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Your house, Their house or the Warehouse?
2008-01-20 19:43:00
Although drop shipping can take all the strain of stock-buying and stock-holding off your shoulders, it???s just possible that maybe you want to buy a chunk of inventory ??? perhaps to get the higher profit margins that come from bulk-buying or because you got a great discount buy-now deal from an overstocked manufacturer.What if you could find someone who will do both of those things for you ??? and keep track of your stock? It???s just possible a manufacturer will store the stuff for you at their place but they won???t want to do that for long and they???re unlikely to want to help with the shipping. The people who will are fulfillment companies ??? giant warehouses, who will also take care of the shipping. Now, when you buy, you can have your order shipped to the warehouse instead of your 24-hour storage lock-up. They???ll let you know when it arrives, barcode the stuff and ship it out, piece by piece, to whomever, whenever you tell them. They???ll usually handle any returns for...
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Dropshippers and Wholesalers
2008-01-20 19:41:00
How’s your garage doing? Or the lock-up storage unit? Can you see a darn thing in there or is it full, full, full from floor to ceiling with novelties and frivolities that you plan to sell online? And what about the old wallet and that worn-out credit card? Are they crying out for mercy as you build up your stock of gifts, equipment and must haves that your customers, well, must have? (You hope). Stop right there. You should be using dropshippers! Done right, it’s the neatest thing that ever happened to retailing, relieving you not only of the need to provide inventory storage space but also of the need to have any inventory at all! Hey, and you don’t even need to do the shipping!Drop shipping is a service in which you, the retailer, do not stock the goods you sell but instead transfer your orders to a wholesaler who ships directly to the customer. You sell, they send. You buy wholesale and sell retail. The wholesaler makes his profit by buying at even lower prices ...

Dropshippers and Wholesalers
2008-01-20 19:41:00
How???s your garage doing? Or the lock-up storage unit? Can you see a darn thing in there or is it full, full, full from floor to ceiling with novelties and frivolities that you plan to sell online? And what about the old wallet and that worn-out credit card? Are they crying out for mercy as you build up your stock of gifts, equipment and must haves that your customers, well, must have? (You hope). Stop right there. You should be using dropshippers! Done right, it???s the neatest thing that ever happened to retailing, relieving you not only of the need to provide inventory storage space but also of the need to have any inventory at all! Hey, and you don???t even need to do the shipping!Drop shipping is a service in which you, the retailer, do not stock the goods you sell but instead transfer your orders to a wholesaler who ships directly to the customer. You sell, they send. You buy wholesale and sell retail. The wholesaler makes his profit by buying at even lower prices ...

Doba and Dropshipping
2008-01-20 19:03:00
Using Drop Shipping to Expand into New Markets by Stuart Lisonbee, Doba Education Specialist For retail businesses, expanding into a new market can be a risky proposition. Aside from additional marketing costs, there are also the costs of storing new inventory that may or may not sell. This is just one more situation where drop shipping can help save you time, money, and a lot of unwanted stress. Just like drop shipping is a low risk way to break into the retail business, it can also help your existing business get its feet wet in new markets. Let's take a look at an imaginary online retailer that sells camping equipment. For years, this retailer has focused on specializing in tents and sleeping bags only. Now, to increase sales and profits, he wants to expand into more camping accessories such as cookware, backpacks, propane, emergency equipment, and so forth. The problem is... Read Full Article
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Doba and Dropshipping
2008-01-20 19:03:00
Using Drop Shipping to Expand into New Markets by Stuart Lisonbee, Doba Education Specialist For retail businesses, expanding into a new market can be a risky proposition. Aside from additional marketing costs, there are also the costs of storing new inventory that may or may not sell. This is just one more situation where drop shipping can help save you time, money, and a lot of unwanted stress. Just like drop shipping is a low risk way to break into the retail business, it can also help your existing business get its feet wet in new markets. Let's take a look at an imaginary online retailer that sells camping equipment. For years, this retailer has focused on specializing in tents and sleeping bags only. Now, to increase sales and profits, he wants to expand into more camping accessories such as cookware, backpacks, propane, emergency equipment, and so forth. The problem is... Read Full Article
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Doba Responds to Scam Accusations
2008-01-20 19:00:00
This is a special excerpt from the January 2008 Doba Newsletter by Jeff Knight: Vice-President, Marketplace - Doba. This excerpt helps describe exactly what Doba provides for retailers & suppliers and why those who don't understand might claim "scam." From time to time, we field questions or concerns from customers who have read something negative about Doba. This month, we want to address what Doba is as well as what we are not. In marketing one of the easiest ways to position your product's value, is to put it in contrast to the leading product, solution or service. In essence, instead of explaining what their product, or service is, the marketer focuses on what someone else's is not. In politics, candidates do this all the time. The idea is simple: by accusing their opponent of discretions or inconsistencies, they take the attention off their own message. If it works, it makes the mudslinger seem like a genuine 'good guy'. While it may not be the strongest lo...
