Increase Your Purchasing Power. Buy in Bulk.

Have you ever taken a look at a co-op buying solution like the one offered by Innovia CMC and found yourself wondering what the advantages are? Maybe you even looked at this on a small scale, to buy food for your family, and you were not sure why it was better than going to the local store and getting the food there. This is not a terribly complicated process, but it is one that many people do not fully understand. Before you write it off, take a few minutes to consider why it might be the best option for you, either as a professional who needs to buy items for his company or as a homeowner who needs to buy things for his family.

The beauty of the system is that you harness the power of buying in bulk. It is well known that bulk purchases cost less per item. The companies that are making the items like these large orders, which guarantee them a lot of money, and so they are willing to take less for each item that they sell if you can buy a lot of them. This also helps the providing company because it is easier – and therefore cheaper – to fill one large order than hundreds of smaller ones.

On your own, you may not have enough demand to buy things in large enough quantities to utilize this system. If your company is just getting started, for example, you might know that you cannot possibly imagine moving 20,000 items a month yourself. You may only move 2,000. This puts you at a disadvantage because you have to pay more for each item, driving your prices up and pushing people toward the big stores that are running you right out of business.

However, if smaller companies ban together with a co-op and buy everything together, they can get better pricing. Ten of you may be able to put in that 20,000 item order, giving you the lowest possible price, and then you can split the items up when you arrive. This is how a co-op makes you more profitable. It allows you to have the buying power of a much larger company because you are working together. This same principle is what allows people who are shopping for food to get more of it for less than the prices at the local store.