Best Way to Proceed?

[PhillipMarlow]

So I've found a niche that I think could be profitable...it doesn't look too saturated and there doesn't appear to be MASSIVE competition. It's primarily dominated by 1 big vendor. I contacted them to see if they offer dropshipping and their account manager said that they do, but before they go into wholesale prices, they have to see a business license and storefront. It sounds like he's not taking me seriously.

Don't I need sales lit/pictures and all of that jazz from him in order to build the storefront out?

What would you guys do?

 

[kblessinggr]

They're probably trying to avoid fly-by-night marketers and such, probably hoping to deal with someone in the long term. It's a common practice for manufactures or such to want to see a storefront before giving you any details. And a business license is an easy ~ 20-30$ way to establish some form of legitimacy.

It's also a way to weed out competitors from wasting their time.

 

[awcguy]

agreed, you are probably not the first guy to go down that path. Decide how serious you are about the opportunity invest or move on..

It seems that a lot of companies are tightening reigns on new affiliates/drop shippers..

 

[robfantasy]

i will give u the best advice u can get..

if u are serious, hire a lawyer, get a distribution agreement in tact which gives you certain rights to a marketplace (like ebay) then commit to a certain volume of sales after a short test phase to seal the agreement.

otherwise, you will be making money until ppl start catching on and competition will move in and your profits die.

i quit fucking with ebay when they started fucking w/ the listing algorithms.. but i used to solicit companies and secure VERO deals to control their listings on ebay. basically i had a monopoly on listings, (i could cancel competitor listings) i was dropshipping and i had insane margins.

if nothing has changed w/ the VERO program, u can still do this today