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Amazon and Aliexpress

by favconnection
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Hi,

Question about Aliexpress

Can you tell me how to proceed to find a good dropshipper (from China) in Aliexpress?
How to make sure that you are talking with a real and serious dropshipper? (and not a middle man).

I know many people had bad experiences with Aliexpress, so I'm a little scared ):

Question about Amazon storage centers

Is it possible to use the amazon centers just to store your products and then the customers buy on your website (not on Amazon) and Amazon send the products to your customers?


Thanks.
#aliexpress #amazon
  • Profile picture of the author ZanyZebra
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    • Profile picture of the author favconnection
      Originally Posted by ZanyZebra View Post

      Yes.

      If you use Shopify as your selling platform they have an option to have the customers orders that are gained on your site to be fulfilled by using amazon (you'll need an amazon seller account to do this).

      Good luck with your venture.

      Perfect thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Originally Posted by favconnection View Post

    Can you tell me how to proceed to find a good dropshipper (from China) in Aliexpress? How to make sure that you are talking with a real and serious dropshipper? (and not a middle man).
    Trial and error. Trust me. I know a guy who used to make a killing selling MP3 players he bought from Ali, and he sold them on Ebay.

    But.... i also read a story about a guy who bought a ton of PS3's from a "verified/gold/trusted" supplier on Ali, but when the shipment arrived.... it wasn't PS3's. It was some no name reject crap that you can buy at your local CVS pharmacy. Dude lost a ton of dough.
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    • Profile picture of the author favconnection
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Trial and error. Trust me. I know a guy who used to make a killing selling MP3 players he bought from Ali, and he sold them on Ebay.

      But.... i also read a story about a guy who bought a ton of PS3's from a "verified/gold/trusted" supplier on Ali, but when the shipment arrived.... it wasn't PS3's. It was some no name reject crap that you can buy at your local CVS pharmacy. Dude lost a ton of dough.
      crazy story!!! I'm scared ):
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  • Profile picture of the author MelindaS
    Hi everyone,
    I would like to make a webshop with a dropshipping model. My plan is the following. I would like to make a webshop with products from Aliexpress using Woocommerce. The customers are going to purchase the products on my website and then when I get a payment from the customers I am going to order the item from Aliexpress.
    My problem is that how am I going to find that exact product on Aliexpress what the customer has ordered? Instead of doing this manually, I would like to have a plugin which can does this work. I think of a plugin that "knows" what kind of product a customer has ordered in which color, in which size, etc. (thus eliminating the chance of errors). It could provide a link, or something so all I would have to do is order that item.
    I also would like if the plugin could update the products, the price and delete the unavailable products automatically.
    I am not sure if this kind of plugin is exist, any alternative solution or advice would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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  • Profile picture of the author onegoodman
    First, majority of suppliers on aliexpress ( specially from China, are majority happened to be manufacturers selling directly ). I tend to relay on how much sales they making, reviews .. etc

    What to import, i would spend time looking into the market, there are a lot of niches that you can import, but you need to watch what the demands is for.

    My biggest concern is the quality , so i suggest before going ahead and buying big quantities, order a sample from various suppliers.

    You can by the way find a logistic supplier as well ( you are not primary under the control of amazon, if you want a middle company to ship for you, as a manner of fact a middle company, can allow you to keep your product at their location , and ship even on multiple platform, amazon, ebay, etc
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    • Profile picture of the author Importexport
      Originally Posted by favconnection View Post

      Hi,

      Question about Aliexpress
      Can you tell me how to proceed to find a good dropshipper (from China) in Aliexpress?
      How to make sure that you are talking with a real and serious dropshipper? (and not a middle man).

      I know many people had bad experiences with Aliexpress, so I'm a little scared ):

      Thanks.
      A big majority of sellers on Aliexpress are traders. Few of them are the actual manufacturers of the products they are selling.

      It's not just "many" people who have had bad experiences with Aliexpress - its thousands.
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Trial and error. Trust me. I know a guy who used to make a killing selling MP3 players he bought from Ali, and he sold them on Ebay.

      But.... i also read a story about a guy who bought a ton of PS3's from a "verified/gold/trusted" supplier on Ali, but when the shipment arrived.... it wasn't PS3's. It was some no name reject crap that you can buy at your local CVS pharmacy. Dude lost a ton of dough.
      Buying, importing, and reselling big brand products is illegal, and can cost you confiscation of the goods, possible fines, and at least your details and the supplier's details will be flagged by Customs so that all future shipments to you or from that supplier will be delayed for thorough inspection.

      Buying from verified, or from gold suppliers is no guarantee that they can be trusted. Buyer protection is full of loopholes, so read all that is published on the site about it. Not easy reading and you might not recognize the loopholes. If you want more information, just ask. Preferably post your question here: Ask Me Anything About Product Sourcing And Importing For Profit. ― Veteran Importer Here.

      Walter Hay.
      "If you think education is expensive - consider the cost of ignorance."
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