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Drop Ship Sites: A Good Method To Start In e-Commerce
June 29, 2009
If you are a experienced e-commerce veteran, you have no doubt have read about drop shipping. But if you are new to the scene, you may not know that you can start a business on the web with no need to stock inventory! How can you accomplish this? You find drop ship supplier listings to send or ‘fulfill’ your orders on your behalf. You simply collect the customer’s money - purchase the merchandise from your wholesaler, and they send it to your client with your name on the packing slip.
All you have to do to start a dropshipping website is a web site, a method to take credit cards (PayPal is great for starters), and a product to offer! There are many drop ship supplier directories on the web. You should be careful, however about using these directories. Some of them are just outdated lists with incorrect or bogus information. Use care when you are buying access to a list of drop shippers.
The best drop ship vendors lists give you the actual name and address of the supplier companies. That is what you want; beware of services that say they also provide products - they are usually a middleman and you will pay high prices for your products. Don’t use a middleman, you won’t be able to price your products competitively.
The Internet has opened up a new world of business opportunities to those who are not afraid to spend a bit of their effort and money to learn the basics. You don’t need a big inventory of merchandise to begin selling online. Drop shipping is an easy, low-risk way to get started.
