FOR PEOPLE WHO SELL (OR WANT TO SELL) PHYSICAL PRODUCTS

You don't need another wholesaler.

You need to know how to buy smarter...

Without gambling thousands on a rando factory you found on the internet. 

The products you're already selling or dreaming about selling are being made in a factory you could be buying from directly.
For less. Customized to your brand. Packaged your way.
AND with margins that let you keep more of every sale, without needing one more customer.

 Inside The Wholesale Alternative, I teach you how to buy direct from manufacturers & every week you get me live to ask before you spend a dollar.

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Your $57/month includes:

✔ Weekly LIVE Q&A. Bring your quotes, supplier chats and product ideas, and get real answers before you spend a dollar.
✔ Sourcing courses, plus every new one as it drops
✔ Supplier vetting scripts
✔ Insider sourcing updates from me
✔ The Supplier Command Center Trello template
✔ A private community on Skool 

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Maybe you've already tried Alibaba.

You typed in the product you wanted (or used image search) and suddenly there were hundreds of suppliers selling what looked like the exact same thing.

One says $1.83.
Another says $6.40.
Another $0.07

Everyone claims they're a factory.
Everyone wants to know your quantity.
Someone is calling you “dear.” 🤣
Oh and there is a lot of emojis being used...

You went from:
“Holy shit, I could save SO much money on Alibaba.”
to:
“Holy shit, I could lose SO much money on Alibaba.”
So you close the tab and you keep buying from the wholesaler you've always used.

Or you spend six hours searching, open 47 tabs, message a few suppliers, get overwhelmed by completely different answers...

…and decide you'll figure it out or try again later.

You're not afraid of Alibaba.

You're afraid of making an expensive decision when you don't know enough to know if it's the RIGHT decision.

And tbh? You should be.

Because sending thousands of dollars to the wrong supplier, approving a product you haven't properly vetted, misunderstanding shipping costs, skipping samples, or assuming something is “probably fine” can get expensive FAST.

But the answer isn't avoiding overseas manufacturing forever.
It's just learning how to do it correctly.
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FOR PEOPLE WHO SELL (OR WANT TO SELL) PHYSICAL PRODUCTS

You don't need another wholesaler.

You need to know how to buy smarter...
Without gambling thousands on a rando factory you found on the internet. 

The products you're already selling or dreaming about selling are being made in a factory you could be buying from directly.
For less. Customized to your brand. Packaged your way.
AND with margins that let you keep more of every sale, without needing one more customer.

 Inside The Wholesale Alternative, I teach you how to buy direct from manufacturers & every week you get me live to ask before you spend a dollar.

Founding Member Pricing • Cancel Anytime
You'll finish joining on Skool, where our community lives!

Bonus for the next 10 members ONLY: free 20-min 1:1 call with me ($97).
Bring your biggest sourcing question and leave with a clear next step.

JOIN TWA & LOCK IN $57/MONTH →

Watch this before you message a single supplier

 
Join The Wholesale Alternative Today!

You'll finish joining on Skool, where our community lives!

Your $57/month includes:

✔ Weekly LIVE Q&A. Bring your quotes, supplier chats and product ideas, and get real answers before you spend a dollar.
✔ Sourcing courses, plus every new one as it drops
✔ Supplier vetting scripts
✔ Insider sourcing updates from me
✔ The Supplier Command Center Trello template
✔ A private community on Skool 

You'll finish joining on Skool, where our community lives.

JOIN TWA + LOCK IN $57/MONTH →

Maybe you've already tried Alibaba.

You typed in the product you wanted (or used image search) and suddenly there were hundreds of suppliers selling what looked like the exact same thing.

One says $1.83.
Another says $6.40.
Another $0.07

Everyone claims they're a factory.
Everyone wants to know your quantity.
Someone is calling you “dear.” 🤣
Oh and there is a lot of emojis being used...

You went from:
“Holy shit, I could save SO much money on Alibaba.”
to:
“Holy shit, I could lose SO much money on Alibaba.”
So you close the tab and you keep buying from the wholesaler you've always used.

