Eric, is there anything you can do to resolve your out of stock problem? I know most vendors have that problem, but it does get frustrating.
You have some inexpensive
threaded driptips, but I couldn't find any inexpensive ones of the standard type. So I ordered an atomizer and inexpensive driptip from someone else. I like the pinnacle stuff, they are beautiful, but I just don't have that kind of money.
It depends on what you are looking for, drip tips come and go, it's not really a matter of out of stock. It's not really a specific branded item, so whomever has the highest quality and least expensive is what I purchase. I also look at trends, for example the standard inexpensive delrin drip tips do not sell nearly as well now as the more fancy drip tips so they are not ordered on a regular basis anymore (but I have some coming in).
Also, I do sometimes forget to remove items that are not coming back, so that might seem like I am out of stock when I just don't have any plans for them to return.
You can always submit a ticket on my website with a specific need and I will let you know if an item is coming back and when if I know. I am sorry I didn't have what you were looking for
Out of stock for vendors is a frustrating part of business, in my case I carry over 700 active products with 1500 in the queue, it is very difficult to plan that out, there is no way for me to keep fully stocked on 700 products, I don't make that much, this is not nearly as lucrative a business as people think it is. If I
buy something from china for 10.00 and I sell it for 20.00 I am not really profiting 10.00.
There are shipping fee's, CC fee's, packaging, business, returns, labor, and 1000 other fees. So outlaying a huge amount for 700 products is impossible. I invest almost every dollar back into the business (other than the rent, food and lights lol)
so say the average product cost is 3.00, times that by 100 quantity (for stock) for 700 products, that's over 200k!
Then we have to worry about something not selling anymore, I can sell 100 of something new, reorder 100 and then be stuck with 99 for months because it went out of style or favor.. not fun. So in the case of say a blue drip tip for example, I order 100, it takes 90 days to sell them, the last 10 took 30 days, it is not financially wise to buy another 100 (the minimum order). The "hot" seller ends up getting priority. Usually what I do is end up strong-arming the manufacturer to sell me 20 if I also buy 100 of the latest and greatest, sometimes it works
This all causes disruption in stock levels and I would gather it is the same process for other vendors. we do our best with what sells.
I know it's frustrating for the end user, sorry
