Salehoo Review

If you’re unable to find a product supplier through traditional methods, another option is to use a wholesale list.  I recommend you try to contact manufacturers and distributors directly to negotiate a drop shipping program, or possibly going to trade shows to find suppliers.  If that doesn’t work for you, a wholesale list may be your answer.

There are a ton of lists out there, many of them are fake, outdated, or just junk.  You need to very careful what you buy.  The two most well known wholesale lists are WorldWide Brands and Salehoo.  Both are reputable companies that offer large lists of suppliers which are sorted into categories, tested by 3rd parties, reviewed by sellers, and confirmed to be legit sellers.

You can be sure you’re dealing with a quality company when you use these directories because they’ve been reviewed by employees and also sellers are allowed to leave feedback.  The downside is that these directories are crowded with sellers which means lots of competitors selling the same products.  Again, if you do your niche research and find a product that isn’t saturated with sellers, you can do well.  Don’t go in looking for iPods and DVD players.  You’ll get wiped out.

Salehoo is my favorite directory, because like WorldWide Brands, it boasts about 8,000 companies, including a lot of drop shippers, and sells for about 1/3 of the price.  WorldWide Brands is eBay Certified, but besides that there isn’t much advantage in my opinion.  You will find some differences in the types of companies listed between the two, but there are plenty in either case.

In the grand scheme of things, the cost of signing up for Salehoo is pretty small compared to all the other costs required to do business.  I definitely think it’s worth signing up for to help fill in your product inventory.

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