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drop shipping on ebay

by MonetizationDaily
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Hello, how is everyone doing?
Im looking to dropship on ebay through several sources such as chinabuye, eforchina, and aliexpress. the only problem is that I've researched around 50+ products and i see every single one on ebay at only a $1 markup... or less. so... how am i suppose to compete with that? i have a few ideas but I'm not entirely sure that they will work, such as :

1. listing the item under a completely different name.
2. ordering the item myself and taking much better product photography.
3. selling the same item with my own photography and my own brand. i think this will work and will allow me to add value, but how do i do this if I'm still going to dropship the item? wouldn't it still arrive in the original box ? wouldn't the customer be mad?
4. listing the item as an auction with a higher price, to kind of "pressure" the customer into buying it and not having him think twice when he sees that buyout price is much higher.


what do you guys think? what will work? if you can give me some insight, that would be great. Ive read a couple of good posts on the forum but could still use some more information.

anyways, a lot of people have just told me to go and sell on amazon. i know 1 or 2 people that are doing great with FBA, but i personally don't have enough capital to just buy a boatload of products and send them to fulfillment warehouses...

let me know, thanks a lot warriors !
#drop #ebay #shipping
  • Profile picture of the author violet0176
    Research more niche products and sell something else.
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    • Profile picture of the author Adam Maymon
      arbiship.com is good for that
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  • Profile picture of the author chuff1026
    you are going about this all wrong
    i sell on ebay
    i sell 100k a month on average
    and i dropship from walmart, amazon, sears, academy and so on....
    i personally look fo ritems that sell repeatedly
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    • Profile picture of the author cpheena
      Originally Posted by chuff1026 View Post

      you are going about this all wrong
      i sell on ebay
      i sell 100k a month on average
      and i dropship from walmart, amazon, sears, academy and so on....
      i personally look fo ritems that sell repeatedly
      Hello Sir,
      I am a new in internet market so please tell me what ecommers site are best for me like amazone,walmart,ebay,aliexpres. And how to earn money with drop shipping thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Seantrepreneur
    How much would you have to start with though? You don't really need a boatload to get things rolling on Amazon.

    I've listed the same product on Amazon through FBA and eBay and I'll sell 5-7 of that item on Amazon in a week while I'll have 20 "views" on eBay with no sales.

    Maybe I'm doing something wrong on eBay, but Amazon is 1,000 time profitable for me all day. Plus the whole logistic thing sucks. I love not having to worry about shipping at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author Importexport
      Originally Posted by Seantrepreneur View Post

      How much would you have to start with though? You don't really need a boatload to get things rolling on Amazon.

      I've listed the same product on Amazon through FBA and eBay and I'll sell 5-7 of that item on Amazon in a week while I'll have 20 "views" on eBay with no sales.

      Maybe I'm doing something wrong on eBay, but Amazon is 1,000 time profitable for me all day. Plus the whole logistic thing sucks. I love not having to worry about shipping at all.
      Seantrepreneur and DWaters are both right. The idea that you need to buy a boatload to start selling on Amazon is a myth.

      I have taught hundreds how to buy small quantities direct from overseas manufacturers and import them the easy way for massive profit margins.

      "If you think education is expensive - consider the cost of ignorance."
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  • Profile picture of the author DWaters
    I totally agree with Sean above. Do not buy a boatload of anything to start an FBA business. Start out small and build a business using product sources that give you a good margin. From my experience a lot of products sell for higher prices on Amazon then on ebay. In fact every week I buy items on ebay and resell then on Amazon at a good margin.
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    • Profile picture of the author MonetizationDaily
      ok, I'm still looking for domestic product sources! should i make my own listings or sell under others listings (existing listings? I see, thanks for the help!
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    • Profile picture of the author ktownfnest
      Originally Posted by DWaters View Post

      I totally agree with Sean above. Do not buy a boatload of anything to start an FBA business. Start out small and build a business using product sources that give you a good margin. From my experience a lot of products sell for higher prices on Amazon then on ebay. In fact every week I buy items on ebay and resell then on Amazon at a good margin.
      This sounds interesting could you elaborate a little more or give me a cheezy example. like do you do specific niches or categories? thanks.
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      • Profile picture of the author DWaters
        Originally Posted by ktownfnest View Post

        This sounds interesting could you elaborate a little more or give me a cheezy example. like do you do specific niches or categories? thanks.

        I sell mostly in the toy or tools and appliance category. On ebayI only want to buy NEW products which can be tricky because very often people list items as new that are not new. New means brand new and in a box that has not been opened.


        I use camelcamelcamel.com to see how often and for how much an item has been selling for. I also look on Amazon to see how much competition there is for an item. If I see an ebay item that might work (meaning provide enough margin) I will add it to my watch list, determine the max I will bid and when possible I wait until there is about 30 seconds left in the auction and try to place the winning bid.


