By this time you have read lots of articles, tips on dropship business. You have studied many drop shippers and have contacted some of them – they are ready to drop ship products for you. Great!

Your next move is to get defined of the marketplace where you are going to sell drop ship products. Some newbies start with developing online stores investing money and time into the entire process. Take care: we do not recommend following their way. When you have some experience and good relations with dropshippers – it is only then you should think of your own online store.

So, you might be surprised and confused: where in this case should you sell the dropship products on the Internet? The reply is – try online auctions first. In this way you will save time, test the products, get traffic to your auctions within a few hours.

What are the auctions that are worth your time? Begin with eBay.com – no doubt, it is the world leader in its industry. But make sure you check other options that you can add to eBay sales.

So, you are at eBay.com homepage. What’s next? Go to Register page where you will create an account. If you are going to sell immediately you will need to create one more account - Seller account and to enter your credit card number using secure servers (otherwise you will be unable to place your auctions online).

Take your time to browse Help section, find out how to contact eBay customer support if you need their assistance. Check What’s Hot Section to see what is in demand at this time. The section is updated monthly – bookmark it. Find and browse the category where you are going to sell your products. Get to know your competitors, borrow their best techniques.

Properly learn the structure of eBay fees – eBay will charge you monthly for their services (they provide you with the website, traffic, great seller tools – they have the right to charge you some funds). Be careful using different listing options – they cost money. You are new to the market place with no feedback (study properly this area of eBay market) so do not expect that people will trust you and buy lots of products from you. In addition, you should keep in mind that you need to test your drop ship supplier, try different products.



Learn the options of auction listings: duration, shipping methods, payment methods, categories, seller software (most popular is free – Turbo Lister). Have in your mind a clear vision: how you will start your auctions, how many and for how long you will run them, reply the customers’ questions, accept their payment (check our (article about the most popular online payment processor – PayPal), fulfill the orders. Have a professional product template, description and photos. Once you feel comfortable start your auctions.

Many smart eBay sellers use eBay wholesale market to buy drop ship products wholesale and then retail them through the auctions. eBay allows your business grow with their market place – you can launch your own eBay store that has many features similar to professional online stores. (We discuss this advanced method to conduct online dropship business in this section as well).

One more benefit you get from eBay: when you are comfortable with their website you will discover many great bargains to get for your personal use.

Well, I guess it’s enough information for now. Time to check the website eBay.com and get registered.