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[buyitonlinehere]

Hi all,

Just thought I would ask this question. I am sure that this question comes to the mind of every new traders.

Do you do Wholesale or DropShip?

How did you guys decide what to do?

From
Doug

[hardwareheroes]

I do wholesale. Dropshipping is great if you have limited capital or time but you give up most of your profit to the dropshipper and you lose control of the transaction e.g your ebay rating will depend on how good your dropshipper is, not you yourself.

[buyitonlinehere]

Thanks for your quick reply. I know what you mean and also I see that there is a lot more range if you go with a wholesaler.

Also if I have to much stock I could always sell it cheap or offer it to drop shippers?

From
Doug

[Tango34uk]

A little of both, depending where the money is at the time I want to sell.

[buyitonlinehere]

Originally Posted by Tango34uk

A little of both, depending where the money is at the time I want to sell.

Yes, it all comes back to the small thing called money!! lol

From
Doug

[Andy777]

Basically wholesale, with some exceptions.

[buyitonlinehere]

Originally Posted by Andy777

Basically wholesale, with some exceptions.

What exceptions?

From
Doug

[Andy777]

as a Plan 2 if I'm out of stock :-)

[voski89]

In my experience, dropshipping is great for testing the market for demand. If you can move the product, time to buy bulk. Dropshipping as a primary business method though has limited margins and poor reliability.

Bottom line:
Wholesale is for experienced sellers.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by voski89

In my experience, dropshipping is great for testing the market for demand. If you can move the product, time to buy bulk. Dropshipping as a primary business method though has limited margins and poor reliability.

Bottom line:
Wholesale is for experienced sellers.

I've sold a couple of Hundred Thousand Dollars worth of goods from a couple of very reliable dropshippers and made very good profits while doing so.

You are just not correct. You may not have found a good source, but that does not mean there are none. And I can tell you I'd much rather someone else do the packing and shipping, than do it myself. I've done it both ways, and without a dedicated "shipping center" somewhere in your home or office, packing boxes is a bother, as is making trips to the post office or courier.

When I can gross 40% or more and never see the goods, that's the way to go.

The solution is to stay away from the jonhy-come-lately internet dropshippers and hook up with some established companies who have beed dropshipping before the internet was a gleam in Al Gore's eye.
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