Hi,

I'm new to all this and have decided to start up my own little business, but I dont have a clue where to start .

How do I go about getting suppliers?

Ideally I'm looking to sell designer clothes, house hold furniture, nursery items ect..... just a bit of everything.

I would love some help to get a supplier

Thanks,

Sarah

Hi Sarah,

Welcome to Wholesale Forum

First you need to register as a business in the UK. You can register as either a sole trader or limited company. You will also be required to register for VAT if you expect your turnover to go over the threshold of £73,000. However, since you are just starting up we suggest registering for VAT at a later stage. To learn more about registering your business in the UK, you should read the following threads to find information and useful links:

• How to register as a trader in the UK - Sole trader or Ltd company - Wholesale Forum
• Opening a designer clothes shop UK - Registering with the HMRC and fashion sourcing - Wholesale Forum
• Starting up as a reseller on eBay - Sole trader, Limited company and VAT registration - Wholesale Forum

Once you are a legal UK business entity, you can start buying from wholesale suppliers for the purpose of reselling.

Have a look at the following EU suppliers of designer clothes, household furniture & nursery items:

Designer Clothes

• Home | Wholesale Fashion | Wholesale Designer | Distributor Fashion | Wholesale Brands | Brandsdistribution

Household Furniture

• Febland Group Ltd - Contact Us

Nursery Items

• Cardiff Cash and Carry Wholesale

To find many more verified trade suppliers of designer clothes, furniture and nursery products from the UK and the rest of the EU, we recommend using the two largest UK online trade directories of verified wholesale suppliers eSources and Wholesale Deals. Both list thousands of verified wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers and drop shippers.

Have a look at the following results:

UK Suppliers of Designer Clothes, Furniture and Nursery Products

• Designer Clothing Wholesale Suppliers in UK - Wholesale Designer Clothing Directory
• Home Furniture and Storage Wholesale Suppliers in UK - Wholesale Home Furniture & Storage Directory
• UK Nursery Suppliers

EU Suppliers of Designer Clothes, Furniture and Nursery Products

• EU Designer Clothing Wholesale Suppliers - Wholesale Designer Clothing Directory
• EU Home Furniture and Storage Wholesale Suppliers - Wholesale Home Furniture & Storage Directory
• EU Nursery Suppliers

It is best to concentrate your start up efforts on a niche market, with a good demand to competition ratio. A high demand market with low competition is the ideal scenario for good growth. You should try to become a specialist in a niche market by choosing a product which you are already familiar with, and possibly passionate about. A personal interest in a niche ensures you can keep up to date with the latest trends effortlessly, provide insightful product information and highlight all the positives in your sales copy. This in turn will give your customers the confidence to buy from you. To learn more about the advantages of focusing on a niche market, please have a look at the following threads:

• Sourcing products from verified suppliers - How to identify niche markets? - Wholesale Forum
• What are niche markets all about? - Page 1 - Wholesale Forum
• How to find a good Niche - Deciding on what to Sell - Wholesale Forum
• Sell everything or just niche products? - Wholesale Forum
• What are the online niches I should avoid? - Wholesale Forum

In our view, out of the segments you have mentioned, the best niche option is nursery products. While it is still a saturated market, statistics show that the recession has affected spending on children minimally; parents continue to spend for their children's well being, and are often interested in new products with proven benefits backed up by research from a dependable source. Further, the growing concern for the environment has contributed to an increase in consumption of natural, organic, fairtrade and durable baby products.

To learn more about finding and verifying suppliers you should read the following threads:

• Wholesale Sources - How To Find Verified Wholesalers and Drop Shippers Instantly - Wholesale Forum
• eSources or Wholesale Deals - Which verified directory is best for a starting seller - Wholesale Forum
• Zero to Hero - How a home based start up generated over £3 millions in just one year - Wholesale Forum

Hope this helps

Well, before you start with thinking about going online for your own web site, it is actually really helpful when you have the right people already. You should have already established your client list that you will make use of when you already go live. It will also be very beneficial to have contacted suppliers already as you would not want to go live without the right stocks on hand that may cause further delays when you already ship items out.

WholeSaleMod pretty much beat me to it.

When starting a business, please make sure you know what it is that you are offering and make sure that you have a unique selling proposition. Then make sure that you factor your costs (time and money) into all your workings.

Useful information. Thanks

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Hi,

The most important thing is to decide first what are you going to sell. It is not good idea to sell so many different things (designer clothes, household furniture, nursery items etc). It is better to focus on one group of products especially if you are new. Be careful with suppliers and check products prices first and compare them to other sources. There are many "suppliers or wholesalers" that are not real wholesalers.