stigaz

I'm looking into opening an online shop , anyone with advice on contacting manufacturers and the procedure etc

I would apreciate your help

David Lock

What product sector will you be working in? Do you have a track record? Are you selling to retail or trade or both?

You'll probably need to buy stock from authorised wholesalers, rather than manufacturers, who may have a minimum order requirement and want money with order until you're established. Identify suitable trade magazines and see what's happening in the market.

If your experienced is limited a few months working in a shop would be worth its weight in gold.

Going to be bloody hard work if you are going to crack it. Good luck.

SN used to have a shop but it seems to have closed dl

Ginge !

iTrader: (1)

what sort of stuff you looking to sell, if its general stuff for cars i might be able to help you out

aftermarket aint as easy and its very cut throat anyway so unless you go direct you aint gonna have much of a chance im afraid

stigaz

i'm looking into selling the most popular upgrade parts for the subaru impreza,
I looked into online shop websites but it would cost to much. to start with it will prob be an ebay shop ,

i've emailed a few companies like Eibach , but since i have no clue about the procedure ,I'm probably going to come across as a ****

thanks for your posts so far

Ginge !

iTrader: (1)

you will start off with a pro forma account at first, but the discount is gonna be **** im afraid

most the bigger companies get a bigger discount, just a little more BUT they also get a kick back if then spend a certain amount at the end of the year, some also take up a certain amount of warranty issues too

example my company would deal with all warrantys for a extra 3% kickback, sort at the end of the year, they would class it as a buyout,, so aslong as they never had too many warrantys they would earn extra AND the supplier would not get the extra paperwork ect for warranty stuff UNLESS it was a major thing that had to be sent back

this type of stuff means they can sell stuff cheeper pricing the small people out the market generally

GC8

I dont want to sound negative, but if you have to ask on a forum then I dont think that you have much chance of succeeding.