When you are looking for Harley parts or anything else online you may come across stores that are not in your state. For example, if you are on Craigslist and you search for Custom Harley Parts you may be surprised to find a large number of sellers that are not in your city and some are not even in your state. How can this be? Why are they advertising so far from where they are and why would you consider even buying something from them? Let’s look at each one of those questions and others one by one:

1. Why do companies post out-of-state ads: Many businesses rely on online sales as a huge portion of their income. For example, if they sell custom Harley Davidson parts they can actually sell those all over the country if they have a quality shipping department. Sites like EBay and Amazon do not worry about location as long as the customers are happy with the order. It is possible for a company in Florida that sells Harley parts to have a huge number of sales in Texas, California and other states as well. This inspires companies to sell on other sites that may localize their searches such as Craigslist.
2. What advantage does this give you: Obviously if you need a part ASAP you cannot buy it from someone out-of-state. However, if you are not in an immediate rush to get a custom part then shopping from a company that isn’t in your state gives you the opportunity to find a better deal or at the least, a far better selection of parts. Let’s say you are repairing and replacing a Harley Davidson and you need new handlebars. You want something that will look awesome and the local stores don’t have the greatest selection. When you go online and look you find a set of handlebars that look amazing, they are for sale at a really low price, but they are sold by a company on the other side of the country. What’s wrong with that? You just found a better part at a lower price and you don’t even have to go pick it up.
3. I miss the face to face: For those of you who get a little lonely understand this, most companies have a great customer service staff that specializes in internet sales rather than face to face sales. That means if you are on the phone with them they can easily walk you through their selection of parts, answer your questions and more. Try going to the local store and see what happens. The owner is out to lunch, the manager is busy and you get someone who has never sat on a Harley trying to answer your questions. Still happy you got the face to face attention?

The fact is that any company that has major online sales can afford to sell their products at a much lower price. Think about it like this; if you sell custom Harley Davidson parts and you only sell them to people who walk into your store you will need to make a large profit off each sale. However, if you sold those same Harley parts online and you sold a lot of them, then wouldn’t you be able to offer those same exact parts at a discount because you are making up the money in volume? That’s business 101 and it is also why you should buy your Harley parts online.