If you have recently started in the wholesale business one of the first challenges you will notice is the highly competitive nature of the wholesale business. For starters, pretty much anyone can enter the wholesale business and call themselves a wholesaler simply by having a case of merchandise that they are looking to sell.

Then on the other end of the wholesale spectrum you have large wholesalers who work hand in hand with manufacturers and importers who can offer close to cost prices simply because they are working on volume.

While the average wholesaler is looking for special deals, many times the true deals are reserved for large wholesale customer who can buy in volume directly from manufacturers and importers.

So how can a new entrant to the wholesale market place stay competitive, and at the same time beat out the ever growing level of competition?

According to Donny Lowy, the CEO of www.closeoutexplosion.com and www.wholesalequest.com,