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The Source Report
What Really Sells and Where to Find It
September 2011
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Revealed Inside:
Welcome ...............................................................5
Why You Should Consider Overstocks, Pallets and
Liquidated Stock .....................................................7
Big Niches, Big Variety, Big Profits,
Get in on the act with this proven research strategy ..........11
Just One Product From One Pallet Can Make You a
Profit of £66.00! Read on to Find Out How......................37
Forget Royal Mail – Here’s a Hassle Free Way to
Fulfil Your Orders....................................................47
Overstocks, Pallets & Liquidation Supplier List................50
Seasonal Bonus Product and Source:
Think Ahead and Make a Potential £752.50 a Week
From This Seasonal Must-Have...................................55
Finally .................................................................60
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Welcome
Welcome to the September issue of The Source Report.
This is your first taste of the new style quarterly issue and if you
have been subscribing for a while you may be wondering what my reasons are
for changing from a monthly to a quarterly publication, and it only seems
fair that I explain!
Over the past few months I’ve received lots of feedback about The Source
Report and as the months have passed, I have always tweaked and adapted the
layout, the content and the style to try and suit everyone because, at the
end of the day, I want you to receive the information that you want to
receive and that is the most useful to you.
What has become evident is that I may have been inadvertently
overwhelming you with products and information! This is the last thing I
want to do and I’m sorry! So, you’ll be pleased to know that I’ve taken
this on board and I can see your point; if I keep giving you products and
niches every month, no sooner will you have got yourself sorted with one
niche than the next one comes along!
I recently received an email from a Source Report subscriber who thanked
me for the number of fantastic products and niches I have provided, but his
dilemma, he said, was where to start and what to go for. He had a complete
backlog in his head of all the possibilities and simply couldn’t decide
which of my suggestions to follow. As a result he hadn’t actually done
anything yet!
I really want you to take the advice I give you and actually use it. I
want you to succeed and I want it to be a simple decision for you as to
which direction you take and which niche and products you choose. As such,
after a long discussion with my publishers, we came up with the idea of
switching The Source Report to a quarterly publication.
There are huge advantages to this.
Firstly, you’ll have much more time to take action and get up and
running with my suggested business blueprints, niches and products before
my next suggestions come flying through your letterbox.
Secondly, I’ll be keeping in touch with you more often with extra hints
and tips. I’ll do this via email and will send you two emails each quarter
relating to the blueprint, niche or products I’ve covered in the latest
issue.
I might send you extra supplier information, alternative product
suggestions, or I might simply help you out with listing strategies for
those products. Whichever, my emails will help you get ahead.
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To kick off the first quarterly issue I’m going to give you something a
little bit special. It’s a complete business in a box and can be applied to
any niche you choose.
I’m going to give you the full details of how you can source continually
low-priced stock that will sell online (and offline) all year round.
My mantra has always been “Rinse and Repeat”.
By this I mean research, source and sell hot products (preferably
unbranded) over and over again at a fixed price.
There’s less work involved and you can literally leave your business to
run on autopilot. This is the business model that I have been using for the
past six years and it’s one that gets results.
I do know that this method isn’t for everyone though. Some people like
the thrill of an auction, some people need a challenge and just don’t want
to sell the same products all the time, some people only want to sell
branded products and some people just want a bit of variety. So, you’ll be
pleased to know that there is another way of setting up a business quickly
and easily that anyone can do and that many online sellers are already
doing. It involves a tiny bit more effort, a bit of research, creativity
and a bit of thinking outside the box, but you can easily use this method
alongside your other selling activities if you want to.
I’m talking about sourcing and reselling goods that come from overstocks,
liquidators and buying stock by the pallet load.
And that’s what I’m going to cover in detail for you in this issue.
You’ll find product suggestions, supplier details and all my background
research so you’ll have plenty to work with and – importantly – plenty of
time to understand this blueprint and put it into action!
As always, it’s important you remember that the ideas, products and
niches I recommend can be profitable for you on eBay, on Amazon and also on
your own niche websites even offline via car boot sales or market stalls if
you wish – this is especially true for the information that awaits you in
this issue!
I always recommend you use a variety of sales platforms to give you
multiple income streams, so don’t just stick with one – you’ll make the
most profits if you combine all of these. In short, you can sell these
products and implement this business plan wherever you choose.
Let’s get going...
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Why You Should Consider Overstocks,
Pallets and Liquidated Stock
First things first. Let me explain exactly what I mean by these terms.
Overstocks
Overstock or ex-catalogue stock consists of goods that have never been
purchased by a customer and are simply excess stock either from catalogues,
stores themselves, or from warehouses. Overstocks will usually be of high
quality, brand-named and in good condition because, after all, they were
originally destined to be sold in shops.
Ex-catalogue stock is just what it says. Surplus stock that hasn’t sold,
customer returns, exchanges and clearance items. What happens is the
catalogue companies have to get rid of this stock and so they sell it at
ridiculously low prices. On the whole, catalogue companies don’t sell
directly to the general public though. All this surplus stock is sold to
wholesale contractors who then divide everything up into smaller lots and
sell the lots to the trade at wholesale prices!
The lots may have the following characteristics:
• They may have discount stickers on them
• They may show signs of handling
• They are often de-labelled (this means that the inner labels or tags
have been removed to prevent returns to the original store)
• Some may not have packaging or may have torn packaging
• In the case of cosmetics/health products/food the goods may be past
their use-by dates or have very short dates
• They may be dusty or creased
That’s really nothing that can’t be handled though is it! The advantage
being that you can pick up branded goods at hugely discounted prices in
small or large quantities giving you the opportunity to pick up some really
low-cost bargains to resell!
With overstocks you can concentrate on sourcing smaller wholesale lots
(rather than pallet loads which I’ll explain in a moment) the most popular
lots being in the clothing, shoes and accessories niche.
Pallets
There are many ways of sourcing inexpensive products to resell as I have
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shown you in previous issues of The Source Report and you will notice that
with wholesale suppliers, the bigger your order, the bigger your discount.
It stands to reason that you will always get the best prices on wholesale
goods when you buy in bulk quantities rather than buying single items.
If you’ve ever heard someone talk about a “wholesale pallet”, you might
have wondered exactly what it is! To put it simply, wholesale pallets
usually contain goods such as customer returns, overstocks, cosmetically
damaged goods (i.e. the packaging might be torn or missing) and out-ofseason stock.
Companies such as liquidators buy up these stocks from high street stores
like Argos, Tesco and so on and batch them together to create pallets. They
then sell these on to people like you and me at hugely reduced prices
giving you the chance to literally double your money.
