Wholesale 101

We are contacted on a daily basis by businesses, small to massive, trying to get rid of their extra inventory. Here’s some tips to help you work with a liquidator:TIP 1: NEVER SAY “MAKE AN OFFER” - this is a waste of your time and the liquidators. If you ask me to “make an offer” for your 2,000 no-brand / custom brand tank tops, I’m going to say $1 (or less, depending what it is), then you’re going to be offended and reply “OMG! These cost me $12.50! I can’t believe you would offer that!”.. …

Yesterday we discussed the Complete Guide to Invoices so we might as well follow it up with The Complete Guide to UPCs, right?  Let’s begin!WHAT IS A UPC?A UPC is a "Universal Product Code". People get social security numbers assigned to them whereas products get UPCs. The UPC usually is on the paper store tag, or is printed directly onto the product and it usually looks something like this:WHAT DOES A UPC DO?A UPC allows products to be scanned and tracked for inventory and identificat …

You would be amazed at how many times a day we are asked about invoices, so I decided to write this blog post to answer every possible question imaginable and more. Here you go:WHAT IS AN INVOICE: When you go to the grocery store and make a purchase you are given a RECEIPT:This, as you know, is a thermal printed piece of paper that displays the items you purchased and the cost. This is NOT an invoice. An invoice is what a company, like ours provides. It's typically a full sheet of paper (or …

This may sound like an odd question, but we are asked this quite frequently actually, specifically when it comes to designer apparel that is missing the paper store tag for one reason or another, so here’s everything you need to know:If you own it, you can pretty much do whatever you want to it! Many people would rather add their own tag to a garment than to ship it without any tags. On the other hand, some people always remove paper store tags because it’s a helluva lot easier than peeling of …

I know as an online seller you get asked questions that frustrate you beyond belief.  These questions are usually totally stupid or due to a buyers failure to READ the listing.  So today I thought it would be fun to share with you most annoying questions we are asked on a regular basis.  Let's begin:1. Do you sell wholesale? Clearly you can see why this drives us insane.  For starters, our company name is "Big Brand WHOLESALE"... what do you think we sell?  Pancake …