#asks-offers-advice

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Stefanie Broes September 17, 2025 at 03:23 PM

Anyone here been on QVC? We're in discussion with them and I'm trying to find out if it's doable of being the vendor directly, or if it's better to work with one of their recommended vendor partners (which, for obvious reasons, take a decent cut for this).

Brian Von Ancken September 17, 2025 at 03:36 PM

Cool! Maybe @Jared Koch or @Sam Faillace know someone who knows someone who could answer that!

Eliott Kessas September 17, 2025 at 04:11 PM

I have done it through a partner (I was already doing business with them).
It worked better for me that way for cash flow and inventory management. Obviously they took a cut but all in all it turned out great and was a lot less stressful for our internal team!

I'm sure that if you have the right contacts you could do it directly but it might take some time to get set up and what they are asking for in terms of compliance might be painful depending on where you are in your journey

Eliott Kessas September 17, 2025 at 04:14 PM

Unrelated but I remember being hesitant about doing it for brand reasons. Ultimately for us, the consensus after was that it was a positive, as the product ended up in hands of people who would not have found us otherwise and who then probably picked us up in retail!

Stefanie Broes September 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM

Thank you <@U096XUK1Z6W>! Who was your partner? We are in discussion with On Air Direct.

Eliott Kessas September 24, 2025 at 03:44 PM

I had a business partner that was really large corporation, that was doing business with them directly 🙂
So everything went through them and it was super easy for us from an ops standpoint