This is one of the most inexpensive ways for you to acquire items to
resell and is a great opportunity to obtain branded stock at really cheap
prices – as long as you don’t mind only having a few of each item at a time.
Wholesale pallets or boxes usually contain a large quantity of products.
When you purchase them, you get the entire batch of items at a greatly
reduced price. Usually, a wholesale pallet contains a type of wholesale
goods that suit a category so you can narrow your selection down. For
instance, a lot could consist of electrical goods, clothes, tools or beauty
products. So, for example, you might purchase a pallet of electrical goods
and within your pallet there will be one toaster, one kettle, one MP3
player, two cameras and so on as part of the stock lot.
Not all wholesale pallets will have the same identical items throughout.
There are some pallets that include mixed merchandise but all reputable
companies that supply pallets of stock will list exactly what’s in a pallet
(this is called a manifest) so that you are aware of what you are
purchasing. There are also companies who sell by the “box” rather than the
“pallet” if a pallet is too much for you to store, so there are options
for everyone with this.
The beauty of purchasing by the pallet is that you can buy not just
cheap, but really cheap stock and you can resell your products anywhere.
It’s just as profitable to buy a pallet of stock and then sell the lot at
a car boot sale or market as it is to list each product on eBay, Amazon or
your own website, especially if you have items that are in demand.
You can also buy “untested pallets” which can contain faulty or damaged
goods (sometimes an item will not work, other times it might literally just
have torn packaging) and are “sold as seen”. If you enjoying fixing things
and are good at tinkering about then these are perfect for you.
Sourcing pallet-lots of stock involving large quantities of goods most
often falls into the electricals, nursery, clothing, household, furnishings
and garden niches.
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Liquidated stock
Liquidated stock is exactly what it says! Stock from bankrupt companies
is sold off in order to pay creditors. Trading companies simply buy up the
liquidated stock at huge discounts and then sell it on again still
discounted but having already taken their cut! You can often pick up
liquidated stock for 10% of its original retail value so it’s well worth
looking into.
Once again, liquidated stock will be sold by the pallet or the box and
can include products from every niche imaginable because, unfortunately,
any type of business can go bust.
You should get the idea about the kind of products I’m talking about
now, and there are lots of niches you can go for with this strategy. I
can’t cover all of those right now so I’ve chosen the electricals niche and
the clothing, shoes and accessories niche simply because these are the two
niches that I receive the most emails about and that most people want to
start a business in!
These are both massive niches, so to make things a whole lot easier for
you if either of these are niches you would like to get in to, this issue
of The Source Report will show you how to source branded clothing (not
necessarily hard-core designer wear as I tend to steer clear of that) and
branded electrical goods really inexpensively so that you can double or
even triple your money. Sounds good, doesn’t it?
Now before we continue, as I’ve said, this is not one of my usual
methods, but I do know that this is a route that, when followed correctly,
will produce big profits for you. There’s a little more work involved as
there will be more listing to do. With clothing, your stock will change
over the seasons and you’ll deal with different colours, sizes and so on
and with electrical goods you’ll be looking at year-round sellers but in
lots of different sub-niches.
Why am I suggesting you do this now?
Well, it’s a very valid and legitimate way of starting to sell online or
indeed offline (at markets or car boot sales) or of growing your current
business.
This strategy is entirely suited to you if you are looking for a parttime opportunity – you just want to be able to source some products
quickly, turn them around, make a good profit and carry on with your day
job. You’ll easily generate a few hundred pounds extra a month using this
product-sourcing strategy part-time. Full-time – well the profits are
endless depending on how much time you dedicate to your business.
As I’ve said, these items are mostly surplus stock and customer returns
and that’s what’s so brilliant. Many of the different kinds of stock that
I’m going to introduce you to will be absolutely perfect quality. It will
be undamaged, brand new, with complete packaging. Exactly as it would be
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sold from a catalogue or in a shop. In other words, quality, new, highly
resaleable stock. Other suppliers will offer untested stock and customer
returns so you’ll get a bit of everything.
As we continue, I’ll explain how each of these sourcing methods can work
for you, give you some examples and provide suppliers of these goods so
that you can get started immediately.
First of all, here’s a little research into the two niches I’m covering
in this issue...
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Big Niches, Big Variety, Big Profits:
Get in on the act with this proven
research strategy...
OK, as an example, let’s take a look at what people are searching for at
this time of year in the clothes, shoes and accessories niche.
Here’s the Google Trends data for the generic keyword “clothes” over the
past 12 months:
I’m concentrating on September, October and November, and you can see
that although searches for “clothes” are steady throughout the entire year,
there are definite peaks which I have circled above.
We are currently coming into a new season which means buyers are more
likely to be searching for specific items of clothing and so we need to
narrow these down so that we know exactly what we need to source to catch
the trends for the next few months.
So, let’s have a look at the most popular keyword searches within
“clothes”:
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As you can see, there are a whole array of search terms but they
very broad – men’s clothes, women’s clothes, kids’ clothes, girl’s
and ladies’ clothes. From this we can tell that clothes across the
spectrum are being searched for, rather than just men’s clothes or
kids’ clothes, but it’s still not a narrow enough search.
are all
clothes
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We want to know exactly what the hot items within, for example, ‘women’s
clothes’ are. This means we must narrow our search again.
These are the results narrowed down for “women”:
We’ve got:
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Boots
Shoes
Trainers
Dress
Jeans
Coat
And over in the “Rising Searches” section on the right-hand side you can
see specifically that “high tops” and “Converse” shoes are popular as are
“quilted” and “Barbour jackets” and “gilets”.
From three simple searches we’ve already narrowed down the popular
searched products on Google for clothes that women will be looking to buy
in the next three months!
This can be narrowed down further still, simply by choosing one of those
products and digging deeper with our research. Let’s take “women’s jeans”
for example. Google Trends reveals that the most popular searched women’s
jeans are “skinny jeans”:
So, “skinny jeans” is a particular product within our narrowed-down
search. We started with clothes and narrowed that down to women’s clothes,
narrowed further to women’s jeans and finally narrowed that down to skinny
jeans. This is what’s called finding a niche within a niche or a sub-subsub-niche!
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We can do exactly the same for any of the initial “clothes” searches.
Let’s try it with men’s clothes now.
First, narrow down the search to “men” and look at the keywords:
We’ve got:
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Jacket
Shoes
Boots
Trainers
Jeans
Watch
And over in the “Rising Searches” we’ve got chinos, military boots,
quilted jacket and high tops. The thing you might notice here is that both
men and women are looking for high tops and quilted jackets.
Once again we’ve narrowed down the search in a matter of a few clicks.
