Quick answer: A protective case wholesaler sells by tier, not by list price: adjacent tiers sit 5%–9% apart, rebates settle better on payment than shipment, and lead time must be pinned to a sailing date.
Table of contents
- Distributor Tiers and Territory Rights for a Protective Case Wholesaler
- Reading the Quotation Sheet: Tiers, Rebates and Minimum Order Value
- Order Quantity and Stock Turnover at the Wholesaler
- Lead Time From Production Slot to Delivery Window
- Transfers, Returns and the Cash Cost of Credit
- FAQ
1. Distributor Tiers and Territory Rights for a Protective Case Wholesaler
A protective case wholesaler is a chain, not a company: provincial masters break bulk, city distributors serve shops and projects, project suppliers register case by case. Fix the layer before the price.
Authorization is boundaries, not discounts: geography, channel, whitelist. Exclusivity runs twelve months and renews against target completion, dropping to ordinary distribution under seventy percent. Diversion is judged by a laser code plus a carton region code, penalised by warning, rebate cut, withdrawal.
| Tier | Territory | Annual purchase | Price tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial master | Province | RMB 1.8 million | First |
| City distributor | One city or sector | RMB 450,000 | Second |
| Project supplier | One project | RMB 80,000 | Project rate |
| Platform store | Model whitelist | RMB 600,000 | Second plus rebate |
2. Reading the Quotation Sheet: Tiers, Rebates and Minimum Order Value
Tiers are thresholds, not discounts, and a protective case wholesaler rarely says so. Adjacent steps sit 5%–9% apart, reset yearly, and stepping down mid-year means paying the difference back.
Quote tax as a rate: a 13% VAT invoice decides comparability, and a tax-inclusive line from a small-scale taxpayer adds three points. Rebates of 3%–6% settle on payment or shipment, payment being safer. Ex-works leaves haulage with the buyer.
| Field | Wording | What to pin down |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | First, second, third | Annual value, payback rule |
| Tax | Inclusive, exclusive | 13% VAT invoice issued |
| Rebate | 3%–6% | Payment or shipment basis |
| Freight | Ex-works, CIF, delivered | Minimum volume, unloading |
| Minimum order | RMB 50,000 | Stacks with annual target |
A protective case wholesaler quotes two minimums: RMB 50,000 per drop decides container fill, RMB 1.8 million a year decides the first tier.
3. Order Quantity and Stock Turnover at the Wholesaler
Order quantity is a cash question for a protective case wholesaler. A 620 × 420 × 245 mm case lands near RMB 260, so 1,200 units tie up RMB 312,000. Holding it from 45 to 90 days at RMB 55 per cubic metre per month across 77 cubic metres adds RMB 6,300, or RMB 5.3 a case.
Safety stock sits at 1.5 times monthly shipments. Twenty models at fifty units beats eight at one hundred and twenty only on paper: width buys shelf risk, depth buys availability.
| Structure | Models | Units | Turnover | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wide and shallow | 20 | 50 | 75 days | Tail fills the rack |
| Narrow and deep | 8 | 120 | 42 days | Core complete |
| Project driven | 5 | 200 | 95 days | Heavy cash lock-up |
4. Lead Time From Production Slot to Delivery Window
Lead time is four segments: queueing, moulding, inland haulage, carriage. Queueing runs 3–10 days, 20 in peak quarters; rotomolded bodies take 15 days, injection-molded 12; port handling 3, sea freight 32 to a Northern European base port. Total: 53–70 days.
Ask a protective case wholesaler for the sailing date, not the dispatch date. Write both in weeks, with five days of tolerance. A 40/60 split, fast vessel first, protects cash; agree it when ordering, or absorb a 3%–5% surcharge.
5. Transfers, Returns and the Cash Cost of Credit
Transfers cover model gaps: one to three days inside a territory if registered, otherwise diversion. Cross-territory needs consent, freight and a 5% fee.
Quality claims run at 1.5%, raised within seven days with photographs and a batch number. Slow movers are exchanged at 80% of list on a 20-day cycle. Credit at 6% a year costs 0.5% over 30 days, 1.0% over 60, 1.5% over 90, so a long line from a protective case wholesaler is financing folded into the price.
Conclusion
Wholesale cost is set by three things: the tier you sign at, the turnover you carry, the credit you accept. A tier set too low never recovers, turnover is eaten by storage, undiscounted credit makes a low price meaningless. Settle them with the four lead-time segments, and a protective case wholesaler can be held to a framework where price and delivery hold.
This article discusses only the container (case body) side of specifications and design intent, and does not cover any handling, loading or use of the contents.
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