The Wholesale Forums

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Wholesaler forums are online communities for discussing the wholesale trade. Participants do not use their Real Name and sometimes include an image of what they look like. Users may converse through instant messenger or by posting to a community trade board which is visible to all. Participants are encouraged to discuss issues relative to the wholesale trade. The forum administrator has control over the discussions by deleting comments and banning users. The guidelines for what is permissible depends on the site owner's objective.

Wholesaler Forums - History
Wholesale forums in the late 1990's were non profit areas for people with common interests to meet and discuss a variety of topics. Readers could receive free advice from other members but were expected to abide by the Netiquette Golden Rule meaning "if you take, please give back". These early forums were called Bulletin Boards. The participants were not required to use their real name, a nickname, alias or pseudonym was sufficient. The early forums were commonly brainstorm sessions and idea sharing areas to build a better world wide web.

Wholesaler Forums - Today
Wholesale forums today have changed. These online forums have become large profitable communities for site-owners to target buyers and sellers of wholesale products. Wholesale forums have become havens for ebay re-sellers asking "where can I find wholesale products to buy". Although the early bulletin boards were an excellent way to receive free information, many of today's wholesale forums have become unsafe places full of scammers trolling for eager buyers with money. These fake businesses wait on the next eager ebay seller saying "I'm a new ebay seller and need help buying stuff to resale on ebay". It is easy for anyone to post under different pseudonyms to build false confidence in their products.

Wholesaler Forums - Red Flags
Forum administrators have the ability to set the rules and to ban users posting under several pseudonyms in order to deceive buyers. Depending on the site owner's purpose, the moderator may or may not disallow multiple personality postings. The best examples of wholesale forums permitting users to use multiple pseudonyms are the Wholesale 411 Forum and the Honest Dave Forum . The majority of the users posing as "experts" are in business to make money! These experts point to pictures of "authentic jeans" which direct users right down the path to the trap door. Please note that "Honest Dave" is an Ebay seller, and mall owner who sells denim jeans... The Trader Online Forum is also suspected of similar games. Millions have lost money by trusting people hiding behind fake screen names and pictures.

Wholesaler Forums - Find Good Ones
Wholesale forums are not all bad. To find wholesale forums, enter the keywords "wholesale forums, wholesale online forums" into google's search box. There are many to choose from. Before you join, read the site owner's rules. Look up the site owner's information and google the owner's name. There are many good wholesale forums online to learn about the wholesale trade. Jim Wilson's Auctionhints is a good place to start. Jim's background is SEO instead of wholesale-retail-ebay but he carries a good reputation. The most popular wholesale forum in the world is The Wholesale Forums. This forum has very strict rules (only 1 screename per user). Before trusting anyone, remember to use good common sense and never ever send money to a fake business hiding behind a pseudonym and cartoon picture. If the seller is honest, request the order be processed through an escrow service that has been in business for years like Janesdeals.com. If the seller refuses, this should raise concern on your end.

Wholesale Blogs
Wholesaler blogs might be a safer alternative for finding wholesalers, wholesale products and to learn how to buy and sell wholesale. Jim Staley from wholesalegopher, is along time player in the online wholesale industry. In fact, Jim was once a gold key seller at janesdeals.com back in 2001. Check out Jim's Wholesale Blog at Wholesale Gopher. Remember, whichever venue you select, it is not up to the site owner to protect you from fraud. Use good common sense when buying wholesale products online. Consult a legal expert instead of relying on information provided in chat rooms and online forum groups.

Jane's Wholesale Auction
Jane's Closeout Marketplace is an Online Service (like eBay) for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to buy and sell bulk lots of excess inventories. The exception is that suppliers at Janesdeals, allow buyers a 24 hour inspection. Funds are not released to the seller until after delivery.