Whether it is an office or home or a school, we all need some kind of stationery which is easily available in any store. Did you know that choosing the right stationery supplier is also important for your supplies? If you are running a business you may not realize but you do spend a lot of money on purchasing stationery, sometime you may end up with low quality products.
The importance of finding a good stationery supplier is to get the supplies that are unique to your requirements. In this article we help you with some tips on how to find a reliable stationery supplier for your business.
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Stocks
Any reliable stationery supplier should have enough stock of every type of stationery that is commonly used by the people. Apart from that, they must have some unique items which are not in demand but used by only specific category of businesses or crowd like art supplies or DIY supplies. This ensures that the people find what they are looking for and do not have to hunt for different stores for their basic needs. You have to make your stock with various items and you should choose the best suppliers in this regard.
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Costs
No stationery suppler can charge you more than the price mentioned on the products by the manufacturers, they may be able to give you discounts. If you are planning to buy your supplies in bulk then you can avail some good deals and discounts. This will help you save money. Nowadays, you can find such stationary items online and you can avail a huge discount on these items. But, go local and shop from your local stores, because you can save your shipping charges by choosing your stationary items from your nearest store.
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Services
There are different types of services offered by stationery suppliers like free of charge delivery, customer support, return policy, refund policy, exchange timings etc. it is best to check how flexible they are and how well are these services provided to their clients. You can find out the best suppliers by reading their reviews on various social media platforms and review sites.
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Reputation
Any business will survive in the market only because of its reputation. You can check their feedbacks and complaints posted by clients on various review websites, comments on their social media handles etc. to have some negative comments or reviews is not a bad sign because it is not possible to make everyone happy but too many of negative comments is a red flag and that stationery supplier should be avoided.
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Go for a trial
If you find a stationery supplier which is offering you products that you want and also within the budget, the best to confirm the dealer is to go for a trial run. You can place the order for your supplies and check how easy was it to place the order, did the dealer have enough products, how easy was it to find the product that you need, how quick was the service and delivery, the quality of the product etc. this will help you determine if you would want to continue doing business with this supplier or not.
Conclusion
Stationeries are pretty small items in any type of business and many people rarely pay any attention to it and often look for picking up lowest priced items to save money and do not realize that this way they are spending more money than they even know about. Just like any other products, even the stationeries should be picked up of good quality that will last long and save you money.
