Crucial Steps to Buying Wholesale Vitamins

The terms wholesale and retail differ in many ways. Purchasing goods wholesale usually requires buying bulk items for resale in a store, online or just for personal consumption because it’s cheaper. Retail usually indicates buying one item at the retail price. If you own a health shop or are a practitioner, you will definitely want to be in a position where you reduce your overheads and make the most of your profit. Buying wholesale can certainly help reduce those outgoing costs, but there are 5 crucial steps in choosing the right wholesale vitamins.

Step 1: Quality Control

You might need to sign a contract with a wholesaler for the goods you buy. If this is the case, you will need to make sure you compare their products with other recommended products on the market. Make sure you buy vitamins that are made from natural ingredients and have a good reputation. If no contract is needed you are free to shop anywhere and you can choose your products according to quality and pricing.

Step 2: Brand Favourability

Many health food shops prefer to sell a specific brand of natural products and vitamins. You will probably have seen in other shops that they are affiliated with an exact product label. If you find a brand that you prefer and you know to be high quality, stick with it and use it as a brand your own shop. It is still ok to sell other labelled products but if you choose a particular brand it should be the most prominent on your shelves to entice customers to choose it too.

Step 3: Reliability

Make sure that the wholesaler you choose to purchase from has everything in stock when you need it. Many times you will find that if you go to buy a product it might be out of stock and there is a long waiting period before the next order arrives.  This is not good customer service on your part and it is important that when your own customer’s request a product from you, you can have it to hand or get it quickly.

Step 4: Personal Choices

It is also important that you can work with a wholesaler who will customize your order if needed. You may want to vary your purchases from week to week or month to month, or if a specific customer requests a certain item.  A wholesaler should not make you stick rigidly to a specific commitment and you should be able to buy whatever stock you need.  If you are a practitioner you will also need personalized choices for new clients.

Step 5: Delivery

How soon can your wholesaler deliver if you need it? How fast can they get to you with a rush order? Not all wholesalers provide a delivery service but if yours does, you will need them to get orders to you as fast as possible.