Portwest Wholesale Supply for UK Workwear Distributors
For workwear distributors, being competitive often comes down to two things: product availability and buying price.
Portwest is one of the biggest names in UK workwear, high visibility clothing and PPE. But not every reseller has access to a direct Portwest account or the buying terms needed to compete aggressively.
We are opening up our Portwest supply to other UK workwear and PPE distributors with one very simple objective:
Give resellers access to Portwest at genuinely competitive wholesale pricing, with enough margin left in the deal for them to win business.
Portwest pricing built to compete with the major wholesalers
A lot of independent workwear businesses currently buy through large wholesalers such as Ralawise and PenCarrie.
They are convenient. They carry huge ranges. But convenience does not always mean you are getting the strongest possible buying price on Portwest.
OAKEYS Safety is taking a much more aggressive approach.
Our reseller pricing is designed to be substantially more competitive on Portwest lines than the typical pricing available through major multi-brand wholesalers.
We are prepared to operate on heavily reduced wholesale margins because we want repeat orders, volume and long-term reseller relationships.
If you are currently buying Portwest through Ralawise, PenCarrie or another wholesale supplier, send us the products and prices you are currently working with.
Let us see what we can do.
More margin for the reseller
There is no point giving another distributor a so-called trade price if there is barely anything left in the order once they sell it.
The whole point of our wholesale model is to leave more of the margin with you.
A stronger buying price gives you room to:
beat competitors on quotations
protect your own gross margin
win larger workwear contracts
add embroidery or print without destroying the final price
compete more aggressively online
service existing customers more profitably
win business you may previously have lost on price
You own the customer. You set the selling price. You keep the margin.
OAKEYS simply gives you a stronger route into the Portwest range.
Buying Portwest through Ralawise or PenCarrie? Compare the numbers.
If Portwest is already part of your business, this is where it gets interesting.
Send us a list of the Portwest products you regularly buy along with your current wholesale pricing.
We will look at the lines individually and provide the strongest reseller rates we can.
On the right products and volumes, the difference compared with traditional multi-brand wholesale pricing can leave significantly more room for the reseller.
That could mean keeping your existing selling price and making more margin.
Or it could mean reducing your selling price and becoming much harder for another distributor to beat.
Either way, the advantage stays with you.
Can't get a direct Portwest account? You can still compete.
Smaller and growing distributors should not have to sit on the sidelines simply because they cannot access the same manufacturer accounts as larger businesses.
OAKEYS Safety can act as the wholesale supply route behind your company.
You deal with your customer.
You retain the relationship.
You decide the margin.
We supply the Portwest product at the strongest trade price we can make commercially viable.
That makes the model ideal for:
independent workwear distributors
PPE and safety suppliers
embroidery and print companies
online workwear retailers
promotional clothing businesses
new workwear resellers
regional suppliers competing against larger national businesses
We are deliberately working on tight margins
This is not about OAKEYS trying to make maximum margin out of another distributor.
Quite the opposite.
Our margins are deliberately tight so yours don't have to be.
If a reseller can move meaningful Portwest volume, we would rather build a long-term wholesale relationship and process repeat business than squeeze every possible pound out of the first order.
That means the more serious the opportunity, the more seriously we will look at the pricing.
Regular lines.
Repeat quantities.
Bulk requirements.
Tender opportunities.
Large company orders.
Send them over.
Use OAKEYS as your Portwest buying route
You do not need to move your whole business to OAKEYS.
You do not need to stop using Ralawise, PenCarrie or your existing suppliers.
Use us where we make commercial sense.
If we can make you significantly more competitive on a Portwest requirement, place that order through us.
If you regularly sell the same Portwest products, talk to us about building a repeat reseller price structure around those lines.
The relationship is straightforward:
More Portwest volume for OAKEYS.
A stronger buying price for you.
More margin and more competitive quotations for your customers.
Think your current Portwest price is good?
Send it to us.
If you currently purchase Portwest through Ralawise, PenCarrie or another UK wholesaler, give OAKEYS Safety the opportunity to quote the same products.
Tell us what you buy.
Tell us the quantities.
Tell us the price you are currently paying.
Then compare the numbers.
For serious resellers and repeat buyers, we will push our wholesale margins hard to make the proposition work.
Become an OAKEYS Safety Portwest reseller
We want to work with UK workwear and PPE distributors who want access to more competitive Portwest wholesale pricing without needing to establish their own direct account.
Whether you are buying a few core Portwest lines repeatedly or quoting major customer requirements, speak to OAKEYS Safety before placing your next order elsewhere.
Buying Portwest through Ralawise or PenCarrie? Give us the opportunity to beat the price.
Our margins are deliberately tight so yours don't have to be.
Get in touch with OAKEYS Safety to discuss Portwest wholesale, trade and reseller pricing.
