# Inside sales

A term used when buying convenience store or gas station.

Everything sold inside the store itself, not at the pump, and where the margin actually is.

Inside sales are where the profit is. Fuel draws the traffic on margins that move with the wholesale market, but the basket carries the store, so read the inside mix and its trend before you read gallons pumped. Ask what share is tobacco, because that category is declining and heavily regulated, and a store leaning on it is showing you a revenue line with a direction already set.

Part of: Buying a Convenience Store or Gas Station (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store/terms/inside-sales
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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