Now let’s go deeper and look at a specific item just like we did with the
women’s clothes.
Let’s use men’s boots as an example:
Wow! There’s a huge selection here from generic black boots and brown boots
through to branded Timberland boots, cowboy boots and snow boots. If you
wanted to you could go even further with this and narrow your search down to
something like “men’s brown cowboy boots” which would be really specific!
Do you get the idea? You can do these searches for any sub-niche within
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“clothes” in order to get specific data as to what’s really selling at any
particular time of year.
Google Trends is going to be one of your most useful tools if you choose
to use the strategy of buying overstocks, pallets or liquidated stock as
you’ll be able to see for sure whether the stock is worth buying.
You’ll remember that we had a number of different sub-niches to choose
from in our women’s and men’s clothes searches:
Women’s:
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Shoes
Trainers
Dress
Jeans
Coat
Boots
Men’s:
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Jacket
Shoes
Boots
Trainers
Jeans
Watch
We’ll be using some of these research results later when we look online
and uncover what’s selling right now and for what kind of prices.
Before we do that, let’s go through the research for the second niche
I’m covering: electricals...
First let’s look at Google Trends for our second niche – consumer
electricals:
As you would expect, the popular products are iPods, iPads, LCD TVs,
laptops and iPhones:
Now normally I would be telling you to steer clear of any such items!
But this time, and with the strategy I’m detailing in this issue, it’s a
little bit different.
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Why? Well because although you will still be competing against quite a lot
of competition with these types of items, you’ll be picking them up at dirtcheap prices. What’s more, you’ll know for sure that they are the genuine
article and not some knock-off fake product from China because you’ll be
sourcing UK overstocks, returns and liquidated goods.
The bottom line is that you’ll be able to place these kinds of items on
an eBay auction listing, for example, gain buyer interest and watch the
bidding fly up! Anyway I digress, more on that later. First I want to show
you another couple of searches still encapsulating the electricals niche
but this time we need to jump about a bit across the niches:
These results are taken from the top Health and Beauty searches and are
a great example because the products here fit really well with the typical
kinds of products that you can pick up at overstocks or by the pallet!
• Hairdryer
• Beard Trimmer
• Nose Hair Clipper
• Hair Styler
These are the types of items that you can source from overstock
distributors who hold products from companies like Argos and Tesco – and
I’ll tell you more about this later!
Here’s what else is searched for on Google at the moment. We’re still
looking at electricals but this time within the Food and Drink searches:
Look!
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• Toaster
• Kettle
• Food Processor
• Grills
These are all exactly the sorts of products you can buy dirt-cheap by
the pallet load, so keep these in mind for a little later when I show you
your supplier sources.
Once again, a few simple searches on Google Trends have provided us with
a number of different products that buyers are searching for online right
now. You can use this information in the next part of your own research to
cross-check products against items on other platforms such as Amazon and
eBay so that you know exactly what you are looking to source later on.
Now, we’ll hop over to eBay Pulse to see what’s selling and to see
whether any of these products match up with our Google Trends results and
popular searches on the site.
First, let’s check out Google Trends; my first search is within what’s
called the Top Level category – simply Clothes, Shoes & Accessories. This
will provide the most popular items searched for in this category as a
whole:
Immediately we can see that one of the search terms from our earlier
Google Trend’s search is here: “dress”. And remember earlier a deeper
search revealed “high tops” and “Converse”? Well, “Converse” also appears
in this list and could apply to men or women so this is a great start. Now
here’s one stage further:
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The screenshot above shows my eBay Pulse search when I choose the subniche “Clothes, Shoes & Accessories”. In this case “women’s clothing”.
What’s important here is that “dress” and “dresses” appear in this list,
so once again can be deemed popular. And at this point you need to start
taking note of the brand names that appear in this list. For example, here
you can see Monsoon, Next and River Island. These are all high street
brands that you are likely to find available from overstock suppliers!
Let’s go one step more now and dig deeper still. This time the sub-subniche is “dresses”:
So, from this you can deduce that within Clothes, Shoes &
Accessories>Womens Clothing>Dresses the most searched-for brands are
Monsoon, Karen Millen, Topshop, River Island and French Connection.
When you come to do your supplier research you’ll know exactly which
brands to look for deals on.
You can do these searches on eBay Pulse for absolutely any niche or
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sub-niche – this is just an example and one that has confirmed that Converse
Shoes, Monsoon, River Island and Topshop dresses are all popular right now.
This method works in exactly the same way for other items of women’s
clothing such as the jeans example I gave you earlier and will also work for
men’s clothing too! It will work for any niche, you just have to remember to
dig deep to narrow your choices right down to find the hot products.
Now here’s my research from the men’s clothing section on eBay Pulse. We
already know that “Converse” appeared in the top level searches, so let’s
go straight to a sub-niche – “men’s clothing”:
Just like in the women’s clothing you can see the popular items – in
this case, for example, “jeans” which matches our earlier Google Trends
searches for men, along with the most popular brands – Adidas, Abercrombie,
Superdry and so on.
Once again, let’s go one step further into a sub-sub-niche. In this
example “jeans”:
The further you dig the more specific results you find!
OK, one final piece of research we need to do is over on Amazon. Here
you can look at their “Bestseller” Lists to see what’s hot at any given
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time. Amazon update their bestseller lists on an hourly basis which is
extremely useful to you and here’s why...
When you choose to look in any of the categories on Amazon, you’ll see
these tabs at the top of the page:
For example, with “clothing” here’s what you’ll see:
This shows the overall bestsellers in “Clothing” but you can choose a
sub-niche from the menu on the left – for example, women’s clothing, men’s
clothing or children’s clothing.
On this first page you’ll be able to see what’s bestselling overall within
all these sub-niches as a whole, so if we look at a bigger screenshot of the
page you’ll be able to see the arrows – either green or red – which tell you
if an item is moving up the bestseller list or is going down.
In the screenshot below you can see that Fruit of The Loom T-Shirts are
going down, as are the cycling gloves because they have red arrows next to
them, but the Premium Fruit of the Loom T-Shirts are going up as are the
beanies as they have green arrows next to them!
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You can simply look through the bestseller lists and work out what’s
popular and what’s slipping in popularity, what’s becoming more popular and
so on. You can also see exactly how long a particular item has been in the
top 100 bestsellers list – this gives you a really good insight into
products that will sell all-year round.
The other tab I recommend you take notice of is the “Movers & Shakers”
tab. Here you can see exactly how much more popular or unpopular a product
has become.