        As soon as I get my ebay item I list in on my FBA seller account and send it to Amazon. I do this weekly. It is actually kind of fun. I have a list of items that have worked for me and I repeated look for them on ebay.
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  • Profile picture of the author chuff1026
    i didnt get into FBA when i get into dropshipping because i had 200 bucks
    3 months later i was making 5k a month dropshipping on ebay
    and now i been making 10k a month for the last 2 years
    plan on doing FBA from january as well
    but you dont need to pay any dropshipping company
    they dont have anything amazon doesnt
    the dropshpping game for the most part has turned into retail abitrage
    look up NO BS DST on youtube
    its free
    they have some cool videos
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  • Profile picture of the author Virtualghost
    Originally Posted by MonetizationDaily View Post

    Hello, how is everyone doing?
    Im looking to dropship on ebay through several sources such as chinabuye, eforchina, and aliexpress. the only problem is that I've researched around 50+ products and i see every single one on ebay at only a $1 markup... or less. so... how am i suppose to compete with that? i have a few ideas but I'm not entirely sure that they will work, such as :

    1. listing the item under a completely different name.
    2. ordering the item myself and taking much better product photography.
    3. selling the same item with my own photography and my own brand. i think this will work and will allow me to add value, but how do i do this if I'm still going to dropship the item? wouldn't it still arrive in the original box ? wouldn't the customer be mad?
    4. listing the item as an auction with a higher price, to kind of "pressure" the customer into buying it and not having him think twice when he sees that buyout price is much higher.


    what do you guys think? what will work? if you can give me some insight, that would be great. Ive read a couple of good posts on the forum but could still use some more information.

    anyways, a lot of people have just told me to go and sell on amazon. i know 1 or 2 people that are doing great with FBA, but i personally don't have enough capital to just buy a boatload of products and send them to fulfillment warehouses...

    let me know, thanks a lot warriors !


    Another thing you have to look at is their shipping charges for the items as a lot put low price tag and extremely high shipping more than it cost them which in the Ebay world is call fee avoidance because their are no fees paid to Ebay for the shipping only percentage of item sold price.So they are making profits from shipping fees.
    Example
    seller #1 sells item $9.99+$29.99 shipping
    seller #2 sells item $29.99+$9.99 shipping
    So Ebay fees are higher for Seller #1
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    • Profile picture of the author violet0176
      Originally Posted by Virtualghost View Post

      Another thing you have to look at is their shipping charges for the items as a lot put low price tag and extremely high shipping more than it cost them which in the Ebay world is call fee avoidance because their are no fees paid to Ebay for the shipping only percentage of item sold price.So they are making profits from shipping fees.
      Example
      seller #1 sells item $9.99+$29.99 shipping
      seller #2 sells item $29.99+$9.99 shipping
      So Ebay fees are higher for Seller #1

      Not anymore. Correct me if I'm wrong, but ebay fees would be the same for both sellers. In the past few years ebay started charging fees on the total value amount of the sale -including shipping. They claimed it was an attempt to stop sellers from inflating shipping rates. Who believes that(?).
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      • Profile picture of the author DWaters
        Originally Posted by violet0176 View Post

        Not anymore. Correct me if I'm wrong, but ebay fees would be the same for both sellers. In the past few years ebay started charging fees on the total value amount of the sale -including shipping. They claimed it was an attempt to stop sellers from inflating shipping rates. Who believes that(?).

        I have often seen email sellers using shipping fees for profit. It is often ridiculously high and I just avoid that auction/sale completely.


        I wish sellers would be honest and stop doing this.
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        • Profile picture of the author violet0176
          Originally Posted by DWaters View Post

          I have often seen email sellers using shipping fees for profit. It is often ridiculously high and I just avoid that auction/sale completely.


          I wish sellers would be honest and stop doing this.
          Oh, I realize that shipping inflation happens, I just don't believe ebay's reasoning for taking a percentage of the shipping rate.
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  • Profile picture of the author rulesforrebels
    I'm a full-time eBay seller and I would never think about doing this. I don't know what it is but eBay buyers are so much more difficult and less online shopping saavy than Amazon and other customers.

    I must explain 10x a day that USPS First Class mail is delivery confirmation and not tracking, just because tracking doesn't show updates doesn't mean I didn't ship it. I got a call this past Sunday morning at 6AM because a guy who placed an order Saturday night at 8PM didn't have his package yet.

    eBay buyers can be difficult and I would not be wanting to deal with them when I don't have control over the shipping. I notice eBayers do way more returns and open claims than Amazon and other buyers. I think this would be a nightmare.

    Add too that eBay, Amazon, Paypal all seem to be doing a purge of drop shippers. I've been asked to show invoices from suppliers by each of them in the last 3 mnths, they want to see if I have 200 items in stock I have recently ordered 200 items.

    Gotta be very careful with eBay and Amazon accounts, when they are suspended they are typically suspended for life and stealth is a pain in the butt and not worth it.
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