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Olympus, Sony, Canon, Fuji, Nikon Local Distributor Info Request
Hi all,
I need some help on finding "authorized" local distributor for Olympus, Sony, Canon, Fuji and Nikon near the New York or New Jersey area. I plan to start a reselling business, any insight to this is greatly appreciated. Thanks Regards, Mike |
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Contact the companies directly. If your business plan makes sense to them
they will refer you to their sales rep for your area. There really isn't sufficient margin in most photo equipment to support a "distributor" layer in the food chain. In fact, when you see the difference between typical online selling prices and net cost prices, you may wonder why anyone is in the business at all. If you decide to proceed, be prepared to place fairly substantial minimum orders with each of the companies and expect to have to buy minimum quantities of certain items to get the best prices. Nikon isn't going to sell you one or two cameras at a time. If you want to be a dealer, the companies want to to be serious about it. There are any number of better ways to lose money than as a small photo retailer. Been there - albeit a long time ago - when it was still a marginally profitable business. DS |
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