Strategy February 05, 2018
Are You And Your Suppliers 2018 Ready?
Enter 2018 with better-than-ever sales by positioning yourself with suppliers that have embraced the new digital age. Sourcing from an online-based supplier can benefit your bottom line in a number of ways. Here’s how to leverage the partnership, using the efficient e-commerce platform of Wholesale Banners Online as an example.
How does an e-commerce platform help you?
Reduce Costs
Updated product information with pricing is available in real time. In addition, an e-commerce platform means less overhead, which translates to lower pricing that you can either pocket or pass along to your clients.
Avoid Mistakes
Pairing each product ordered with the product and artwork and submitting them simultaneously online means there’s less chance for mistakes. This also moves the order into the professional graphic designer’s queue quickly. Once the graphic designer is finished, the system serves up the digital proof so there’s less chance of error on the back end as well.
Get Faster Approvals
Once the proof is sent to you to share with your client electronically (which can happen in mere seconds) and they approve the artwork, it can go straight to production via the platform. Most products are completed within a 24- to 48-hour turnaround. For an industry in which one in three orders require a turn time of five days or less, faster is always better. You and your customers can track the process online throughout the entire life of the order for peace of mind.