If you decide to open your own store, your first task is to find a supplier for the store, and this is not an easy task. The stores themselves do not share such secrets, fearing competition, and good suppliers are not very willing to cooperate with partners who are just starting to work - their volumes are small.
Instructions
Step 1
Vendors come in three categories. The most preferred, albeit the most expensive, is the manufacturer of the product. The second category includes dealers and distributors who officially represent manufacturing companies. They are not so demanding on the investment of money. The third category is resellers, the most undemanding, but also the most unreliable category.
Step 2
As for the manufacturers, it will not be difficult to find such a supplier for you - just look at the packaging of the product you like. It usually contains the name, address, and e-mail box or website. Your task will be to overcome resistance and conclude a contract, as suppliers tend to work only with large wholesalers. But be sure to check the availability of certificates from the manufacturer, since it is rather difficult to certify a product yourself.
Step 3
You can make a choice of an authorized dealer by typing the name of the product in the search bar of your browser and adding the word "wholesale" to it. But the problem is that the enterprises that will be indicated in the first lines of the query result are not always the official suppliers and will be able to work with you by bank transfer, as with a legal entity.
Step 4
The information and methodological center "Expertise" will help you in finding suppliers; it has a database of registers of Rospotrebnadzor and the Sanitary and Epidemic Service of Russia. You need to use it using queries. If, for example, you are interested in products of a certain brand, in the search bar on the site, type https://fp.crc.ru/fr/?oper=s&type=min&pdk=on&pril=on&text=%F2%E5%EB%E5%E2% E8% E7% EE% F0% FB + brand name. On request, you will be provided with the names and addresses of sales representatives.
Step 5
Be careful when choosing a supplier from the third category - intermediaries. As a rule, they do not bear any responsibility for the quality of the goods and cannot guarantee it. The goods can be delivered to you without any accompanying documentation and warranty obligations.
Step 6
The choice of supplier also depends on the transport leverage and payment terms. It is clear that the closer the supplier, the lower the cost of delivery. Please also note that the smaller the wholesale supplier, the less it depends on the bank, since the cost of maintaining the device is low. Choose small companies with a good assortment - it is less likely that the bank will send your money transferred for the product to salary arrears.
