4Sourcing Online: TopTenWholesale.com and Manufacturer.com

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IN CHAPTER 3 you learned how to evaluate the suppliers that you come across, as well as your own business’s goals, to help you choose the right suppliers to work with. Now I will share the most crucial and readily available method for finding suppliers—sourcing online. Sourcing online is the fastest and least-expensive sourcing method available for finding manufacturers and wholesalers. Eric Shannon, a cofounder of Oh My Dog Supply, confirms, “Using B2B [business-to-business] platforms ...

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