Toiletries

Use the Internet to find wholesale toiletries and personal bathroom products at low prices
By Lauren Haslett The market for toiletries and travel toiletries is enormous, and to get a piece of it, business owners must offer the best goods available at extremely competitive prices. The key to being able to price your products low and still earn a profit is purchasing the products you need at the lowest possible cost. Finding good toiletry distributors and wholesalers is one great way to do just that.

As you start your search for reputable wholesalers and distributors:

1. Begin looking for bulk toiletries from wholesalers and suppliers you already trust, if possible, or even from those you have heard about from other business owners in your industry.

2. Anticipate your customers' every need by providing them with the option of travel size toiletries in every area that you also offer standard size products.

3. Look for even the most specific bulk toiletries and personal bathroom products at online retailers who specialize in exactly what you need.

Begin your search with large, well-known toiletry wholesalers

Mass retailers and huge wholesalers are great places to look for basic toiletry items at lower than average prices. These are the places to start looking for supplies if you need to lower your cost of doing business.
Try:  Check into online companies that sell toiletries wholesale, like DollarDays, which sells every personal bathroom product imaginable. For a more specific array of offerings, try Scentiments for discount fragrances for men and women, or ToiletSavings.com for low-cost toiletry sets.

Offer travel toiletries as a way to rake in extra profits

Many consumers choose to purchase travel size toiletries to take with them on vacation, business trips or even on a daily basis to the office. They are convenient and popular, especially if one is traveling by plane and has a very limited amount of space in which to pack. Stock travel size women's toiletries and men's toiletries to be sure you reach out to every piece of this lucrative market segment.
Try:  Search websites like minimus.biz, which sells nothing but personal and travel size products, including toiletries. Fullers' Soaps Co. provides bulk travel size toiletries that are marketed directly toward the hotel owner or innkeeper.

Find even the most unusual or specialized toiletries wholesale online

The Internet makes it easy to get even hard-to-find toiletries and related products for your business at very reasonable prices.
Try:  SKS Bottle & Packaging, Inc. is a company that sells a wide variety of plastic travel size containers and toiletry travel kits for the consumer who doesn't wish to purchase an entirely new supply of their personal care products in miniature. Drugstore.com is a great resource that offers a huge variety of products (and even offers free shipping!), and for those extra picky customers, Reforma Group will contract with business owners to produce customized personal care products.

• Discover which toiletry distributors and wholesalers other business owners in your area purchase from, try an online blog or chat with business owners from all over to get an even better picture of what's available to you and what works for others in your position.