There are many companies that offer wholesale security cameras and surveillance systems. For the most part, their customers are businesses large and small who have a security need beyond the single household system. Since businesses purchase a lot of items wholesale, there are companies that offer the hardware necessary at wholesale prices. In addition to the hardware required for a state of the art security system, there are costs involved in the installation, training and maintenance for those systems.

And the more complex the system, the higher those ancillary costs will be. The companies that provide the hardware at wholesale prices are usually the same ones that charge a healthy fee to install the system, train the in house personnel who will be responsible for running it and are the choice to call for maintenance when something breaks down. Furthermore, there are constant updates to any system due to the ever-changing technology of the industry. With new, improved devices coming onto the market at all times and with new and more clever thieves, terrorists and other nefarious people around, there is a constant demand for the latest state of the art equipment.

So even though the hardware is being offered at wholesale prices, doesn't mean the company isn't making any money on the transaction.

Quite often, the public will be able to find home systems at close to wholesale prices. When technology improves, many items are discontinued and will be sold at deeply discounted prices. When this happens, the sharp shopper will be able to take advantage of the savings and buy a system at wholesale prices.

To the homeowner who merely wants a two way video and audio system to monitor their front door or entry gates, as long as what they are buying accomplishes that goal, everyone is satisfied. The homeowner has a good security system bought at a savings and they really don't care that the newest one is smaller, or somehow improved over their item. Security cameras and surveillance systems that function properly and do the job for which they were intended will always be in demand and at wholesale prices that demand will be even higher. With each new heinous terrorist act or wave of robberies, the demand for security systems always rises sharply.