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A wholesale license enables businesses to purchase from manufacturers. A retail license enable business owners to sell goods and services to consumers.
A wholesale license permits the business to buy wholesale and sell retail. To get a wholesale license in Arizona, just call the state and ask them if you even need one. You may only need a resale number. If you need it, they will help you.
There are my different things a wholesale dealer can do. They can buy and sell at any auction in the US, they can buy and sell to any registered dealer. I know a few people that use it to buy cars, since they have a Tax ID number, they don't pay tax when the car is bought so they export cars out of the country for cheaper. You can also sell to the general public by using a retail dealer to broker the deal. Since a wholesaler also has access to salvage auctions, you can buy cars for parts, lot of body shops like this. the good thing about a wholesale license is that is a lot simpler to obtain than a retail license. I actually got help getting my wholesale license with dealerauctionaccess.com they were very professional and were even able to provide me with a insurance company that helped me get the required insurance and bond needed.
The best way to get a dealers license with out having to spend a lot of $$$ and getting a retail locations is to get a wholesale license, in some states like Indiana they do not require you to be a resident of the state to apply and all they require for a location is an office. I went with a company called dealerauctionaccess.com and they helped me every step of the way. I got my wholesale license, I can go to any auction in the US and sell to any dealer and any auction. Whenever i want to sell to the public i go to a local retail dealer by my house and they process my sale. I have dealer plates that are insured and I am my own boss. These deals had lots of issues to the point that Indiana has KILLED the wholesale dealer license. You can see the problems caused by these "offers" at dealer-license.com. There are other OFFERS in other states to get a dealer license. Before buying any of these "programs" you MUST check with your state's dealer licensing organization to validate the PROGRAM will work in your state.
In order to get a wholesale license you need to check with the Department of Motor Vehicles in the state you live in. For example the requirements in California are you need to have a business office with at least two parking stalls and pay money for your wholesale business license( to own your own business). If there is a company that wants to employ you as a wholesaler you can just get a regular retail/ wholesale license at the Department of Motor Vehicles and pay a minimal fee along with getting fingerprinted.
The antonym for wholesale is retail.
As a wholesale dealer, you can sell the car for any price the market will bear. Be that wholesale price, up to retail and even higher. Bascially you are a used car dealer, and not a retail dealer as in a manufacture dealership. There is no limitation on the price you can sell a car for other than the free market system. Supply and demand.
Target is retail
Mayoreo is wholesale and menudeo is retail. So, wholesale and retail.
wholesale sells to businesses, retail sells to public.
This is the buying of merchandise (wholesale) and resell (Retail).
Retail sales.