Are you selling wholesale and looking to get your products in more stores and boutiques? Whether you’re selling wholesale clothing, jewelry, baby products, accessories, bath & beauty products, home decor, or foods, read on to find out how to let buyers find you.
Where do retail buyers and store owners look for products?
If you’re looking to grow your wholesale business, you know how time consuming it can be to search for boutiques, find their contact info, reach out to them, attend trade shows, follow up & grow your wholesale accounts.
Today, I wanted to share a different strategy with you – let the buyers find YOU. How? By partnering with other companies who work directly with buyers and store owners to help them find products.
Here are 9 sites where you can connect with buyers if you are selling wholesale
When I had my t-shirt and soap businesses, I used some of these sites below to get my products into quite a few retail stores.
IndieMe
IndieMe (formerly WholesaleCrafts.com) is a great way to connect with buyers if you have handmade, jewelry, gifts, artisan, home decor and similar types of products. They also have a yearly trade show, as well as a catalog that they send to buyers throughout the year.
Buyer’s Best Friend
Buyer’s Best Friend is mostly for gourmet, natural and artisan food manufacturers, but they also have apparel, jewelry, housewares, pet products and bath & beauty products. They work with thousands of buyers nationwide and have almost 3,000 brands that they represent.
LA Showroom
LA Showroom is a “virtual showroom” for fashion-forward brands. They connect fashion designers (including kids fashion and accessories designers) with buyers. Their online showroom is visited by thousands of buyers looking for new and exciting brands.
Souvnear
Souvnear is great for Indian handicrafts, including gifts, jewelry, home decor, fashion, toys/games and pet products. They are based in India and have more than 10,000 curated products and their goal is to create a better quality of life for the 9 million artisans in India.
Etsy Wholesale
If you sell on Etsy and offer wholesale pricing, this is a great way to go! They currently work with more than 25,000 retailers and you have to apply and be accepted in order to sell through their platform.
Wholesale in a Box
For a monthly fee, Wholesale in a Box matches you with retailers that are looking for all types of products. Their platform is great for makers, designers and artists and it’s perfect if you are tired of going to trade shows or are struggling to introduce yourself to new stores.
RangeMe
RangeMe allows you to put your products in front of thousands of retailers, including Target, Whole Foods, Petco, Sprouts and more. Retailers can place orders for your products directly through their platform.
Wholesale Matchmaker
Wholesale Matchmaker is part wholesale “dating service,” part customer relationship manager and part retail coach! Each month you get to introduce your brand to a new round of stores and you can even send personalized emails to retailers through their platform.
Art Setters
ArtSetters brings the entire wholesale process online. Their solution allows you to be discovered on a global scale, without needing to attend trade shows. You can create shareable showroom collections, connect with industry leaders and manage orders seamlessly.
If you decide to become a member of these sites, makes sure to check with a few vendors who are already on the site and ask them what type of results they’re getting from being listed. Remember, you always want to check references, no matter who you work with. Selling wholesale has never been easier!
Do you know of any other wholesale selling platforms that should be on this list? If so, please leave a comment below.
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This great information. Does this work for Canadians too.
Antoinette
Yes, if you are wanting to sell to US stores, then these would be a good fit!
How about selling sporting goods wholesale? Any connections?
Have you tried some tradeshows for that? You can meet sales reps there who focus on selling sporting goods.
I like what i am reading…
Good to hear!
While searching for information on where to wholesale my handmade gifts I ran across your post. This is so helpful. Thanks
So glad to hear that, Teena!
Great Information. Thank you very much..
Glad to hear that you found it helpful!
Great post. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
What a FANTASTIC post! Thanks so much!! I can’t wait to explore!
Thank you, Candy!
Thank you for the great resources.
You’re welcome!
Wow!! Thank you so much for sharing this info – it is JUST in time for the next phase of what I am hoping to do with my business. Sincerest Thanks!!!
Good luck with your next phase, Suzanne!
Good stuff–thank you~
You’re welcome, Jack!
This post is right on time.
Thanks
Glad to hear that!
Another great wholesale platform is The Grommet.
Their online platform markets direct to consumer and wholesale. And they have an added bonus. They also attend trade shows across the country to introduce their makers products to retailers
The Grommet is a great one! Thanks for sharing it 🙂
I sell my PDF knitting patterns. Is there a site for me? Thank you.
valuable info-thank you
Wow, Amazing! Right on time for my launch. Thank so very much.
So glad to hear that, Ode!
YOU get five gold stars for this post! It was very helpful! Thank you!
Thank you, Colleen! Glad you found it helpful.
Thanks for the valuable information.
Terrific post! Thank you for the research.
Thanks, it’s very useful.
Thank you for the information. Do you prefer one or two of these in particular?
I can’t wait to explore all these options… this was one of the most useful articles I’ve read in ages. Thank you! Sharon
That’s so great to hear, Sharon! Thanks so much!
Thanks alot.
Its very useful.
Question – I am helping women in Malawi, Africa develop entrepreneurial skills so they can take control of their future. They create various handmade products that I am trying to help them get an international market for. Could these vehicles help?
Hi Tim, absolutely!
Great information.
Does this work for Digital items? I sell PDF knitting patterns.
Also, I sell the actual patterns in my local yarn shop and would like to get into more yarn shops as well.
We are lbsded in Australia and ooking at reselling our party ware range within Aust and off shore . We make paper plates , cups and napkins . Can you recommend the appropriate platform ?
Is there any particular platform you would suggest for mens dress shirts/formal wear?
Thank you very much this is very helpful.
Happy Holidays Everyone,
Thanks Launch Grow Joy for putting our name in your list. For all your wholesale needs look no further. We are offering more than 22000 products now. We offer customization for all the available products. We can also source any other handmade product as per your requirement.
Visit us at http://www.souvnear.com & call us at our toll-free # 844 328 5735 (Monday to Friday 10 AM – 6 PM). Use Skype if outside the US to call us toll-free.
Hope to hear from you soon. Have a great day!
Best
Sam
IS there a b2b site that operated similar to buyers best friend?
I specialize in offering sample sales and closeout merchandise..will these sites work for me as well?
I closed a retail pro shop and have all new first quality activewear, hangers etc. and looking to partner with someone who sells online because I do not have time to work it. I have around 4000 pieces of all variety that I can email you. I have a complete price list and description with pictures and I would just like to get what I can for and have someone else also make very good money. Email if interested. Located in Arizona. I can do all the shipping if you can sell it…
We are a modern Housewares and Bath Collection business would be benefit from using this system?
Hello,
I have a studio production for arts crafts and home decor. I am a ceramist implementing my unique glazed ceramics into home decor and interior design field. Mirrors with ceramic tiles border, ceramic cabinet knobs, wall plaques, furniture with ceramic insertion and so on. I am based in Canada now but soon moving back relocating to Europe. As the websites named here are mostly active in North America, anyone knowing of something similar in Europe?
Thanks in advance.
Great information, thank You so much for researching opportunities for people trying to get their foot in the door.