August 13th, 2009
If you are a new reader of our dropship website you might be interested how we choose products for our research to define if they are good candidates for your home based business or dropship eBay business. The choice depends on the demand.
Keyword research tools, eBay Pulse, Google Insights for Search and a few other tools are invaluable and as a rule free sources of this information. Below are examples of our recent product researches:
- Skateboard Dropshippers
- Pet Apparel Dropshippers
- Candle Drop Ship
- Bicycle Dropshipper
- Bluray DVD Dropshipper
- Bratz Dropship
Another great way to start or develop your dropship business or dropship websites is to see what other people do and learn their best practices. For that purpose, we have our huge database of dropship business case studies where you can browse by product category or income generated to get ideas.
Finally, we have reviewed and listed dropship sources – you need reliable dropship merchants for your business – either you are going to dropship scooters or video games
OK, after this short introduction to dropshiparea.com website let’s turn to researching another potential product for your home business – scooter dropship. My first questions are – seasonality, market and demand volume as the price is relatively high (compared to other products like candle, pet apparel or dvd’s). Google Insights for Search is here to help us –you can clearly see the seasonal nature of the product You get more valuable info through this source – the top scooter markets:
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Now I would like to have a look at my online competition – in my case I prefer to run dropship business through my websites (not eBay), so I need to see how much competition I have in general and who are top players in SEO & PPC. For that purpose I need a deeper keyword research to make sure I use a commercial keyword (we can check that with MSN online commercial intention tool).
Now it is time to learn something about our potential customers. Google Insights for Search is good to see the top markets for this or that product. Quantcast and MSN are helpful to get a more detailed description of out target audience.
The last, but not the least step of this initial scooter dropship research – scooter dropship merchants. You need to make sure there are verified suppliers that will drop ship your orders.
You can browse available merchants by category if you have subscribed to any of the below product sourcing providers. I prefer two sources – SaleHoo and WorldWide Brands (they provide lots of cool extras like In-Built Market Research that is a good starting point for your own product research and a valuable addition to my researches of products). OK, what we see is:
Drop Ship Wholesalers |
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Light Bulk Wholesalers |
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Instant Import Buys |
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Liquidation Auctions |
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And SaleHoo listings include:
Yay! 6 results found for Scooter
Scooter Supplier – Join for Supplier Name & Website
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Products: ATV, Pocket Bike, Dirt Bike, Electric Scooter, Electric Golf Tricycle, Two Wheels ATV, Sea Scooter, Go Kart, Pogo Sticks, Electric Bike, Foot Scooter, Wheel Bicycle, Gas Scooter, Snow Scooter, Skateboard, Mini Chopper.
Description: A high-tech enterprise integrated with sports equipment production and trade.
Scooter Supplier – Join for Supplier Name & Website
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Products: Mini Motorcycles, Pocket Bikes, Gas & Electric Scooters, Dirt Bikes, Mopeds, ATVs, Go Cart, Scooter Accessories, Scooter Parts, RC Toys
Description: They are located in New York and are an importer of scooters. They carry a full line of gas and electric scooters as well as large amount sorts of scooter parts…
Now you have collected some initial information about online scooter market, competition and demand, suppliers and target audience. I tend to compare that information to other product research results and my past personal experience. There are much more factors that define your dropship product selection – free resources (time, money, personal likings, etc.)