"We were constantly growing little by little, and before we knew it, dealers and distributors were hitting us up asking to carry our products. You have to keep pushing until you can start coasting off that momentum.”

"The first few years were probably the easiest as our product range was just an extension to the beautician-training business. When it began to outgrow the training business is when it became more challenging."

"Lighting's relatively challenging from an inventory management perspective in that there are a lot of SKUs. A lot of the retailers we work with expect us to stock our products, so it's important that we have a warehouse and facility that works.”

"I move around a lot. I travel around a lot. I work from everywhere and anywhere I want. So I can connect to TradeGecko and access my account to check on things. The sales people can use their handheld devices to create orders on the Mobile Sales App. It makes …

"If you think your business is not worthy of an order management system like TradeGecko, or that you can’t afford it, you’re wrong. You can’t afford NOT to use TradeGecko. When you think big, you grow big. TradeGecko will save you time, prevent a lot of mistakes, and is totally …

"Prior to transitioning to TradeGecko, a lot of time was being spent on ensuring that stock was represented correctly. This means making constant checks of stock information against purchasing and sales information – an administrative nightmare. With TradeGecko we no longer have to think about stock! It feels like executive …

"We are still growing right now and TradeGecko is not putting a cap on our growth – it will be an advantage for our operations for the next five years to come, or even more."

"When you’re both an artist and a business woman at the same time, you don’t have to sacrifice one for the other thanks to really good systems like TradeGecko."

"We need to be as flexible as possible, given that we both have our children to take care of while managing the business. And a cloud-based system like TradeGecko is the only solution that offers us that flexibility."

"Managing so many different sales channels became tedious in Excel after a while. TradeGecko was the solution to consolidate all of these sales channels and automate this process as much as possible."

“For the first time, I could see and track my entire inventory flow. I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. it’s pretty freakin' awesome!”

"We recommend TradeGecko for wholesale clients that are wanting to manage an indent purchasing workflow, have multiple sales channels where sales come in via TradeGecko’s iPad app, eCommerce, or B2B. It’s also very user friendly and the workflows are really clear. It does very, very well in that sense. People …

“Now that I’ve grown, I also look for ease of communication. When you manufacture overseas, language barriers can be a big deal. Now I look to build relationships with manufacturers who are better communicators and have more respect for procedure and processes.”

“We’re a lifestyle company. We’ve been around since the 80s and have always been about the cool California lifestyle. This is an exciting place to be, very friendly and open to innovation.”

"TradeGecko is constantly making improvements and have made the B2B platform a major focus. This is awesome for businesses like ours, and we get lots of positive feedback on the user interface."