Joint purchases (SP) are an opportunity to purchase goods at a wholesale price. For this purpose, buyers are united into one group. It is collected by the organizer, who receives a certain percentage for joint purchases. Many active women are trying to learn how to become an organizer, especially during maternity leave.

Joint purchases - scheme

Although it is also profitable for participants to purchase things through a joint venture, the organizers receive the greatest profit. They mark up the product by 5-25%. The cheaper the product, the higher the markup.

The general scheme of interaction between the organizer and participants looks like this:

• opening a purchase and providing complete information about it;
• the participant selects a product and informs the organizer about this, who adds the order to the general list;
• after collecting the required number of applications, the organizer announces “STOP” and sends those who ordered information about the product and the amount to pay;
• participants confirm the correctness of the order;
• the organizer checks the availability of goods with the supplier and, if necessary, offers the participant alternative options;
• the date and place of collecting money is announced;
• the collected amount is used to pay the invoice from the supplier;
• after sending the order, the organizer regularly reports information about the movement of goods on the forum;
• after receiving the goods from the transport company, the products are sorted;
• the organizer sets the time and place of the meeting, where the order is delivered to the joint venture participants.

How do joint purchases work?

Before reaching this stage of the joint purchasing group, the organizer will have to solve many problems. But this process is not at all difficult, and once you gain experience, everything will take a minimum of time. Enterprising organizers are able to manage more than 10 joint ventures at the same time.

Platform for joint purchase

The first thing you have to decide on is the platform for the relationship between the participant and the organizer. There are several options to choose from:

1. Special website for joint ventures.
2. Groups on social networks.
3. Creating your own website.

Today there are many sites for which joint purchases are the main activity. They can be easily found by entering the appropriate query into the search bar and indicating the city of residence of the organizer. This method is more suitable for residents of large populated areas.

How to organize joint purchases among contacts or classmates is to open your own group. It will have to be actively promoted and promoted. Communities with at least 5,000 members bring decent earnings.

Online platform for joint purchases

Competition in joint ventures is becoming more and more every year, so creating your own website will be a tool that can make the organizer stand out from others. This option gives you many options. These include complete automation of the process, payment for orders using electronic money, etc.

For successful work, it is necessary to properly design the site. To do this, the following conditions must be met:

• beautiful and convenient form for submitting a proposal for a joint venture;
• availability of a detailed description and photographs of the product;
• indication of information about the minimum order amount;
• Availability of purchase end date and delivery conditions;
• compiling a table with product sizes.

How to decide on the type of product?

Product selection is an important task. Not all product categories will be equally in demand. The most popular are:

• cloth;
• shoes;
• Products for children.

Here, as in any category of goods, defects can occur. You must contact your supplier in advance about the rules for replacing it. It is advisable to be able to navigate in the chosen direction, since participants will ask questions about the goods.

You can try searching for a suitable product by surfing. You need to add to the site as many products as possible that can be purchased in bulk from various suppliers. Another way to do joint shopping online and find a product is to look through joint venture groups on social networks and select products that have at least 15 orders, and then add them to yours.

Cooperation with the supplier

After choosing a specific product, you need to find out the size of the minimum lot and its cost. The organizer must contact the supplier using the contact information provided on the website. This could be an email with a proposal for cooperation or a phone call.

It happens that the product you need is on a retail website. Then you can call the company and try to find out the contacts of the wholesale supplier. If they do not agree to disclose information, they use the help of a search engine.

If you plan to purchase goods from foreign sites, then first you need to find out from them about delivery to Russia. Some companies work with our country through an intermediary. Then you will have to study all the information about it - reviews, duration of activity, amount of payment, etc.

When concluding an agreement with some companies, the presence of an individual entrepreneur or legal entity may be required. Then all documents are scanned and provided to the manager. If there is no individual entrepreneur, then some suppliers may slightly increase the cost of the batch or increase its minimum size.

