Understanding Wholesale Supplies

The details matter to us, we work for you!

As you can appreciate, supplying thousands items of various sizes, quantity and product types which are stored at multiple hundreds of supplier locations around the country is a complex task for the biggest companies on the planet

At Wholesales Supply when we onboard a suppliers products range we also consider the rules and requirements for their business model. These include but are not limited to:

  • Warehouses
    • Where are the warehouse(s) located?
    • What area does that particular warehouse service, by postcode?
    • What is the Order Cut off time?
    • Can the warehouse handle Urgent orders? Is there a surcharge?
  • General
    • Is there a Minimum Order Value, and or/is there a Minimum order Volume to buy from them Wholesale, and if applicable, are these numbers different for Outside Metro.
  • Carriers
    • Do they have a specified preference for Carriers for parcels, and pallets, if so who are they
    • Can they ship to Australia only or also Internationally
    • In Australia, do they ship to ALL Post Codes
  • Products
    • Are all Products available to all States and Post Codes
    • Do we have a live inventory feed, per warehouse
    • Do you allow back orders for all products, and what is your typical resupply timeline?
    • Are the Products considered Dangerous Goods? If so, which ones specifically and what Class of DG applies.
  • Freight Charges
    • Do they offer Free Shipping and if so, under what circumstances
    • Do they offer Free Shipping outside of “Metro” Areas, and what do they consider to be Metro (by Post Code)
  • Discounts
    • Do they offer further Volume discounts (known as tier discounts”) to our customers for high volume orders, if yes, on which products, and what is the discount %
    • Do you offer Black Friday wholesale further discount or similar?