What are the Effective Purchasing Strategies?
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A good strategy is to find a source that will give you a good education on what you are buying, then take those insider terms and language and contact other vendors and act as if you really know the industry by utilizing the correct terms and language. Most often the best prices are given to experienced buyers. You can also try getting a couple of quotes and then communicating with all the vendors and let them know what everyone else has bid. This will often make them very competitive on price and get you your best deal. If price is not your motivation, try dealing with a trade association that represents the industry and ask them who a quality vendor is in that industry.
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there buyers! like AE has buyers (not customers )that buy that stuff, and make sure it gets to the stores
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act unsure ,hesitant, wait, wait wait.then tell em you really want it.but..is their anyway to get it cheaper. act very stupid.people don`t like being conned.
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by offering solutions based on the current business model.\n\na friend of mines doing a collectable show this weekend, he wants a shop online to support after show sales and further orders. it's not going to happen. but i can offer him a temporary solution but hosting his current stocklist and a simple order form/contact page.
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One that comes to mind of the many that can go wrong is\nNot Knowing your Customer.\nThe more you are going to know about your Customer/Prospect\nand understanding their needs and desires, the better chance\nof success.\nTesting small groups also would be reccommend, this way you\nare not blowing your budget on mistakes.
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before buying ..do your research for your products...browse through websites like www.meetnbuy.com \nthey have mostly the thanks giving catalog and online deals for major stores like walmart, homedepot, circuit city.....and compare the deals....
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Basically anything that people need, but would not buy in the supermarket. I buy on EBay, artwork, furniture, carpets etc. There are also good deals on PC games, electronics. You would do well selling those.
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First it depends on your target market. Who are you hoping will buy? Hospitals, doctors, etc.? Get your company in trade journals, medical journals and take advantage of local medical conferences. Once you have customers, the best thing you can do is create a relationship with them that makes them want to help you out by refering you out. Customer service is key to that. For something like that, radio, and newspapers would not be a smart idea.
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Be courteous. Tell the customer that their business is appreciated. Know the product(s) being sold. use convincing inflection in your voice. Be confident. Point out the benefits the customer would have buy purchasing the product or service. Thank the customer for their business before hanging up, sale or no sale.
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stores tend to operate on a rolling inventory. This means they buy wholesale with 30 day terms on the goods and then try to sell enough in the 30 days to cover the cost. Naturally, this can be quite hard to start off - try starting with a few lines that usually sell very well, then when youre established branch out or specialise in one area. Another tip is to go into the big stores and look at the layout - how do they organise sections? what is near the checkout? What do they put in the reach of small kids? Remember that the key is to make it easy for people to find what they are looking for - and to try to tempt them with other stuff, make it easy for people to do this and that will be a good start
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its very simple, remember few things,\n\n 1. Identify real requirements.\n 2. Always do intelegnet shopping.\n 3. UnNecessery cost cutoff.\n\nwww.ndinfosys.com \nNiels D Andey
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1. Have a product that people will actually want to buy. You can get ideas from eBay's Hot List http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html \n\n2. Have a unique strategy that will set your business about the rest. Example is the classic 1-cent CD sales of JayandMarie (the highest number of feedback among all ebay sellers) http://stores.ebay.com/JayAndMarie\n\n3. Make sure your listing shows all the information buyers need and want to learn about the product
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The first and foremost way is by exceptional management.  Everything goes in a timely manner, and priorities change through the course of the day, week, month, because sometimes customers get angry and they have to dealt with first.  And the difference between a 2 million and a 2.5 million dollar CEO is "time management", which leads us back to exceptional management.  The other thing, is to advertise what people hate about other companies.  If people hate waiting to talk to customer service, then you should let them know that people can talk to a customer service representative in less then 1 minute, etc etc.  And a strong product does sell it self, but only after people know about it.  If your product or service sucks, then try to upgrade.  The other part of being successful is raking in the profits to make yourself bigger.  Now, the first way is to use alot of leverage to get the cheapest prices by buying in bulk.  So, u have to use your money as leverage.  Then, you have to cut all unecessary costs as much as possible.  I am a painting contractor, and believe me, I cut costs down to the bare minimum.  If I cut anymore, my company would not operate.  But, at the same time, I spend enough keep it operating smoothely.  I even go so much as to buy cars under 1200.  If its more, I dont buy it.  Eventually when I became bigger, I was able to afford any car I want.  To me it was, "Why try your best to look presentable if youre not going to make anything?"  Id rather look scrubby but make a buck.  Imagine putting in 30k to open a business with decent fixtures, equipment, etc etc.  Then have very little or no custoemrs at all.  Then, think of putting 8k into a business and even though it looks extremely cheap, you have a customer or two.  And eventually, you get your money back.  Then, you would upgrade when you need to.  My painting company costed like 3 grand.  It made over 27k its first 6 months.  Now, I expect to reinvest some of that into my business.  I think it will make 75k in the next 6 months.  Hope some of it helped you.
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fone the suppliers and negociate with them directly
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don't buy silly stuff\n\nan easy way of doing that, is working out how much you want to spend on things from what you get per month.\nfor example if you hve 100$, spend 20$ on food, 20$ on coffee, 30$ on clothes and 30$ on going out. \nit all depends on your priorities and what you feel is important. \nkeep a note of it in your purse and keep track of what you're buying (keep receipts so you can check)\nif you want something but have already spent the money dedicated to that, eg if you want another coffee, but you've spent the 20$ dedicated to that, just get a glass of water: you know you can't afford it. \nand then you will learn to control your spending.\n\ngood luck
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Would you like fries with your burger?\nWhen ever you suggest an item that is associated with the product the customer is already going to buy is add-on or associate selling.\n\nIt is one of the easiest ways to increase the amount of the order and shows value to the customer, letting them know you are thinking of things they may need.
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1. A workable PC that connected to Internet via broadband (at least).\n2. Have in mind what you are looking for.\n3. Go to the website that you already know or do a search on the goods you are looking for.\n4. select the goods accordingly.\n5. arrange shipment if require and select payment mode.\n6. Using credit card or off-line payment whichever available.\n7. The completion of the process is you receive the goods and full payment made.