sounding professional

[arshavin]

I have been contacting specific brands directly looking to purchase wholesale. I am not really getting any replies back.

I am thinking that maybe my emails dont sound the part. Its probably obvious that i am a noob at this and they ignore me.

How can i make this sound like i do this for a living? I am using a hotmail email address also. Surely this cant be helping.

[GreenBean]

Have you fiddled around with the Alibaba buy goods site?

Alibaba user-guide


Tell me more about what you have done.

[arshavin]

I have reached out to a few sellers on alibaba. But i am wary here as its murky waters from what i have read over the years.

I have contacted certains brands directly aswell as a few wholesalers. I could do with finding some huge wholesalers lists i think that would help.

[GreenBean]

Those lists are not worth the paper they are written or the money you will get conned into giving the suppliers.

Few lists are up to date .....

Where have you looked in the UK?

[oompaloompa]

I have been through this

If it is non-china brands, in particular USA, they do not give you the time of day unless you are bigger and you have a company and website, then they ask you alot of questions about your turnover etc.

China suppliers are way easier to deal with, but they are not the brands you are probably looking for...

other issues include the fact that they may already have their country agents already set up and agreements signed and do not need/want more....

any brand that is 'known' and I do not mean designer stuff, just more popular or sells well, the supplier can take their pick on distributors.

You need to get an easily available brand and popularize it yourself and market it.

an example I wanted a brand called no no (but no no reply) - so instead I went for emjoi, sells for less but no probs acquiring it, probably more profit % per item though so no no can get stuffed, as it is all the same to me...