Website to show suppliers

Software & Tools
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Hi @Trent-Admin

Do you recommend that the website be an ecommerce site selling products in multiple categories or do you suggest a informational website about the value that we as resellers will be giving to the suppliers?

for example netrush, Etailz and others have more an informational one pager site rather than ecomm

What do you think?

Thank you

2

I recommend you have both. The emails you send should use the informational site domain, though.

3

So now the question is how do fulfill the promises you make to these guys? I’m not a marketer and I can’t optimize their listings nor am I an IP firm …

Thank you

Best regards

4

Well, if you want to be in this business, those are skills that you need to develop. Early on, you have a few choices.

  1. Work with a company like Viral-Launch.com and pay them out of your pocket to do what you don’t know how to do.
  2. Work with really small brands that don’t expect much from you, study your craft, implement what you learn with these brands, and then when you target larger brands, you can point to the work you did for the smaller ones.
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If you really want to show suppliers that you value them, don’t just use the website as a store.

Use it as a place to build your reputation. You need to have a clear informational site that explains how you support brands, how your reseller process works, and what analytics capabilities you have.

At first, ecommerce is not required. Most suppliers would rather see that you can move products safely and build trust than see a cart full of SKUs.