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What Wholesale Buyers Really Need to See If you’re a product-based business owner selling through online wholesale marketplaces, your photography is often the only conversation you get. There’s no trade show booth, no in-person meeting, no chance to hand a buyer your product and let them feel the weight of it themselves. A buyer scrolling […]

How to Price Your Products for Profit (Without Selling Yourself Short) If you’ve ever looked at wholesale pricing and thought, “How can I possibly make money selling my products for half of retail?” You’re not alone. It’s one of the first questions I hear from makers who are considering wholesale. At first glance, wholesale pricing […]

The Truth About Wholesale: There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Solution One of the most common questions I get from product-based business owners is: “What’s the best wholesale platform?” And my answer is almost always the same: It depends. The truth is that there isn’t a single wholesale channel that’s right for every business. What works beautifully […]

Why “Hive”??? A hive by definition is a place swarming with activity. I like to think of it as a community. We all have a hive: A place where we go to be ourselves and connect with others in a way that feels like home.  I read a story about a bee keeper who found […]

7 Signs It’s Time to Grow Beyond Retail When I first started Grace Girl Beads, wholesale wasn’t even on my radar. Like many product-based business owners, I focused on selling directly to customers through events, my website, and social media. Wholesale felt like something “big brands” did—not a small business run from a spare room […]