What is PO Financing?

What is PO Financing?

Are you a distributor, reseller or wholesaler of goods? As a distributor, your biggest opportunity – getting a very large order – can turn into a major problem if you don’t have the finances to deliver it. Why? Because if you don’t deliver the order, you risk losing your client to your competition.

However, there is a simple way to solve this problem. And, you won’t find it at your local bank. It’s called PO financing. PO financing provides your company with the necessary funding to buy the products from your suppliers, deliver them to your clients and make the sale.

You can use PO funding even if your company doesn’t have commercial credit or a long history of operations. How? By leveraging the purchase order from a strong customer (or the government) as collateral. It’s an ideal tool that can help a business grow past its current financial limitations.

Lets look at a sample purchase order financing transaction. It usually has 6 steps:

  • You get a PO from your client
  • The po factoring company pays your suppliers via a bank wire or letter of credit
  • The order is delivered to your customer, who accepts it
  • You invoice your client
  • Your client pays the invoice, concluding the order
  • The transaction is settled

Although purchase order funding is a great tool for many businesses, it is not for everyone. Given the associated risks, most po financing companies will only finance transactions that:

  • Sell goods/products that are manufactured by a 3rd party
  • Sell goods to reputable clients or government entities
  • Have profit margins of 25% or more

If you meet these criteria then, PO financing will be able to help you. And an additional benefit of PO financing is that is relatively easy to obtain and can be set up in a week or two.

Want an instant purchase order financing quote? Click here to get an online quote now! Questions? Call (866) 730 1922 . We offer services in the USA and Canada.

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Need more information? Go to the purchase order financing resource center or to the main purchase order financing page.

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