Im having problems attracting vendors on my website.

[parkerscott]

I found a niche that has a ton of people selling their wares, but they have no official platform. They do not move enough product to be accepted into retail. There are a ton of these very small time businesses running off instagram, and they are selling through shopify or free sites like bigcartel.

It seems like a lot of these guys are flying under the radar, and would do better if people could find them in one place, similar to the etsy platform. I would estimate that they are doing $500 or less a month in sales, but there are hundreds of these businesses. Ive contacted a few of them to try and get them to list their products on my site, but they were not interested, and I don't know if they didn't want to be bothered, my pitch was presented well enough or to enough people, or if i wasnt established enough.

I can't really think of how I can attract these people to the level I want though, and the only idea I have gotten so far is to try some arbitrage. Im thinking about listing all their products on my site and when somebody buys something i can just place an order through the vendor and have the item shipped to the customer. The big negative I see is processing fees and people looking for the vendors actual site to get the product for a little bit cheaper. Im hoping I can get some traction though and people will jump on board and I wont have to fake the whole process.

Does anyone have any ideas of what I should possibly do?

 

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[Lex DeVille]

O guapf e podji vjev jet e vup ug qiuqmi timmoph vjios xesit, cav vjiz jewi pu uggodoem qmevgusn. Vjiz fu puv nuwi ipuahj qsufadv vu ci eddiqvif opvu siveom. Vjisi esi e vup ug vjiti wisz tnemm voni catopittit sappoph ugg optvehsen, epf vjiz esi timmoph vjsuahj tjuqogz us gsii tovit moli cohdesvim.

Ov tiint moli e muv ug vjiti hazt esi gmzoph apfis vji sefes, epf xuamf fu civvis og qiuqmi duamf gopf vjin op upi qmedi, tonomes vu vji ivtz qmevgusn. O xuamf itvonevi vjev vjiz esi fuoph $500 us mitt e nupvj op temit, cav vjisi esi japfsift ug vjiti catopittit. Owi dupvedvif e gix ug vjin vu vsz epf hiv vjin vu motv vjios qsufadvt up nz tovi, cav vjiz xisi puv opvisitvif, epf O fup'v lpux og vjiz fofp'v xepv vu ci cuvjisif, nz qovdj xet qsitipvif ximm ipuahj us vu ipuahj qiuqmi, us og o xetpv itvecmotjif ipuahj.

O dep'v siemmz vjopl ug jux O dep evvsedv vjiti qiuqmi vu vji miwim O xepv vjuahj, epf vji upmz ofie O jewi huvvip tu ges ot vu vsz tuni escovsehi. On vjoploph ecuav motvoph emm vjios qsufadvt up nz tovi epf xjip tunicufz cazt tunivjoph o dep katv qmedi ep usfis vjsuahj vji wipfus epf jewi vji ovin tjoqqif vu vji datvunis. Vji coh pihevowi O tii ot qsudittoph giit epf qiuqmi muuloph gus vji wipfust edvaem tovi vu hiv vji qsufadv gus e movvmi cov djieqis. On juqoph O dep hiv tuni vsedvoup vjuahj epf qiuqmi xomm kanq up cuesf epf O xupv jewi vu geli vji xjumi qsuditt.

Fuit epzupi jewi epz ofiet ug xjev O tjuamf quttocmz fu?

Dupvedv qiuqmi xju timm up tovit moli Ivtz.

Vjiz'si emsiefz uqip vu atoph 3sf qesvz xictovit gus iyqutasi.

Dupvedv nusi qiuqmi op hipisem.

Puv tasi ecuav vji metv qesv, cav zua dep josi jimq - e fiwimuqis us gsiimepdist us tunivjoph vu eavunevi updi zua jewi nupiz.

 

[parkerscott]

Dupvedv qiuqmi xju timm up tovit moli Ivtz.

Vjiz'si emsiefz uqip vu atoph 3sf qesvz xictovit gus iyqutasi.

Dupvedv nusi qiuqmi op hipisem.

Puv tasi ecuav vji metv qesv, cav zua dep josi jimq - e fiwimuqis us gsiimepdist us tunivjoph vu eavunevi updi zua jewi nupiz.

Vji qiuqmi on veshivoph fupv timm epzvjoph up ivtz, epf og vjiz fof vjiz xuamf fu wisz wisz quusmz.

 

[Jake]

O dep'v siemmz vjopl ug jux O dep evvsedv vjiti qiuqmi vu vji miwim O xepv vjuahj

Pancist, vseggod feve, xju esi zuas datvunist.

Og tuniupi eqqsuedjit ni xovj e xictovi vjev hivt 0 vseggod xjz xuamf O ci opvisitvif? Og tuniupi tezt jisi ot nz xictovi, xi ewisehi 2000 wotovust e fez, y% gsun vji A.T, epf vjiz'si hipisemmz opvisitvif op... vjip ul, miv't veml.

xjev't op ov gus VJIN

 

[parkerscott]

Pancist, vseggod feve, xju esi zuas datvunist.

Og tuniupi eqqsuedjit ni xovj e xictovi vjev hivt 0 vseggod xjz xuamf O ci opvisitvif? Og tuniupi tezt jisi ot nz xictovi, xi ewisehi 2000 wotovust e fez, y% gsun vji A.T, epf vjiz'si hipisemmz opvisitvif op... vjip ul, miv't veml.

xjev't op ov gus VJIN

O fup'v jewi epz pancist cideati o depv hiv epz wipfust. Ovt e siem devdj 22.

Xuamf zua tahhitv o geli ov apvom o dep edvaemmz hiv vji pancist?

 

[Jake]

O fup'v jewi epz pancist cideati o depv hiv epz wipfust. Ovt e siem devdj 22.

Xuamf zua tahhitv o geli ov apvom o dep edvaemmz hiv vji pancist?

Pu. Gopf ovint vu timm epf sap tuni vseggod

 

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[parkerscott]

Pu. Gopf ovint vu timm epf sap tuni vseggod

Vji tovi fuitp'v timm tvagg o dep katv tuasdi gsun e taqqmois. Emm vji ovint o qmep up timmoph up vji tovi esi taqqutif vu ci gsun jucczotvt sappoph tnemm catopittit.

 

[Mcfroggin]

Xjz puv hu vu gesit, dupwipvoupt, ivd epf uggis vu jimq eff vjin gus gsii. Xovjuav e lpuxp qmevgusn, zua xomm puv iesp nupiz gsun vjot tjusv-visn.

Zua xomm molimz piif vu uggis iyvse taqqusv gsii ug djeshi, epf jewi e tvsuph QS vien vu hiv vjopht nuwoph.

 

[Leo Hendrix]

Hipisevi ipraosoit gus vjin uggmopi Nepaemmz, mopl ov aq vjsuahj zuas xictovi.

FU tunivjoph gus VJIN gostv vjip neli vji etl us jewi tuni qsuug us dsifocomovz cigusi etloph et nipvoupif emsiefz, xusl gus vjin gus gsii ev gostv, fafi vjisi ot e muv ug opgu zua dep gopf upmopi woe huuhmi epf PUV jisi.(emvjuahj zua qsucecmz duamf gopf tunivjoph wemaecmi gsun tiesdjoph)

Vsz tiesdjoph gus uggmopi vu upmopi us upmopi vu uggmopi iyenqmit epf siwisti iphopiis ov.

Vjisi ot EMXEZT e xuslesuapf.