CKB Products, a wholesale distributor of more than 4,000 different products, fills about 300 orders each day. “We don’t concentrate on any one product category so we are able to offer a wide range of value priced general merchandise,” Chris Barton, owner, explains. “We’re always on the lookout for a good deal and when we see one, we pick it up and add it to our line.” Knives continue to be a popular product with flea market vendors, Barton points out. “I’ve been to flea markets and I’ve seen people selling our brand of knives, Bartech Pro™. They pay about $3 for our knife and sell it for $24.95. Vendors feel comfortable selling our knife at its suggested retail price based on the quality of the product,” Barton emphasizes. “We have an employee in China who inspects our knives before they leave the factory. That allows flea market vendors to buy a knife at a low cost and sell it with a high margin.”
Many products CKB Products sells are discounted as much as 90 percent from the retail price, Barton notes. “We employ a person who actively goes through the Internet and searches for pricing on similar products,” he says, “and if we find a lower price we beat it before anyone takes us up on our price matching policy.” There is no minimum order, however the larger the order, the better the savings. “If you look at the pricing structure on some of our flasks, for example, you’ll see that the price for one is about $2 and that price can go down to $1 if you’re ordering 2,500,” Barton explains.
Colorful Personalization a Plus
In addition to its vast line of merchandise, CKB Products specializes in state of the art customization services to add company names and logos to many of its products. “We offer three different methods, vinyl print, pad printing and engraving,” Barton points out. “Our hip flasks and umbrellas are by far our best selling personalized items with hip flasks being number one. We offer full color printing all the way around the flask. I don’t know of anyone else in the wholesale industry that does that. Many customers like this because they have a colorful logo they want to display.” With CKB Products’ new $25,000 digital printer, the company can print millions of colors and it does not charge a set up fee. “A lot of screen printers charge $30 per color,” Barton says, “and if your logo has six colors, that’s $180.”
Not only does CKB Products offer low prices, high quality and a vast array of color printing, the company ships personalized products in far less time than other companies. “I know of someone who does screen printing on umbrellas and he estimates up to 30 days for delivery on orders over 200 umbrellas,” Barton points out. “We ship in three days and our price is about half that of other wholesalers. We charge about $5 and the industry average is about $9.” CKB Products presently can customize 75 to 85 percent of its products, he adds. “We plan to continue to grow the customization aspect of our business to 95 to 99 percent of our products.”
For more information:
CKB Products Wholesale
8900 Directors Row
Dallas, TX 75247
Toll Free: 888-252-2897
Tel.: 214-951-0488
Fax: 817-887-1921
Email: Online Submission Form
Website: ckbproducts.com