What are the benefit of a Portfolio Manager?

Portfolio Managers help Makers navigate LibDib, remove distribution roadblocks, and get the most out of their LibDib membership.

Portfolio Managers are included with Silver and Gold memberships.

Your Distribution Partner at LibDib

As a Silver or Gold Maker, you have a dedicated Portfolio Manager who gets to know your brand, your markets, and your distribution goals.

You continue to build your brand, develop Buyer relationships, and create demand. Your Portfolio Manager helps make sure the LibDib side of the distribution process is ready to support the opportunities you create.

Think of your Portfolio Manager as your primary point of contact inside LibDib.

How Can My Portfolio Manager Help?

Your Portfolio Manager can assist with many aspects of your LibDib distribution, including:

Offerings and Pricing
Get help navigating offering submissions, pricing, market requirements, and changes to existing offerings.

Buyer Opportunities
Have a Buyer interested in your product? Your Portfolio Manager can help coordinate the distribution side of the opportunity and identify anything that needs to happen before the Buyer can order.

Order and Distribution Support
Your Portfolio Manager can help troubleshoot issues and coordinate internally when an order or opportunity requires additional attention.

Inventory and Logistics
Get guidance on inbound inventory, LibShip, inventory requirements, and other logistics questions related to getting your products where they need to go.

Market Guidance
Different states can have different requirements and processes. Your Portfolio Manager can help you understand how to work with LibDib effectively across your active markets.

Proactive Account Oversight
Your Portfolio Manager can help identify issues that may be preventing orders, such as incomplete offerings, pricing issues, out-of-stock products, inventory needs, or other distribution roadblocks.

Does My Portfolio Manager Sell My Products?

No. A LibDib Portfolio Manager is not a dedicated sales representative for your brand.

LibDib Makers are responsible for building their brands, creating demand, and developing and maintaining their Buyer relationships. This is an important part of making the LibDib distribution model successful.

Your Portfolio Manager supports the distribution side of those efforts.

What Is the Difference Between Access and Having a Portfolio Manager?

LibDib Access provides the core infrastructure you need to distribute your products through LibDib, including licensed distribution, Buyer ordering, logistics, invoicing, collections, and Maker payments.

Silver and Gold add a dedicated Portfolio Manager who helps you navigate that infrastructure and provides a higher level of hands-on distribution support.

A simple way to think about it:

Access gives you the distribution infrastructure. A Portfolio Manager helps you get more out of it.

What Additional Support Do Gold Makers Receive?

Gold Makers receive our highest level of support. In addition to having a dedicated Portfolio Manager, Gold Makers can receive assistance with more complex distribution needs such as chain opportunities, inventory programs, samples, in-state inventory requirements, and other higher-touch opportunities.

Your Portfolio Manager helps coordinate these activities with the appropriate LibDib teams.

How Do I Contact My Portfolio Manager?

If you are a Silver or Gold Maker, your assigned Portfolio Manager is your primary LibDib contact.

Not sure who your Portfolio Manager is? Contact the LibDib Makers Team at makers@libdib.com, and we'll point you in the right direction.