It is difficult to find high-quality employees, but it is even more difficult to find stable partners, because you cannot do business with anyone.
Instructions
Step 1
Markets and public stores.
Searching for suppliers of goods in the markets has many advantages. Firstly, you can inspect the quality of the offered products yourself and see its real cost for buyers, and secondly, the most important advantage is the ability to immediately discuss all the nuances of cooperation.
Step 2
Exhibitions.
The networks of exhibition centers regularly hold exhibitions on various topics and industries. At the stands, you can learn more about the products on offer, as well as arrange follow-up meetings.
Step 3
Web search.
You can try to find suppliers on the Internet. However, in the first positions in most search queries are the largest companies that are already well-established in the market and are hardly interested in additional cooperation. But small suppliers may not have their own website.
Step 4
Bulletin boards.
If the search on the Internet has not been successful, then the way out of the situation will be message boards, where you can either place an advertisement about the search yourself, or view those already published. The most popular message boards are Slando and Avito.
Step 5
Buying a contact database.
If you have extra finances, you can try to purchase a contact database from hand. This method is good because for relatively little money you get an already developed base where suppliers are already prepared for cooperation or even crave it. But you should beware of scammers selling databases of outdated numbers or providing contacts to non-executives.
Step 6
Electronic databases of contacts.
Leafing through piles of papers with names, addresses and phone numbers is very expensive. It is much more convenient to have an electronic contact database of suppliers. Such data can be found by downloading, for example, the 2gis program.
Step 7
Business forums and exchange of experience.
By visiting the forums of entrepreneurs, you can find not only bona fide suppliers, but also learn a lot of useful information about the specifics of your business.
