Tuesday 21 February 2012

Reduce costs and get a bigger business through Raw Returns

In these restless economic times many companies have to deal with profit decline, but this doesn’t have to be the case for your business. All you need is a good wholesale appliances or liquidation stock online platform and refocus your business practices to raw returns offers, one area that companies often overlook.


Raw Returns are goods, mainly clothing, consumer electronics and home appliances, that have been returned to the store they were purchased from. These products have not been checked for flaws or tested for malfunctions. The potential for big profit margins rises even more when purchasing truckloads and pallets of raw returns, at a price much lower than the wholesale rate. The pallets or truckloads are usually a mixed “goodie bag”. For example if you are looking at a raw return pallet of consumer electronics it may contain coffee machines, ironing and DIY gardening tools.

The good news about returns is that they are in-demand products, many of them still in perfect condition, only returned because the color, size, or model were wrong. There are also risks in this situation, such as buying damaged products that can’t be resold. To avoid this kind of stock try to find out all the details about the products’ condition from the wholesaler, or you can even consider visiting their warehouse.


It's best to have more than one source when reselling raw returns goods or liquidation stock. Two of the best places to do that are the mighty eBay.com and wholesale appliances platforms such as liquidation.com, britcomdirect.com and globalstockuk.com. A lot of companies have been doing this with success for years.

Customers return products they've purchased for a variety of reasons and this implies a reduction in the store’s revenues and an increase of costs in the logistical and operational sector. So it is business-wise to handle raw returns as fast as possible since they cannot be re-shelved, and the best way to do that is to sell them to a wholesaler. Or, if you can’t sell them, then at least find a wholesaler that will process your raw returns in an ecological way.


Surprisingly or not, merchandisers do not realize the full potential of buying and reselling raw returns. Buying them can be very profitable for a retail business, since they can be purchased at unbelievably low rates. You need little experience when sourcing wholesale products, but it is a proven fact that due to prices with up to 90% off RRP there is a lot of room for substantial profit.

Most of the high-end retailers and manufacturers all over the world offer raw returned stock for sale to B2B trading platforms and wholesalers as part of their stock clearance program. Therefore, raw returns have a market for resell and it is up to you to make a success out of it.

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Wholesale Stock – The easy way to start an online business

In the era of Social Media and Smartphones you can set up an online business in many ways and there are endless ideas on what you could sell. From finding the best wholesale stock suppliers to buying surplus stock or refurbished appliances, here are some fresh tips about the online market to get you going.


One of the most successful ways of online business is selling on eBay. This is now almost as common as using Google, so why aren’t you already doing it? This is a business system that has been proven very successful over the last years: buy surplus stock with all kinds of products or even refurbished appliances from a trusted wholesaler, put it on eBay and your stream of income will start growing immediately. Most times you can find products from famous brands at the lowest prices on the market on wholesale stock online platforms such as sellatonce.com.



It’s important to find great products to sell, but this is not enough, you will need great products at the best price. The first thing you need is a trusted online platform of wholesale stock who can deliver what you want at the best quality, on time and make sure they are also flexible with their clients in order to get the best deal for your business.

The process of finding the right wholesaler to start your eBay or eCommerce business may be the most important decision you will have to make. Selling products online is easy, when you have the right resources and suppliers you can trust.

Another thing you have to take into consideration is online buying trends. As the consumer electronics category leads the expansion of online shopping you should definitely take a closer look at surplus stocks or refurbished appliances that have great deals on online trading platforms like britcomdirect.com or biggestclearance.com. Both are free of charge for buyers and sellers.

Tips:
- After you have found your wholesale stock provider, it’s better to start with a small order so you can analyze the order process and the quality of the products. This way you will reduce your risk.

- Look up the supplier: You can always look for reviews on Google because it’s important to be informed. Be very systematic when examining your suppliers’ offers and their reputation before you give them your money.

- One way to do that is to visit personally the warehouse of the wholesalers you chose. Some wholesales actually encourage you to visit them and get to know their products.

- Warnings: It’s better to check for yourself the products you are about to buy in order to avoid the scams of some suppliers on Alibaba.com and it is also cost effective to buy from a nearby country, given the fact that the mentioned website is based in China.


Want to learn more about wholesale stock? Sign in to one of these online B2B trading platforms and start learning how it works.