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Doba Responds to Scam Accusations
2008-01-20 19:00:00
This is a special excerpt from the January 2008 Doba Newsletter by Jeff Knight: Vice-President, Marketplace - Doba. This excerpt helps describe exactly what Doba provides for retailers & suppliers and why those who don't understand might claim "scam." From time to time, we field questions or concerns from customers who have read something negative about Doba. This month, we want to address what Doba is as well as what we are not. In marketing one of the easiest ways to position your product's value, is to put it in contrast to the leading product, solution or service. In essence, instead of explaining what their product, or service is, the marketer focuses on what someone else's is not. In politics, candidates do this all the time. The idea is simple: by accusing their opponent of discretions or inconsistencies, they take the attention off their own message. If it works, it makes the mudslinger seem like a genuine 'good guy'. While it may not be the strongest lo...
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Dropship Primer
2008-01-02 19:15:00
Question: How can you start a retail business, with no stock, no upfront costs and sell your first product without spending a cent? Answer: Find the product you want to sell, advertise it on a free-listings day/week/month on eBay and then get someone else to supply it cheap and ship it straight to your buyer who is, of course, paying you the full price. By the time you pay for it, you???ve received cash from your customer. The difference between what the item cost you and what you received is your profit. Now go back to the beginning and do it again. Impossible? No, absolutely possible. No bull. That???s what drop shipping is all about. You work in partnership with one or more wholesale distributors ??? called drop shippers ??? who agree to sell at discount to you, on a single item-by-item basis, and ship the items out when they???re sold. You don???t have to buy in bulk. In fact, you don???t have to buy at all until you???ve sold. And when you sell, you simply tell t...
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Dropship Primer
2008-01-02 19:15:00
Question: How can you start a retail business, with no stock, no upfront costs and sell your first product without spending a cent? Answer: Find the product you want to sell, advertise it on a free-listings day/week/month on eBay and then get someone else to supply it cheap and ship it straight to your buyer who is, of course, paying you the full price. By the time you pay for it, you’ve received cash from your customer. The difference between what the item cost you and what you received is your profit. Now go back to the beginning and do it again. Impossible? No, absolutely possible. No bull. That’s what drop shipping is all about. You work in partnership with one or more wholesale distributors – called drop shippers – who agree to sell at discount to you, on a single item-by-item basis, and ship the items out when they’re sold. You don’t have to buy in bulk. In fact, you don’t have to buy at all until you’ve sold. And when you sell, you simply tell t...
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The Scoop on Holy Cow Wholesale
2007-11-11 14:25:00
Holy Cow...you've hit the hottest wholesale and dropship resource center available...no cow or bull s**t! We know our stuff, and we we want you to know yours too. We've already been where you may be now...at the beginning, and a little frustrated, to say the least. Researching wholesale and dropship sources, only to find the same old lists and sites that have been available since the cow's came home! Buying every available thing we could get our hands on, only to be disappointed every time. Downloading ebooks, answering classifieds, buying eBay info packages....Wow...we never imagined such scams and rip-offs could exist! What the heck! What is so hard about this?? All we want is: an accurate, up to date, extensive list of authentic, actual wholesale and dropship sources, so that we can turn around and sell hot products for a profit. Plain and simple. Well, we won't go into the boring details of how we finally discovered exactly what we were looking for, and more...all that m...
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Yaba, Daba...Doba?
2007-09-19 02:35:00
Some companies in the wholesale business have been slammed for passing themselves off as drop-shippers when really they’re just aggregators. Let’s explain: A drop-shipper is someone with a warehouse full of products they will sell individually at wholesale prices to you and ship direct to your customer. Three people in this equation: You -> the drop-shipper -> Your customer. An aggregator is someone without a warehouse, a middleman who acts on your behalf by dealing with the drop-shipper. Four in this equation: You -> the aggregator -> the drop-shipper -> the customer. Oh-oh. Looks like someone in the middle could be taking a slice of your profits. Not so, says top aggregator Doba. For a start, they’re upfront, telling website visitors exactly what they do and that they don’t have any warehouses. Second, Doba says it makes its money from membership subscriptions and does not take a cent from your profit margin. Third, by combining all members’ p...

