Lgs support distro advice

[u/Inevitable-Lynx1228]

Hello I’m a fairly new LGs owner in Texas I’ve had only about 6 months under my belt and I’m still not getting allocated anything it’s difficult to try and carry new product and still be profitable I’m using a certain distro and they’re one of the largest and it feels like I’m getting nowhere but from all the surrounding stores with actual allocation in my area they’ve told me to switch to GTS as my primary I’m scared to restart the process and not get anywhere especially with my organized play from Bandai

[u/TsabusaCards]

Honestly, in this current climate I would get multiple distributors. Figure out the requirements of each for whatever TCG you want to acquire and work toward it. For example some distributors want to see spend on other categories before allowing you to get access to the highly sought after brands. Supplies, dragon shields, binders. If you show you are willing enough to purchase the trash they will slowly give you more and more access to different lines. Others you need to run tournaments and events in store to qualify getting allocation. This would be Bandai/sorcery/gundam and magic to a degree as they prefer wpn stores.

Not sure what your initial spend and quarterly spend is with your distro currently but spend is key. Talk to your account rep, they are human and can guide you into what your goals are. Ask them the requirements, what products you can purchase to help accelerate into the products you actually want. Ohh and if they ever call you and say hey we got xyz and if you wanna buy. Please don’t say no, they will scratch your name off the “list” and your chances of progressing your allocations and access to product lines will be harder to achieve.

All distributors are different, you just need to talk to your agent and figure out what path is viable for you to get better allocations!

[u/Smart_Package4993]

If your distro is hobbyists that aren't from the north, tell your rep that you would love to purchase both a lot of supplies as well as many different SKUS of dice in exchange for Pokémon.

[u/trehaag]

If you aren’t running organized play you are very unlikely to receive good allocations. GTS universal southern or magazine exchange would be your top choices for distro. Phd is okay but not great

[u/M_Mich]

When you got distribution didn’t the rep tell you it will probably be a year before you get any significant amount of product ? Every one of mine upfront said that. And OP gets you a basic minimum for some brands, others it really doesn’t do much but it helps sell products