“Opening a Car Accessories Store”
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Car Accessories market operates in 2 ways which go side by side. There are around 120 product categories in car accessories trade out of which only 17 categories like car audio, seat covers, car care products and Navigation systems etc are channeled through distributors. rest 103 categories reach retailers through wholesale markets.

Main Wholesale markets in India are located in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. Though it started from Mumbai but manufacturing and Import of Car Accessories is centered in and around Delhi which caters to over 90% of the items and to 95% of the locations. Smaller wholesale markets in Bangalore, Trivendrum, Coimbatore,  Surat, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Kolkata, Bhopal, Jabalpur, raipur etc are solely dependent on Delhi wholesale market.

There is another fact that wholesale margins at local levels are around 40% so most of these wholesalers would discourage new buyers to buy from Delhi, therefore come the comments like Delhi stuff is not good, its cheap etc. Most of the times these comments come from such wholesalers who are committed buyers of Delhi Wholesale Market. These days , Weight and measurement laws are being enforced strictly where printing of  Name of manufacturer or Importer is compulsory on packing of every item. So you can easily come to know where the local wholesalers buy their stuff from.

To me it appears from the comments of Gagan Singh and Harpreet that they are more interested to misguide startups for their own benefits instead of helping them grow their business. Another point to mention, I post comments here as a social responsibility. Till date, i have guided over 100 startups without any intentions of making profit from such activities.

@Nitesh, Please send me your contact details by email at md@easytradestore.com.

@Gagan Singh, I am the editor of these comments. I don't see any personal favoring to any of you here. Rather I have a personal request to all of you, stop being "I am good, I am Great", help others if you can.

@Utkarsh Srivastava (Banaras/Varanasi), Please contact M/s Kejriwal Accessories in Varanasi. They are the local suppliers there. If you need Delhi Prices, Please contact me at md@easytradestore.com

@Bala : I hope you will find going through all above posts useful for you, Please feel free if you need some more information.

@Chirag Patel, Surat is already a saturated market for car accessories. I have a data of over 315 retailers in Surat. So i do not suggest to open a new shop and enter the competition.unless you have an exclusive strength. 

1. I suggest both as both segments are growing. However my advice shall be available for Car Segment only.
2. Depends upon Money available with you. Even if you have plenty of money, i suggest rented first , then owned.
3. Budget depends upon shop size and the competition. In general , for a car accessories shop in thane, 5 lakhs budget is ok.
4. Being in market will help you a good footfall but be careful about the parking area in front of shop. Generally parking space is not available in markets.
5. You must have at least a week's training to know what you are selling, what is its use and why people will buy it from you. Rest your sales and marketing experience shall work.

@Amol, As far as i know there are two shops in Beed One of them is Satya Sai Accessories (Kiran Patil). Pune and Auranagabad both markets are already flooded with retailers. Still i suggest that you try in Pune. Your budget is little less but if you get some support from  any wholesaler then there should be no problem.