Aggregator/Drop Shipper
2007-09-19 01:47:00
Some companies in the wholesale business have been slammed for passing themselves off as drop-shippers when really they’re just aggregators. Let’s explain: A drop-shipper is someone with a warehouse full of products they will sell individually at wholesale prices to you and ship direct to your customer. Three people in this equation: You -> the drop-shipper -> Your customer. An aggregator is someone without a warehouse, a middleman who acts on your behalf by dealing with the drop-shipper. Four in this equation: You -> the aggregator -> the drop-shipper -> the customer. Oh-oh. Looks like someone in the middle could be taking a slice of your profits. Not so, says top aggregator Doba (www.doba.com). For a start, they’re upfront, telling website visitors exactly what they do and that they don’t have any warehouses. Second, Doba says it makes its money from membership subscriptions and does not take a cent from your profit margin. Third, by combining all m...
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Sale Who? Salehoo!
2007-09-18 01:20:00
It’s a jungle out there. Man, it’s a blood-sucking swamp.  How can you save your life and  get hold of a good, up to date list of reliable, drop-shippers without spending a fortune? How about spending $67 for lifetime access to a continuously updated and checked-out database, backed by accessible customer service and a members’ forum for sharing ideas and tips? That’s what 40,000 drop-ship traders have chosen to do by signing up with Sale hoo which compiles and manages a list bursting with highly-rated names of drop-shippers, wholesalers, liquidators and manufacturing suppliers around the world. They’re all just waiting to do business with you, and Santa Monica, CA, based Salehoo reckon they’re the people to put you in touch. Because, their database is more than just a list of any old you-know-who that claims to be in the biz. “We’ve created Salehoo to be the most informative and comprehensive wholesale directory available,” they say. No...

More Complex than Simplx??
2007-09-18 01:09:00
Hmmm. Before you visit www.simplx.com try Googling the name of this product sourcing company and make up your mind in the raging debate about the way they do business. Some bloggers are unhappy with how much they have forked out for membership and what they got in return, yet there has to be a reason why Provo, Utah, based Simplx claims to be “the fastest growing product sourcing company in the world” and “the single largest source in the world for drop-shipping discount products.” We are just not sure of what it is. And watch the online video tour. If you can keep a straight face past the introduction by a young lady in a ridiculously long-sleeved jacket, you’ll get a clearer picture of the way they operate. It works something like this: ·         When you join, you become a Simplx Authorized Broker, which gives you access to discounted prices at hundreds of retailers. ·         You decide which produ...
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POSTINGS of Wholesale Suppliers
2007-09-16 18:03:00
We are always coming across different wholesale/dropship suppliers in our internet travels, and decided to open this section up to posting them. We don't vouch for them or recommend them, we just post them as we come across them. Please do your own due diligence and research these companies before doing business with them. We invite you also to post those that you know about to share with our readers!We know you won't divulge your closely guarded secret sources...but maybe you know of a good source that you won't be using. Share it with others....hey, you know what they say, "what goes around, comes around". Do a good deed for a newbie or someone searching, and our bet is it will come back to you one way or another! *Please be sure to put the web site url and name of company in the blog comment! Thanks!!
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Start your own Handbag Business
2007-09-10 01:19:00
We've had some great response from some of our customers who have started their own handbag business online. Just check eBay at any given time, and you will be sure to find alot of activity surrounding handbag auctions. http://holliedust.whldeshand.hop.clickban k.net
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Where do I Sell my Dropship/Wholesale Products?
2007-09-02 19:48:00
What’s the first name that comes to mind when you think of online selling? A (cow) pat on the back if you said eBay. Yes, it is the number one source for online sales (by number of individual items sold) , and probably one of the best, but it’s by no means the only place where you can sell your drop shipped or wholesale products. There are lots of udders. :>0. get it? Auction.com is a popular sales site that, unlike eBay, does not charge a listing fee or a commission. Instead, you pay a monthly fee and can list as many items as you want. Another site that doesn’t charge a listing fee is uBid.com, which used to focus on electronics but now covers the whole range of consumer stuff. There are plenty more too – like Yahoo Auctions, Bidz.com and even good ol’ Amazon. For a list of the most popular sites, including a breakdown by sales category, visit http://www.100auctionsites.com/ There are also churns-full of non-auction sites where you can list and sell your drop...
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Let's talk Wholesale Pricing...
