They want to make sure we are in line with the price. Network entrepreneurs factor that caution into their business models, and they report that they're getting a very positive response from all segments of the industry. Also, as the site is not regularly updated with listings, it is really little more than a presentation of the range of typical merchandise provided by a seller. From our perspective, it is therefore not presently structured to handle volume corporate e-commerce traders such as us. As the site is trade-locked, it really limits the amount of buyers who utilize the site.
Traffic is the common issue that sellers have with wholesale trading networks.
Most of the companies interviewed for this article are experienced in online trading, and several sell gems through their own e-commerce sites. While they all feel that wholesale networks are a good idea in theory, in practice it simply doesn't work for them. She has made a few attempts to sell her merchandise there, but has yet to make a sale. The only thing I can think of is they're just not generating the traffic . . . I'm just not sure how they would generate the traffic.