Are you selling or planning on selling physical merchandise like t-shirts, hoodies, hats, and accessories? Have you purchased your inventory in bulk to save some money?<\/p>\n
Validate your products BEFORE buying inventory with dropshipping or print-on-demand. This way you can avoid inventory problems and save your money.<\/p>\n
If the idea of taking advantage by buying your inventory wholesale is appealing to you, but running a warehouse is not, I have some tips that will help you out. You might be familiar with the fact that bulk orders are cheaper than individual purchases for your business. So, it seems like a very straightforward way to save money with each sale.<\/p>\n
What could be the issue with that?<\/p>\n
There are several reasons why buying in bulk is a good idea, but there are a lot of reasons why it might be better to make the purchase per order (at least when you first create the products). Here are some questions to ponder when you’re trying to validate your products before buying inventory and piling up boxes.<\/p>\n
You’ll need to accurately manage your inventory levels and the amount of time it will take for you to get more items when you run out.<\/p>\n
Bulk quantities are usually expensive and require a larger upfront amount of money to place an order. This means that the investment made in the product is larger and it will be a bigger deal if you end up with a lot of excess inventory.<\/p>\n
To help you prevent this from happening, run some tests first before going all-in on bulk orders for your business. This is how you can validate your products before buying inventory.<\/p>\n
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