For example, this Men’s Timberland Jacket has risen from a ranking of
1,728 to number 1! That’s a rise of over 86%:
Let’s narrow down the niche – just as we did before using eBay Pulse –
and see what the best sellers are over on Amazon. First, women’s clothing.
Dresses, Shrugs and Lingerie feature heavily in the Top 20 bestsellers:
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From our earlier research on eBay, we already know that dresses are popular
and Amazon’s results confirm this. The results also tell you that “shrugs”
and “lingerie” are also possible sub-sub niches to consider in women’s
clothing. So you can add Wonderbra and Sloggi to your list of brands.
Now let’s look at the men’s clothing section. What we really want to see
are products that are similar to or tally with our Google and eBay research
from previously.
Well, we’ve got jeans at number 14:
But not another pair in sight! That’s disappointing, but what is apparent
is that underwear – socks, boxer shorts and T-shirts are extremely popular,
so this is another sub-niche that you can consider for men’s clothing –
especially if Amazon is your chosen venue:
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Now you know exactly which other brands to look out for when you are
sourcing your overstocks – Levi’s, Calvin Klein and Timberland can be added
to your list!
I hope you can see how this works. The further you narrow your searches
the better idea you will have of which brands sell.
Now let’s use this research method in the second niche I’ve talked about
already – Consumer Electricals.
From our earlier research we already have an idea of what sells:
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Toasters
Kettles
Food Processors
Grills
Hair Stylers
But we do need to check these out on eBay and Amazon to get the bigger
picture. First let’s go over to eBay Pulse. This is the Top Level category
search, first in the Consumer Electronics Top Level category:
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As expected, here we’ve got the inevitable iPod, TVs and headphones. But
that’s okay because we’re going to dig deeper still, and not necessarily in
the category that eBay class as “Consumer Electronics” – this is simply a
starting point!
Remember earlier when we gathered a list of products that were popular on
Google Trends? The kettles, hair stylers and so on. Yes? Well, although
eBay don’t class these as “Consumer Electronics” they most certainly are
electronics items and are purchased by “consumers”!
Whilst we can consider the iPods and headphones shown in the list above,
once again we need to flit around the categories a little and check out
what’s selling in, for example, the “Kitchen Accessories” category and the
“Hair Care” categories.
First, let’s go to the kitchen products. I searched in Home &
Garden>Kitchen and these are the results:
This is encouraging as “kettle” featured in the Google Trends results
earlier. Now let’s dig deeper and search in Home & Garden>Kitchen>Small
Appliances:
A great result! Virtually everything we found earlier on Google Trends is
showing here in these eBay Pulse results and we can see that one of the
popular brands is Kenwood.
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Let’s hop over to the Hair Care section now and see what we can find
there. This is Health & Beauty>Hair Care & Styling tools:
As I expected, GHD features here.
Before I go on, a quick word of warning: You will not find overstocks
or pallets or liquidated stocks of GHD products. You may find “customer
returns” but usually this will be one GHD product within a mixture of
other brands.
You will also not find genuine GHD products on any Chinese wholesale
sites. Jemella Ltd, – who are behind the GHD brand, – only supply
authorized distributors and have extremely strict qualifying criteria. If
you find GHD products for sale at wholesale prices – especially on Chinese
supplier sites then they are counterfeit. Please do not purchase!
You’ll notice that “hairdryer” also features in this list, so that’s good
as it fits with our earlier Google Trends research.
To find out which brands are the most popular in this sub-niche simply
choose Health & Beauty>Hair Care & Styling tools>Hair Straighteners:
Now you know that Babyliss and Remington are popular brands. This is also
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confirmed in the Health & Beauty>Hair Care & Styling tools>Hair Dryers subniche:
This is all very encouraging! So far, most of my original Google Trends
research tallies up nicely with what’s currently selling on eBay. But what
about Amazon? Let’s go to those bestseller lists again and check out the
results there.
First, let’s look at the Health & Beauty>Personal Care bestsellers:
Straighteners, Curling Wands and Hairdryers all feature in the
bestsellers list along with men’s products too:
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So, it’s clear that in the Health & Beauty>Personal Care sub-niche,
products such as those I’ve shown are the top sellers.
Over in the Home & Garden>Kitchen & Home category we have Juicers,
Kettles and Toasters amongst other electrical gadgets!
These Amazon results show us that these kinds of consumer electrical
gadgets are popular right now which, along with our Google Trends and eBay
Pulse results, confirms that these branded products are definitely worth
sourcing and selling!
Let’s have a quick recap. Currently you know that these branded products
are hot searches online:
Clothing – Women’s:
• Shoes
• Trainers
• Dresses – Consider Monsoon, Karen Millen, Topshop, River Island and
French Connection
• Jeans – Skinny Jeans – all brands
• Coats
• Boots
• Underwear – Wonderbra, Sloggis
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Clothing Men’s:
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•
•
•
•
•
•
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Jackets – Timberland
Shoes
Boots
Trainers
Jeans – Adidas, Abercrombie, Superdry, Levi’s, Diesel
Watches
T-Shirts – Fruit Of The Loom
Underwear – Calvin Klein
Electronics – Personal Care
•
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Hairdryers – Babyliss, Remington
Beard Trimmers – Philips
Nose Hair Clippers – Philips
Hair Stylers – Babyliss, Remington
Electronics – Kitchen
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Toasters – Morphy Richards
Kettles – Philips, Russell Hobbs
Food Processors – Philips
Grills
Juicers – Philips
This is obviously just a small snapshot of the types of products and
brands that are selling online from the research I’ve covered so far.
There are far too many
course, please feel free
as I have shown here for
that interests you. Just
products and brands to go into in detail, but of
to carry out this research in exactly the same way
yourself if there is a particular product or brand
follow my method step-by-step.
You currently have 24 products here to look out for on your sourcing
travels but, to be quite honest, most brands of clothing will sell on eBay
as long as you create a great listing and price competitively.
Fantastic! But where do you get these kinds of branded goods from at a
decent price in order to make a profit?
Don’t worry; I’ll be coming on to that later in this issue when I show
you where you can potentially source these kinds of brands. First, to back
my research up further, I want to show you actual recent examples of
similar branded products in both the clothing and electricals niches that
are selling well online so you are in absolutely no doubt that you can use
the suppliers I will reveal later to source branded goods to resell and
make a decent profit.
With this being a special edition of The Source Report and the nature of
this business blueprint being all about overstocks, liquidated stock and
pallets of goods, I’m going to arrange things a little bit differently.
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With these types of products stock changes very quickly because obviously
it depends on what is available on any given day. I’ve given you ideas of
what to look out for and you can copy my research to suit your own ideas
and requirements.
