Open a Discount Designer Sunglasses Business

July 25, 2010 · 10 comments

This is a guest post about one of the sponsors of the FamousBloggers CommentLuv $3550 CASH PRIZES Blogging Contest by Donna Fontenot (aka DazzlinDonna) who says about herself, “I’m a near-dinosaur in the SEO world, but I don’t really consider myself an SEO. I’m an online entrepreneur, affiliate marketer, and ebusiness coach among other things. Mainly, I’m a geek making a living online.”.

If you’ve ever wanted to dip your toes into selling retail products but you weren’t sure if you should risk buying huge amounts of inventory, you may want to start with a company that allows you to buy in whatever quantities you choose. One such wholesaler is Olympiceyewear, which sells wholesale designer sunglasses and sports goggles by the dozen. Sunglasses are great products to sell because they are items that everyone needs, and they also come built in with a “cool factor”. Everyone knows that the right shades immediately embodies the wearer with a touch of “cool”.

Olympiceyewear has over 1000 attractive styles to choose from, and everything you see on their site is in stock, available for order and prompt delivery. To ensure that you get exactly what you want, you can choose from:

  • Assorted Dozen (1 model of sunglasses in assorted colors)
  • Single Color Dozen (1 model of sunglasses in single color)
  • Assorted Models Dozen (assorted models of sunglasses in assorted colors)< ?li>

As a customer, you can use the images of the sunglasses you sell, and Olympiceyewear will replace the Olympic Eyewear water mark with your company logo or name. This gives you the ability to hide the source of your distributor from competitor’s eyes, and gives your business extra credibility.

Suggested retail price of the sunglasses you’ll sell is $10-$15 each, and at that price you should be able to do well, especially if you set up in a location with high foot traffic. Many of the styles I looked at were priced at wholesale for less than $20 per DOZEN, and of course, the more you buy, the bigger discount you receive. That ends up coming out to a pretty decent profit margin.

Two of the questions I would usually ask are actually answered on their FAQ.

Are your sunglasses legal to sell? Can they cause vision problems?

All sunglasses offered by this web site are absolutely legal to sell and to own. They do not violate any copyrights or registered trademarks. Moreover, we guarantee our sunglasses to be certified and to comply with or exceed USA and European Standards for Eyewear.

  • CE passed
  • ISO9001 passed
  • EN1863:1997 passed

Complies with US and European UV400 Lens Standard

Sunglasses at Olympiceyewear are of the same high level of UV protection as the sunglasses sold by expensive designer boutiques for $200-$400.

If you’ve been thinking of selling your own products, but were afraid to jump in too deep, this could be a good way to start while you acquire the knowledge and experience to swim in the deep end of the retail sales business pool.

Now that you’ve got the itch for selling sunglasses, why not scratch the itch to make a comment on my contest post, 5 Steps To Impressing A Longtime Jaded Blogger With Your Comments or tweet a link to it. We’ll all be glad you did. :)

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Nabeel from Create Your First Website July 26, 2010 at 1:32 am

Hi,

Looks like a good business setup.

But I had a question:

Is it for an online store or do we sell it offline?

Kindest,
Nabeel

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iPad Case July 26, 2010 at 8:56 am

Excellent read, it’s the really helpful content that I was looking for related to Sunglasses, but it does look like a rather complex affair.

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Wedding DJs July 26, 2010 at 11:24 am

The best place to go for sunglasses is at Ross (Discount Dept. Store chain) where designer labels sell for 80% off retail. If you go on Senior Day (Tues), there’s an additional 10% discount for persons 55+.

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Mirrors July 27, 2010 at 7:53 am

Pretty nice Information, adding to admins points I would like to suggest to open an online business Store. As you may have many good sells in online market also.

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Tampa SEO July 27, 2010 at 11:17 am

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I think this is also a great idea but it will take some marketing to go with it. You can have any product but if you do not add marketing to it you will never get it sold like you will want and need it to.
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Colleen from Kennewick Homes July 27, 2010 at 12:52 pm

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Sometimes I’ll become an affiliate just to get a discounted product. Sounds these sunglasses would work for me! :) Thanks for the heads-up Donna. And, good luck in the contest.
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Tiffany jewelry July 28, 2010 at 3:57 am

This is such a good post about open a discount designer sunglasses business.I think that this post is very useful for those who are just beginner in designer sunglasses business as you have provided here some important information which should consider for this business.
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Tamara from soldier costume August 22, 2010 at 7:33 pm

I have many different kinds of sunglasses since I like the trend on usage of sunglasses seems to be enhancing continuously. Their popularity can be observed vastly among the youth. Your site helping me to find the right one.
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Sunglasses Wholesale September 4, 2010 at 1:35 pm

Droppshippers has a huge, varied inventory; flourishing online business and also they can offer almost any brand, style, or design.

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