Or you spend six hours searching, open 47 tabs, message a few suppliers, get overwhelmed by completely different answers...

…and decide you'll figure it out or try again later.

You're not afraid of Alibaba.

You're afraid of making an expensive decision when you don't know enough to know if it's the RIGHT decision.

And tbh? You should be.

Because sending thousands of dollars to the wrong supplier, approving a product you haven't properly vetted, misunderstanding shipping costs, skipping samples, or assuming something is “probably fine” can get expensive FAST.

But the answer isn't avoiding overseas manufacturing forever.
It's just learning how to do it correctly.
You'll finish joining on Skool, where our community lives.

JOIN TWA + LOCK IN $57/MONTH →

And if Alibaba feels intimidating right now, you're definitely not the only one...

Now imagine knowing what you're looking at.


You open Alibaba and instead of seeing an overwhelming sea of suppliers, you know what matters.

Remember those $1.83, $6.40 and $0.07 prices? None of them are real. Real pricing happens in the conversation, and you'll know exactly how to have it.

- You know which factories deserve a second look.
- You know what questions to ask.
- You know what pricing you actually need.
- You know when something feels off and why.
- You know when it's time to order the sample, what to check when it arrives, and what needs to be clarified before you ever place a production order.

And then something really freaking cool starts happening...

You stop seeing Alibaba as a scary website full of factories and start seeing what your business could become.

YOU ARE NO LONGER LIMITED to whatever your wholesaler decided to carry.

You start looking at products differently.

Could they make this in MY color?
Can we change the size?
Could they add my logo?
Can they create custom packaging?
Could I change this one thing I've always hated about this product?
What else does this factory know how to make??!!

And suddenly you're not just shopping for products anymore.

You're creating them.

You're building products that actually look and feel like your brand instead of choosing from the same catalog everyone else is shopping from.

And you're doing it knowing how to ask the right questions, evaluate your options, and make decisions without second-guessing every damn step.

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And then there’s what happens to your margins.

Because sourcing isn’t just about making something custom.

It’s about changing how much you’re paying for the products you’re already selling.
Maybe you’re buying from a wholesaler because that’s what you’ve always done.
Maybe you’ve never actually stopped to ask:

Who are THEY buying it from?

Because somewhere between the factory and your garage or warehouse or 3PL, someone else is making money on that product.
Sometimes multiple someones.
And every layer between you and the manufacturer means less margin for you.

When you learn how to go to the source, suddenly the math starts looking very different.

Here's what that looks like:
Same tumbler. Same $24 price.
Buy it from a wholesaler at $12 → 50% margin.
Land it factory-direct for $6 → 75% margin.
Sell 1,000 a year and that's $6,000 more in your pocket, without one new customer.

And that's one product. Multiply it across your whole store. 

A better profit margin means you can finally afford to run ads.
Hire help.
Order more inventory.
Experiment with a product you’ve been afraid to launch.

Or simply keep more of the money your business is already making.

But sometimes?

It changes WAY more than a few dollars.

He was buying product anywhere he could find it: wholesalers, Amazon, Etsy. It sold out so fast that he just paid whatever it cost.


One conversation changed how he looked at his entire product line...

After working with me, he went back and re-sourced almost every product in his store.
The result?

75–90% margins on almost all of his products.

But that wasn't even the whole story.

During our conversation, he spotted an entirely new product opportunity.
He launched it.
It went viral.

And the Shopify store that had been doing roughly $300–$700 days started hitting $2,000+ days.

That’s what can happen when you change the way you buy.

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So... what do you actually get for $57/month?

Sourcing Starter Course & more:

Go from 47 open tabs to knowing exactly who and what to message.

Get the Sourcing Starter Course immediately, plus each additional sourcing course as it is added to the membership.

Sourcing & Side Quests Weekly LIVE Q&A:
Bring your quotes.Bring your supplier conversations.
Bring your product ideas.

Leave with confidence before you spend another dollar!

 Conversation Vetting Scripts:
Know exactly what to ask suppliers & how to recognize incomplete or suspicious answers.

