When I see a dropship business for sale that was started back in 1999 I think that dropship business model gets really ripe. Buying a turnkey dropshipp website is a technique that is often discussed on the pages of this website (as well as an alternate way: to buy access to verified dropshippers’ list).

Advantages are numerous:

-    established website with traffic
-    regular buyers’ database with contact e-mails
-    established relations with verified dropship merchants (that is very important)
-    tested sales channels that work
-    tested marketing techniques
-    experienced mentor (as a rule the dropship business seller agrees to help with running the website for some time after the sale is closed)

Certainly, I should mention one disadvantage that in many cases outweighs all above advantages:

One needs to make a considerable financial investment buying the business.

And it is a risky (to some extent) investment: you do not know the seller or the website history. You do not know what search engines are up to – any change in their ranking algo can drain out the source of traffic to your website. It is the same as in any other business industry – one should remember of the risks involved.

Investments into dropship turnkey websites differ. The one I am about to mention in this article will cost you min $10,000, but if you are eager to get it now and here – be ready to invest $75,000:

•    URL: tenderheaded.com
•    Established: 3 Dec 1999
•    Uniques/Month: 6,000
•    Monthly Revenue: $51,356
•    Listed: 6 Oct 2007
•    Min bid  - $10,000
•    Buy it Now - $75,000

Description:

Website for sale. I work full-time and have no more time to run it. Revenue has been as much as $19,500 in one month when I sold heat appliances and when I gave the site my full attention. I was also spending about $2,000 in paid search at the time. Over last year, monthly revenue has averaged about $4,000/month. Website sustains this amount of sales based on average order size of $30.00 and based on organic searches, putting in website address, and with NO paid search. 10,000+ customer list. Many products are unique and could be increased in price.

Profit is narrow at this point because I use an outside fulfillment vendor.

Store gets very good customer feedback, and I am a BBB member. Solid Cactus just completed a new redesign, which I have yet to upload.

Revenue Details:

Revenue earned through product sales. Sales some in online, via mail order, and via phone.

Is it a good bargain or not? It is hard to say at first glance.

Firstly, one needs to understand the expenses that he will incur with the purchase of the business. $10,000 is a minimum bid; there is no guarantee that you will get the business for that money. And then you will need to spend some funds for transitional period. There is no doubt it will take some time anyone to learn the basics how to run this particular drophsip website and how to promote it.

Secondly, I think one needs to have some enthusiasm about the products the turnkey website dropships. So, it is a better suit for a lady. The current owner runs it as a part time venture, so any stay-at-home mom will have enough time to take proper care of that.

Thirdly, I would research Google for the history and mentions of this online store. Then I would implement deep website analysis and info verification.

Finally, it is good to establish communication with the seller to see how he replies to your questions (about the site, suppliers, buyers, etc) and get a feeling if he is sincere.

So, it is not a simple task to buy a profitable dropship business. Hopefully, the above steps will give you an idea about those things that you should do before you make the final purchase decision.

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I remember the time when there was only one recognized dropshippers list on the market and they used to charge a recurring fee every 6 months I think.

Nowadays dropshippers list competition has grown greatly (like e-commerce and internet business in general).

There are a few recognized dropship and wholesale list players now, all offering slightly different products attracting online merchants.

Shopster is one company on that list. Recently there were made a few significant changes to its products. In particular:

- Shopster is an eBay Compatible Application
what does it mean? It allows you to manage all eBay activity from your Shopster account

- New Products in the Warehouse
Shopster catalog is update daily. Yes, it is really a great feature that is now included with most top dropship lists.

- New Help Center
Updated help is always a nice feature to merchants as one is sure to find there answered most of the questions that other members asked Shopster in the past.

- This Weeks Hot Products
Never forget to check this page. Those 4 featured products are chosen by Shopster marketing team and at this time of posting have great sales potential.

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We will also regularly feature other dropshippers list new features and updates to help you to make the right decision with the choice of the dropship list to buy. It is obvious one needs a big budget to buy all those lists. On the other hand, one does not need all those lists – one is enough.

My position here is – drop shippers lists are great to start your online business, to find products that re profitable, to get trained with e-commerce and dropship basics.

Next step should definitely be your own fully functional e-commerce store and direct relations with the merchants that you set up on your own and that are not available to thousands of other dropshippers. More on dropshippers list disadvantages.

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