How to Get Carrefour/departmental Store to Sell My Stuff?

swee18

any advice would be much appreciated.

ital23

Hi,

you have to call the reception and ask for the revelant buyer incharge,make appt to see them and fill up the vendor application form.
There is a opening account fee.Last time carrefour is $3000.
Now i m not sure.You make ask the reception.
As for dept store,same method applies!

good luck!

swee18

Thanks.. Wow.. 3K ah.. I believe on top of that they take a portion of the sales right? Any idea how much?

mspown

i had been a account holder with carefourr since last year and for my advice you better go and get a push cart or event to sell your product rather then to consign to them.

1) first you need to pay them a fees to open an account
2) you need to pay them additional for stupid listing fee which are useless
3) you need to pay to their vendor to set up a b2b account in order to recived and see your invoice account,,and also to collect money

in short before you start to get your selling money in 45days (which drag to 60days) you have to come upfront of few thousand first,,,also dun forget of your own stock cost.....

and worst of all, they keep asking you to take part their outside event to show support and you still need to pay additional rental charge beside of their percentage intake.

so please think twice before step in,,,
i think just rent a space with one of those organiser is a wiser choice..

hope it helps..

Mystech

you think 45 days is bad.... try mustafa... :

ital23

Hi ,

On top of the opening account fee, you will need to pay a margin.it's depend on how you negotiate with the buyer.Payment terms is 45 days - 60 days depending .

Fyi,these applies to all department stores as well,the margin can kill.Especially john litte / robinson margin,it is 45%-50%.Not worth to do it.It is better to join those event organiser to sell your products.

By the way, what products are you selling?

ital23

ya....mustarfa is 90 - 120 days!!!!!!

mspown

Agreed,,

Mustafa is worst,,,
also john little another blood sucker...take at least 45% and demand this and that,,,
make you like their worker and keep calling you to come down to shift this shift that...

jemgym

ya better to get pushcart or go fleamarket better....can get closer to your customers on top of cost savings

Cocoon

when you intend to sell? maybe i can help?