How to purchase office furniture in bulk? Comparison of 3 purchasing channels

Buying office furniture in bulk can significantly reduce the purchase price and increase profits for furniture merchants.

Taking office desks and chairs as an example, the price of each set can be reduced by at least 15% when purchasing in bulk compared to buying in pieces. Assuming that the original price of a set of desks and chairs is US$200, if 100 sets are purchased in bulk, the total price can be saved by US$3,000.

Moreover, in terms of logistics and distribution, transporting furniture in large quantities at one time is cheaper than multiple transportation costs, which can save up to 50% of logistics costs. Therefore, buying office furniture in bulk is the most important part of engaging in the home furnishing industry.

So, how can you buy office furniture in bulk to get a more favorable price? How can you buy in bulk to reduce transportation costs as much as possible? This article lists the advantages and disadvantages of three furniture purchasing channels.

1.Buy office furniture in bulk directly from the manufacturer

Advantages

The biggest advantage of buying office furniture in bulk directly from the manufacturer is that it can reduce procurement costs.

Some furniture industry experts analyzed that in the field of office furniture, buying furniture in bulk directly from manufacturers can have a price advantage of about 20%. For example, a set of ordinary office desks and chairs is sold at a dealer price of $290, but it may only cost about $217 to buy from the manufacturer.

Take a medium-sized furniture company as an example. It plans to purchase 200 sets of office desks and chairs in 2024. If purchased from dealers, each set of desks and chairs will cost $200, and the total purchase cost will be $40,000. If it cooperates directly with the manufacturer, the price per set can be reduced to about $130, and the total purchase cost will be reduced to $33,000, a cost reduction of about 33%.

In addition, the quality of furniture purchased directly in bulk from the manufacturer is relatively controllable. You can even find a manufacturer to customize furniture, which will make your product more competitive. Take a certain furniture company in China as an example. The file cabinets it produces are made of cold-rolled steel plates that meet Chinese national standards with a thickness of 1.0mm.

At the same time, the surface of this file cabinet uses advanced electrostatic spraying technology. After salt spray testing, the corrosion resistance time can reach 1,000 hours.

Disadvantages

However, the requirements for purchasing office furniture in bulk directly from manufacturers are relatively high. First of all, manufacturers generally require a minimum purchase volume to enjoy preferential prices.

Moreover, large-scale purchases require part of the payment in advance, which will bring greater financial pressure in the short term, so the purchaser needs to have a certain financial strength.

In addition, since manufacturers have their own unique advantages, there will also be a problem of limited product styles. Therefore, if you only cooperate with one furniture manufacturer, it may cause the purchaser's product variety to be too limited, which is not conducive to gaining an advantage in the fiercely competitive market.

2. Large furniture wholesale markets

Advantages

Due to the problem of a small number of product varieties for individual furniture manufacturers. As a result, various furniture wholesale markets have emerged in major cities.

There are many varieties in the furniture wholesale market. For purchasers, they can purchase various types of office furniture in one stop, saving a lot of time. Moreover, since furniture companies are more among them, and their product prices are relatively transparent, it is also convenient for purchasers to find cost-effective products.

For example, a newly established technology company in Guangzhou purchased 100 sets of office desks and chairs, 50 sets of filing cabinets and 10 sets of conference tables and chairs at the CIFF exhibition at one time, which was very convenient and saved at least 3 days of procurement time.

Disadvantages

However, this procurement channel is not the best. Although there is price competition between manufacturers, the price purchased in large furniture wholesale markets is not the lowest compared to direct sales by manufacturers.

Moreover, in the furniture wholesale market, the quality of various merchants and products varies, and the purchaser needs to have a strong ability to distinguish.

3. Online furniture wholesale platform

Advantages

The biggest advantage of the online furniture wholesale platform is that you can purchase a large number of office furniture products without leaving home.

click2connect brings together 5,000 styles of office desks and chairs from all over the world, and there are more than 1,000 types of filing cabinets.

click2connect has a simple and easy-to-use web interface, and the procurement process is convenient. According to statistics, it takes an average of only 3-5 working days to complete a purchase order on the platform, while traditional procurement methods take more than 10 working days. A company urgently needs a batch of office furniture to expand its office space. After placing an order on click2connect, the delivery was completed within 3 days.

Conclusion

How to buy office furniture in bulk? This article lists the advantages and disadvantages of three furniture procurement channels. You can choose the most suitable way to purchase cost-effective office furniture.