You can't just call up alpine and BAM its done. There's no way in hell he could even order direct, he'd definately have to go through a distributor. He will need storefront, business refs, tons of credit available, etc.Take it from me, dont deal through wholesale. Call companies direct and be a dealer. For Example, believe it or not, to be an Authorized Alpine dealer all you have to do is pay a down payment and they come and set up their own display. Most other companies do the same. Parts Express, they just need a TaxID. But if u deal through wholesale, to get a better dicount, you need to buy more than you need so your takin up shelf space...just deal direct, its less of a hassle.
Business is risky as fok and you better know what you're doing. If you don't even have a clue as to where you are gonna get products, you're in trouble. You better have a nice credit line too, that's a lot of money in electronics.i plan on opening a shop this summer and was wondering the same thing.