Guides

How to find customers, written down

The first mile of selling anything is deciding who to approach and why. These are free to read, need no account, and assume no particular platform.

Wholesale product data

How to distribute product data to wholesale buyers

Which product fields wholesale buyers need, which format to send them in, and how to keep one maintained source so a resent sheet never contradicts the last one.

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Wholesale buyer follow-up

How to follow up after sending a wholesale line sheet

A respectful wholesale buyer follow-up workflow: check the original request, make one relevant update, clarify ordering details, and stop when there is no fit or an opt-out.

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Business lead verification

How to check if a business is still open before outreach

Verify a prospect's current location and operating status using its own site and a map listing, resolve conflicting signals, and keep uncertain leads out of outreach.

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Wholesale

How to set a minimum order quantity for wholesale

Set a wholesale MOQ from the fixed cost of processing one order rather than a round number: the per-order costs, the arithmetic that finds the floor, how case packs change what you have to identify, and when a low minimum is the right call.

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Outreach research

Find the right person to contact at a business

How to work out which role owns the decision, find that person through the places a business publishes its own people, and what to send when only a shared inbox exists.

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Service business prospecting

Find local businesses to sell your services to

How a service business builds a short list of local businesses worth approaching, qualifies each one on a visible trigger, and opens with a scoped piece of work.

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Wholesale operations

Your first wholesale order, from yes to delivered

What to confirm, cost, pack and invoice after a retailer agrees to a first wholesale order, and the checks that stop a won order from losing money.

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Lead generation

How to find gift shops to sell to

A practical way to find independent gift shops that could stock your product, judge which ones actually fit, and reach the person who decides.

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Lead generation

How to find stockists for your product

Where to look for shops that may stock your product, how to assess whether they buy direct, and the four commercial terms to prepare before contacting a buyer.

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Lead generation

How to find cafes and restaurants to sell to

Where to look for cafes, delis and restaurants that buy direct, what an owner asks before saying yes, and the checks to make before you approach any of them.

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Lead generation

How to find local business leads without buying a list

A repeatable way to build a short list of nearby businesses to sell to, qualify each one before contacting it, and open a conversation that earns a reply.

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Buyer discovery

How to find wholesale buyers for your products

A practical process for defining, finding, qualifying, and contacting wholesale or local retail prospects for a product business.

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Wholesale outreach

How to write a wholesale pitch email to retailers

Write a concise wholesale pitch email with a retailer-fit opener, essential commercial details, a practical template, checklist, and follow-up plan.

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Wholesale

How to make a wholesale line sheet

What a wholesale line sheet needs on it, how to lay out one product row, the terms buyers look for first, and how to send it so it actually opens.

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Wholesale

How to work out wholesale margin before you take the order

Work out whether a wholesale order pays: landed cost per unit, your margin and the retailer's margin on the same line, the costs that only appear at wholesale, and how many wholesale units replace one direct sale.

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