When a retailer purchases clothes from a wholesaler or manufacturer, they do it at a greatly discounted price. Often the price a consumer pays for maternity clothes is three to ten times what the retailer paid to the wholesaler. This markup pays for such costs as sales help, store rental, utilities, advertising, and profit. Normally, purchasing wholesale maternity apparel directly from the manufacturers is not a viable option for consumers because wholesalers usually only sell clothes in bulk. This means you might have to buy a dozen red sweaters in the same style to get a bargain buy.
Wholesalers may also have a minimum purchase amount for wholesale maternity apparel, or require a state tax identification number from wholesale purchasers.

However, it is possible for a consumer to purchase wholesale maternity apparel under special circumstances. Many manufacturers are open to the public on specific days, so if you are located near a manufacturer you may be able to get great deals on wholesale maternity apparel by paying attention to these special public days.

You can also consider the wholesale maternity apparel option of buying in bulk and then reselling items you don’t need via online auctions, such as ebay. You may use this method to save yourself money and also make some extra money as a seller.

In addition to traditional wholesale maternity apparel outlets, an alert shopper can sometimes find wholesale maternity apparel prices through traditional retailers. This happens most often at the end of seasons and year end when retailers are trying to reduce inventories, but selection will be severely limited at this time.

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