The Small Biz Consultant

Are you looking for a wholesale business? Do you know where to start? When choosing the products for your new business don’t sell what you think is a good product, sell best sellers only. Ask customers what they want?Wholesale and distribution businesses are among the best type of ventures you can start. The thing is that there are so many to choose from it can be overwelming?

There are many types of wholesale businesses.You need to find the right one that fits your style, your character, interests and personality.There are many wholesale businesses to choose from. One of them that is easy to start is selling products to convenience stores and other retailers.

Not all wholesale businesses are created equal.  There are many types of wholesale businesses, probably too many to mention.Every item that is sold or produced could be sold at wholesale prices.In this article we will talk about selling products to retail accounts and starting small.How much money do you need? It depends on the size of your operation, number of accounts and then the inventory. I would start small, learn and grow. It’s eather time or monty.

First of all, let’s list some of the businesses with easy entry.You have to pick a wholesale business you can start with little money and picking your own time or hours of work.You could start a wholesale business with little inventory if you run it yourself and save in salary.If you want a large business you can get the same type of business and add more inventory, employees, vehicles, and warehouses.

When you choose your wholesale business TIME and MONEY will be the two most important factors.  Money because you have to know how much inventory you can buy, if you can afford employees, if you’ll have a van, truck or your existing car, if you can service 20 stores or 200 stores.  Time because you need to decide if this is a full time job or weekend job, if you will go out and distribute or work with phone and mail only.  Place a time in hours to your plan. Will you work 2 hours per day or 10 hours per day?

The easiest and more realistic business to start is that of wholesale distribution.  It is more realistic because you don’t need a lot of money and you don’t need to buy truckloads of product.Is a Distribution Business the best type of business? I think it is because you have repeat customers.  By selling to small and large retail stores you can develop a route and service accounts in your city.  It is easy to start and easy to manage.

Jorge Olson is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker and consultant.  Find his last books on Amazon.com called The Unselfish Guide to Self Promotion and Build Your Beverage Empire. He’s been training people on beverages, consumer goods, wholesale and marketing for 10 years.