Back in the day, when I started selling online; I sold my son’s Pokemon cards. If you recall that was after the Elmo craze. Then we entered the Pokemon.

Anyhow, once I was done selling all the extra Pokemon (I sold on Yahoo Auctions) I wanted to find products I could afford to stock and sell online.

Of course Mary Kay, Jafra, AVON and Discovery Toys were accessible to me. However, I was not interested. What I did find was Home Décor.

I contacted the local Chamber of Commerce. In fact I contacted all the Chamber of Commerce in Cities nearby Ports or Industrial areas. This was a great source of information.  

Back then, such agencies did not have a website with all the information. So, I would visit them and pick up a copy of the directory.

You can find your own source for items by contacting:

Trade Shows

Chamber of Commerce

City Business Division

Yellow pages for Manufactures

Convention Center

Today you have the internet filled with information. Today we are all very careful on how we spend our money. Therefore, here is a short list of reliable sources for Suppliers. If you want drop shippers you will have to contact each company yourself and ask if they offer this service.

We use a handful of companies to handle drop-ship for us. We sell a large volume and it is pretty scary not to have Quality Control. Therefore, we only use companies that will not question our customer in the event of damage or returns.

Other sources for information:

Alibaba

Los Angeles Mart

I am working on a list to provide you sources around the Country and Canada. Of course it will be Free.