How to purchase

How to purchase

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Once you selected the hair extensions you want to sell you need to ensure to find a reliable hair extensions wholesaler. If possible it´s better to select more than one wholesale hair extensions supplier to make sure your business is not depending on one company.

You can search for a hair extensions wholesaler with presence near your location, this allows you to try and feel the hair extensions before you buy in larger quantities and it will help you to get a good commercial relation with the hair extensions wholesaler. This relation will avoid unpleasant surprises and might work in your benefit to obtain better prices or the latest products.
If you select a hair extensions wholesaler online, make sure you understand what is and what is not included in the price, try to receive a sample first and test the sample well before buying in larger quantities. But also try to find other people who bought previously from the company and check (via internet) the location the hair extensions wholesaler is located.
Check before you buy, if any sales tax or value added tax is due once you import hair extensions, if you can’t transfer these taxes to your clients, your profit margin will be impacted in a negative way.

Once you receive the hair extensions, always check them very well, weigh or count them and check if everything is in line with the order given to the hair extensions wholesaler. If something is wrong, you should contact immediately the wholesaler by phone and writing. Do not wait a couple of days. If possible only use a payment method that will allow you to cancel a transfer in case of fraud. But in case of fraud ensure you have enough written evidence to proof the abuse of your trust.

What to consider when buying from an online hair supplier

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How to keep your stock of hair

How to keep your stock of hair

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How to Stock Your Hair Supply?

Selling hair also involves managing the stock of hair and beauty supplies. A good management of your stock, saves money, time and brings you happy clients.

What to do to keep the hair in stock?

When you manage your stock, you will know the various products you have in store. You can see the hair your clients like and when in the year they have demand for certain hair. This is the management of the assortment.

Organize the hair with clear labels. This will reduce the time to prepare the order and to be sure you can ship the right hair without thinking too much. You do not want your client to receive the wrong hair?

If your business is growing, you need to have a good system to help your staff to pick the right hair. This also avoids you will run out of stock.

Stock the hair to protect your assets

All your savings have gone into that nice stock of hair supplies and beauty products. You must make sure your hair will stay in the best health after you received the hair from the supplier. Keep the hair safe till the day you ship the hair to your client.

Find a dry and clean place to store your stock and if possible, don´t store the hair extensions in the full sunlight. Keep all products in a cupboard, that will keep away daylight. This is the best way to avoid the packaging or products will fade thanks to the sunlight. People might think your products are outdated and you will not be able to sell the hair anymore.

Manage your inventory

Label the hair extensions so later you will be able to distinguish the various types, lengths and colours without any hesitation. This will also help you to keep a good inventory of the hair. A list on paper or in your phone with all the products you sell, the specifications and the price.

Avoid having to measure the right length in front of your client, natural hair extensions do not come in one exact size only. Label your hair stock, and you will be able to see right away which hair extensions are running out of stock. Now you can order in time from the wholesaler.

If you sell hair with Shopify or WooCommerce, I recommend using the back end of the platform to manage your stock.

Bookkeeping

You are in this business to earn some money. A good overview of the stock of hair, you can calculate the profit of the previous month or quarter. You will know exactly how much you sold and at what price.

This list will also help to see what hair is selling slow. Now you can create a smart campaign to sell the right hair at the right price.

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How to distinguish real human hair from synthetics ?

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One well known and reliable test is called a “fiber burn” test, for this:

1. Select single strands of hair from different areas of the hair extension you want to test;

2. Take a single strand and use a lighter to keep a steady flame and;

3. Pay attention to the odor, the way the hair glows and the flame.

Be sure not to use matches as they will mask the odor due to the sulpher.

Human hair is a protein fiber that burns with a small flickering flame and will not continue to burn unless you hold the flame continuously to the strand. It burns briefly with an orange flame and then chars leaving a dark ash that turns to powder when crushed. The odor is of burning flesh or burning feathers.

Synthetic fibers are either nylon or polyester and each burns quite differently.

Nylon fibers burn briefly but rapidly and then melts. It has a sparkling flame that has a blue base and orange tip. The ash is like hard amber beads. The odor smells like boiling green vegetables or burning celery.

Polyester fibers burn and melt quite rapidly at the same time. It has an orange sputtery flame with black smoke and gives off a sweetish odor. The ash drips and is sticky to the touch before forming into hard black beads.

Remember to burn test each fiber separately as your piece may contain a blend of both human hair and synthetic.

How to deliver

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The hair extensions can be shipped by regular mail or by using a courier firm. Regular mail is cheaper on short distance, but make sure you sent by registered post. Although this is more expensive, it will ensure you the hair extensions will arrive at your client address and if something goes wrong you will be able to investigate where it went wrong.

If you sell abroad, in most cases shipment by courier is much faster. You should be able to get discount on your shipments, in most cases depending on the estimated number of shipments you can get a discount on the regular price.


Check if you ship to other countries, especially when these countries are located outside your economic zone what the customs regulation is. If on entrance a fee is applicable, make sure you and the client have agreed upfront who will pay these fees.

As bad things happen, it is possible your shipment will not arrive the final destination, for example when there is a misunderstanding on the address, or your client is not always at home. For these cases make sure the phone number of your client is visible on the parcel. In this case the local mail or courier can more easier contact your client to ensure proper delivery.

How to check if your hair extensions wholesaler is reliable

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Okay, after doing your homework you made a short list of say ten hair extensions wholesales companies online, The chance you will find them near your place is rather small, so you will have ten links to a website, but then?
You need to be sure the hair extensions wholesaler you just found is reliable, because your own business will depend on being able to deliver a stable and good quality flow of hair extensions to your clients. And you do not want to spend all your money in buying samples that do not turn out to be the quality or texture you are looking for.

Market places

There are shops that use marketplaces to put their hair extensions for sale, like eBay, DHgate.com. Aliexpress or Alibaba.
The advantage of buying through a marketplace is that you can benefit from buyer’s protection rules that are implemented by the marketplace. If the marketplace wants to build up a good reputation it will apply strict rules for the merchants that sell their products through their marketplace.
But then of course you need also to investigate the reputation of the marketplace. On the internet you could look for reviews of other people on these marketplaces, or you could decide to buy only from the well-known marketplaces like eBay and Alibaba.
To help you to find out the reputation of the suppliers, most marketplaces grant their sellers stars or points based upon the positive feedback from previous deals. So, you can see how happy previous clients are about the shop you are thinking of buying from. The value of a star or point depends on the number of buyers who submitted their feedback on the shop. If there have been made only 100 deals it is easier to get a high positive feedback than in case there have been 10.000 deals. So some marketplace take into account the number of feedbacks received. So buy only from shops with a high rating combined with a high number of deals.
Most marketplaces allow PayPal as payment system, so you can benefit from extra protection, because in case the products are not in line with your expectations you can return them or at least make sure your payment will be returned. Looking for a wholesale hair extensions supplier, we will help you.