What does it mean by 'dropship' a product?and how does this work if you sell from ebay?

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What does it mean by 'dropship' a product?and how does this work if you sell from ebay?

Answer 1

hes right above but finding a dropshipper is a sea of sites and dont buy links are list of dropshippers you can open account on alibaba.com manufacturers and wish for a product then make a buyer inquire

"i want to buy 1000 t shirts must be dropshipped "

if you are having problems with this contact me

Answer 2

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Answer 3

To elaborate on the above points, the hardest part of drop shipping is finding suppliers. Take your time to find A. find suppliers that are offering decent discounts and B. suppliers which will give you flexibility around returns and other customer service.



Although it is important to understand drop shipping, drop shipping is simply:



1. Customer makes purchase on eBay

2. Retailer locates the purchased product by inventory number on the manufacturer's drop shipping interface (avoid drop ship programs without solid interfaces, otherwise you will have a nightmare when it comes to returns)

3. Retailer provides drop shipper with eBay customer's name, address and personal details.

4. Drop Shipper sends ordered product directly to eBay customer billing the retailer at the same time.

5. eBay customer obtains purchased goods from drop shipper, some drop shippers masque the goods to make it appear as though it came from your website.



In the above example you may ask yourself, so what happens if a customer wants to return a product? This is really up to the drop shipper, but you MUST understand that you lose control of the return process as the physical goods must be sent back to the manufacturer as you yourself can not facilitate the return. Sometimes it becomes messy as a customer may ask why they are sending the product back there and you may have to manually arrange for shipping costs both ways!



So in a nutshell, drop shipping is selling stock from someone else's stockroom and your most time should be spent researching your potential partners!



I wrote an article on finding the best drop shippers, you can read it here: http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1885779

Answer 4

If you order products in bulk from a wholesale supplier and stock them and sell these products this is a traditional retail model. As you sell more you will buy more and re-stock your items.



However, with drop ship there is a wholesale DROP SHIP supplier. This supplier acts more like your own warehouse. You list items for sale online, like on ebay, and when you get an order only then do you contact the supplier. They will ship that one item to your customer and package it like it comes from you.



So, when you list a product on ebay you dont actually have it in your hands and have not paid for the item. when a customer buys the product from you on ebay you collect their payment. Then you contact the wholesale drop ship program that is your product source. You tell them the product name/sku and the address it needs to go. They charge you the wholesale cost and ship it to your customer with your logo on the box. The difference between what you charge your customer and what your supplier charges you in your profit. You can learn more about a drop ship overview here:

http://www.inventorysource.com/index.php/New-Sellers/Dropship-Overview.html

Answer 5

Drop Shipping means that you sell an item which you do not have in your possession, rather you have it shipped directly from a wholesaler.



Eg You sell an underwater knitting kit, then you give the shipping details of the buyer to the underwater knitting kit supplier and they will send the item directly to the buyer, without it ever passing your hands.

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