Watch Out For Minimum Wholesale Order Requirements

A popular baby sling manufacturer appears to be dropping small work at home mom (WAHM) distributors who aren’t selling more than their 10 baby carrier per month minimums.

“I was so disappointed to get this news — especially when they phrased it this way in their letter: ‘In evaluating your sales performance in the last twelve months, your interest in promoting our product line was not apparent,’” said MamaKalena at TheBabyWearer.com forums.

Apparently, sometimes large companies get to the top through the hard work of small-time WAHMs. And then when their product gets popular, they start cutting off those who built them. Why? Selling directly to the public, instead of to wholesalers, nets them the extra money for each sale that they’d otherwise have to share with the wholesaler.

My advice: Check out manufacturers when you’re considering who to partner with. Ask other people who sell the product what their experience is with the company. And find out directly from the company what their minimums are.