First off, have you considered selling your new line through existing e-commerce sites? They already have a built-in reputation and a consistent traffic stream, which you would not have to create from scratch. Many of them handle both retail and wholesale orders. You would sell to them at one price, or you might possibly set up a two-tiered deal where they pay more for retail purchases. 

Driving traffic to your site, especially a new site, would be a big undertaking since you have just one line to offer. But it’s not impossible. Companies like Boyd Lighting are wholesale-only. Online retailers, like the Horchow Collection offer a trade discount for large purchases. They have a “trade” link at the bottom of their website that explains their terms.

In order to separate retail purchasers from wholesale purchasers, buyers would need to fill out an online form, including providing a valid resale number linked to the buyer’s name in order to get the trade discount. You could then give them a password to log onto the wholesale section of your website for future purchases.

Pricing-wise, my recommendation is that you keep the retail prices fair and then offer a comfortable discount for wholesale. More retail sales are driven by online purchase than wholesale. More and more brick-and-mortar stores are offering the opportunity to make purchases online as well. This opens them up to buyers which would normally be outside of the region of their actual stores.