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<a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/16265/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="16265" data-username="@codo3500">@codo3500</a> can you go into how you found the process the industry was using to make a purchase?<br />
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Meet a woman that started a website for contractors to place a order of supplies needed for each job (wood, cement, bolts, etc...) and suppliers would bid on each order. She would then take a cut of each bid. She is making millions from this. That was the first time I knew entrepreneurs could add some serious value to old industries.
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<a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/21659/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="21659" data-username="@mars">@mars</a> -<br />
Basically just cold-called a heap of tradesman in the industry. This was the fastest route - they told me exactly where they bought the product, what brand, where that brand was manufactured, and why they chose that brand.<br />
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Here's a tip, I didn't call up trying to sell them, I called up and said the following:<br />
"Hi there, my name is Jared, and I'm an importer. This is a bit of a weird question, but I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about <Product Name>, as I'm considering importing some." They then became VERY helpful.<br />
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By the end of the call, they were telling me they were sick of the high prices they were paying, and many said they would spend thousands with me as soon as I get some if I could beat the current market prices by even 10%, as they use so many.</div>