2007-09-02 19:47:00
Most people think there are just two prices for an item – wholesale and retail. Not true. First, there’s the price a manufacturer charges wholesalers who buy massive volumes of product. Then, there’s the amount wholesalers will charge for selling sizeable volumes of the same item to a retailer. This will be quite a bit less than he’s going to charge for one-off sales to you as part of a drop shipping operation. But because he’s going to be doing a lot of those one-off sales, he can still sell them at a discount. Which is how you make your profit. In between, some wholesalers will sell small or ‘light’ bulk lots. For low-priced items you can often buy in bulk and still make change out of $500. Then there are liquidation wholesalers, who dispose of manufacturers’ stock, often big brand names, at rock bottom prices, and importers who are moving new lines that have just arrived on our shores. You can find all of these levels explained at Worldwide Brands, ...
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Holy Cow!Thousands of wholesale products...what should I sell?
2007-09-02 19:45:00
Got your finger on it? The pulse, that is. Don’t expect to get ahead in the online sales game unless you know not only what’s selling well today but also what’s going to hit the big time tomorrow. Stay one step ahead of the competition by spotting new trends. For example, some drop shippers are now offering personalization of products – name engraving and branding off off-the-shelf items – and you could be among the first to offer this as a retail service. (All the personalization is done by the wholesaler). So, how do you stay in front? Finding Holy Cow Wholesale is a good starting point but there’s a whole cattle-pasture full of sites, books and other publications that will keep you in the picture and make sure you don’t step in the you-know-what. Some, like WhatDoISell .com or the eBay research specialists Terapeak.com, will keep you informed – for the price of a monthly subscription – or for a free instant snapshot of what’s currently red hot try...
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The Dropshipping Edge!
2007-09-02 19:44:00
Sheesh! Everybody’s doing it already. Drop shipping that is. Well, not everyone, but there’s a heck of a lot of people out there and, dang it, some of them are trying to sell exactly the same item as you. So, how do you stand out from the crowd? Here are some tips:·         Do your own thing. Most drop shippers or manufacturers will give you photos and product descriptions – the same ones they give to everyone else. Get a product sample, do your own photos, write your own description.·         Maybe get more than a single sample; buy a few. If demand is so good, perhaps even your drop shipper will run out of inventory temporarily and then there are going to be a lot of red faced sellers. But not you because you bought three or four standbys yourself didn’t you? You can ship them, collect the positive feedback and then suspend your listing till the item is back in stock! ·         Cu...
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Your house, their house or the warehouse?
2007-09-02 19:43:00
Although drop shipping can take all the strain of stock-buying and stock-holding off your shoulders, it’s just possible that maybe you want to buy a chunk of inventory – perhaps to get the higher profit margins that come from bulk-buying or because you got a great discount buy-now deal from an overstocked manufacturer.What if you could find someone who will do both of those things for you – and keep track of your stock? It’s just possible a manufacturer will store the stuff for you at their place but they won’t want to do that for long and they’re unlikely to want to help with the shipping. The people who will are fulfillment companies – giant warehouses, who will also take care of the shipping. Now, when you buy, you can have your order shipped to the warehouse instead of your 24-hour storage lock-up. They’ll let you know when it arrives, barcode the stuff and ship it out, piece by piece, to whomever, whenever you tell them. They’ll usually handle any returns for...
More About: House , Warehouse

Get the Scoop on Dropshipping!
2007-09-02 19:41:00
How’s your garage doing? Or the lock-up storage unit? Can you see a darn thing in there or is it full, full, full from floor to ceiling with novelties and frivolities that you plan to sell online? And what about the old wallet and that worn-out credit card? Are they crying out for mercy as you build up your stock of gifts, equipment and must haves that your customers, well, must have? (You hope). Stop right there. You should be using dropshippers! Done right, it’s the neatest thing that ever happened to retailing, relieving you not only of the need to provide inventory storage space but also of the need to have any inventory at all! Hey, and you don’t even need to do the shipping!Drop shipping is a service in which you, the retailer, do not stock the goods you sell but instead transfer your orders to a wholesaler who ships directly to the customer. You sell, they send. You buy wholesale and sell retail. The wholesaler makes his profit by buying at even lower prices ...
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Find the hottest products available for wholesale!
2007-09-02 19:15:00
Question: How can you start a retail business, with no stock, no upfront costs and sell your first product without spending a cent? Answer: Find the product you want to sell, advertise it on a free-listings day/week/month on eBay and then get someone else to supply it cheap and ship it straight to your buyer who is, of course, paying you the full price. By the time you pay for it, you’ve received cash from your customer. The difference between what the item cost you and what you received is your profit. Now go back to the beginning and do it again. Impossible? No, absolutely possible. No bull. That’s what drop shipping is all about. You work in partnership with one or more wholesale distributors – called drop shippers – who agree to sell at discount to you, on a single item-by-item basis, and ship the items out when they’re sold. You don’t have to buy in bulk. In fact, you don’t have to buy at all until you’ve sold. And when you sell, you simply tell t...
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