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The Dropshippers Guide
Sunday, 6 April 2008
Drop shipping finding reliable sources
Mood:  chillin'
Drop shipping is a method of selling products where one company sells an item to their customer, and in turn, has another company manufacture and send that item to the customer. Your customer orders through your site and pays you, then you contact your drop shipper and pay them their percentage, which of course is less than the amount that your customer paid you. Drop shipping is so popular that many scams exist around the entire industry. Take the time to do enough research and find a good and reputable supplier of products. Drop shipping is a step above affiliate marketing in this regard, for in affiliate marketing you have no control over what the markup is going to be and little say regarding which products you sell. In affiliate marketing, you simply refer traffic to an end merchant, and that merchant handles all the details of the sale and sends you a commission.

Drop shipping is not offered to international countries, sorry. However, we recommend having an inventory and you can then COD within your own country. Drop shipping is really outsourcing your order fulfillment services to a third party. You will be dependent on your drop shipper to have the products in stock, to deliver on time, and to properly pack and ship your products. Drop shipping is the shipping of merchandise from BlueMoonDirect.com to a retailer's customer. Meaning, you—the retailer—can ship to your customers directly from our warehouse.

Drop shipping is when you advertise products and take orders for those products. When you make a sale to a customer, you receive your money, then send that money and order form to a drop shipping company. Drop shipping is a quick and easy solution that can get you up and running fast, but you have to do it right or you can easily fail. In many cases, ecommerce start-ups fail miserably for lack of research and planning. Drop shipping is a very popular option with sellers because it takes a lot of the grunt work out of selling on eBay. However, there are some major downsides to drop shipping - especially for new sellers.

Drop shipping is a convenient way to go if you do not have money to buy from the wholesaler, or storage space. You don't need inventory as the drop shipper is supposed to have the items in their inventory. Drop shipping is neither a sport nor a game. It is a business. Drop shipping is the shipping of merchandise from a wholesale distributor directly to a retailer s customer. In other words, any business can ship to their customers straight from the suppliers warehouses.

Drop shipping is generally more expensive to do for the supplier. To offset their costs and unload the products, they will require you to order product you do not need. Drop shipping is still effective, and many sellers are doing very well. However, the eBay market place is so competitive that you really have to research your product and dropshipper to verify that you will be able to make a profit. Drop shipping is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented methods of product sourcing. And what you don't know about drop shipping can hurt your business, your customer experience and your Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs).

Drop shipping is high in demand and there is a lot of money to be made for everyone. If you were lucky back in the day, you had a good wholesaler that would drop ship bulk orders.

Posted by dropshipper at 9:04 PM EDT

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