Right. Plenty of distys pay the business from ordering directly from them. COR# Brands, AV@D, SN@P (and I'm sure I'm missing more) have programs with a kickback of some sort.

Also, the old argument of "no disty has a website that you can order from" is pretty much gone. Most of the places I have ordered from have all revamped their site at least once (or more ) in the last 5-10 years. Again, no one is perfect, but ordering and tracking is not (difficult) like it used to be...