jppurdon

Help;
Can someone out here point me in the direction of true wholesalers for promotional produts for my customers, such as coffee mugs and other items. Most companies are only distrubutors and my customers can buy from them. Where are the true wholesalers. Thanks

 

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Rodney

You may want to try joining an association like the ASI. That will give you access to the true promotional item wholesalers that your customers will not have access to.

Of course, if your customer wanted to, they could search google for wholesale mugs and find a competitive quote for just about any item, but the ASI will give you access to more vendors than they generally can find.

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jppurdon

Quote: Originally Posted by Rodney You may want to try joining an association like the ASI. That will give you access to the true promotional item wholesalers that your customers will not have access to. Of course, if your customer wanted to, they could search google for wholesale mugs and find a competitive quote for just about any item, but the ASI will give you access to more vendors than they generally can find.

Hey Rodney, Thanks how do I go about getting into ASI

 

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Rodney

Quote: Originally Posted by jppurdon Hey Rodney, Thanks how do I go about getting into ASI

There's info on their website here: ASICentral

There's also smaller, but similar organizations like that. I think one is called PPAI.

You can read more about it here in the forums: asi related topics at T-Shirt Forums

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jppurdon

Hey Rodney;
ASI has a pretty high intro rate do you really think it's worth that much money?

 

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XYLisa

I think ASI is a little high too, you might try Impact Advertising Specialties

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charles95405

For starters you are not going to be able to join any of the professional groups without some sort of qualifying status...either by sales, contact or..?? but are they worth it??? depends on what you are doing and how much you want to make/do.. I belong to five different professiton groups...I would not be member is I did not believe they are worth it.

I belong to PPAI, ASI, UPIC ..UPIC Informational Website and to SAGE SAGE - Research tools, Internet Marketing, Credit Card Processing, Artwork Services, Traveling Tradeshows and to Distributor Central DistributorCentral The Promotional Products Industry Software Leader - Home

I would say your best bet to get entry is Distributor Central to start..

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