How to find buyers

The main task of a new organizer is to earn the trust of customers. While there is no positive reputation, you will have to work hard to form a client base. The main thing is not to wait, but to act, since there are many options to search for:

• forums;
• topics in SP groups;
• electronic bulletin boards;
• printed publications;
• banner advertising on websites;
• pillars on the streets;
• email newsletters, etc.

Most often, relevant topics are created on popular forums. It is advisable to coordinate this with the administration. It’s good if the organizer has a high rating and already formed trust among visitors.

You should not try to lure buyers with spam, as it will only push them away. You need to do regular advertising. The topic text should briefly indicate all important information about the joint venture:

• city;
• name of product and company;
• commission size;
• redemption date.

It is recommended to look for buyers among residents of your city or nearby settlements. Usually the goods are picked up at the joint venture independently. But if the buyer is willing to pay for delivery to the address, then this option is also suitable, especially if it is a large order.

Joint purchasing: how to become an organizer - features

Usually, before making money on joint purchases, a novice joint venture organizer makes the first transactions using personal funds without prepayment. In this case, payment messages are sent after receiving the order. Money is received in cash upon transfer of the product or to the card before or after distribution. If anyone refuses the goods or payment after the “STOP” command, the organizer has the right to blacklist him.

The specific amount of the organizational fee is calculated by the organizer on an individual basis. In doing so, he takes into account the following points:

• the amount of time devoted to procurement;
• the number of orders;
• possible risks;
• financial expenses for telephone calls, fuel and lubricants, internet.

The fee increases if you have to use an intermediary for delivery. In the future, participants will be required to make an advance payment of 100 or 50%. In the latter case, a 50% organization fee is also taken into account, and the remaining half of the total amount is paid upon receipt of the goods.

What is needed for legal activities?

How to organize joint purchases for regular legal activities - register an individual entrepreneur and pay taxes according to the chosen taxation system. If the purchase was carried out once, then the income is declared and paid with personal income tax.

If in the case of rare small purchases, the chances of attracting the tax office are small, then large volumes may interest it. The joint venture can be easily traced on the Internet. The bank may also be suspicious if transactions are made on cards that are actively used to collect money.

The organizer is engaged in trade or provides intermediary services. OKVED codes are selected based on the characteristics of the type of activity. The taxation system is chosen by the simplified tax system or OSNO.

Possible risks

The organizer may have problems due to the fault of the supplier. If, for example, he sends a product of the wrong color or size, then you will need to negotiate a return with him or arrange an extension in the joint venture group. The organizer will place unsuitable goods for sale at the purchase price. After the purchase, the money is returned to the participant.

The product may be rejected even after receiving a parcel that fully corresponds to the order. On closer inspection, it is sometimes a little different than the participant imagined. According to the consumer protection law, this action is legal. Interest in purchasing may be reduced by long delivery times. The optimal time is 7 - 14 days. Otherwise, a disappointed participant may also refuse the product.

It is recommended to increase the minimum lot size. This will protect the organizer from a situation where at the very last moment one or more participants change their mind about the purchase. As a result, this will push back the date of receipt of the order, and those who have already paid for it will be outraged.

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But, as in any business, a lot depends on your skills, acumen, commercial acumen and ability to look for good deals and convince people. Well, luck will not be superfluous!

16.06.2017

Mom, wife and successful organizer of joint purchases: how to combine everything? The answers are in the interview!

Alexandra Shilova from Nadym has been organizing joint purchases since 2012, but this work became her main source of income only a year ago. Today, the wife and mother of two children spends all her free time collecting and sending orders, and the customer base from a small town in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug numbers several thousand people.

We spoke with Alexandra to find out how she achieved success and why honesty is the best method for working with co-buyers.

Story: Alexandra works as a printer. She puts images on business cards, certificates, T-shirts and mugs. The work is piecework - the salary depends on the volume completed. For more than a year now there have been practically no orders for printing, so joint purchases are the only way to bring money into the family.

