Finding Suppliers and Sourcing Stock

Buying job lots from eBay – Avoiding the pitfalls


eBay can be a minefield when it comes to buying job lots, while some will leave you with enough room to turn a profit, others you may get much less than you bargained for.

When you are buying job lots of retro or pre-owned games from eBay (in fact the same rule applies when buying any kind of job lot of eBay) you will often find that these fall into two main categories. The first is a trader selling off things they cannot sell – if they cannot sell them then the first question you need to be as

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Key Distributors Within The Video Game Industry


Here is a list of video games distributors who trade magazine MCV have highlighted as key distributors within the sector.

Koch Media

Based: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Key territories: UK, Benelux, Nordic
Contact: 01256 385200
Website: www.kochmedia.co.uk

Koch has a lot more strings to its bows than a traditional distributor. The firm has its own publishing label, Deep Silver, and gaming accessories brand Blue Ocean.

But arguably the firm’s biggest shift was made last year when it entered the fi

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A Handy Hint For Finding New Suppliers


One simple yet often over looked method of sourcing stock is buying from one of your larger competitors. It may sound insane; I mean why would you want to give your competitors some more business?

Like it or not, competition is an occupational hazard in any industry and becoming a market leader may be something that we will aspire to, but when you are just starting out, you have to start where everyone else did – at the bottom.

So why buy from the competition? Well if you think about it, it’s

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Searching For New Suppliers? Think Like A Business, Not A Consumer


As a consumer, if you want to buy a new pair of trainers or book a holiday to Florida, a simple Google search will quickly give you plenty of options to chose from, however if you try searching for suppliers, wholesalers or distributors in Google (or any other search engine for that matter) using the most obvious key words (i.e. "Product" Wholesalers) you are far more likely to find wholesale directories (which usually charge a premium), websites wanting to sell you supplier contacts or suppliers

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Buying Stock From Retailers - Food For Thought


I recently received an email from one of our members who wanted to know why GameFox and sites like it promote the practice of buying new games from the likes of Zavvi and the Hut to re-sell on eBay (or via other sales channels) when they clearly state in their terms and conditions that they do not and will not sell to the trade, it is a very valid point.

It is true that many on-line retailers have a clause in their terms and conditions to try to forbid traders buying up too much stock. From the

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