What I will do now is provide you with some real examples of what’s
available from a number of different suppliers of overstocks, liquidators
and pallets and show you some potential profit calculations.
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Bank £444.96 with These 3 Wholesale Lots...
Sticking with my example of clothing – men’s and women’s – let’s have a
look at an example supplier:
Go to http://www.allstores-clothing.com
This is a website where you can purchase overstocks from well-known high
street brands at wholesale prices. The home page is shown below, and you
can see the various categories on the left-hand side:
For this example, I’m concentrating on “Women’s Clothing” and “Men’s
Clothing” so all you need to do is look down the left-hand menu and click
on the products to see what is available in “Ladies” and “Men’s” and clickthrough to see the sub-niches:
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The “Ladies” selection is shown above. Here I could click on “Dresses”
and view what’s available. However, if you want to find a particular brand
– perhaps one of the ones I researched earlier – you can simply enter this
into the search box on the left. I searched for “River Island” because I
know that it’s a popular search term online:
And my search returned two results, both for products available at just
£3.95 each and with a retail value of £24.99!
Now here’s the same ladies top selling on eBay for £10.50 (I really
didn’t expect to find it listed for its retail value of £24.99 because
that’s the nature of eBay) with seven sold so far from a listing of 10:
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At this price you will make £2.91 net profit on every item you sell.
Here’s the full profit calculation for eBay:
Sell at £10.50 + Free P&P
Stock: £4.99 inc VAT and Delivery (based on an order of 48 items)
eBay Fees: £1.04
PayPal Fees: 56p
P&P: Approx: £1.00
Profit: £2.91 per item sold
Sell all 48 and you’ll make £139.68
Not bad for an item that you paid less than a fiver each for in the
first place.
Here’s what else you can source in “Ladies” from this supplier:
There are plenty of well-known high street brands available from as
little as £3.95 per item (excluding VAT and shipping) so take a look around
their website yourself and see what’s on offer.
Now here’s an example in the “Men’s” category:
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Timberland Long Sleeve Tops are advertised for just £3.95 each (£4.99
including VAT and Shipping) with a retail value of £35.00.
Or how about these Diesel T-shirts for just over £10.00 each including
VAT and Shipping and with a retail value of £35.00:
Diesel T-shirts can sell at over £20.00 on eBay, just like this one:
The profit potential here is huge. Here’s the full eBay calculation:
Sell at £23.79 + Free P&P
eBay Fees: £2.36
PayPal Fees: £1.01
P&P: Approx: £1.00
Not bad and it leaves you room for manoeuvre with the price if you
don’t want to match another sellers price or if your designs are
different to what’s already selling.
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Each of these small wholesale lots contains the same product in a
selection of sizes and colours. It’s very easy to list these items on eBay
as you won’t have to list each size and colour separately if you use a Buy
It Now listing.
eBay have a great addition to the “Sell Your Item Form” so that you can
specify all sizes and all colours of a particular item on just one listing.
This is called a “multi-variation” listing. Your customer will simply
select from the drop-down menu that will automatically be inserted within
your listing when your item goes live, just like the example below:
Your buyer will select the size and “colour” they require from the “Size”
and “Colour” boxes at the top of your eBay listing. Don’t forget though that
you don’t have to sell any of these products on eBay. You can just as easily
sell these on Amazon or even offline at a car boot or market stall...
You’ll find full details of this supplier in your Supplier List contained
later within this issue.
Now here’s another example:
http://www.tradeclearinghouse.co.uk:
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This is a website where you can purchase ex-catalogue wholesale stock. As
before, look down the left-hand menu and this time click on “products” to
see what’s available:
You’ll see the following page:
Basically, you’ll see all the clothing sub-niches displayed, so simply
select the sub-niche that tallies with your requirements and click through.
For this example I’ve selected “Carton & Pallet Deals” and here’s a
selection of exactly what I can source:
Knitwear from £3.00 each.
High street Branded Clothing (Next, Principles, New Look etc) from
£2.50 each
Chainstore Clothing from £2.95 each
All of these famous names will do well on eBay!
Alternatively, you can narrow your search and choose a particular product
on this website so that you get the same product in a variety of sizes.
Here’s an example of some skinny jeans, which we already know are popular
from our earlier research:
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These are available at just £4.74 a pair (including VAT).
Over on eBay similar styles are selling for £9.95:
Here’s the potential eBay profit calculation in full:
Sell at £9.95 + £2.49 P&P (£12.44)
eBay Fees: 99p
PayPal Fees: 62p
P&P: Approx: £2.00
Either of these options is open to you – purchase a mixed lot or go for
specifics. Once again, take a look around this website and match to your
own requirements!
As before, you’ll find full details of this supplier in your Supplier
List later in this issue along with many more suppliers of overstocks, excatalogue stock and pallets!
Now let’s move on to the electricals niche and look at some suppliers
and comparisons there.
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Just One Product from One Pallet Can
Make You a Profit of £66.00!
Read on to find out how...
Now let’s have a look at an example supplier in the electricals niche.
Remember earlier my research revealed kettles, toasters, mixers, hair
styling products and so on as hot sellers?
First go to http://www.gemwholesale.co.uk
This is a website where you can purchase wholesale stock by the pallet
and you’ll find full details of this supplier in your Supplier List later
on. This is their current home page:
As you can see, they have stocks ranging from footwear and furniture
through to jewellery and electricals. So, electricals are what we are
interested in right now. Click through from the menu and you see the page
shown below:
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You’ll see that I have highlighted some important information which you
must take note of because these goods are customer returns and may include
damaged or faulty stock. That’s the nature of the electrical market I’m
afraid BUT damaged can mean simply ripped or torn packaging and faulty can
mean a very simple fault that’s easily fixed, so if you are at all a bit
handy then this will pose no problem. If you prefer not to receive faulty
electronics goods then simply choose a different niche – Gem Wholesale has
many different categories to choose from!
Choose “Customer Returns” and click through:
You’ll see pages of different stock lots just like I’ve shown above along
with the pallet contents, retail value and the price you’ll pay for the
pallet load.
Click “More Info” to see an image of the pallet close up and click “View
Stock List” to see the entire contents of the pallet including individual
retail values. Here’s an example:
This pallet is being sold at £316.86 which is 15% of the goods total
retail price. The actual retail value is over £2,000 and this is the stock
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list for this pallet below. You’ll see that I’ve highlighted three items to
use as examples – more on these in just a moment:
Here you’ve got 30 items which will cost you £316.86 (£380.23 including
VAT). Economy delivery is £40.00, so that’s a total cost of £420.23. That’s
an average of £14.00 per item – and there are some great items in there.
