Vendor Product Target

This program is designed for Internet Fulfillment of our Vendor Partner products that fall into the category of 1) Items that are too heavy/large/costly to ship twice or 2) Items that have multiple sizes/colors/configurations.

Vendor Partner/Internet Retailer Benefits

•  Ability to sell entire line of products to Key Internet Retailers
•  No issue of stock rotation or distribution returns
•  Access to all vendor inventory and domestic stocking locations
•  Savings on freight to secondary shipping point
•  Single point of contact to manage Internet Retailer
•  Single bill-to for Vendor Partner
•  Leverage EBCO understanding of retailer business requirements
•  Leverage EBCO marketing/sales expertise/market intelligence

 The Process

•  EBCO acts as the "virtual supplier" to the Internet Retailer
•  EBCO manages all Vendor sales/marketing/terms/programs
•  Retailers customers place the on-line order through EBCO
•  EBCO orders product, w/ the drop-ship location, thru vendor
•  Vendor Partner ships a "consumer-ready" product to the end-user
•  Vendor Partner invoices EBCO
•  EBCO invoices Internet Retailer directly

 The Program

•  EBCO purchases the product from Vendor Partner
•  Vendor Partner provides EBCO a "blended" freight cost
•  This creates a "net cost including freight" to EBCO
•  EBCO charges a nominal service transaction markup fee to IR
•  Internet Retailer marks up the product as per their margin req.
•  EBCO provides return handling experience
•  Product forecasting will be requested from Internet Retailer

 Points of Discussion

•  Turn-around time on orders to consumer and Shipment Tracking
•  Private label branding
•  Domestic inventory- models available for immediate shipment
•  Program for direct import
•  Custom models, colors, features
•  Marketing and Co-op programs as per available funding