what is the difference between wholesale and Bulk?

Answer 1

Wholesale implies that the goods are for resale. Bulk just means you're buying a lot of an item at a time.

For example, if you as a consumer buy a huge pack of paper towels at Sam's or Costco, you're buying in bulk, but not wholesale.

Answer 2

Wholesale is the selling of merchandise by a manufacturer or a distributor to a merchant. In turn the merchant sells the merchandise at retail. The merchant pays wholesale prices and sells at higher retail prices. Some merchants abuse the term and advertise wholesale prices which are in reality retail prices or slightly lower. These may be merchants who operate at a low overhead and can offer lower prices, but they are not wholesale prices. If they were, the merchant would not earn a profit. Bulk sales are sales of merchandise in larger unpackaged quantities. An example is a supermarket that has barrels of nuts, beans, or similar dry goods from which customers take whatever amount they want, rather than buying a bag of beans or nuts already packaged. Bulk merchandise is often cheaper because the merchant is also buying a larger bulk quantity and there is no packaging and package sealing and labeling cost. The term bulk sale is also abused by merchants who use it to imply that customers will pay less.

Answer 3

Bulk is large quantities of an item. Wholesale sells to retail stores in quantities at a reduced price. Retailers, in turn, sell to the general public.