--- title: Stop Selling description: "I know it sounds counterintuitive. A supplier should want a distributor to sell, right? Not in this case.\nWe want you to stop selling." image: https://info.brucefox.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Woman%20with%20her%20hand%20extended%20signaling%20to%20stop%20(only%20her%20hand%20is%20in%20focus).jpeg --- [![Custom Awards & Branded Displayable Products](https://info.brucefox.com/hubfs/Brucefoxapril2016_Theme/Images/logo-1.png)](http://brucefox.com/) Custom Awards & Branded Displayable Products [Interested in a career at Bruce Fox?](http://brucefox.com/careers) - [Home](http://brucefox.com/) - About - [Who We Are](http://brucefox.com/who-we-are/) - [The Bruce Fox Story](http://brucefox.com/about-2/bruce-fox-story/) - [Did You Know?](http://brucefox.com/about-2/faq/) - [What We Do](http://brucefox.com/why-bruce-fox/what/) - [What We Make](http://brucefox.com/our-capabilities/product-applications/) - [Support Services](http://brucefox.com/our-capabilities/support-services/) - Products - Bruce Fox Custom - [Bruce Fox Portfolio (Interactive)](http://fliphtml5.com/jmiqz/wwnl) - [Bruce Fox Portfolio (PDF)](https://brucefox.com/custom-awards-portfolio/) - DYR Stock Solutions - [2019 DYR Collection](https://dyr.brucefox.com/) - [ESP Product Search](http://mydyr.com/) - [2019 DYR Catalog (PDF)](https://brucefox.com/dyr-catalog-pdf/) - [DYR Catalog (Interactive)](http://online.fliphtml5.com/jmiqz/qmxk/) - [The Drinkwell](https://brucefox.com/new-drinkwell/) - [The Box](https://brucefox.com/box/) - [Signage & Lobby Art](https://brucefox.com/signage-lobby-art/) - Distributor Tools - [Why Bruce Fox? 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A supplier should want a distributor to sell, right? Not in this case. We want you to stop selling. Instead, we want you to… - Think - Ask questions - Have a real conversation ## Stop Selling We define custom beyond the oversaturated term in the promotional products industry of “customized.” Custom to us does not mean picking a few colors, adding a logo, and writing a few lines of text – that’s our [DYR division](https://info.brucefox.com/blog/dyk-dyr). No, custom means taking a blank piece of paper and drawing/designing a piece from scratch. ([Learn our custom process here](https://info.brucefox.com/blog/how-to-design-a-custom-award-from-scratch).) ![Stop Selling](https://info.brucefox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2-21.png?width=1280&name=2-21.png) So, when it comes to our products, we want you to stop selling. Stop doing what you do for all those other products out there – drinkware, wearables, and anything else. Why? Because that won’t work for our products. ## Custom Takes More Than the Usual Sales Tactics Your clients aren’t used to sales tactics outside of the usual in this industry and neither are you, which means you can surprise your clients with something 100% unique to them. As well as expanding your sales chops – stepping up into a more specialized and unique products league. Custom takes more than getting an order and you fulfilling it. It takes more than an [order-taker](https://info.brucefox.com/blog/how-to-make-the-transition-from-order-taker-to-sales-leader) - it takes a consultant. Someone who regularly meets or talks with their clients outside of orders. Someone who regularly walks the halls of their client’s building. Someone who knows their client’s goals and pain points this quarter (and every quarter). Someone who [differentiates themselves](https://info.brucefox.com/blog/value-more-than-price) beyond speed and price. Someone who asks *why*. Doesn’t sound like you? Then you won’t be successful in selling truly custom products. But if this does sound like you – then you could be poised to make a lot of money. Custom typically means bigger clients, bigger budgets (people expect custom to be expensive and [are willing to pay for it),](https://info.brucefox.com/blog/the-future-of-promo) and a high likeliness of repeat orders. ![80% of custom awards repeat annually](https://info.brucefox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/80%20of%20custom%20awards%20repeat%20annually%20for%20Bruce%20Fox%2c%20Inc.%20-1.png?width=600&name=80%20of%20custom%20awards%20repeat%20annually%20for%20Bruce%20Fox%2c%20Inc.%20-1.png) ## Stop Mindlessly Selling If you want to work with us, we need you to stop selling. If you’re willing to stop going into a meeting with bags of promo products, already poised with “all the solutions they need,” and instead, have a conversation first, then work with a supplier partner to propose solutions that fit the client’s needs, then we want to talk with you. We want to work with those willing to step outside of the normal. Move upstream from the over-fished hole to the more exclusive and prosperous fishing spot. We want to see you be a sales leader, instead of an [order-taker](https://info.brucefox.com/blog/welcome-to-mcpromoland-may-i-take-your-order-0), and we’re willing to help you make the change. We will gladly guide you and provide resources to help you stop selling. [Reach out to get started](http://brucefox.com/contact-us/) or [to learn more](http://brucefox.com/why-sell-custom-awards/). --- ![Kristina Hublar, Marketing Specialist ](https://info.brucefox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Hubspot_Persona-Avatars/KM%20profile%20image.jpg?width=108&name=KM%20profile%20image.jpg)**Kristina Hublar** is your friendly neighborhood Marketing Specialist at** Bruce Fox, Inc.**, which means she is the person behind the keyboard for the social media, emails, website, and other marketing efforts. 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