What distributor and what does he do?

Distributor – is a sole proprietorship or a private company, which buys in large volume goods from the producer for subsequent trade them through agents or regional market. The main task – to distribute products worldwide and claim partner as a reliable manufacturer of quality products. this Profession is not easy and in fact, to understand what a distributor needs at least a little work by the seller. This activity is very interesting, related to communication, ability to find common language with different people. The distributor have many different functions and duties, which are not less interesting than what he sells.

Distribution operation 

Its direct functions, the distributor begins to run from the moment when buys the goods from the manufacturer, often foreign. Cooperation with foreign firms generates more revenue and is of significant interest for new users, such as Russia. Previously, many did not know what a distributor is, how much importance he has in the field of market relations, economic development and sales as a whole.

The Scheme of a distributor is quite simple:

• Procurement of goods at prices from the manufacturer;
• Sell products through dealers and agents of other companies or the regional market in General;
• The opening of the company-importer in other countries.

Some examples from history

In the early 1990-ies nobody famous powder “Invite” came to the Russian consumer due to the fact that the producers of this instant ingredient, allowing you to juice, know what distributor. Thanks to this system, the executives, the company managed to cobble together a fortune and distribute their products worldwide.

If, after long and hard work at any firm in the end there is the official distributor in Russia, it means that the sale will be successful, because the Russian market is immense. Such examples can boast of the owners of large cellular companies, Corporation «Apple», many cosmetic companies, etc.

Documentation

Distributor enters into a contract with a manufacturer, where clearly defined rules of sales, the coverage, prices, and more. This is a wonderful opportunity to create economic and trade relations with foreign firms, which is especially popular in the West. The importing company, independently selling products in other countries, is the General distributor. When the supplier is not entitled to sell the goods to third parties, and distributor shall buy the goods only from this supplier, then it is the exclusive distributor. And the territory for the sale of goods is strictly negotiated in the agreement.

All rights and obligations of the parties are fixed by the distribution agreement. Then the distributor gets from the Director General of manufacturer's appropriate certificate, indicating the type of intermediary firms. Now, I hope everyone understands what distributor, what are its responsibilities and the main purpose.