What I'm Seeing: Sourcing Updates
Stay ahead with quick sourcing updates, observations, seasonal reminders, pricing shifts, factory trends, Alibaba updates, and the little things I notice that could save you time, money, or a future headache.

Private Community on Skool:
You're surrounded by product-based business owners asking the same questions you're asking.Learn faster & Avoid mistakes.
Celebrate wins together.

Supplier Command Center:

Organize suppliers, quotes, samples, invoices, production timelines & follow-ups in one Trello system template!

Is The Wholesale Alternative Right For You? 

✔️ You'd rather spend $57 getting an answer than spending thousands fixing a mistake.

✔️ You want better profit margins by buying smarter... not just buying cheaper.

✔️ You want someone experienced to turn to before making expensive sourcing decisions.

✔️ You want ongoing support as your business grows not another course you'll never finish.

❌ This isn't for you if you're looking for a supplier list, a shortcut, or someone to do the sourcing for you.

Why Members Stay

People don't stay for another course.
They stay because sourcing questions don't stop after the first order.

A supplier quote. A minimum order quantity to negotiate. Freight, tariffs, a new product idea.

Instead of guessing…
you ask before you spend the money.

Sometimes that's a five-minute answer.
Sometimes it's the difference between profit and a very expensive lesson.

Cancel anytime. No contracts.
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The Wholesale Alternative is just $57/month.

✓ Sourcing & Side Quests Weekly LIVE Q&A
✓ Sourcing Starter Course, plus every new training, masterclass or course
✓ Advanced Sourcing: Customize, Negotiate & Scale
✓ Conversation Vetting Scripts
✓ Supplier Command Center
✓ What I'm Seeing: Sourcing Updates
✓ How to Plan around Overseas Holiday Shutdowns
✓ 150 Product Ideas
✓ Private Community on Skool

One wrong supplier, one skipped sample, one shipping surprise can cost you thousands.
One right answer costs you $57.

Founding members lock in $57/month for as long as they stay active.

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YES! LOCK IN MY $57/MONTH RATE

Hey, I’m Marissa! aka The Sourcing Queen™

I've spent nearly a decade on both sides of the sourcing conversation.

I've sourced products for my own businesses, helped other business owners source millions of dollars in products, and spent thousands of hours talking to factories, reviewing quotes, solving production problems & figuring out what actually works. Oh, and I own a wholesale company. So yes, I'm the middleman telling you to skip the middleman.

But here's where my experience gets a little different...

I don't just teach U.S. business owners how to buy from Chinese factories. I also train Chinese factories on how to sell to U.S. buyers.

So I understand what's happening on both sides of the conversation.

I'm also an Alibaba.com Ambassador, and I've spent years inside the platform actually buying not just teaching theory about it.

I've seen the good... I've seen the “absolutely do not send these people money.” 😂

And I've seen how one smart sourcing decision can completely change the profitability of a product.

My goal isn't to make you dependent on me.

It's to teach you how to look at a supplier, quote, sample or situation and think:

“Okay. I know what I'm looking at. I know what questions to ask. And I know what I need to figure out before I send the money.”

That's the confidence I want you to have. 

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But don't just take my word for it...

“Amazing! I was messaging a supplier while rewatching this… BAM! I am now getting DDP pricing and I feel a lot better that I have a clue!” 
— Sheri Bailey- 

““This is going to save myself and another maker a tremendous amount of money.”

- Blue Brook Designs 

FAQ

Ready to Stop Guessing and Start Buying With Confidence? 

Whether you're buying wholesale, exploring Alibaba for the first time, or placing your hundredth order...

The Wholesale Alternative gives you the knowledge, tools, and support to make smarter buying decisions every step of the way.

Because one confident decision can change the profitability of your entire business.


⚠️ Founding Members lock in $57/month for as long as they stay active. 

Weekly live Q&A • Cancel anytime • No contracts
Digital membership; payments are nonrefundable.

You've watched the video. You've seen the math. Join today, bring your first question to this week's live Q&A, and stop guessing.

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