Review…Worldwide Brands For those who have visited this review in the past, you are already aware that I have been a big advocate for Chris Malta's World Wide Brands. It is one of the first products I ever purchased that made me money online, and for that matter, one of the first I ever reviewed for SafeHomeBizReview.

In the last few years boy has Worldwide Brands evolved! It started out as a smaller Drop shipping Directory which has now become one of the largest, and perhaps most respected product sourcing directories for online business currently on the internet.
But before we talk about product sourcing, we need to first discuss the important of product and market resource and protecting yourself from the BEGINNING from going down the wrong physical product path. The Worldwide Brands interface now also adds a new Product Research function on all searches! For both new and veteran online marketers, this resource is priceless! With every search, the Worldwide Brands program will provide you with a Marketplace Analysis on the product based on:
Demand (Keyword Research Tool)
Competition (Yahoo, Google and eBay)
Advertising (Google Adwords)
Auction Pricing (closing eBay Listings)


Now let's talk about suppliers. Understand WHAT Worldwide Brands is...This is a tool and directory to provide you with listings on "true" drop shippers and wholesalers. I stress the word "true" here since there is a misconception by many online users between actual wholesalers and what we call "middlemen" on the internet.

Many other online drop shipper/wholesaler directories "claim" to have larger lists, but understand that these lists may be littered with middlemen. These "middlemen"companies act as an intermediate between you and the supplier. They may call themselves drop shippers, but you are paying a premium on the product and service. Worldwide Brands focuses on and verifies that the suppliers in their directory are:
"True" Drop shippers/Wholesalers (NO MIDDLEMEN!)

Legitimate (They physically exist and currently conduct good business) Meet a list of pre-qualified standards.

These companies will work with online retailers.
(Yes, you will still find in this day and age that many suppliers and distributors will NOT work with online retailers, only brick-n-mortar establishments. In some cases, Worldwide Brands is able to persuade these types of companies to work with their client-base for online sales.)

So what kind of suppliers does the Worldwide Brands product have to offer? They provide five methods sourcing products for resale:

Drop shipping - Suppliers to store and fulfill your product sourcing needs on-demand. No large pre-orders! No inventory to store! No packaging! No shipping! Ideal for the newbie and those looking to test new physical products online.

Light Bulk Wholesaling - Buying products wholesale at smaller lot sizes and purchase buys less than $500. This option is great to save money on drop shipping fees while providing more flexibility and securing and product fulfillment.

Large Volume Wholesale - Buying products in large volumes, usually requiring warehouses or large areas to house products. Lot prices can be high, but the unit price will be better than any other wholesale or drop shipping price. Great way to expand smaller online businesses and increase your profit margin with ultimate product control.

Liquidation Wholesalers - These are auctions where suppliers, distributors or liquidators are unloading products that were either unsold, surplus, refurbished, and closed-out, among other things!

Instant Import Buys - We all know that products sourced from China can cost pennies on the dollar here in the United States. Many big companies specifically source exclusively from China to get the best prices around. For the smaller business owner, managing overseas suppliers, dealing with logistics/tariffs/customs and ensuring delivery is price prohibitive and unrealistic. With Instant Import Buys, the sourcing, logistics and management is taken care of for you. Here you can find bargain lots of products at a fraction of the US cost.

In my opinion, Worldwide Brands is not only the best drop shipping/wholesale directories on the internet today, I also think it may be one of the best eCommerce products, period!

Anyone who believes they have a future in reselling products (whether on eBay, eCommerce, Yahoo-Stores, etc.), I highly recommend that you join Worldwide Brands. This is who I use for sourcing my products and I have never been disappointed in Worldwide Brands or the suppliers they support.