Ordering clothing wholesale from Turkey has become more accessible

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How has the wholesale market in Turkey changed, what trends exist in the development of wholesale clothing sales, and what to expect next? The opinion of a wholesale buyer in Istanbul, Lyudmila Gritsenko, from the platform https://opt-istanbul.com/.

My first wholesale purchase for my retail store was back in 2017, and it amounted to about $15,000 for children's clothing. 

At that time, there were many limitations: some companies sold clothing wholesale starting from $1,000 and above, and everyone aimed for larger wholesale purchases. Now, you can order even a single size range, and you will be sold it at approximately the same wholesale price. However, shipping a single size range is not always profitable for the seller, simply to arrange and send it to your country, especially if the product is not very expensive. Although there are stores that can do this. We used to fly to Turkey and understood that to justify the flight, accommodation, and movement in the country, we needed to buy a significant amount of goods, and the costs of purchases were spread over the entire batch. Now there is no need to even fly: you can buy goods online, just by contacting and evaluating each purchase via video communication, clarifying all the details. We provide such an opportunity: our clients call us, we select the goods, send videos from the purchase itself. We work individually with the client at a distance. And this costs about 10% of the purchase price. For example, if you want to buy a trial batch for $300, then you will pay only $30 to the company for selecting the goods, buying, and sending them to your country. Agree, this is cheaper than flying to Turkey, this is cheaper than a transfer from Istanbul airport to a