I’ve chosen three which are highlighted above which I’ll show you examples
of and, importantly, I’ll show you your potential profits:
First, the Delonghi Red Kettle:
At this price, you can potentially make £39.96! Here’s the full profit
calculation for eBay:
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Sell at £64.99 + £3.99 P&P (£68.98)
Stock: £14.00 inc VAT and Delivery
eBay Insertion Fees: 40p
eBay Fees: £6.49
PayPal Fees: £2.54
P&P: Approx: £5.99
Profit: £39.66
I bet you’re interested now!
Here’s another item. This time the Panasonic TG8524 Quad Phone:
These are selling on eBay for just under £100.00. Remember, you’ve got
one of these in your pallet and it only cost you £14.00.
Here’s the potential profit calculation in full for eBay:
Sell at £99.99 + FREE P&P
eBay Final Value Fees: £10.00
PayPal Fees: £3.60
P&P: Approx: £5.99
Profit: £66.00
And just so you’re really sure that this is not just pure coincidence,
here’s a final item as an example.
A Kenwood Mixer:
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The potential profit on this one is £11.03. Here’s the full profit
calculation for eBay:
Sell at £29.99 + £3.99 P&P
PayPal Fees: £1.36
P&P: Approx: £4.19
Profit: £11.03
That’s a total net profit from just three of your 30 items of £116.69.
Not bad, is it?
within this issue.
Now here’s another supplier and example for you.
http://www.stockgt.co.uk
This website is a great place where you can source wholesale stock by
the pallet – small pallets containing just a few items and large ones too.
Product classifications include “Customer Returns”, & “Unused Surplus and
“Untested Electricals”.
This is their home page:
The easiest way to find stock is to do a general search using the search
box at the top right of the page if you have something specific in mind,
or use the menu on the left of the home page to click through in to each
category that you are interested in. Otherwise you can simply go through
each pallet manifest to see what’s available!
For this next example, using the electricals personal care theme, I chose
“untested electricals” which returned the following 11 results:
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These are all marked as “untested returns” so don’t forget that some of
these items may be faulty or have damaged packaging and you will need to
check them thoroughly.
As there are only 11 results, I looked through all of the available
pallets which didn’t take long and found that Pallet GS21758 contained some
really good products that tie in nicely with our earlier Google, eBay and
Amazon research.
This pallet is currently available at the time of writing but due to the
nature of this website, stock will be constantly changing. Don’t worry
though, there will always be offers available just like this example even
if this one has been snapped up.
Clicking through gives you a further link to the Pallet Manifest:
And a further click reveals the contents of the pallet – the manifest
itself:
As you can see, you’ll get a selection of men’s and ladies electrical
personal care products which I have highlighted above, along with other
untested electricals. You’ll get 95 items in total for £331.50 plus
delivery at £47.50. This is a total of £379.00. To make it simple, that’s
just £3.99 per item!
So let’s compare a couple of these items to what’s selling on eBay and
work out the profit potential.
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First the Braun Cruzer Z-60:
This seller has sold 209 of these at £45.40 each plus postage, so
immediately you can work out that these are in demand and will sell!
Here’s the potential profit calculation based on the cost of the item
being £3.99 as calculated above.
Sell at £45.40 + £2.90 (£48.30)
Stock: £3.99
PayPal Fees: £1.84
P&P: Approx: £4.19
Profit: £33.34
Not a bad profit, is it?
Now let’s look at another item from the earlier manifest. The Ceramic
Curling Tong. This will be a branded product such as Babyliss or Revlon:
Here is a similar item selling on eBay for £20.70:
This seller has sold over 500 of these so it stands to reason that
you’ll be able to get roughly the same price for the one you have in your
package as they are in demand and selling well! Here’s the full eBay profit
calculation:
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Sell at £20.70 + FREE P&P
Stock: £3.99
PayPal Fees: £0.90
P&P: Approx: £4.19
Profit: £9.15 per item sold (There are 10 of these in the manifest)
That’s not bad at all is it? These are just a few examples of what it is
possible to achieve from pallet loads of goods when you have done your
research correctly.
within this issue.
So, you have plenty to be going on with and I hope these examples have
made it really clear to you that there are big profits to be made simply
by buying clearance stock, liquidated stock, products by the pallet and excatalogue stocks.
Before I move on to your Supplier List, please make sure you know
exactly what you are buying when sourcing from liquidators, overstock
suppliers and pallet dealers. Always read the terms and conditions and
ensure you are aware of all the details such as any returns policies,
shipping costs and, importantly, the actual condition of the goods.
To help you, here’s a list of definitions:
Definitions of terms when dealing with
wholesale ex-catalogue stock, pallets and
liquidation deals
Customer Returns: Goods that have been sent to the customer and then
returned. They might have simply changed their mind or it might not have
fit or similar. These goods are usually as new. Read the small print and
ensure you check for faulty goods.
Wholesale Returns: Goods that have been sent back to the suppliers by the
catalogue company. This could be due to surplus supplies. These goods will
be in perfect condition and unopened. This is highly-resalable stock.
B Grade Returns: B Grade products are found in the electronics niche.
These goods usually are faulty, have a bit missing or are damaged. The
actual damage or fault of B Grades can vary tremendously. Sometimes it
might be a tiny scratch that you wouldn’t even notice, sometimes it’s only
the packaging that is damaged and sometimes the product may not work at
all. Check what you are buying before you go ahead with B Grades.
Raw Returns or Untested Returns: This is unchecked stock that may be
faulty or damaged or may be in perfect working order! It has not been
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checked so the extent of any damage is not known.
Overruns and Samples: Overruns are surplus stocks which were never sent
to the companies they were intended for. Normally, a manufacturer or
supplier will make or supply more than are needed as a back-up plan, just
in case! These should be in “as new” condition, however, they may have no
labels, tags or packaging. Samples are goods which have been used as
demonstration models to buyers.
Cut-throughs: This is when a name brand product has had its label removed
(or cut-through). It’s most often a term you’ll associate with clothing and
is usually applied to surplus stock. The labels are removed to avoid
devaluation of the brand or cut-through to prevent fraudulent store returns.
Finally, always read the small print – it’s there for a reason!
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Forget Royal Mail – Here’s a Hassle Free
Way to Fulfil Your Orders
You may be wondering how on earth you are going to post some of the
items I have given as examples – after all, you don’t want to be struggling
to the Post Office with 20 different bulky parcels every day. Obviously
clothing and footwear and smaller electrical items are easy to manage but
larger items such as food mixers, hairdryers and so on are heavy and
awkward, so let me give you a tip!
