselves that using its service to transfer money to unknown sellers is unsafe. This was originally set up for people to transfer money to friends or family, and therefore does not have processes in place to offer any kind of protection.

What is it?

Terapeak is an eBay seller research tool which helps sellers find highly profitable new niches by showing them the sell-through rate, average selling price and much more. It takes the busy work out of finding new niches to grow your business. Best of all, it can pull data directly from eBay.co.uk, so you can really get to know your local market. How does it work?

Terapeak collects live data from eBay and analyzes the sales from the past 90 days and instantly shows you whether the product you are researching will sell. It looks at:•    The sell-through rate •    The average price sold

• The day of the week and time of the day which the item sold best
• Whether the item sold better as an auction or a Buy It Now listing
• Which category it sold best in, and much more

I rely on Terapeak whenever I want to check out a new niche idea I have, and it’s such a relief to know that I can use the data Terapeak collects to help decide whether a product is worth me looking into.
To do this, I simply enter a few key words describing the item into the search tool, select a category and whether I want Terapeak to collect data from the past 1, 7, 30, 60 or 90 days (I always start with  90 days as it gives me a broader idea) , and click search. The data is collected immediately. The first thing I always look at is the sell-through rate. If it is 60% or above, I know that I am onto a winner, anything less, I move on to look for something else with a higher success rate.

Hot Tip: Note that while a high sell-through rate is a positive thing, you must also consider it in relation to how many items were sold in the time frame Terapeak searched within. For example, if I search for polka dotted flip flops, and find a success rate of 81%, but then looked under the General Stats and see that only 4 pairs were listed in the past 90 days, I know that I will struggle to make a lot of money.

How much does it cost?

There are two membership options. The first is for a one-month subscription which costs US$24.95 per month, or can you choose to sign up for 12 months for US$197.95. Terapeak often offer free limited-time trials subscriptions, so have a good look around the site and forums before you go getting your credit card out.

For most sellers, the best way to use Terapeak is to buy a 1 month subscription and use it as much as possible during the time that you have it, though serious sellers who want to invest in numerous niches will certainly find value in a 12 month subscription. Remember to select eBay.co.uk from the drop-down menu when you sign up, if you don’t, the default setting is eBay.com, and you won’t have access to data from eBay.co.uk.

Thankfully, there are some great ways to determine which products sell best on eBay.

First, check out what the popular products are on eBay by looking at tools such as eBay Pulse and eBay Popular Products.

These tools provide valuable insight into what buyers are currently searching for.

eBay Pulse

eBay Pulse gives you a bird’s-eye-view of what ‘s hot on eBay by providing lists of popular searches and stores, allowing you to see precisely what is being searched for and bought on eBay. You can use eBay Pulse to drill down into categories to check out what the popular items are in the categories you are interested in selling under.

For example, if I want to sell baby products, I will select ‘Baby’ from the category drop-down menu and see that cribs and diaper bags are very popular among buyers.

eBay Popular Items

eBay Popular Products presents insider information by showing the most popular items in each product category. This is fantastic for sellers who have some idea of what it is they want to sell; if I want to sell DVDs, I can easily see that Glee: Season 1 and The Little Mermaid 2006 are currently among the 10 most popular DVDs.

Get the Whole Truth from eBay’s Completed Listings

eBay’s Completed Listings data shows you which items sold, and which items did not. You can search eBay’s Completed Listings in 3 simple steps:

1. To search eBay’s Completed Listings go to eBay.com and click Advanced Search which is located next to the search tool bar on any page.
2. Click Search and eBay will instantly give you all data from the past 30 days showing you which listings sold (represented with price listed in green) and which did not (represented with price listed in red).
3. Scan these pages and count up the results. If you find that at least 60% of the total listings sold, you can be fairly certain that there is a sufficient demand for the item.

Above all else, keep in mind that in order to build a sustainable and long-term business, you should sell something that you enjoy. A wise person once said that if you “do something you love, you’ll never work a day in your life”, and I couldn’t agree more!

Have you had any experience using these methods to find profitable niches? I’d love to hear your story, so make sure you leave a comment below.

Why pay full price? That’s a question many people are starting to ask themselves since the economy has taken a turn for the worse and the internet has made discount deals that much easier to find. The fact of the matter is that you can find any merchandise online at wholesale prices either for your own personal use or to resell for profit. If you want to get fancy dress dropship merchandise the best way to go is with internet based suppliers that can help get you the goods you want at the prices you need.

If you’re just looking for fancy dress accessories and clothing, the best way to get a discount is to purchase in bulk or from suppliers that specialize in dropshipping. Drop shipping is ideal if you want to purchase your own merchandise for personal use or want to act as the middleman and make a profit reselling wholesale products without carrying inventory. The biggest obstacle between you and a fancy dress dropship supplier is finding one that’s both legitimate and offers quality merchandise at competitive rates.

If you have spent any time at all trying to track down one of these suppliers than you already know how difficult this can be. Since this is one of the largest problems people face when trying to find a good fancy dress dropship supplier the best solution is to go with what people are already using. Using the world wide web you can check out online message boards and forums where people talk about drop shippers that have worked well for them and which ones have the best quality merchandise.

