what is a wholesales list/ wholesale?

Question

can someone please tell me what a wholesale is plz ta.

Answer 1

When you buy "wholesale", you are usually buying directly from a company who has actually imported the items in themselves or through a broker. Most wholesale companies will not sell to individuals for personal use. The purchaser must be purchasing the items in order to resale.

You can purchase wholesale products and resell through ebay, or through a website. Many wholesalers will require you to have a tax id number (merchants certificate) in order to buy from them.

Don't bother buying a "wholesale list" off the internet. Most sources in these manuals can be found by doing a little searching using Yahoo's search engine.

Answer 2

Traditionally, Wholesale pricing (as opposed to Retail pricing) would mean 'Business to Business' prices (ie. exVAT) for sales 'in bulk' i.e. 'by the container load' or whole lorry load, from one Company to another, usually via Order/Invoice and Trade Credit system.

These days it just means 'available in larger quantities' and is often used as some suggestion that prices are 'lower'.

You will see on eBay attempts to 'sell' lists of Companies that are willing to provide goods 'wholesale to the public' - typically the Companies still expect you to purchase some mimimium ammount (Quantity or Value) before it will do business with you (and they may or may not allow you to opperate a Credit account).

Answer 3

Wholesale is what a company pays and then they sell it at retail so they can make a profit.

Answer 4

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