What is dropshipping??

Just search for companies that dropship...they save you from having to worry about anything. All you do is THE MARKETING and all they do is make sure that your new customers get whatever product they buy, packed and usually professional.

You can also find companies that will drop ship independently for you. They get the product and send it out once they are notified by Paypal or whatever you use to process

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Dave

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Yes - the only difference between drop shipping and shipping the item yourself is you don't handle the inventory when its drop shipped. This means you still have to advertise the products, provided shipping choices/information, process the payment, basically provide a shopping cart. The extra step involved would be you contacting the supplier and sending the customer information to them so they can ship the item.

Correct - having a great relationship with your drop shipper is very important. You want the customer to think the item was sent directly from you. Most suppliers who drop ship - if they do it properly - will provide a non branded return address on the shipment or they may put your return address on the box. They should also allow you to include your own packing slip with the shipment.

Drop shippers don't "pay" - you buy the product from them at wholesale cost (plus most charge a drop ship fee per order) plus the cost of shipping.
Affiliate merchants send YOU money based on a percentage of the sale when you send a customer to them. The affiliate earnings on physical products is always going to be lower then the money made doing drop shipping. However the time and risk involved in drop shipping is a lot more than promoting the product as an affiliate.
With drop shipping YOU will be responsible for customer service, returns, credit card charge backs. You don't have any of those worries if you do affiliate sales.
With affiliate sales you generally don't get the customer information so selling to them again is unlikely.

Its unlikely you will be able to "see" a site that is working with drop shippers as stores usually don't advertise that fact.
In one of my stores I do both - drop ship and stock inventory. You aren't going to know the difference unless I tell you.
I don't know of any sites that advertise that they drop ship - its really none of anyones business. All drop shipping does is provide a way for the store owner to sell more variety of products without keeping it all in inventory.
When I inventory items I have to pay for them so keeping a large inventory of stock means a large investment.

Hope that helps

Another thing about drop shipping

Most suppliers will drop ship for you if you take the time to establish a good relationship. Times are tough for a lot of suppliers so they are looking for other ways to move their inventory.

There are companies out there whose main business is drop shipping. They don't always offer the best prices. It pays to shop around. If you are serious about selling products then go to a few trade shows and look at the selection and make contact with the suppliers. You need to do your homework if you are going to make any money doing it.

The wholesale world is all about moving a lot of product in a short amount of time. Shop around - there can be 10 different suppliers selling the same thing but at 10 different prices.

Even if a company doesn't advertise that they drop ship - ask them. Especially if you find one with good prices.

In the electronics world - its very hard to compete with the big name stores who buy in such huge quantities that they get rock bottom prices from the factories.

Pick products that are unique and interesting. Some stuff sells better online then in the stores and there are some items that just don't sell well online.
You need to experiment.

Personally I don't use World Wide Brands - I visit the trade shows and talk to suppliers and factories. Find someone who sells wholesale and see what you can learn from them. Its a very different world.

I have had big successes in both Drop Shipping and Affiliate marketing. I would say that affiliate marketing is a bit easier in the sense that you are not collecting money, and then waiting for the drop shipper to ship. Dropshipping can get a bit hairy if a customer returns a product as well.

Dropshipping is the original Affiliate marketing in some ways

There are companies who specialize in drop shipping such as Worldwide Brands and then also if you are in a specialized niche you can find some companies that don't have an affiliate system set up but will drop ship if you are interested in promoting their products.

I wrote a full 2 pieces on dropshipping that will really enlighten you: Dropshipping - wholesale - Internet Marketing Home Business Money Forum

After reading you'll see why I couldn't paste straight into this post

Hope it helps,

Louis

I've ran a successful dropshipping business for the past 2 years. It's a nice thing to have in your tool kit.

My goal is to have about 10 dropshipping sites up by the first of the year!

Like anything, you've got to find the right niche!

This may be a helpful site for you to check out. Hope it helps.
Doba.com

The only warning about drop shipping is that you should test out the shipper with your own money first. See if they send you the product and make sure that product is real and not fake. Also, see how their delivery times are as you may not want your customers getting upset with you when their product takes 2 weeks to get to their house.

Jeff

Drop shipping is good if you can find a good one to work with. Takes a lot of the work out of it for you. You sell, they ship.

Dropshipping is good but you should also think about White labelling

Drop shipping is used for online shopping which help you to deliver your products in estimated time to the customers.Only you have to do is contact your nearest courier services & ask them for drop shipping your items .They will deliver your products to the destination .

Drop shipping is a supply chain management technique. In which the retailer does not keep goods in stock. Drop Shipping is the easiest way to sell online. Drop shipping can be run from anywhere with Internet connection.