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Drop Shipping Wholesalers for Home Based Business If you want to sell products over the internet, either with your own website or through online auction sites like
Ebay, you will need a wholesaler to supply your goods. The question then is, where can you find a wholesaler that sells your product? An equally important question is, will the supplier drop ship directly to your customers?
If not, you will end up additional shipping costs which can cut into profits.
Often, this will mean you must buy the product in larger quantities. Most traditional wholesalers require each order to have a certain minimum amount. For an online business, this is often not a viable option. A more cost effective method is needed. For many, purchasing a large quantity of items at a time is not an option (especially if you are selling on Ebay) because of the additional expenses involved. Fortunately, there are many wholesale companies these days that will allow you to buy as little as one item at a time, while shipping the products directly to your customers with your business name on the packaging. This wholesale method is called drop shipping. This allows business owners to avoid carrying inventory, as the wholesale order is only placed after a sale has already been made. Typically, these wholesalers will ask to see a copy of your business license, but not much else. Using wholesalers who drop ship will give your business the flexibility of being able to carry any product because you don't need to worry about overhead costs. You can instead focus on other important aspects of the business such as customer service, advertising, website development and others. Where to Find Drop Ship WholesalersYou may have heard of dropshipping wholesalers through TV ads by companies like Specialty Merchandise Corporation or others like it. Those companies do offer low cost products that can be drop shipped, but they are almost strictly gift or novelty products that you might have a hard time selling. You might wonder if dropshipping wholesalers selling brand name products found in retail stores actually exist. Believe it or not, many wholesalers of store merchandise will offer dropshipping. With the surge of sucessful online business over the past 8 years, this method of shipping has become quite common. Still, many wholesalers will only sell to established bricks and mortar retail businesses, with a high minimum order. To find dropshipping wholesalers, you'll need to do some searching. |
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