For many small companies, their niche may be in business-to-business deals, often referred to a B2B, where they seldom deal with the public, preferring to conduct business with other businesses.
Whether it is selling cleaning supplies, equipment or services or offering office supplies and business services, the focus on serving other business customers gives them a slight edge in delivering quality products at a reasonable price.
With most consumer-oriented businesses you are at the mercy of the individual's changing tastes as well as their spending habits and moods. You will need an inventory, or at least a supplier that handle numerous brands, sizes and color options to meet a variety of needs.
To see an example, walk through a department store and check out all the different products for washing clothes or dishes and even scrubbing the floors. The variety is endless and designed to meet the various needs of the consumer. Brand loyalty can also play a major role in your sales potential.
Walk through an office supply store focused on business and you will see a smaller selection of products. Typically, they sell the best of the best, which doesn't mean the best quality product; they offer the best selling products. There may be others on the market that generate a higher profit margin, but if the business owners don't buy them, the profit margin is zero.
Some office supply stores have merged the needs of the business owner with the wants of the consumer and have found that most of the same office products and equipment sell well to both markets. However, when it comes to equipment, businesses generally buy the more higher-end products for their durability.
Being able to focus on a niche market in the business world can provide a good home-based business, without the need to cater to the variable whims of the general public.
Additionally, businesses will seldom have time to wander around a store looking for new and different products. Ink, for example, whether for ink jet printers or laser printers is not something they want to look through shelves and shelves of choices.
They know what type of printer they have and what type of cartridge they need. If they go to the store and they are out of their cartridge, they don't have the option of buying an alternative.
Paper is a different story as most printers and copiers can use the same paper, although some of the cheaper grades may clog up print heads with lint off cheap paper.
Offering to meet the needs of the business customer by providing not only the products they regularly need but also the service that keeps them in the office making money, will make you a hit in the business-to-business marketplace. Selling the products they need and offering free delivery can quickly make you the one they will call when they need supplies.
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