How to find a wholesale vendor?
A very important question because the wholesale supplier will make or break the success of your hair extensions store.
If you know to find a good wholesale vendor of hair extensions or wigs, you can easily start to grow your network of loyal clients. If you have bad luck and the vendor you selected underperforms your dream get’s affected in a negative way.
So how to find a wholesale vendor?
Before you start to google wholesale vendor hair extensions you have to do some homework. Consider the selection of a hair vendor like a separate project in your business planning.
7 steps to find your vendor
Step 1. Define your business requirements. Know what kind of extensions your clients, or ideal clients are looking for. Know your unique selling proposition, or how to be different. Take into account the time to delivery, the possibilities for samples and drop shipping.
Step 2. Search the internet, visit hair and beauty trade shows to find a list of wholesale vendors.
Step 3. Develop evaluation criteria. Make a list of criteria you want to use to compare the various wholesale vendors. If you prepare a list before you analyse the vendors you can compare all vendors in an objective way. In this phase some vendors will be removed from your list, because they do not fit in your criteria.
Step 4: Conduct Vendor Briefings.
Contact the vendors you selected, and see how they communicate, answer questions or share information. Also very important, see if you speak the same language, I mean do you understand each other. Especially important if the suppliers are located in a country with a different culture and language. The use of the same word, does not mean you talk about the same issue!
Step 5: Evaluate Vendors and check samples
Now it’s time to place some sample orders or to get samples and test the hair. If possible install the hair, so you can experience what your customers will experience. But also analyse the various evaluation criteria.
Now you are able to select the hair vendor you want to order your hair from, if possible consider to select a second supplier, This will mitigate the risk of disruption of your business if the first suppliers fails to deliver.
Hey, how are you guys? I started up a online store and I really need a great reliable wholesale supplier with quality raw human hair extensions. I really want to take my business far as well, Can anyone help me?
Hi Tammy, we are fine, thanks for asking! Please what is the url of your online hair store, I would love to visit you. Please see the page for hair wholesale suppliers. Let me know if it works for you!
to get the name of the suppliers do i need to have Skype?
Hi Stephan, good evening , my name is Gloria , I started an online hair business that’s about a year old now .. But started with a credit facility from a family friend that Seles wholesale hair here in Nigeria but I would like to find out bested raw virgin whole sale hair vendors and what that prices are like that I can patronize.. I really want to take my business far .. Haven’t gotten enough money to buy a lot but just need your basic advice .. Thanks
Hello my name is Jojo and I am a fairly new hair supplier. I wanted to know if you could assist me in finding a good Raw Indian hair supplier. Thank you for all the information so far!
Thanks Stefan…..
So far my Raw Hair Vendors have been excellent over the years. Now its the battle of finding a excellent processed hair vendor. My customers deserve nothing but the best. Since our conversation a several vendors have contacted me and I am have placed a sample few orders. I plan to make a few wigs out of my sample hair and test them out for quality.
Thanks Again.
P.S I look forward to your thoughts on drop shipping/Distribution. I am a little apprehensive when it comes to these business structures, only because in recent years more and more of the factories are creating their own e-commerce sites and selling hair themselves and i want to protect my current customer database.
Hi Labelle, thank you for the update. You are right, your customers deserves the best. Good you try some of the vendors, I look forward to see the wig! I also understand and share your concern on the use of your client data. This should be covered. I will contact you soon! Regards, Stefan
Hi My name is Marquette and I am from sc I’m trying to find a great discounted vendor to supply and help me with my start up on my business of selling hair if Thera said anyone out there please feel free to comment below thanks
Starting my online store and I need a wholesale supplier with quality human extensions
Hi Vonriette, thanks for the comment. Good to read you start an online hair extensions store. As soon as you have your social media up and running let me know so I can start to follow you. If you need a name for your store check my 100+ name suggestions for hair stores. I can introduce you to hair suppliers if you want.
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