If you are a experienced e-commerce veteran, you have no doubt have read about drop shipping. But if you are new to the scene, you might not realize that you can start a business on the Internet with no inventory! How can you accomplish this? You find dropshipping supply lists to ship or ‘fulfill’ your orders for you. You simply charge the customer - purchase the product from your wholesaler, and they ship it to your customer with your name on the packing slip.
All you need to do to start a drop ship business is a web site, a method to accept credit cards (PayPal is a good place to start), and a product to sell! There are several drop ship supplier directories on the web. You should be cautious, though about using these directories. Many of them are simply obsolete lists with incorrect or bogus information. Be careful when you are buying access to a list of drop shippers.
The best drop ship company directories give you the actual name and address of the vendor companies. That is the way to go; beware of sites that say they also sell merchandise - they are most likely a middleman and you will pay high prices for your products. Avoid a middleman, you can’t to price your products competitively.
The web has created a new class of business ideas to those willing to spend some of their time and money to learn the basics. You don’t need a big inventory of products to start selling on the web. Drop shipping is a great, low-cost way to get started.
