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since I'm doing it at the moment I'll give you some insight. Of course you want to go factory direct, unfortunately you need to do a minimum buy-in just to get an account. For example(i was looking at this last night as a matter of fact) AC autotechnic requires a $4500 minimum buy-in and then a $4000 minimum monthly order to keep your status. Your best bet at the beginning is to find a small distributor(like myself for example) and get all the lines you can carry. That way if someone asks for a product you can deliver, though it will probably be at msrp to turn any profit. Find an authorized dealer of one specific line and work with them and push the crap out of that brand. That will return a higher profit than say skunk2, where it isn't worth to sell unless you're an authorized dealer. You need to know someone as well who can get you special pricing, a local distributor will not help you, you would need to know someone out here in socal. Plan on opening a shop and carry an inventory of universal items such as bulbs, wings, mufflers, maybe a few kits as samples, while everything else is on an order basis, there is no need to hold over $1500 in inventory. Go through a distributor first for pricing and then use your profit to research your buy-ins carefully, I am an authorized dealer of Bomz Racing, that could get you started if you need some help. You could start your business with $500 and make it big, I know many who have.

good luck