{"id":596,"date":"2022-07-26T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.subbly.co\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2023-02-13T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:55:12","slug":"source-products-suppliers-subscription-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.subbly.co\/blog\/source-products-suppliers-subscription-box\/","title":{"rendered":"11 unexpected places for sourcing suppliers and products for subscription boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>You asked, we\u2019re delivering\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, we emailed 1000s of our subscribers and asked them what aspect of running their subscription box companies they needed help with most, the top answer (27% to be precise) said they needed help with finding and sourcing suppliers and products for their subscription box.<\/p>\n<p>We hear you. This is <em>definitely<\/em> a head scratcher for people running a subscription box business, and so we\u2019ve pulled our heads together here and came up with a series of blog posts to help with this topic.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with this one, here\u2019s 11 places you can look for suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>But first, some background information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You asked, we\u2019re delivering\u2026 Recently, we emailed 1000s of our subscribers and asked them what aspect of running their subscription box companies they needed help with most, the top answer (27% to be precise) said they needed help with finding and sourcing suppliers and products for their subscription box. We hear you. 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