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Supplies Wholesalers

THE CARTRIDGE EXPERTS

Supplies Wholesalers- the name says it all. Offering an extensive line of superior quality, high yield, color and monochrome compatible supplies for office equipment, they are direct importers of compatible and remanufactured office equipment supplies. Specializing in superior quality color laser cartridges, Supplies Wholesalers also offers a full line of over 2,000 compatible products.

Supplies Wholesalers' goal is to consistently provide the highest value to their resellers. This is accomplished by extensive manufacturing relationships throughout the USA and Asia, and combining continuous product testing and monitoring, fostering a win-win partnership with its factories, superior logistics, listening to feedback from their resellers, volume purchasing power, contracted FedEx shipping pricing and exceptional customer service. Supplies Wholesalers' experienced industry professionals and extensive line of products fulfills all your one-stop shopping needs.

Supplies Wholesalers sells only to resellers, and their website www.supplieswholesalers.com is password protected. This website provides accurate cross referencing of OEM product information, 100% one-year replacement guarantee for quality and page yield, same day free shipping on orders over $250, accurate order fulfillment & invoicing along with knowledgeable, friendly customer service.

Supplies Wholesalers just celebrated their first year in business. They currently stock hundreds of thousands of the most requested laser cartridges and other compatible and remanufactured imaging supplies that are ready for same day shipping. Over 60% of all orders are blind drop shipments sent directly to their dealer's end-user. The majority of their customers depend on Supplies Wholesalers to be their virtual warehouse and shipping department.

                                                                          Bob Willmes - Founder and CEO

The advent of MPS requires independent servicing dealers to ship a wide variety of supplies on a moment's notice. The Supplies Wholesalers online and print catalogs provide easy to locate and understandable information. This includes cross-reference numbers of OEM makes and models, type of product offered (drum, toner, PM kit, etc.), the OEM part number, the Supplies Wholesalers part number, the suggested retail price and the wholesale cost offered to their resellers. The 64 page catalog lists more than 2000 items ready for same day shipping.

The entire Supplies Wholesalers management team has an extensive history of dealing with compatibles. Founder and CEO Robert V. Willmes has a three decade history of fulfilling the resellers' needs. At age 19, Bob founded Western Computer Products, a computer supplies and accessories wholesaler. After selling it to Azerty in 1988, Bob moved to Reno, Nevada and founded Horizon USA Data Supplies in 1990, which offered OEM and compatible imaging supplies. In less than five years Horizon grew to over $40,000,000 in profitable annual sales at the time Bob Willmes negotiated its sales to SP Richards.

Bob kept his management team together and started Best Computer Supplies in 1995 focusing on the K-12 educational computer supplies and accessories market. After successfully mastering the educational market, BCS was sold in 2000. Next came the conception of Printer Essentials. Bob and his loyal team of co-workers had a strong foundation of product knowledge, import sourcing, logistics, wholesaling and distribution. Within 5 years, under Bob's vision and guidance, Printer Essentials grew to become the largest importer of compatible laser toner cartridges in the USA. In 2005, Bob decided it was time to retire to Hawaii, so he sold Printer Essentials to a large private equity group.

By 2009, Bob began to miss Reno, with its open spaces, and day-to-day interaction with the business world. He began importing laptop batteries and chargers and launched 2 websites: BatteryEdge.com and BatteriesOvernight.com. In March 2010, coinciding with the end of his non-compete agreement, Bob Willmes and many of his former employees expanded their Web presence by launching Supplies Wholesalers, specializing in compatible and remanufactured printer cartridges that are quality manufactured in ISO 9001, ISO 14001 certified and STMC compliant factories in Asia and the United States. To consistently maintain high quality levels only the finest raw materials are used, consistent image quality and yield are monitored and their manufacturing processes are continually refined.

Supplies Wholesalers quickly expanded their offerings to include over 2,000 of the most popular imaging supplies. These include laser toner cartridges, Phaser ink sticks, Inkjet cartridges, postal equipment ink, fax cartridges, POS ribbons, maintenance kits, fusers, copier toner, laptop batteries and chargers. Bob explains Supplies Wholesalers' meteoric rise to industry prominence.
"Having a 25 year history of highly regarded experience in the compatible and remanufacturing imaging supplies business, the ramp up was quickly accomplished. All the back office infrastructure was already in place. We were already importing our laptop batteries and chargers from Shenzhen, China. Our logistics and distribution system was running smoothly with containers arriving at our Sparks, Nevada warehouse on a regular basis. Our trusted relationships with the highest rated, dependable USA and Asian manufacturers were quickly re-established.

"Our shipping contracts with FedEx were in place enabling us to offer free FedEx ground shipping on orders over $250 along with extra low cost on 2nd day and overnight shipments. At Supplies Wholesalers you can count on the highest quality products at competitive pricing, affordable or free freight and the best customer service in the business. Fortunately, our long-standing solid reputation among resellers of compatible products created an immediate customer base for selling our office equipment supplies."

Bob Willmes continues, "Our re-entry into the wholesaling of compatible supplies for the printer, fax and copier market was timed perfectly to help fulfill the increasing need for non-OEM products to the Managed Print Service's market. It is essential for dealers venturing into MPS to partner with a trusted, experienced and knowledgeable compatibles supplier. Supplies Wholesalers is the perfect choice for one-stop shopping for all your office equipment supplies."

"Supplies Wholesalers' #1 goal is for the reseller, (or through free blind drop shipping to their customers) to receive the correct quality-proven products on-time, every-time." Bob Willmes continues, "Our daily complete order fill rate exceeds 95% and the Supplies Wholesalers order accuracy rate exceeds 99.7%. Part of the Supplies Wholesalers' business plan is to expect and reward superior customer service. Our warehouse staff of 10 pickers and packers receive a monthly bonus incentive for high accuracy rates. We can reduce overhead and provide superior on-time delivery when the correct product is quickly and efficiently shipped the first time. Supplies Wholesalers provides a quality product, with page yield rates that are equal to or exceeds the OEM, at a value added price."

24/7 online ordering is available at the password protected supplieswholesalers.com. XML, EDI and Estoreware back office integration is available for ordering requirements of enterprise level customers. All products purchased from Supplies Wholesalers carry a full one-year hassle-free warranty and a 30 day money back guarantee.

As your selling partner, Supplies Wholesalers is committed to helping their resellers through educational and marketing material. supplieswholesalers.com offers specific, pertinent information on USA consumer laws and court cases that forbid OEM's to threaten or charge extra fees to those who choose to use compatible supplies. Supplies Wholesalers also offers free customized reorder labels. Full color, four page customized or generic product advertising flyers are also available. Supplies Wholesalers has an on staff graphic designer to aid with your customization needs. Your Supplies Wholesalers sales rep can explain the program and printing costs.

As a special convenience to ENX readers, you may log into supplieswholesalers.com by using dealer as your password. Once logged in you may take advantage of a special ENX reader get-acquainted 10% discount on your first order. Use discount code ENX10 or simply call 1-866-817-8795 to get started.

While Supplies Wholesalers has just turned 1 year old, Founder and CEO Bob Willmes's companies have purchased and sold hundreds of millions of dollars of compatible supplies over the past 27 years. Supplies Wholesalers brings together the knowledge, resources and reputation of the compatible industry's premier provider. Make Supplies Wholesalers your one-stop compatibles partner.

Contact SuppliesWholesalers.com
THE CARTRIDGE EXPERTS
1335 Greg St, Suite 107
Sparks, NV 89431
866-817-8795 or 775-852-8402
775-284-3855 fax
info@supplieswholesalers.com

 
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