Rebate Programs for Distributors

You're in the middle

Manufacturers want their products prioritized. Retailers want products that move. You're trying to keep both happy while running a margin business.

Rebate stickers give you a tool that benefits everyone. You can offer retailers products with built-in promotion, and you can show manufacturers you're actively driving sell-through.

How distributors use rebate stickers

Push specific SKUs

Need to move a particular product? Overstocked on something? Add rebate stickers to make it more attractive to end customers without changing your wholesale price.

Vendor co-op programs

Many manufacturers offer co-op marketing dollars. Running a rebate program with their products can qualify for co-op funding - meaning the manufacturer pays for the promotion.

Add value to retail accounts

When you offer products that come with active promotions, you're more valuable to retailers. It's not just product - it's product plus marketing support.

Differentiate from other distributors

If you and another distributor carry the same products, the one offering promotional support wins the account. Rebate stickers are promotional support that's easy to implement.

The logistics work for distributors

You already handle products. Adding stickers fits your workflow:

We ship stickers to your warehouse. They come ready to apply.
Your team applies them. During picking, packing, or as a separate process - whatever works.
Products ship to retailers with stickers already on. No work for the retail staff.
Or retailers can apply them. If that's how your relationships work, ship stickers alongside product.

Who funds the rebates?

There are a few models:

Manufacturer-funded: You work with the manufacturer to set up a rebate program. They fund the escrow. You handle distribution. This often qualifies for co-op.
Distributor-funded: You fund the rebates yourself to push specific products or win accounts. Your cost, your control.
Retailer-funded: A retailer asks you to help them run a promotion. They fund it, you facilitate.

We can set up escrow accounts for any of these arrangements.

Common distributor scenarios

Beverage distributor: "We carry 15 craft beer brands. One of them wants to push their new IPA. We apply rebate stickers at our warehouse, deliver to bars and liquor stores with the promotion already active."

Hardware distributor: "Tool manufacturer has co-op dollars available for Q4. We run a rebate program on their cordless drills. They fund it, we execute, our retail accounts get the benefit."

Food distributor: "Grocery chain wants a promotion for local products. We coordinate rebate stickers for several local food manufacturers, all running through one program."

Push products. Earn co-op. Differentiate.