The Wholesale Forums

[orthopod]

Hi
Has anybody used Ingram Micro as a wholesaler? Their website terms state minimum business purchase of 9K per year. But cannot see nay prices. Are they competitive?
Thanks

[Anthony]

Welcome to the forums

Are you talking about Ingram Entertainment?? If not please post a link to the site you are refering to.

Anthony

[orthopod]

oops. I thought it was well known as a wholesaler.
Here is the link
http://uk.ingrammicro.com/corporate/corporate.jsp

[Anthony]

By just looking around their site it is clear they are a major outlet for the main retailers in britain when it comes to electrical products.

I must admit I had never heard of them, but 9k min order per year isn't very high at all..

With regard to their prices, one can't find any prices until you have signed up for a resellers account.

Might be worth doing that if you are serious about purchasing from them. Otherwise you could always email or scout their website for more indication on their prices.. Normally the major wholesale companies will be able to give you a quote on the product(s) you want and in what quantity quite easily..

Anthony

[guru4us]

i havent used them, but i know that they deal with a lot of major companies. yes they are real. you cant even buy from them until you fill in a few forms etc etc...i think u can get stuff from them on credit

[Xile2005]

Just sign up, if the prices ain't any good then don't place any orders, all they can do is cancel your account.

[guru4us]

yeah sign up. keep in mind that you will have to fill out a lotta info..like trade references etc etc

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by guru4us

yeah sign up. keep in mind that you will have to fill out a lotta info..like trade references etc etc

I should also add that should you not have trade references and are not a company, sole trader or other you will be unlikely to get an account. As having those separate you from being "just another member of the public" rather than "trade"..

[garyford]

I got an account with Ingram Micro. It cost me $100usd and I had to fill out a lot of paperwork, but I got it.

In short, their prices are *WAY* too high. You can buy the same items, new in the box on ebay for less. And if you are hoping to buy bulk lots of stuff from Ingram and resell them on eBay for a profit, forget it right now!

And the really bad part, is that a membership in Ingram Micro is just the first step. If you want to buy Apple products, for example, you have to be an official Apple reseller, or you can't even get a quote. Also, for example, if you want to buy Thinkpads, then you have to be an official IBM (or whatever the new company is called) reseller. They have a very lengthy list of all they companies you need to be an official reseller for in order to place an order.

I checked on iPod nano's, $235 and none in stock! Assuming, of course you were an official Apple Reseller!!!!

A waste of $100, in my opinion.

Gary

FYI - Below are all the Manufacturers that Ingram requires a manufacturer reseller certificate from. Basically, anything you would actually want to buy:

Manufacturer
3Com
Adaptec
Adobe
AEC Software
Aladdin Systems
AltiGen
Apple
Autodesk
Borland Academic (Inprise)
Celestix
Cingular Wireless
Cisco
Citrix
Corel
Dataviz
Deneba
Discreet
Enfocus
Equilibrium
Epson
Executive Software
Extensis
F5 Networks
FileMaker Inc (Claris/Apple Educ.)
Fortress
Global Marketing Partners
Goldmine
Good Technology
Hewlett-Packard
IBM/Lotus Software
IBM
InFocus
Intel
Juniper Networks
Konica Minolta
Laplink
Macromedia
McAfee Software
Metrowerks
Micrografx
Microsoft
Miramar
NCD
Net Integrations
NetIQ
NewTek
Nikon
Nimax
Nokia
Nomadix
Novell
Olympus
Palm Computing
Panasonic
PGP
Polycom
Powerquest
Proxim
Quark
ScanSoft (Caere) Academic
Sharp
Siemens Business
Sierra Wireless
Snapgear
Sprint PCS
Sony
Symantec
Tandberg
Tivoli
Toshiba
Trend Micro
Trend Micro
Ulead
VERITAS
Wacom
Wyse
Xora

[Anthony]

Wow..

Very interesting..

Thank You for sharing that with us Gary.. I'm sure it will help quite a lot of people...