“The first client is myself!”

- Alexandra, when did you organize your first joint purchase in Sima-land?

I started working with Sima-land in 2012, but at first it was not a joint purchase, but my own order. Then my daughter went to kindergarten. On behalf of the parent committee, I needed to buy office supplies and toys somewhere.

I opened a search engine to find a store with low prices, and accidentally came across Sima Land. I liked the assortment and the fact that the store is located in the Urals, not very far from us, which meant that my purchases would be delivered quickly. I ordered everything for the kindergarten and some little things for myself.

- Then did it seem like a one-time purchase to you? How did it happen that you became an organizer?

I told her at work about good prices, the girls looked at the website and found something. We decided to formulate. I made the general order because I already knew how to organize a joint purchase.

Then - in exactly the same way: she walked around her people, asked who needed what, and told them about Sima-land. People liked the idea: all the goods are available in our city, but stores buy them in the same Sima-land, and sell them at 2-3 times more expensive. Then I began to perceive the joint venture as a hobby - I like to do procurement and help people save money.

- How did you start making money on joint purchases?

I worked for friends and acquaintances, but then I thought, why not start accepting orders from other people? I found this interesting. One client advised me to create a group and attract people there, advertise in all the communities that we have in the city.

Together we drew up a plan, and for this he asked only one thing - not to take an organization fee from his orders, that is, to give him the goods at the price of the site. I agreed. My group began to grow and prosper, people began to recognize me and recommend me to friends. It’s nice when a person contacts me for the first time and says that he was recommended to call here.

“There are a lot of clients, we all need help”

The boxes barely fit on the stairwell.

You say that you send an order and receive a car twice a week. How much time does it take to assemble orders, receive, sort, and issue?

All free time. My husband goes to work, and I work from home the same way. I sent the children to kindergarten, finished my homework, and sat down at the computer. Processing an order takes time because there are a lot of applications, everyone needs to respond and accept the order. And they write every day!

On the day the order is sent, I can sit down at the computer at 12 noon and work until 17 hours until the application is completed, agreed with the manager and sent for assembly. In fact, all this takes a very long time. You need to find contact with each client: help someone choose a product, advise someone what is better. And, of course, I can’t refuse, it’s my job to help people! It seems to me that I will let all my customers down if I give up joint purchases.

- Is it difficult to reach the minimum order amount?

No, there haven't been any problems with this for a long time. Previously, you had to order something for yourself, adjust to the schedule of salaries, advances, and collect orders irregularly. Then I started sending orders once a week, and with the advent of a remote warehouse, twice so that I could receive and issue purchases faster. Now there are many participants, the order amount is always much more than the minimum. When the customer base has been built up over the years, the volume of purchases is large.

- Who are your customers and what do they order most often?

The clients are different, but mostly women. There are many mothers - both experienced and those who are just about to give birth. That is why they order a lot of children's items, especially before the New Year - everyone wants to buy gifts. This is the peak of work. Then - February 23, March 8, Victory Day.

But in reality, customers are all different. There are even children! I talk to them, ask if mom knows or not. It happened that one 13-year-old girl placed an order with me and I called her dad to find out if he knew that his daughter was making online purchases? It turned out that yes, everything is in order, the order will be paid and I don’t have to worry! And the girl was choosing something for herself from the office and a gift for her mother for March 8th.

- What service do you offer your customers? Do you deliver goods?

No, we don’t have a car, but now we’re thinking of expanding. Clients pick up all goods from my home. But it's convenient for them. I give out purchases in convenient packaging so that a person does not have to stand, wait, freeze or sweat.

There is a secret to excellent service - a good attitude towards the client. I am always friendly and never enter into conflict. You can come to an agreement with everyone. And I succeed, although the conditions are the same for everyone!

“Even children help”

- Is it difficult to accept bulk orders? Who helps you unload the cars?