While this may seem like a great instant solution to the problem, there are some things to keep in mind. Primarily, you have no real way of knowing whether the people in these online communities are actual customers or just the suppliers themselves trying to reel more people in to get scammed. This is something you’ll want to pay very close attention to if you choose to do your research in online forums or message boards. Alternatively, a safe way of finding out what fancy dress dropship suppliers are reliable is to use reputable online directories that list all available suppliers. This will give you the ability to see what companies offer drop shipping, specialize in the kind of merchandise you want and then review the ratings it’s gotten from other customers who have tried them.

If you make jewelry or generate income through reselling beads and gems for arts and crafts, you likely want to know the best way to find gem wholesale suppliers to keep your costs down. One of the most efficient and practical ways to get your hands on discount gems while keeping quality to your high standards is to go on the internet in search of the perfect supplier—but how do you go about doing it? The internet has revolutionized the way we do business and thankfully there are some great routes to investigate for finding online suppliers for the items you need.

When it comes to finding wholesalers on the internet there are many pitfalls to avoid. There are literally thousands of whole sale style companies overseas that will gladly take your money and run off with it, since they know you’re too far away to do anything. The good news is that there are reliable whole sale companies out there that want to give you a good deal while making money selling their products like gems, electronics, shoes and cologne. The real trick is finding these companies and working with them directly.

Finding gem wholesale suppliers using the world wide web does not have to involve thoroughly researching every single supplier individually. You can actually save yourself a lot of time, energy and money by finding out what suppliers have a good reputation and which ones will probably just take your money and run. Finding gem wholesale suppliers can be as simple as 1, 2, 3 and the best part is, once you have found a good supplier you’ll never have to look again to get a quality source of gems and other merchandise.

While many people do try to investigate and research their own hidden suppliers this can be an extremely time consuming and laborious task. Instead it’s a much better idea to go where suppliers have already been discovered, listed and reviewed by others who are actually using them as their gem wholesale suppliers. This will mean you will get quality gems and discount prices from a company that actually delivers what they promise. This is a much better plan than simply taking a shot in the dark with an untested wholesaler or drop shipper company.

If there’s one good way to make money, it’s through buying items at wholesale and reselling them at slightly below retail prices. One of the most popular items to do this with is cell phones and other electronic goods. The one problem many people face is that it’s hard to find wholesale rate cellular devices, so what’s the solution? If you want to know how to uncover wholesale cell phones for sale make sure you read on to see exactly where they are and how you can get your hands on them.

If you want to get cell phones in bulk or drop shipped to your customers, it’s a good idea to go straight to the manufacturer or the next best thing: go to the next tier wholesaler after the manufacturer. Many people want to resell cellular telephones made by Nokia, Motorola and LG and these mobile devices can be purchased either in bulk or drop shipped with relative ease—assuming you know where to go to find them. Fortunately for people such as yourself the internet has made this significantly easier to do.

The majority of wholesalers of mobile phones are overseas and for this reason it’s been notoriously difficult to find one solid supplier that will offer wholesale cell phones for sale. The fact of the matter is that if you go with an untested and unproven cellular phone wholesaler you’re at the mercy of the company. The smart thing to do when choosing a wholesaler to go with is to do your research and find a supplier that others have used and can actually vouch for. This won’t always keep you 100% safe but it is one of the most basic and important steps you should take when researching a good place to use to uncover wholesale cell phones for sale.

One of the most popular and safely guarded secrets among eBay resellers and other retailers online are the directories that list out all reputable wholesale cell phone distributors. There are websites online that will list the overseas companies that offer wholesale cell phones for sale as well as the ratings on how reputable and trustworthy they are. There is hands down no better way to weed out the bad suppliers from the good ones than with a service like this, so it’s highly recommended you try one of these sites before wasting your time researching your own.

When it comes to purchasing a personal safety item like this there are a few things to keep in mind. At no time do you want to use a less than reputable wholesaler and at no point do you want to compromise the quality of the unit you’re purchasing by going with a sketchy second-hand wholesaler (the kind you find at trade shows or temporary flea markets). The reason for this is simple. If you purchase less than reliable stun-guns and resell them you risk taking on the liability of selling someone faulty and unsafe products.

It’s for this reason that you’ll want to use only high quality and highly reputable wholesalers and drop shippers that can offer you top of the line wholesale stun guns. Believe it or not these companies do exist, they’re just slightly harder to find on your own. The best way to get your hands on a drop shipper or wholesaler that can offer you this kind of deal is to either do the leg work of researching one on your own or use a service that can connect you with available companies that provide reliable and affordable merchandise.

Online there are a number of websites that serve people just like you who are looking for reliable wholesalers. There are both free sites and paid sites that will offer this service, but many retailers learn the hard way not to trust the free sites that list and review the available wholesalers and drop shippers. Instead it’s ideal to go with a site that charges a small fee and can show you unbiased reviews of what whole sale companies are best to use and offer the highest quality products. Paying the small premium to have access to a site like this will give you ratings and reviews you can actually rely on and access to suppliers that other people simply won’t have.