How to Find Wholesale Stained Glass Supplies

There are a couple reasons to find wholesale stained glass. The main reason is that you want to make stained glass to resell to the public.

In order to be competitive, you'll need to buy at a discount so you can make money on the retail end.

Or perhaps you want to sell tools, supplies, and other stained glass products to the public because you know there is a market out there for stained glass enthusiasts who would love discounts.

The other reason is that you are tired of paying high end retail for tools, supplies, etc. and want to save some cash.

Buying wholesale for personal purposes is done all the time, but be careful. You could get into some trouble because the reason you buy wholesale stained glass is to resell, not for your own peronal use (at least 100% of each purchase).

So, I have entered this phase of my stained glass hobby or business and want to buy wholesale stained glass to either sell the products themselves or sell my artwork or both.

How do I go about purchasing from manufacturers and wholesalers?

This is something we know very well. We have been eBay resellers for a long time and the one challenging aspect was finding good wholesale companies to buy cheaply enough to make a profit on the resale.

We did a numerous amount of research only to come up short many times - at least from an eBay standpoint because items usually go for 50% discounts and more on there.

Good News: Finding wholesalers however to sell to end retail buyers is not that hard!!!

First, depending on your state, you may need some sort of reseller's license. This shows that you are a legitimate business (no you don't have to incorporate). Wholesalers will almost always want to see something saying you are able to buy from them - they don't sell to the general public.

If a company does not ask for it, I would be skeptical.

Next, you need to find good companies to buy from. This can be done a number of ways. Just doing a Google search doesn't always work. Legit wholesale stained glass companies aren't always Internet marketing wizards, so you may not find them at the top of the search engines.

Below is a list of our favorite ways to find wholesale stained glass companies to work with. We recently found one that gave us a list of over 100 pages filled with all the products anyone would ever need to make glass art.

• Google search using creative keywords - i.e. "stained glass +wholesale login"
  
  
• Thomas Register
  
  
• Worldwide Brands
  
  
• Call the Manufacturers from products you already use or know
  
  
• Ask your local hobby shop where they get their products
  
  
• By being a little detective oriented!

You must be creative to find the good wholesale stained glass companies. Other ways are to buy from liquidation suppliers, closeouts, keep an eye out for deals at your local shops, and more.

We are going to have a whole section devoted to turning your passion/hobby into a stained glass money making machine, so stay tuned for more!

Update: Soon we will be providing discount stained glass supplies for our visitors. We have found one wholesale source and are looking for more as we build the site to offer to you. Please be patient as we will have this open soon.

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