My husband helps because I usually receive 40-50 boxes of varying sizes and weights. During the holidays, 50–70 boxes are released.

With him we get it all and take it home. We don’t have any helpers; sometimes a neighbor, a young high school student, brings in a few boxes for a small fee.

It also happened that we received 2 cars with cargo in one day. It was just before the New Year, one car was late, the other was ahead of schedule. It turned out that we arrived on the same day. But it’s good that we didn’t receive them all at once, but at different times... We had time to rest a little. In general, work is not always easy, but it is a favorite thing that brings money.

- Is it possible to combine the responsibilities of a mother and wife with the role of the organizer of a joint venture?

It takes a lot of time, but I have time to do homework with the child, take the youngest to kindergarten, prepare a meal, and clean up. In principle, there is enough for household chores. And the children also help me - they are very interested when we accept the goods, because they want to touch and look at everything. So let's use them.

“All difficulties can be resolved with the manager”

- What difficulties do you encounter in your work?

There are unpaid orders. The person simply does not pick up his purchase. But I don’t lose heart, I just sell it through social networks.

The big difficulty is if marriage comes. The solution to this issue sometimes drags on for a long time, the problem needs to be monitored all the time. You need to wait for the company’s decision, then send the defective product back, wait until it arrives at the warehouse, until it is accepted. And only then the money is returned to my account, which I then send to the client.

Sometimes accounts get lost. We have to wait and check documents, request new ones. But the most important thing is the return of the goods. The claim may be considered for a long time and then rejected. But this can be fixed. Moreover, my wonderful manager helps me sort out all the problems.

Sorting an order takes several hours.

Do you support the opinion of Yuri Ilyaev (an experienced organizer of joint purchases from Yekaterinburg, the hero of our publication) that the organizer should never change his personal manager?

Yes. I completely agree with him. My manager - Gleb Esipov - knows me inside and out. He knows how and on what days I work, when I send the order, where the car should arrive and what problems may arise.

One day I placed an order and they sent me an incorrect invoice with a double amount. I couldn't solve the problem because the order had already been sent for delivery. Gleb was not there, but the next day he fixed everything - quickly and without any difficulties.

By the way, about placing orders. You managed to register in the new joint shopping service and even posted homemade instructions on how to work in it in your VKontakte group. Did you like him?

The service is convenient, I use it, but I’m not ready to completely switch to it yet, because I have many regular clients on social networks, they are used to working with me there.

It would be great if it was possible to communicate with the client within the system - chat, calls or something else to communicate with the participant. If the service is improved, it will be great.

"Being honest is the secret"

- How do you want to develop as an organizer?

I want to change the delivery location, because with two children, receiving goods often turns into a complete mess. Although not everyone will find it convenient to come to the office - workers often pick up their orders in the evening, at hours when I will no longer be sitting in the office.

- What should the organizer be like so that customers come back for purchases again and again?

He must inspire confidence. It is important to explain well all working conditions and non-standard situations. For example, for purchases from a remote warehouse. This is an item that is out of stock and needs to wait. People trust me, they order, pay and wait for their item with me. And no one worries that I took the money and spent it somewhere. They paid for their purchase and are waiting, and I always notify that the goods can be picked up!

You also need to take seriously defects and mis-grading (the case when the wrong product arrives that the buyer needs). When an item arrives in the wrong quantity, I immediately put the person on the next purchase and make sure to refund the money for what did not arrive. I haven’t had any problems where I’m delaying, hiding, or raising prices.

How to become a popular organizer of joint purchases: advice from Alexandra Shilova

• Tell your loved ones about the opportunity to buy quality goods at low prices.
• Create a group on social networks and hold a giveaway to let people know about you.
• Process all applications diligently. Clients appreciate timely responses from the organizer.
• Know your customers' needs and negotiate with everyone in a way that is convenient for both of you.
• Arrange convenient pick-up or delivery. Remember that people don't like standing in line, waiting or being cold.
• Be honest, always listen to the client and tell him about all the nuances of the purchase.

