The truth is, a lot of the wholesale directories sold online are pretty much useless. They are basically just a random list of manufacturers and/or distributors. And since most of these directories are just copies of old directories, most contain contact information that are out of date.

As for the companies who claim to have millions of products all ready for you to resell, they are not telling you the entire truth. Sure, you can buy all those products from them and resell them back to consumers, but then you end up paying more for the product.

You see, most of these companies that claim to be wholesalers are in fact middlemen. When you sign up and place an order with one of these companies, they basically just forward that order to the REAL wholesalers. And since these middlemen are in business to make money, this will result in you paying more for the product than had you just ordered directly from the real distributor.

So how do you get around these limitations and find real wholesalers and dropshippers? Well there are actually a couple of ways. One is for each of the products you would like to sell, find out who the manufacturer is. Then ask the manufacturer who their authorized distributors are. Knowing who the distributors are, you can then contact them and try to work out an agreement with them to sell the product.

As you can imagine this method can be extremely time consuming. To make matters worst, many real distributors actually don't want to deal with small home-based businesses. But with persistence and effort, you will be able to find real distributors for the products you want.

But how would you feel if there was actually a tool that can help with finding and screening these accommodating distributors? What if there was a way to quickly find real distributors who are willing to work with small home-based businesses?

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