There have been plenty of times in the past when I have looked at the
pile of parcels stacked up waiting to go to the Post Office, and I’ve
realized that I am going to spend half my day in there when I could
actually be doing more constructive things than waiting for “Cashier Number
3 please”.
I used to use SmartStamp – whereby I stamped all my parcels up
beforehand then literally took them to the Post Office where I had an
arrangement with the nice Post Mistress who would deal with them when she
had a spare minute. Recently, however, my lovely local Post Office has
closed down and so an alternative had to be found. Unfortunately, the
alternatives are a) within a fairly close distance but distinctly
unfriendly staff, and b) blooming miles away! So, I investigated courier
services and came across this company:
www.myhermes.co.uk
You’ll need to register which only takes a minute, and they are eBay and
Amazon-friendly. The great thing is that they will collect your parcels
from your door and you don’t even have to be around when they collect. You
can leave everything in a designated safe place, then go and carry on with
all the other important things you need to do whilst they pick everything
up and deliver it for you (within the UK only).
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It’s very simple to sign up and you can quickly get quotes online:
Simply click “Quick Quote” in the menu on the left of the home page and
fill in the details of your parcel.
Here’s an example. I’ve chosen the collection and delivery of one parcel
within the UK, weighing 2kgs (2,000g) with standard compensation of up to
£25 and with no signature required:
The total cost for this is £4.19 including VAT. Compare this to Royal
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Mail’s costs for the same parcel:
The notable differences are that Royal Mail will provide a three day
service with compensation up to £46 as standard and My Hermes is a five day
service with compensation of £25 as standard (unless you pay extra). But,
it’s £7.18 to send a parcel of this weight by 1st class post with Royal
Mail and £4.41 to send by standard parcels. That’s a saving of at least 22p
which I know doesn’t sound like much but don’t forget you won’t have to
drive or walk to the Post Office and you won’t have to queue forever when
you get there, so the saving you make is in time not just money!
You may find that lighter items sent with My Hermes do not work out
quite so cost-effective, however you need to weigh this up with your time
restraints. If it costs a little more to send a parcel, but gives you an
extra hour a day when you can be doing something much more constructive
than standing in a queue then it’s probably worth it!
Likewise, if you need more compensation in place on a valuable item in
case it is lost or damaged, or you like your buyers to sign for their
items, you will pay a little more for this.
Using My Hermes is simple. You book everything in online and you can
upload multiple addresses so that all your parcels are collected and go off
for delivery at the same time – it’s all very straightforward.
The maximum weight of each individual parcel you can send is 15kg and
the maximum length is 1.2m but this should be perfectly suitable for most
of you! Also note that there are exclusions to the goods that they will
carry for you – notably watches, white goods, laptops, TVs and jewellery.
Please make sure you check their exclusions list before you go ahead.
So, the logistics of selling bulky or heavy goods needn’t be a problem
for you anymore.
Now here’s that Supplier List you’ve been waiting for!
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Overstocks, Pallets & Liquidation Supplier List
www.trademill.co.uk
Company: MM Products Ltd
Stock: Ex-Chainstore Clothing and Accessories
MOQ: No Minimum Order
Drop Ship Service: No
Registration & Prices: Online – instant access
Order Online: Yes
MM Products Ltd
25 Pennygillam Way
Pennygillam Industrial Estate
Launceston
Cornwall
PL15 7ED
Telephone: 01566 774464 or Fax: 01566 774464
Email: [email protected]
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www.tradeclearinghouse.co.uk
Company: Trade Clearing House
Stock: Ex-Chainstore Clothing
Order Online: Yes
Trade Clearing House
Unit 1 Bushacre Court
Garrard Way
Telford Way Industrial Estate (South)
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN16 8TD
Telephone: 01536 511990 or Fax: 01536 524266
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www.qclothing.co.uk
Company: Q Clothing
Stock: Ex-Chainstore Clothing
Order Online: Yes
Q Clothing Co
The High Cross Centre
Fountayne Road
London
N15 4BE
Telephone: 0208 808 1111 or Fax: 0208 808 1010
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www.allstores-clothing.com
Company: All Stores Clothing
Stock: Wholesale Ex-Chainstore Clothing
MOQ: Min £150 Spend
Order Online: Yes
All Stores Clothing
Unit 1E
Moss Mill Industrial Estate
Woodbine Street East
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL16 5LB
Telephone: 01706 769219 or Fax: 01706 650010
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www.wholesale.lamaloli.com
Company: Lamaloli GmbH
Stock: Wholesale Disney Clothing
Order Online: Yes
Lamaloli GmbH
Grandkaule 11
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53859 Niederkassel
Telephone: +49 (0)2208 9217213
* Please note, this company is based in Germany but will ship to all
European countries
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www.marthill.co.uk
Company: Marthill
Stock: Pallets / Containers of Electricals / Clothing / Exercise
Equipment / DIY / Textiles and more
Order Online: Yes
Marthill
Regent House
Lower Regent Street
Beeston
Nottingham
NG9 2DJ
Telephone: 01159 259094
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www.stockgt.co.uk
Company: Stock GT
Stock: Pallets – Electricals / Textiles / Clothing / Household /
Gardening / Kitchen / Personal Care and more
Order Online: Yes
Stock GT
Marlborough Mill
Ridgefield Street
Failsworth
Manchester
M35 0HJ
Telephone: 0161 6811 444
* Visit their sister site for smaller quantities:
www.gifttreewholesale.co.uk
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www.gemwholesale.co.uk
Company: Gem Wholesale
Stock: Pallets – Mixed / Exercise Equipment / Electrical / Jewellery /
Clothing / Footwear and more
Order Online: Yes
Gem Wholesale
Drury Industrial Estate
Drury Lane
Buckley
Flintshire
CH7 3DZ
Telephone: 01244 546920 or 01244 545834
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www.wholesaleclearance.co.uk
Company: Wholesale Clearance UK Ltd
Stock: Consumer Electronics / Electricals / Toys / Clothing / Sports /
Home / DIY / Cosmetics and more
Order Online: Yes
Wholesale Clearance UK Ltd
Unit N Waterside Estate
25-27 Willis Way
Poole
Dorset
BH15 3TD
Telephone: 01202 668817
Online Chat Also Available
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www.ticpallets.com
Company: TIC UK Trade Sales
Stock: Pallets – Tesco / Toys R Us / BHS Returns and more
Order Online: Yes
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TIC UK Trade Sales
Homefield Road
Haverhill
Suffolk
CB9 8QP
Telephone: 08700 545415 or Fax: 08700 545416
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www.stockshifters.com
Company: E-Trader Group Ltd
Stock: Electronics / Mobiles / Computing / Health & Beauty / Clothing /
DIY / Books and more
MOQ: No Minimum Order – Auction Style Site
Order Online: Yes
E-Trader Group Ltd
Second Floor
Alderman’s House
Alderman’s Walk
London
EC2M 3UJ
Telephone: 0845 1111 666
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www.bargainstock.co.uk
* Try here if you don’t want to order by the pallet load but would like
some branded electricals!
