# Setting up wholesale store

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-wholesale-store/537752>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-wholesale-store/537752 "2010-04-29T15:31:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-wholesale-store/537752/1 "2010-04-29T15:31:22Z")

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A client of mine is getting ready to franchise her business, and will be selling a whole catalog of items to her franchisees.

They’ll have a few hundred SKUs, but don’t really want to build a shipping department and warehouse. Amazon has [Amazon Webstore](http://www.amazonservices.com/content/webstore-by-amazon.htm), but it’s optimized for retail. What is a good wholesale equivalent?