You know of a big website that doesnt use AdWords

But should, because they'd be making millions...

[Hubie]

I currently sell products for a larger company. The margins are slim, but I turn a profit. It's a lot of work (managing orders, packaging, shipping, customer support). Basically I'm running adwords for a product line of theirs.

They have this product line (and about 10 more), and have no existance on adwords at all.

Obviously I dont want to tell them this, because they'd slice into my business. But sometimes I wonder...

Should I just offer to set them up with an adwords account and shut down my site?

Theoretically, this would work best. They'd have the manufacturer's margins (vs. mine as a reseller) along with the staff to take care of all the tedious tasks that drive me nuts.

Realistically, they will find out how I am selling their products (either by checking me out after i contact them with some sort of proposal, or by figuring out what i'm doing during negotiations) and I could be left out to try. Also realistically, they will ignore/balk at any proposal I give them, since they are quite a large company, and while my sales are quite good, are not a major part of their business.

I am torn on how to handle this situation, as I grow more and more frustrated with the laborious work I do for an average pay-day...especially when I know this could be handled by the larger company to much greater profits and smoother operations.

Well, now that I've vented to the WW posse...any suggestions? similar experiences?

Hubes

[toddb]

Well it is probably cheaper to use you. A big compnay would need levels of management etc to do the same task as well as ramp up in info.

So why would they want to phase you out? You are the same as a salesperson to them with zero overhead.

[mark1111]

Can you outsource the fulfillment? Maybe you could mark up the price a little to cover the cost. Or hire a high-school or college kid to do it in-house. Or if you buy enough product from the company, could you ask for a better discount? Even a percent or two might cover the cost of fulfillment.

[TJRvanden]

make em sign a NDA maybe before you talk to them?

[netmeg]

*Someone* will tell them eventually. It's all but inevitable. It's up to you if you want to get in first.