2005 founder simon slade & mark ling headquarters christchurch new zealand area served worldwide products wholesale directory market research lab salehoo stores online selling tactics number of employees 29 slogan product sourcing directory website salehoo.com salehoo group limited is a new zealand based e commerce 1 company that manages salehoo.com a website specializing in global trading between wholesalers and retailers . it is one of the largest wholesale directories on the internet 2 and one of the first to offer international wholesale contacts . contents 1 history and origin 2 operation & products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history and origin edit the company was founded in 2005 by new zealand born entrepreneurs simon slade and mark ling in christchurch new zealand . 3 while slade worked full time for hewlett packard 4 he also sold on new zealand s local online auction site trade me . 5 after receiving numerous inquiries about where he found his suppliers slade recognized the demand for a directory of verified suppliers . 5 together slade and ling each contributed 500 to launch salehoo . other expenses they begged borrowed or promised to pay later . salehoo reached 10 000 members just eight months after its creation and currently serves over 100 000 retailers and ebay sellers primarily in the us united kingdom canada and australia . 6 salehoo s parent company doubledot media limited was named the 23rd fastest growing company in new zealand on the deloitte unlimited fast 50 index . 7 8 9 operation & products edit as of december 2014 salehoo offers four products wholesale directory 10 market research lab 1 salehoo stores 11 online selling tactics see also edit b2b network references edit a b the hyper personalized business model trend . ecommercetimes.com . retrieved 12 december 2014 . simon slade who you know or what you know in sales . priceofbusiness.com . retrieved 12 december 2014 . founders share their scariest startup stories . tech.co . retrieved 12 december 2014 . entrepreneur helps people kick the 40 hour week grind . ceoblognation.com . retrieved 12 december 2014 . a b simon slade ceo of doubledot media limited . ideamensch.com . retrieved 12 december 2014 . 5 market research tools for ebay sellers . ecommerce guide.com . retrieved 12 december 2014 . deloitte fast 50 who will make this year s list . 3news . co.nz . retrieved 12 december 2014 . keeping staff happy good for business . stuff.co.nz . retrieved 12 december 2014 . simon says rinse and repeat . nzbusiness.co.nz . retrieved 12 december 2014 . demystifying liquidation suppliers can they boost your online sales . tamebay.com . retrieved 12 december 2014 . introducing salehoo online stores . tamebay.com . retrieved 12 december 2014 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title salehoo & oldid 638467132 categories companies established in 2005online companiessoftware companies of new zealand navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 december 2014 at 08 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view