Dealer Program

There are 4 key requirements to be a Dealer with ACSI Bulk Inks.

1. You must be a legally operating business by the laws of the juridictions in which you are located.
2. You must provide us with a resale certificate or equivalent document.
3. You must demonstrate a good credit history to receive credit payment terms from us.
4. We must enjoy doing business with you. We are a small company and enjoy doing business with most of our customers on a friend-to-friend basis. If you act like a jerk, we'll let you know. If you keep acting like a jerk -- we will refuse to sell to you.

We have found that the following types of companies are most likely to be successful selling our ink:

• Independent office supply houses
• Independent computer and printer dealers
• Small retail repair shops, such as watch repair, computer repair, etc.
• Quick printers and graphics printing shops
• Retired individuals
• Aggressive, part-time individuals
• Specialized websites which sell inkjet kits.

Two other business approaches are possible and have mixed results:

• Door-to-door sales in office parks
• Development of an ink cartridge refilling business
• Fund Raising

While many of our customers are highly professional businesses with sophisticated operations, we also sell to many home-based businesses, students, and part-time operations. Here's some ideas.

Feel free to call us with detailed questions after you read this section of our website.

Make up to 60 percent profit on retail price of ink

Our aggressive discount program allows you to make up to 60 percent gross profit off the suggested retail price of our ink. Here's how:

Your Purchase Prices

1. To receive a discount, you must order at least one carton.
2. A carton is defined to contain either 12 pints, 12 cartridges, or 4 gallons.
3. If you order 1 to 3 cartons, you receive a Level I discount: 40 percent off retail price.
4. If you order 4 to 9 cartons, you receive a Level II discount: 50 percent off retail price.
5. If you order 10 or more cartons, you receive a Level III discount: 60 percent off retail price.

• Each carton may have a mix of inks or cartridges to receive the Level I and Level II discounts.
• To receive the Level III discount, each carton must contain 12 pints, or 4-gallons with the same part number. In other words, Level III requires unbroken cartons.
• The maxium discount for cartridges is Level II.
• Accessories such as Syringes, empty bottles, Ink-Be-Gone hand cleaner, beads, balls, screws, plugs, etc. have their own volume discount schedule and are not covered under the Dealer Program.

Low stocking requirements

We offer four separate suggested initial stock programs.

• Dealer Stock Order I - For small stores testing the waters, this package has the fastest moving inks.
• Dealer Stock Order II - For average stores covering 90 percent of the market.
• Dealer Stock Order III - For superstores who want to cover 99 percent of the market.
• Refiller's Stock Order - If you plan to offer a refilling service, this is the preferred Stock Order.

Efficient use of shelf space

Our bottles measure 7 and 1/2 inches high by 2 and 5/8 inches diameter (190 mm x 67 mm). This allows you to use 8 inch (200 mm) shelf spacing, and fit four bottles deep on a 12 inch (300 mm) deep shelf.

Because of the manner in which consumers purchase these products, the suggested display program is to place the bottles in a narrow, vertical configuration. In this way, you don't need to devote extensive premium shelf space to these items unless you plan a major promotion. Then, we suggest using an endcap in a high traffic area to generate impulse buys.

Instructions provided

We provide refill instructions for most printer cartridges on our Internet website and through our Toll-Free Telephone number 1-888-728-2465. (Outside the USA, use +1-740-374-9949 or Fax +1-770-554-1851). This contact information is on each bottle of ink.

In addition, serious dealers should consider purchasing our Refill Instructions Book, which provides information on about 70 different cartridges, and include a cross-reference to several hundred different printers.

Technical support

Any questions about our program or our ink, call 1-888-728-2465, 8 AM to 5 PM, Eastern USA Time. (Outside the USA, use +1-740-374-9949 or Fax +1-770-554-1851).

UPS and alternative shipping available

• We normally ship to USA and Canadian locations by UPS-Ground. Although most orders are shipped within 48 hours, we will occasionally require up to 7 days before shipping. Warehouse vacations often occur during early July and late December, so be sure to check with us around those times.
• We pay freight on orders of more than $2000.00 shipped UPS-Ground to a single USA location.
• We will ship via other methods if requested.
• Air freight orders must be entered by 12:00 noon, Eastern USA Time for same day shiPMent.
• We suggest Air Parcel Post as a cost and time effective international shipping method. Most shiPMents require a total time from order of 2 to 3 weeks using this method at a price much better than UPS or DHL.

Payment Terms

(Upon reading this section you might conclude that our Credit department is rather strict. You'd be correct. We've been burnt in the past and don't want to be burnt again. Of course, if you pay your bills on time, we'll get along just fine.)

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