Does anyone here do their sales through a dropshipper? I've just recently been reading up on it, and it seems like there are some real possibilities there, but I was hoping someone with some significant experience on it could share some tips and strategies.
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There seems to be a lot of crap information out on the web, when you do a search every site seems to want to sell you a list.
I think this might be one area in which it's easier or better to do your research offline. Maybe look up companies in the sector you're interested in using the Yellowpages and call around.
I think this might be one area in which it's easier or better to do your research offline. Maybe look up companies in the sector you're interested in using the Yellowpages and call around.
The only experience I have had with it is reading about others that had it or talking to others that use it...
If you get on with the right people they can take care of you very well. Most will even handle all support calls/emails/etc. All you have to do is make the sale.
If you get on with the right people they can take care of you very well. Most will even handle all support calls/emails/etc. All you have to do is make the sale.
The advice every newbie gets on this (and rightfully so) is: visit www.worldwidebrands.com , it's the only site with an accurate and complete list of dropshippers and wholesalers, at a very reasonable price.
I haven't heard anyone say anything good about dropshipping. Basically the prices you'll pay erase the profit margins or even put you at a loss. However, dropshipping is useful if you want to test a market without dropping a few grand for a crate of goods that could sit in your garage for the next year.
It's probably like anything else, the more business you do with them, the better deal you can cut.
So while at the beginning your drop ship agreement might kinda suck, if you can build a good relationship and drive more business to them, you can eventually negotiate a better deal.
So while at the beginning your drop ship agreement might kinda suck, if you can build a good relationship and drive more business to them, you can eventually negotiate a better deal.
donn said:
Yeah, but the thing that gets me is that a newbie really isn't going to be ready to register for a Tax ID, which seems to be required by the dropshippers touted by World Wide Brands.
Payton said:
Yeah, but let's be real. There is a big difference between running a web-based store and a brick and mortar. Web-based ones can be started on a shoe string budget and you would think that you should at least be able to get stuff to sell without then having the IRS shine a flashlight up your ass. Especially since the odds are very good that it won't even work out and you won't make more than peanuts.
WallaceCleaver said:
You can probably do this for digital goods...reselling or dropshipping is a bit different. You don't want to pay sales tax? Better get a wholesale license, selling goods whether offline or online takes a little more investment in general.
I didn't say that I didn't want to pay sales tax. I don't even want a dropshipper. I'm just talking about from the angle of people who do. I mean, come on, this would be like eBay requiring a tax id before you could sell. Do you imagine how their userbase would shrink?
Not the same thing, but similar. Sales are being made so if you expect that sales tax should be collected in one scenario then it should certainly be collected in the other in which case a tax id would be required for both.Payton said:
While we are one the subject I was under the impression that Internet based sales were still tax exempt, so wouldn't a tax id once again be pointless for dropshipping. I don't do ecommerce so I may be wrong.
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