Wholesale Distribution profit per store that you visit...

Wholesale Distribution Business: How many stores can I visit every day and how much can I make per visit?


Today I was asked how many convenience stores can be visited as a wagon jobber or a wholesale distributor. This is an important question because it can determine how much money you end up making at the end of the day. If you can profit $30 per store with a $100 sales and you visit 10 stores you make $300 that day.

The answer depends mostly on how much time you spend per store. I should not depend on how many stores you have or how far apart they are. If you have a route stores should be close together. If they are not the problem is not the route, it’s you. You have to open more stores next to the ones you already have.

A typical route should have at least 15 stores and could have up to 30 or 40 stores. Seem like many? Well, think about it. If you have 8 full hours in a day and you spend 20 minutes per store you can visit 20 stores in 6.6 hours and have the rest of the time to drive back and forward from the rout and between stores (stores should be very close to each other). This is assuming you sold in every single store. If you had some quick sales or you could not sell anything in a store you could visit even more stores.

OK, so let’s say you visit 20 stores per day, sell only $100 of your products per stores and profit just $30 per store. You end up with $600 profit for that day. That’s not bad! Do this just 5 times per week and you’re making a cool $2,500 per week and $10,000 per month. All with just $30 profit per store!!!


Thanks,


Jorge