Ebay and Dropshipping, A Marriage Made In Heaven?
by Ron Keegan
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Published on this site: January 2004 - See
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Believe it or not, eBay is the 'BEST' opportunity you can use right now to make
money online in the dropshipping business from the comfort of your own home.
Thousands
of people just like you use eBay auctions on a daily basis to sell and buy products
on the Internet; now it's your time to START your own dropshipping home-based
business and succeed in the eBay auctions 'game'!
There are no special skills
required for this dropshipping business, all you need is a computer, Internet
access and some basic computer / Internet knowledge.
Dropshipping is when
you sell products on the Web, forward the orders to the dropship supplier and,
in return, the dropshipper ships the product to your customer (buyer).
You
act as the middleman between the dropshipping supplier and your buyer. You can
take orders by credit card, PayPal fax or any other method you can think of. You
can sell via your own Web Site, Yahoo store, or even through e-mails.
Your
profit is generated on the difference between your selling price and the price
the dropshipping supplier charges you.
Thanks to dropshipping you can start
making money 'instantly' without any investment in inventory, warehousing, shipping,
equipment, employees or office space.
Having products drop shipped by suppliers,
allows you to concentrate on truly important aspects like advertising, sales and
promotion.
Pay attention! There are lots of companies claiming to be 'Drop
Shippers'. However, a legitimate drop shipper is a factory-authorized wholesale
distributor, or sometimes the actual manufacturer of the product. A legitimate
drop shipper should not charge you an 'account setup fee' or ask you to place
a 'minimum quantity order'.
Make sure you find legitimate drop shippers
who have the product(s) you want to sell, talk with them on the phone or by e-mail
and let them know that you are truly serious about doing business with them.
Customer
support counts in the dropshipping business, so don't hesitate to contact dropshipping
suppliers before you proceed to work with them.
This will help you decide
if you really want to do business with a particular drop shipper or not.
To
succeed in the dropshipping business you'll have to LOOK for hard-to-find products
that people desperately need and want to purchase.
The key is to sell products
with little or no competition.
Do some research for product's you want to
sell that you think will have little or no competition on eBay.
I suggest
you RESEARCH for quality products & legitimate dropship suppliers, MONITOR
the eBay auction listings to see if there's any competition and TEST the market
(e.g. find out if people really want to spend CASH on the product you want to
sell)
Remember! Dropshipping makes it EASY for you to start and run your
own home-based businesses on a shoestring budget; and eBay is the 'perfect' MEDIUM
to expose your product to potential buyers all over the globe!
Ron Keegan: Runs Megastar Distributors a
red-hot Web Site jam-packed with lots of FREE Resources, Tips & Reports
on DropShipping & eBay. Pick-up your *FREE* ebook at www.Megdis.com
to learn more about making-money dropshipping!
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