I had a number with no money down ages ago before the cut off point and then DP said pay in full by this date or no game for you, so I said get stuffed dutchy!
The cut off point is long gone.
But was it passed to the left hand side? 
From experience it is not easy to keep a distributorship for such a small project running and supported when the games are made overseas by a small company. Supply to customers is not that hard, but you need the tech support behind the product and the spare parts to keep the warranty claims under control. With warranty support, as a distributor, you need to get paid for the work conducted. If the games are poor quality, or have no QA done at the factory, then the customers will blame the distributor.
Sounds like "mission impossible".
For a "start up" venture it is challenging. The biggest problem is that the will always be doubt with the viability of the manufacturer in the short term. Not many last, and the ones that have, have been bailed out by investors (Stern and JJP). So it is a huge risk. Not a risk for Stern, all others have the same issue. Given most boutique manufacturers want pre order $ and then bail - there's a huge financial risk becoming a distributor and then paying pre orders for a container.
