Our suppliers are among the worlds largest fluorescent bulb manufacturers based in Asia. Today over 90% of ALL of the CFL's sold in the USA are made outside of the United States, with 80% of these bulbs made in China.  This means that the vast majority of fluorescent bulbs sold at retail today in the USA are built in China and then branded by one of the leading bulb suppliers in the market like GE, Sylvania and Philips.  As a result of this, when you buy from one of these brands at retail today you are paying for their marketing budgets and their extra distribution costs and overhead.  When you buy from Wholesalebulbs you buy direct from the manufacturer in China.  You get the same quality and reliability as you would from any of the major brands because we are all buying from the same sources......through Wholesalebulbs you get to purchase these bulbs at discounts of 25%-50%.  But there is even a better reason to buy from us below the chart.  But first, below is a comparison of a typical purchase of 20 pieces of a 15 Watt Mini-Spriral bulb from Home Depot or WalMart versus Wholesalebulbs.net:

Proof that the quality level of the wholesalebulbs product is the same as that of any of the major brands is that MOST of our bulbs we offer have received EnergyStar approval.  The EnergyStar approval process includes a number of rigorous tests for quality and reliability.  For additional information on the EnergyStar testing and approval process for Fluorescent light bulbs please see this website:

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/cfls_prog_req.pdf

Our manufacturers have also obtained approvals with many international standard certification bodies such as UL, FCC, VDE, CE, GS, TUV and CSA.  Also, we only work with manufacturers who have attained the ISO9001 quality system certification. 

As promised, however, the very best reason to purchase from our site is that you do not have to go drive down to your local "airplane hangar" (big box retailer), search for help until your feet are sore from walking on hard cement only to go take your goods to the self serve checkout where odds are strong you will make a mistake and feel that scornful look from a clerk who yells to you, "I can help you over here!"  Sit in your home, click through helpful informative pages, avoid sales tax (in most states Thankfully) by purchasing on the internet, save gasoline and time which these days more than ever is worth a great deal of money.  We are wired for business, we have the attitude of entrepreneurs who OWN our company and want to hear from you if you have any problems with our store. 

Finally, for our members (membership is free, just sign up), we aim to make it even easier to enjoy our site.  We will beat any advertised price on like items by 10% that you find in any brick and mortar US based retailer.  Just email us (service@wholesalebulbs.net) a copy of the actual circulated advertisement as well as the city and state and store #. Applicable dates for the AD must be visible and if it is the same item during that active time period, we will charge you the lower price on our product and credit you another 10% on that item.