Simon Slade, CEO of SaleHoo Group Limited

Simon Slade

CEO of SaleHoo Group Limited

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About Simon

Simon Slade is CEO and co-founder of SaleHoo, which he started in Christchurch, New Zealand, after years selling on Trade Me and fielding constant questions about where he sourced his stock. SaleHoo gives eCommerce entrepreneurs access to 8,000+ dropship and wholesale suppliers, 2.5 million branded products, an industry-leading market-research tool and 24-hour support. He regularly contributes commentary to Forbes, Fortune and NZ Business.

Latest from Simon Slade

Dropshipping Product Checklist: 10 Checks Before You Sell

To choose products to dropship, run every idea through ten checks, in order, before it gets a sample order or an ad budget. Each check has a pass line and a fail line you measure on...

By Simon Slade • November 11, 2026

24 min. read

20 Black Friday Marketing Ideas for eCommerce Sellers in 2026

Key takeaways Pick the offer from your margin before you announce it. We ran five common offers through 10 real wholesale products. In an own store, a two-pack at 15% off kept 7...

By Simon Slade • November 05, 2026

27 min. read

14 Best eBay Apps for Sellers in 2026, Priced and Checked

Key takeaways The eBay App Center closed in November 2018. Apps now live on vendor sites, inside Seller Hub, or in the Shopify app store. A seller on eBay alone, under about 50...

By Simon Slade • November 03, 2026

27 min. read

Best Wholesale Hair Vendors: Compare Suppliers, Quality, MOQs and Pricing

There's no single best wholesale hair vendor. The right vendor depends on what you're buying (bundles, wigs, closures, frontals, tape-ins or clip-ins), whether you need raw,...

By Simon Slade • September 28, 2026

16 min. read

How to Find a Reliable Chinese Manufacturing Company

Finding a manufacturer in China takes about ten minutes. Finding one that can reliably make your product, to your spec, twice in a row, is the actual job, and it takes a few weeks of...

By Simon Slade • September 18, 2026

24 min. read

Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand

Hi Guys. Just a very quick blog post to let you know that there was a massive earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand (where SaleHoo's head office is) and the city centre is in a...

By Simon Slade • September 05, 2010

1 min. read