About Us

Who We Are, What We Do, and Why You Can Trust Us!

Why You Can Trust Us...

What we do...

Product Sourcing Research

Most REAL Wholesale Suppliers will NOT work with home-based business owners. We research THOUSANDS of Wholesale Suppliers every year and FIND those suppliers who WILL work with you. Then we publish that information in our wholesaler database, the World's ONLY Complete Product Sourcing Resource!  We do the Research, so you don't have to!

Wholesale Scam Protection

There are a lot of Middlemen and Wholesale Scammers out there who want you to think that they are real Wholesalers, when they are NOT. Fake Wholesalers kill your profit margins. We guarantee that the thousands of REAL Wholesalers in our database are Scam-Free.

Market Research

Knowing what to sell before you try to sell it is critical for your EBiz. Our online database integrates thorough Market Research Analysis into every wholesale product search, so you can quickly and easily decide what the best products are to sell online right now!

Product Sourcing Education

Through The Entrepreneur Product Sourcing and EBiz Radio Show, our Knowledge Base, our Free Articles, the educational material we write for eBay University and much, much more, we work to educate EBiz Owners on the very important process of REAL Product Sourcing.

Who We Are...

Chris Malta, Founder/CEO - Chris was formerly a Microsoft-Certified Systems Engineer who has worked for many of the big corporations, designing and building both corporate and ECommerce networks. He's spent many years working in ECommerce and web site design. He is the Founding Partner and CEO of Worldwide Brands, Inc., Co-Host of The Entrepreneur Product Sourcing and EBiz Show, Product Sourcing Editor for The eBay Radio Show, and a best-selling EBiz Author.

Rob Cowie, President - Rob is a highly talented Marketing Specialist, and a well known Television & Movie Producer. He is known in the movie industry as one of the producers of "The Blair Witch Project", among other things. A Partner in our company, Rob is President of Worldwide Brands and heads up the Sales & Marketing Department.

Jim Ritzel, Business Evaluation Manager - Jim was formerly an Electro-Optical Engineer who worked for many years in International Project Management and Sales and Marketing, traveling the world for the high-tech Aerospace industry. Today he manages Business Evaluations for Worldwide Brands.

Erik Repich, Director of Technology - Erik spent more than 10 years as a high-level programmer for several Fortune 500 companies. He is now responsible for all of the Worldwide Brand's site, database and Software Development programming. Erik also participated in the design and creation of the programming for our wholesaler database, and is constantly working on new Software Product project developments.  He is an eBay Certified Engineer.

Tisha Rogers , Director of Operations - Tisha is responsible for the day-to-day Operations of the company & general office management. An eBay Certified Consultant, she grew up in the wholesale industry; her family owns a manufacturing and wholesale facility in Illinois. She has worked closely with people in the manufacturing and wholesale industry for many years. She now uses that critical knowledge running the Customer Service and Research Departments, and supervising our offices at Worldwide Brands, Inc.

Colette Marshall, Director of Marketing - For many years, Colette has managed high priority marketing projects. An eBay Certified Consultant, she has also worked with many companies on manufacturing development projects.  She has been involved with Affiliate and Internet Marketing for several years and is responsible for the marketing growth of Worldwide Brands.  She co-hosts the Entrepreneur Product Sourcing & EBiz Show and regularly speaks and conducts product sourcing teleseminars, webinars, and eBay workshops throughout the year.

Brian Pieper, Multi Media Manager - Brian has over 8 years experience in the digital media & video content production environment as well as 4 years experience teaching and developing the digital media course curriculum at Full Sail Real World Education, a Florida State accredited University. Brian brings his extensive knowledge by designing, developing and maintaining the Digital Media and Educational content for Worldwide Brands.

Mark Malta, Senior Designer - Mark has made contributions to graphic designs over the past few years that can be seen in places from Universal Studios Orlando to Cypress Gardens Florida, and much more. He has graphics and production work on three movies under his belt, and continues to study Graphic Design as he works full time to improve the visual experience for our site visitors at Worldwide Brands.

Colleen Darwent, Affiliate Manager - Colleen brings to Worldwide Brands her project coordinator experience from working in a variety of developmental projects. As Worldwide Brands Affiliate Manager, Colleen is responsible for managing, developing and expanding affiliate relationships with Worldwide Brands through our Resource and Affiliate Centers. 

Nicole Ayers, Customer Service Supervisor - Nicole has many years experience working with customers. Her background in Administrative work for the Florida Legal System allowed her to develop excellent customer service & computer skills. Since 2005, Nicole has utilized these skills for Worldwide Brands as Customer Service Supervisor.

Don Mosley, Senior Research Specialist - Don comes to us from Mississippi, where he graduated from Mississippi State University. Since 2004 he has used his extensive customer service & inside sales background for Worldwide Brands. He also finds time in his busy schedule to fulfill various community service roles on a volunteer basis. As Senior Research Specialist, Don assists our Director of Operations with heading up the Research Department.

Troy Greene, Research Specialist - Troy has over 10 years experience in the customer service and retail industry. Troy hails to us from New Jersey and since 2005 he has used his experience and talent for Worldwide Brands as a wholesaler Research Specialist.

Ian Cowie, Research Specialist - Ian brings to Worldwide Brands his diverse customer support experience that he has gathered over many years working within the service industry. As a member of our wholesaler research team, his main responsibility is to contact and research suppliers for our online database. Ian also assists the customer support team when needed.

Kirsten Overholt, Content Producer - Kirsten uses her substantial writing and production experience to develop content for numerous multi-media projects, including articles, workshops, webinars, radio shows, podcasts, and videos. She is also the content producer for the The Entrepreneur Product Sourcing & EBiz Show.

Courtney Malta, Data Entry & Research Specialist - Courtney’s administration and customer service background helped her develop the skills she now employs as a member of Worldwide Brands’ Research & Data Entry team. She works daily to expand our wholesale database by contacting wholesale suppliers for a listing in our database, as well as adding the new qualified wholesalers into the system & keeping their information up to date.