IMPORTANT NOTICE: make sure to
check these detailed instructions on how to start your eBay drop ship business.
The best model to start your own
dropship business is
eBay dropship. There are so many positive moments about this. To begin with,
it is free to join eBay, the largest online marketplace in the world. eBay fees are your only advertising expenses (and in return you immediately get a stream of buyers, not just curious Internet visitors). If you choose to start your dropship business with the development of an e-commerce site it will take you much funds and time. And it is not easy nowadays to get much traffic to your website quickly.
In addition eBay dropship business model enables you to test
different products and suppliers. If you see no good progress with one product you can within a few days change it for another and what is more important within a shortest time see the reaction of the potential customers.
Your
suppliers are also tested in this way:
- do they fulfill your orders properly and promptly,
- are they reliable,
- do they keep their dropship catalog current,
- is their customer support responsive to your concerns and queries
You get to know the company, its staff. It makes you feel comfortable that this company wont let you down. Those companies that do not meet your standards are dropped and forgotten.
Once
your eBay dropship business proves to be successful and growing, it is time to think of your own fully-enabled e-commerce website. You will need a site, shopping cart, payment processor and some other important things. The best way to handle all these is to hire an experienced person. If your budget is tight I would recommend you to try some freelance sites (www.rentacoder.com, www.codelance.com, www.elance.com) these are the places with the most affordable rates.
eBay dropship business is your starting point followed by a larger scale e-commerce projects. In case you are new to e-commerce this model provides the easiest entry level to the world of online business.
In our catalog
we do not mark out those drop shippers that will eBay dropship. The reason is simple many companies tend to revise their terms of operation and can at any point in time switch from one model to another. So, find the dropshipper that offers the products you are interested about and contact them with all your inquiries including this very important question: do you eBay dropship? It will be your first test of suppliers: are they worth dealing with?
And while you are waiting for the reply of the dropshippers
go to www.eBay.com website and register to start your long-term online business. We will need some time to get the idea:
- how it functions
- what are their fees
- what are the customer expectations
- what promotion techniques you can and should use
- what is allowed and disallowed
- what other sellers do to succeed
- learn your competition, their prices and techniques
- and the list goes on and on
But do not be scared revising the above list in several days of spending a few hours at the marketplace you might
notice that it is really interesting and worth your time. And
what really matters - later on you will apply all acquired skills to the entire range of products you decide to test on eBay marketplace. You should keep in mind that eBay dropship model is your start in e-commerce where the skies are the limits.
