I am wanting to start a business that would be almost exclusively online and drop-shipping. I believe that I have a decent business plan that would suit my needs assuming that I have the wholesaler in place and proper business identity. I am wanting to set everything in motion, but have hit a stumbling block. It seems that the primary wholesaler that I am intersted in dealing with will not give me the time of day without me having a business ID. Ideally, I would like to have everything set to go once the business ID is created, but that does not seem to be easily done.


1. Is this typical of wholesalers?

2. Is it foolish to to apply for a business identity without everything in place, or is it typical to have nothing in place?

I have tried contacting SCORE, but it seems that they (at least the local chapter) have no resources for an online business.

Thanks in advance to any respondents.