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Inside secrets to Apple supplying source


Inside secrets to Apple supplying source

Postby yiqunlin » 11/10/2009 03:49

I was browsing through the web the other day and found below article.
I have copied a couple of paragraphs and posted it here.

Everyone knows Apple is currently the hottest brand on the market, and everyone is trying to buy them at a steep discount. Well here is the reality and these are the facts,
Most supplier offer Apple products on Tradekey and Alibaba are fakes
Apple require any reseller to meet their minimum requirements which is $ 100,000 in annual sales.
Apple only offer 5%-8% discount off of their retail price, even if anyone is lucky enough to qualify to be their reseller.

So how come the price for Apple prodcuts on Ebay are so low? Where do these seller get their stuff? Here are some true and honest answers, some buyers get their merchandise from countries that has a free duty port, Hong Kong for example is known for their duty free trade and the price difference can be quite significant for certain items. There are other suppliers and brokers who buys bulk at a great discounts and then sell it through their differnt distribution channel. There are also some Apple authorized resellers that sells to other resellers just to fulfill their quota with Apple.
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Re: Inside secrets to Apple supplying source

Postby Haydee » 11/10/2009 09:51

Hi yiqunlin,

Thank you for sharing this helpful post! Apple products have always been sought after by consumers and in turn, by suppliers to fulfill consumer demands. We have received several supplier search requests for this product and this has been a topic of several forum posts already.

Hope this will clear things up. Looking forward to hearing more from you here.

Cheers,
Haydee
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Re: Inside secrets to Apple supplying source

Postby userexists » 16/10/2009 00:02

yiqunlin's post should be set in stone and permanently affixed to the home page of Salehoo. It seems every newbie and his wife is dreaming of selling Apple Ipods and Iphones by finding some mystery supplier who will sell them for a few dollars and who will dropship these products one at a time.
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Re: Inside secrets to Apple supplying source

Postby yiqunlin » 08/11/2009 01:32

If you see this comment in a users post:

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It means the user is not a registered seller for ** Link Removed: Only Available to Registered Members** Be advised it is not recommended that you contact this person until they have registered with ** Link Removed: Only Available to Registered Members** as a seller and have been cleared to sell to SaleHoo members.

This is in place for the protection of SaleHoo members, because it is easy for a Scammer to get a membership and then scam members out of thousands of dollars before an admin can catch them. We recommend that no users buy product from this seller until they have been cleared by SaleHoo as registered Sellers.

When they have been cleared they will a row of 7 blue stars underneath their username which will say „registered seller‟ when moused over. Sellers can register with SaleHoo for free by visiting this link for further information:

** Link Removed: Only Available to Registered Members**

If you continue to post without SaleHoo approval your posts will be deleted and your forum privileges suspended.


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