I TOO WANT TO BE AN ORGANIZER!

Have you already decided to repeat the success of the hero of the article? Read more about the new service for joint purchases, which allows you to collect applications from participants directly on the website, register and earn money!

“The organizer of joint purchases is just my dream job!” – many women exclaim. And they are right, because when a favorite hobby turns into a way to earn money, it’s wonderful. What woman doesn't love shopping?

Finally, you decided to try your hand at being an organizer. Before you start implementing your idea, do a little reconnaissance: become a regular participant in a joint purchase. After chatting on several joint shopping forums, order something for yourself or for your children at a good price and try to evaluate the entire mechanism from the buyer’s point of view. Well, to better understand the intricacies of the process, take part in several purchases on different forums or online stores for joint purchases. Then you will be able to form your opinion about the convenience, benefits, demand for joint purchases, and this experience will be very useful to you.

Your communication with customers will take place mainly via the Internet. Therefore, first you will work on a city or thematic forum, and then after your client base grows, you can think about your own website. On some forums you can register as an organizer of joint purchases immediately, on some - after gaining a certain reputation as a forum visitor or participant. Try looking for similar forums in your city first, this will also be your first step in finding your own “niche.” There is no point in competing with many organizers of the purchase of the same type of goods; it is better to find something of your own and at the same time in demand.

Cheat sheet for novice organizers:

1. Determine which product will be of interest to people and which will not face strong competition in your city. Beginners often start with children's clothing and toys as a win-win and all-needed product at a good price.
2. Find the website of the supplier of the goods you have chosen and find out whether he works with individuals (so that you do not have to immediately register an individual entrepreneurship), get his wholesale price list, find out the terms of payment and delivery of the goods.
3. Look for any information about this supplier: reviews, product quality, quality of work of the wholesale department and delivery, etc., so that at this stage you do not end up with a problematic wholesaler.
4. Open a topic on the forum with a proposal for a new joint purchase, describe the product and conditions
5. purchases (volume of purchase, your organizational fee, end date for collecting the order, how to pay and pick up the goods, what to do if the goods are defective)
6. Place orders from forum visitors, answer their questions; this stage will determine how convenient it is for customers to work with you and whether they want to order goods through you again.
7. After “stopping” the order, you then need to send it to the supplier and pay the invoice using the money collected in advance. From this point on, all that remains is the simplest part: tracking delivery, the arrival of goods in the city, their recalculation, sorting and distribution among customers. And you can start organizing a new order!

P.S. To avoid misunderstandings, simply clearly state the terms of joint purchases, issues of payment, delivery and return of defective or simply unsuitable goods. If you take the matter seriously and with soul, you can grow from a forum to a city online store, find an excellent means of earning money and, most importantly, get the job of your dreams!

Joint purchasing (JP) is an excellent opportunity to buy products at wholesale prices. To achieve this goal, several buyers are united into one group. As a rule, it is collected by the organizer, who receives a certain percentage for joint purchases. How to become an organizer and how to turn joint purchases into a profitable vein? You can learn about this from this article.

Joint purchases - scheme

It is worth noting that it is also profitable for the participants themselves to buy various goods through the joint venture, but the organizers still receive large incomes. They mark up goods in the region of 5-25 percent. The cheaper the product, the higher the markup will be. The basic scheme of interaction between the organizer and the groom participants is as follows:

1. More open procurement and publication of complete information about it;
2. A group member selects products and reports this to the organizer, who, in turn, enters this order into the main list;
3. After the required number of applications has been collected, the organizer informs all group participants that the collection is closed, and then sends them information about the products and the amount to be paid.
4. A member of this group confirms the correctness of the order;
5. Next, the organizer checks the availability of goods from the supplier, if any goods are not available, he offers the groom participant a replacement for an alternative option;
6. Then the organizer announces the place and deadline for collecting funds;
7. The collected amount of money is necessary in order to pay the invoice from the supplier;
8. After the order has been sent, the organizer constantly notifies participants about the movement of goods on the group forum;
9. Further, as soon as the goods are received, the organizer announces the place and time of the meeting where the orders of the joint venture participant will be issued.

