Online Office Products Store

Innovative and New B2B Online Business with Immense Potential - Ideal for executives & professionals! An innovative, new B2B concept that has an amazing ROI, a comparatively high revenue-to- investment ratio, and one that plays in a high-growth market, requiring only part-time sales efforts to build and grow the business. Historically, professionals or small businesses seeking new opportunities have faced limited options - restaurants, auto repair, cleaning, financial services or consumer driven businesses. The office products online business opportunity is unique because it is designed by combining industry-specific proven business and sales processes, web technology, and sales productivity - all baked into a system as a total package in a high-growth segment. It beats any other franchise or business opportunity available for professionals in terms of potential for return on investment or sales to investment ratios. Start, build and grow your own online office products business. No previous industry experience is necessary although some prior B2B sales and marketing experience will be helpful. A High-Demand and High-Growth Industry… The market size of the office products industry is >$100B annually. The four main product categories are office supplies, technology, janitorial & break room, and furniture. The competitive landscape, comprised of national players such as Staples, Office Depot and OfficeMax who have about 40% industry market-share, is expanding with new entrants such as Sam’s Club and Costco. National players have recently started targeting mid-market consumers, the segment of the industry where real growth is taking place. The other 60% of the market is catered to by thousands of independent dealers and brick and mortar retailers.

The office products category is quickly shifting to online buying, and during the last 5 years the online segment has grown from under 10% of industry sales to about 20% or $20B annually. The power channel players currently dominate the online segment, and three of the top ten online retailers now are the office supplies superstores, viz. Staples, Office Depot and OfficeMax. Traditionally, the national players have targeted only large corporate clients and more recently small individual consumers or the home-office market segment. There is thus a huge ‘opportunity gap’ with the “mid-size B2B market segment”, or more specifically businesses with 15-500 employees, who have a need for online procurement (purchasing convenience, service and competitive pricing), but have not been targeted in an organized manner by any group. Orders continue to be consistently placed online by end users, and many expect this to continue to increase in the future as shown in the charts below. Independent office products dealers are attempting to move their traditional business from catalog to online to retain and grow market share, and for the next decade this market segment is expected to be a double-digit growth market.  

Why consider the Office Products Online Business System?

 Many companies are starting to shift their focus online. James Weaver, head of E-Commerce for the DeltaQuest Group recently commented: “Online retail is growing and will continue to grow, as you can target far more customers, cut costs and reduce your advertising spending” to continue:  “These factors are major reasons to start an online business, as you can effectively run it out of your garage."

If you wish to maximize the return yield on your investment in a new business opportunity, and if you answer yes to all of the following questions, then we believe our Office Products Online Business System is the perfect solution for you.

• Are you entrepreneurial and creative and looking for a new and unique business opportunity?
• Do you have any business to business professional selling experience?
• Can you build a base of loyal accounts and nurture them for growth?
• Are you able to invest at least $25K in cash and commit to a $50K total investment?

Why us?

Advanz Systems has helped many independent office products dealers (these are dealers from within the office products industry) make a successful transition from catalog to online. We have also helped new entrants in the business with our knowledge of the space and the eCommerce system integrated with CRM for office products, combined with connectivity to wholesalers within the industry. We have a proven workflow and sales/business processes built into the system to enable you to enter into the business very cost-effectively with your own custom-designed front-end and branding, so that you can provide your customers with seamless fulfillment when they buy from you online. A 50-employee business spends $20K annually on office supplies. Building a book of 50 such loyal corporate customers could result in annual annuity sales of $1M delivering about $250K in gross margins depending on prices. Our proven system and business processes will help you do much more than if you were to put the pieces together yourself. Moreover, we are the only single source for a complete business system in this space with technology, business process and supply chain connectivity all packaged together to help you get off the ground in no time and for the lowest possible capital investment.

Attract and convert prospects in the office products mid-market segment efficiently Provide end-users with an excellent online experience Expand your market reach with convenience and pricing as your value proposition Capture your fair share of the market growth Benefit from our experience in the industry

•       A business system to enter into the fast-growing online office supplies B2B mid-size market segment

•       A comprehensive and customized integrated eCommerce and CRM application

•       Supply chain connectivity to start, manage and grow the online B2B office products business

•       Complete business processes

•       Assistance with target market identification

•       Initial target leads pre-loaded into the system

•       Inside sales training with mechanism to convert prospects for office products

•       Training on how to use the system effectively

•       Workflow and operating procedures

•       High-availability hosting of customized portal with technical support

•       Marketing-materials and communication templates

•       Sharing of best-practices

•       Ongoing business & technology support

•       Upgrades

If you would like more information on this business opportunity, and if you (a) have some prior B2B professional sales or marketing experience, and (b) are able to invest $50K with at least $25K initially, please contact us.  Some financing is available for qualified candidates.