{"id":601,"date":"2022-05-25T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.worldwidebrands.com\/index.php\/?p=601"},"modified":"2022-05-25T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T16:01:40","slug":"trade-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade References?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are trade references and when do I need them? This is a question we have gotten recently from some members because we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"listed wholesale suppliers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/dropshipping\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>listed wholesale suppliers<\/strong><\/a> that will, on occasion, ask for them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are Trade References?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trade references are who you have purchased from in the past, or recently, for something similar. Like wholesale products from another wholesale supplier or distributor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When supplying a Trade Reference, you would provide a telephone number, email address and the mailing address of a contact at that prior company.  This will allow the wholesale supplier who is asking to reach out and contact those businesses you have purchased from.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do they need them?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/3944405\/pexels-photo-3944405.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;w=1260&amp;h=750&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"No trade references so the image depicts a person paying for wholesale products with a credit card. \" width=\"283\" height=\"188\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you ask a genuine wholesale supplier for an account with <strong>credit terms<\/strong>, the wholesaler typically asks you for Trade References.&nbsp; This is all in an effort to determine your payment history and credit worthiness.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, a new business simply will not have any prior credit history.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t worry! It&#8217;s ok! That will not immediately deny you from having a dealer account with that wholesale supplier. But you usually cannot buy on credit terms. Like pay every 30 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will have to pay for the products up front or using your credit card until you have built up a good credit history with your wholesale supplier.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But guess what?!? That wholesale supplier then becomes a Trade Reference for you! (<em>provided you have a good payment&nbsp;history with that wholesale supplier of course<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Did you like this article? You will also like&#8230;<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Before You Contact A Wholesale Supplier (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/before-you-contact-a-wholesale-supplier\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Before You Contact A Wholesale Supplier<\/strong><\/a>: <br><em>Don\u2019t assume that all wholesale suppliers are&nbsp;willing to work with online retailers.&nbsp;&nbsp;You might think that because they want to sell products, that they would&nbsp;welcome you as a new sales channel. But they don\u2019t!&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade References from previous suppliers help validate your credit worthiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,28],"tags":[964,346,963,962,865,892,891],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dropshippers","category-wholesalers","tag-buying-at-wholesale","tag-buying-wholesale-products","tag-credit-terms","tag-trade-references","tag-wholesale-buying","tag-working-with-dropshippers","tag-working-with-wholesalers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Trade References? - Worldwide Brands Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What are trade references and when do I need them? This is a question we have gotten recently from some members because we have listed...\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trade References? - Worldwide Brands Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What are trade references and when do I need them? This is a question we have gotten recently from some members because we have listed...\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Worldwide Brands Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldwidebrandsinc\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-25T13:00:16+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-25T16:01:40+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405-1024x683.jpeg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tisha Hedges\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@worldwidebrands\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@worldwidebrands\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tisha Hedges\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tisha Hedges\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cc73706e935f531617ddbe5550bb759f\"},\"headline\":\"Trade References?\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-25T13:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-25T16:01:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/\"},\"wordCount\":312,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"buying at wholesale\",\"buying wholesale products\",\"credit terms\",\"trade references\",\"wholesale buying\",\"working with dropshippers\",\"working with wholesalers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Working with Dropshippers\",\"Working with Wholesalers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/\",\"name\":\"Trade References? - Worldwide Brands Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-25T13:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-25T16:01:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"What are trade references and when do I need them? This is a question we have gotten recently from some members because we have listed...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg\",\"width\":6000,\"height\":4000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trade References?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Worldwide Brands Blog\",\"description\":\"Navigating E-Commerce with Trusted Sourcing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Worldwide Brands Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo_blue_transparent.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo_blue_transparent.png\",\"width\":328,\"height\":64,\"caption\":\"Worldwide Brands Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldwidebrandsinc\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/worldwidebrands\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wbidirectory\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cc73706e935f531617ddbe5550bb759f\",\"name\":\"Tisha Hedges\",\"description\":\"Director of Operations for Worldwide Brands, Inc\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/author\/tisha\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trade References? - Worldwide Brands Blog","description":"What are trade references and when do I need them? This is a question we have gotten recently from some members because we have listed...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trade References? - Worldwide Brands Blog","og_description":"What are trade references and when do I need them? This is a question we have gotten recently from some members because we have listed...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/","og_site_name":"Worldwide Brands Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldwidebrandsinc","article_published_time":"2022-05-25T13:00:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-25T16:01:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405-1024x683.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tisha Hedges","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@worldwidebrands","twitter_site":"@worldwidebrands","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tisha Hedges","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/"},"author":{"name":"Tisha Hedges","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cc73706e935f531617ddbe5550bb759f"},"headline":"Trade References?","datePublished":"2022-05-25T13:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-25T16:01:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/"},"wordCount":312,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg","keywords":["buying at wholesale","buying wholesale products","credit terms","trade references","wholesale buying","working with dropshippers","working with wholesalers"],"articleSection":["Working with Dropshippers","Working with Wholesalers"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/","url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/","name":"Trade References? - Worldwide Brands Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-05-25T13:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-25T16:01:40+00:00","description":"What are trade references and when do I need them? This is a question we have gotten recently from some members because we have listed...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pexels-photo-7979405.jpeg","width":6000,"height":4000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/trade-references\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trade References?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/","name":"Worldwide Brands Blog","description":"Navigating E-Commerce with Trusted Sourcing","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Worldwide Brands Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo_blue_transparent.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo_blue_transparent.png","width":328,"height":64,"caption":"Worldwide Brands Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldwidebrandsinc","https:\/\/x.com\/worldwidebrands","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wbidirectory\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cc73706e935f531617ddbe5550bb759f","name":"Tisha Hedges","description":"Director of Operations for Worldwide Brands, Inc","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/author\/tisha\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldwidebrands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}