How do joint purchases work?

If the position of joint procurement organizer is attractive to you, then here we will suggest where to start this business. So, before the organizer of the joint venture reaches this stage of the group’s work, he will have to solve many different problems. But this work is not at all difficult. Once the skills are acquired, the organizer will spend a minimum of his time on it. Many enterprising organizers can run 9-10 joint ventures at the same time.

A platform for joint purchases.

The very first thing that the organizer of the joint venture will need to decide on is the platform for future relationships with the participants. There are several different options to choose from:

• Groups on social networks;
• Special website for joint ventures;
• Creation of a personal website;

Currently, there are many different sites for which joint ventures are the main activity. They are very easy to find by simply entering a specific query in any search bar indicating the city of residence of the organizer. This method is more suitable for people who live in large cities.

How can you organize a joint venture on your own on Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte? Yes, very simple! You need to open your own group! You will have to constantly promote and promote it. Communities that will have at least 5,000 thousand participants will bring in good earnings.

Online platform for joint purchases

Yes, it is worth noting that competition in joint ventures is growing every year. For this reason, the main tool that can help you stand out more favorably among other organizers is the creation of your own website. This option will give you many options. Among them, we should highlight the complete automation of the process and payment for orders by electronic means. In order for your work to be successful, you need to properly design the site. To do this, you must strictly follow the following rules:

• Convenient and beautiful presentation of a proposal for a joint venture;
• Mandatory presence of a detailed description and photo of the product;
• Mandatory availability of information about the minimum order amount;
• Compiling a table with product sizes.

How to decide on the type of product?

Product selection is the most important task in this matter. Not all types of goods will be equally in demand. The most popular are:

• shoes;
• ​ clothes;
• Products for children.

Here, as well as in any product category, you may get a defect. You need to find out about the rules for replacing it from the supplier in advance. You need to be well oriented in the direction you have chosen, since group members will ask you various questions about the product. You can find the most suitable product by surfing. You need to add a large number of products to your site that you can buy at wholesale prices from different suppliers. There is another option for how you can engage in joint ventures via the Internet and find the product you need - look through all kinds of groups on social networks and select exactly those products that have at least 15 orders, and then add them to your group.

Cooperation with the supplier

In order for joint purchases to start generating money, you need to visit the supplier’s official website. After you select the product you need, you will need to find out the minimum lot size and its price. You must contact the supplier of the product by telephone, which is usually indicated on the supplier’s website. Perhaps this will be a letter with a proposal for future cooperation to the supplier’s email address, or a phone call. Sometimes it happens that the product you need is on a website that offers retail sales. In this case, you need to call the organization and try to find out the contacts of the wholesaler. If company employees do not agree to disclose the information you need, use a search engine. If you are planning to start purchasing goods from foreign sites, then first you should ask them about the delivery of goods to Russia. Many companies cooperate with our country through intermediaries. In this case, you will first have to study all the necessary information about it - terms of activity, reviews, payment amount, etc.

At the time of drawing up an agreement with some organizations, you may need to have a legal entity or individual entrepreneur. In this case, you will need to scan all the necessary documents and provide them to the company manager. If you do not have an individual entrepreneur, then many suppliers can increase the cost of the batch or the minimum size.

How to find buyers

The main task of a novice organizer is to try to earn the trust of buyers. Until the organizer has a positive reputation, he will have to work hard to build a customer base. The most important thing in this matter is not to sit and wait, but to act! Since there are many search options:

• all kinds of forums;
• topics in groups and joint ventures;
• banner advertising on various websites;
• street poles;
• email newsletters;
• printed publications.