Company: Bargainstock.co.uk
Stock: Single Items – Branded Electricals
Order Online: Yes
Bargainstock.co.uk
143 Hockley Hill
Birmingham
West Midlands
B18 5AN
Showroom Open Mon–Fri 11am–7pm, Sat 11am–6pm
Telephone: 0121 554 4739 or Fax: 0121 270 2399
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Seasonal Bonus Product and Source:
Think ahead and make a potential £752.50 a
week from this seasonal must-have...
Yes, I know it’s only September and I know it’s definitely not snowing
and I know that there is nothing solid to suggest that we may get some
snow some time in the next few months!
But...
With some products it’s very important to look and plan ahead, have a
bit of insight, trust your instinct and hedge your bets. One of those
products is “The Sledge”.
For some reason, we are always caught unawares by snow in this country.
When it happens – as it has quite regularly over the past three or four
years – there is a mass buying frenzy, not only for bread and milk as
people panic that the world is going to stop due to a flurry of the white
stuff, but also for sledges! As soon as the snow touches the ground you
can’t get them for love or money!
I know this because it happened to me a few years back, much to the
disgust of my two children. But I have learned my lesson since then and one
year I ordered two brand spanking new sledges in October in anticipation of
snow. I then had to sit and listen to constant questions about when the
actual snow was going to happen but it turned out that it was actually a
good move on my part because eight weeks later heavy snow arrived and off
we went looking very smug on our shiny new sledges whilst others had to
make do with a black bin liner!
Anyway, what I’m saying is this: It’s never too early to get a good
stock of sledges in ready for the season and I’ll tell you why. Not only
do retail stores sell out of sledges when the snow is actually falling from
the sky but wholesalers do too. In short, leave it too late and you won’t
be able to cash in on this seasonal money-spinner.
The wholesaler I’m going to supply you with in just a moment has a whole
variety of sledges in stock right now. He’s actually had these sledges
advertised since July so you’ll need to be quick because you can guarantee
that in the next few weeks they’ll all be gone even though there is not
even an inkling of snow.
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First let me show you when the top sledge buying season for consumers is:
Unsurprisingly, it’s when it actually snows! Obviously most of us are not
very good at planning ahead!
Look at the trends above. Early in 2009 we had big snowfalls at the end
of January and into early February. Then the same happened again at the end
of December 2009 going into January 2010. I especially remember that year
because my children’s school stayed closed for an extra 10 days after the
Christmas holidays! And look at the end of last year – remember all that
snow we had over Christmas? It all tallies up, doesn’t it.
Now obviously neither you nor I are an actual weatherman or weatherwoman
so we have no way of predicting when or even if it will snow, although
going on previous years it is highly likely that we will see some snow
between December and February.
This means that if you want to jump on the bandwagon, you must have
stock in place for this period in order to catch the buyers. It’s likely
that all the usual stores will sell out – just as they do every year, and
the only place sledges will be available is online. If you’ve got sledges
in stock, believe me you’ll sell them because every man and his child will
want one!
There are currently over 4,000 results for the keyword “sledge” on eBay,
and it’s only September. Don’t let this put you off though – these are the
very sellers who will make a killing once the snow unexpectedly dumps on us
in the night! Wouldn’t you like a slice of this too? Of course you would.
OK, you need to take a little bit of a risk – after all, there’s always
the chance that we may not get any snow this year at all – but sometimes
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it’s good to take a punt and go with an idea just like this one.
Do you fancy giving it a go? If so, here’s where you can get your stock
of sledges from:
http://www.davidssales.co.uk
Enter the keyword “sledge” in the search box on the right of the home
page and you’ll get two full pages of results for sledges – that’s 19
different styles.
Prices range from £4.60 + VAT with free delivery. This one shown below
is a huge one metre size and is available at £5.10 + VAT and free delivery
making a total cost of £6.12 each:
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These are listed on eBay at £19.99 plus £4.50 delivery:
And here’s the full profit calculation for eBay:
Sell at £19.99 + £4.50 P&P (£24.49)
PayPal Fees: £1.03
P&P: Approx: £4.19
Profit: £10.75 per sledge sold
Sell just 10 a day of these, which is easily achievable when it snows,
and you’ll make £107.50 profit a day and £752.50 a week. Thirty days of
sales will bring you £3,225.00. That would pay for a nice Christmas,
wouldn’t it!
Once again, you can use My Hermes to get these off to their destinations
as they are within both the weight and dimensions range that they accept,
so you won’t need to lug a load of sledges to the Post Office – just get
them picked up whilst you stay in the warmth of your own home.
This opportunity is waiting for you right now!
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If you want even more hot products
virtually guaranteed to sell, why
don’t you let me teach you exactly
how I find them for you...
The technique I use to uncover your products and sources in The Source
Report allows me to make up to £12,000 a month online – not bad for roughly
two hours work each day (in the morning or the evening).
I’m not trying to brag, I’m telling you this because I’d like to do even
more to ensure that you enjoy the same success.
Selling the products I recommend in your issue
quarter month is a fantastic start point, and I hope
you’re already beginning to see real success.
But knowing my strategy for uncovering the products and
sources will take your venture to a whole new level.
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suppliers for your chosen product.
All you will need to do to find best-selling products for your own
online or offline business is follow my lead.
And all of this alongside the research I am already sending you in this
report each quarter.
Look, I’m so confident that this will work for you that I’ll even
happily send you my manual, the Ultimate Product Sourcing Secrets, which
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Finally
Thank you for reading this issue of The Source Report. What you now have
in front of you is a complete business blueprint centred around the
sourcing and reselling of overstocks, customer returns and liquidated
stocks, not to mention a great seasonal opportunity as a bonus.
Your blueprint is one that you can use to launch a really successful
business and you can take advantage of the niches I’ve covered in this
issue, or you can choose a niche of your own. What’s important is that many
of the niches you might choose to use this blueprint with are ones that
attract year-round sales.
Of course, you don’t have to stick to the products I’ve researched in
this niche – feel free to adapt anything I’ve suggested to suit your own
business or goals.
And make sure you get the next edition of The Source Report to see how
you can profit online.
Until then, as always, I wish you the very best of success.
Amanda O’Brien
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