
However, once in a while we lose a Wholesale Supplier or two as well.
Why? Do they decide they no longer want to drop ship? Do they go out of business? No. They decide that they don't want to deal with the number of people we send them who do not follow their instructions when setting up a new account!
This can be a bad thing for both of us.
For us, it's bad because we spend a great deal of time and money researching genuine Wholesale Suppliers. We don't just pull these companies out of a quick trip to a Search Engine, like all the other lists and "directories" on the Internet. As you know from reading our site, we put a great deal of effort into our research, and spend a lot of money on large numbers of "raw leads" that we develop into just a few real Wholesale Supplier that "make the cut" into one of our Directories. We don't like to lose those companies, but if they tell us to remove them, we remove them.
For you, it's bad because every Wholesale Supplier that drops out of one of our Directories is a lost opportunity for you. You won't find most of these companies listed anywhere else, in any other list or "directory". As I said, we don't just search the Search Engines. Our "raw leads" are lists of thousands of manufacturers and wholesalers across the US and around the world. We buy those lists from high-powered Research companies, and then we contact every manufacturer and wholesaler on those lists in order to find out if any of them Drop Ship, Light Bulk Wholesale, or will consider doing one of the two.
For example, in June of this year, we focused on finding new Wholesale Suppliers of products that would be good for the upcoming Holiday Season. One of the things we wanted to find were new Wholesale Supplier of Toys. So, as part of our research, we went to one of our Research sources and ordered a specially-designed list of raw leads containing only manufacturers and wholesalers of Toys. That list cost us more than a thousand dollars. It wasn't the only one we ordered in June; we spent several thousand dollars on raw leads in June, as we do just about every month.
Once we had this list, our Research Team spent a great deal more time sending out emails, making phone calls, responding to questions, and working with the suppliers on that list to sort out the few who were qualified to make it into one of our Directories. So, as I said, you won't find most of our Wholesale Supplier listed anywhere else on the Internet. Many of them don't advertise themselves as Drop Shippers or Light Bulk Wholesalers, since it's not their primary mission. Many others were convinced to become Drop Shippers or Light Bulk Wholesalers by us, and also do not advertise themselves that way. |