As a rule, certain topics are often created on popular forums. It is best to coordinate this in advance with the administration. An excellent option would be a high rating and established trust among visitors. You should not lure buyers to you with various spam, as this will only push them away from you. You need to do regular advertising. The topic text should briefly indicate important information about the joint venture:

• Your city;
• name of your company and products;
• ​ commission size;
• redemption date.

We advise you to search for buyers among residents of your hometown or nearby settlements. As a rule, goods are not delivered to the joint venture, but are picked up independently. But if the buyer wants to pay for delivery to his address, then this option is also suitable, especially if the buyer made a large order.

Joint purchasing: how to become an organizer - features

As a rule, before starting to make money on a joint venture, a novice organizer needs to make the first transactions using his own funds without prepayment. In this case, payment messages must be sent after receiving the order. Funds are received in cash at the time of transfer of goods or on a card before and after distribution. If one of the customers refuses the goods or payment after the end of the collection is announced, the organizer has the right to blacklist him. A certain amount of the organizational fee will be calculated individually by the organizer of the joint venture. In this case, he will take into account the following points:

• ​the amount of time that will be devoted to the purchase;
• the number of orders;
• financial expenses for Internet, fuel and telephone conversations;
• possible risks.

The fee will increase if the organizer had to use an intermediary for delivery. In the future, all JV participants will be required to pay 50% or 100% in advance. As for the first case, a 50% organization fee will be taken into account, and the remaining half of the total amount will be paid at the time of receipt of the goods.

What is needed for legal activities

How should a joint venture be organized to conduct ongoing legal activities, i.e. register as an individual entrepreneur and pay all taxes according to your chosen taxation system. If you made the purchase once, then the profit must be declared and personal income tax must be paid. If you make small and infrequent purchases, then your chances of attracting tax authorities are slim. But large volumes may attract tax inspectors. The joint venture can be easily tracked on the Internet. In addition, it may cause great suspicion if the bank conducts transactions on cards that are very actively used to collect funds. The organizer of the joint venture is engaged in trade or provides intermediary services. OKVED codes should be selected based on the main features of the selected type of activity. The taxation system is either OSNO or USN.

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Despite the high popularity of joint ventures in the vastness of the Runet, not everyone knows how to make it beneficial for all participants in the transaction. We will try to help with this and briefly consider the main points of organizing a joint venture. A joint venture is a voluntary association of network users under the leadership of an organizer, created to access wholesale prices from manufacturers or large suppliers. JVs are organized to purchase a wide variety of goods, from food to large household appliances.

Organization of the joint venture

To organize joint purchases, you need to act according to a pre-compiled and practice-tested algorithm. You will need:

• Find a website or forum of a joint venture, join the community of organizers. To do this, you will need a resume, which will be reviewed by the resource administration and on the basis of which a decision will be made. You will have to provide your passport details and, in some cases, sign an agreement.
• Select the products you want to work with. When choosing, it is better to give preference to products that are familiar to you, about which you know a lot, and with which you will be interested in working.
• Establish contact with a manufacturer or seller offering adequate terms for wholesale deliveries, clarify the size of the minimum quantity of goods and calculate the benefits of cooperation. Additional income can come from an affiliate program from the supplier.
• Clarify the conditions for delivery of goods to the Russian Federation in the event that joint purchases will be made in foreign online stores. They often offer unreasonably high shipping prices, making joint purchases unprofitable.
• Post a product catalog on a thematic website and announce the start of recruitment to the group, indicate the conditions for participation in the joint venture and the end date (stop date).
• After recruiting a sufficient number of participants, collect money, place an order and pay for it.
• After receiving the package, set a date and time for distribution, meet with the participants and give them the orders. You can collect money for an order in cash, but it is better to use a bank card for this.

It must be taken into account that at all stages you will have to actively communicate with potential participants, explain to them incomprehensible points, answer questions and respond to comments. It should be remembered that the organizer’s high activity makes him more attractive and in demand, while silence arouses suspicion.