Hello everyone,
I would love to hear some opinions from you people:
Imagine a fictional weed reseller. He/she had a long-term partnership with an internet source in the clearnet and a five-figure trading volume with this source. The relationship had been slowly built up during years and the trust and respect for each other had been enormous. Now this source is gone and other connections, such as local ones, have not been made.
Is there even a place for this reseller, other than, for example, in the local market? The DNMs seem to strongly focus on end-consumers and some sources might not like to advertise that they sell big amounts of drugs. On the other hand, one will lose the security the escrow system offers if he/she makes 'private deals'.
Questions in short:
1.) Are DNMs always your 'second choice' vs. local markets when it comes to reselling or larger quantities? I personally can only see negative points in comparison: fees, shipping duration, shipping risks, bitcoin price movement, acquisition of bitcoins, fraud and others.
2.) Is it not hard for you to compete offline with others that do not have to pay all these fees?
3.) Does an 'ebay-like' DNM work for bigger deals or do you prefer a local/personal contact?
Can you clarify what you're asking? It bounces around, and I can't figure out what the actual question is.
It's not necessary to be coy with "fictional/hypothetical" - it adds to the confusion. Are you looking to purchase bulk and resell locally or online? Are you asking how to find a bulk vendor? Set up a market account to sell to end users? We can't help you find any sort of connections outside markets - that's completely against the rules.
I'm removing this until you edit your post to clarify that you are not asking for info/advice about anything other than markets.
Edit - you apparently edited it while I was writing.