Carpets are available at wholesale prices on line and off line. Reasons why dealers or manufacturers may offer carpets at wholesale prices may be:
Direct sales from manufacturer to customer
While most manufacturers prefer that a carpet is sold through their dealers, some of them also sell carpets directly to customers. In this case the dealers / distributors margin is avoided resulting in a much lower price than what is available in the market.

Purchase of carpets by dealers in bulk quantities
Bigger dealers and distributors of carpets purchase carpets in bulk quantities. Since the manufacturers overhead costs (logistics costs, marketing costs) are reduced considerably in this case, they offer discounts to the dealer. The dealer then passes these cost advantages to the customer.


Phasing out of a product by a company
A type of carpet which is not selling in the same quantities as it used to previously, results in the company deciding to phase out the production of that particular carpet. In this scenario, a company offers this carpet to their dealers and distributors at a discount. The normal condition is that the dealers are obliged to purchase the carpet in a much larger quantity that it normally does. The dealer then on his part offers the carpet to customer at a discount at a wholesale price.

Liquidation of stocks for a particular carpet
Carpet manufacturer are faced with a situation where they might want to liquidate the stock of a particular type due to cancellation of orders or they might have produces the carpet in anticipation of a larger sales of the carpet. In case the higher sales are not met, they might decide to liquidate the stock at a lower profit margin or at a no margin basis.

Renovations of stores
When a store decides to renovate its premises , they would prefer to have lesser stocks in their shops, so that it does not hamper their renovation activity. The dealer might offer the stocks in hand at a discount or at wholesale prices.

Carpet of a lesser known brand
New Carpet manufacturers or carpet manufacturers who are not very popular amongst consumers offer carpets at lower wholesale prices than their competitors to gain a better market share.

Import of carpet
Carpets from countries where the overheads are lower are cheaper in cost. Imports of carpets require the importer to purchase the carpet in certain wholesale quantities to justify the transportation and other logistic costs. Since the dealer has purchased these in large quantities, he in turn, offers it to customers the carpet at discount or at a wholesale price.