Dropshipping is not recommended for obvious reasons - mainly control - but the reality is if you can get the right supplier who will work with you then it can obviously be a way of earning money. The thing you have to ask yourself is why would this person let you sell it when they could do it themselves and keep all of the profit.
There are many sites around the web offering dropshipping and I'm guessing they are all con merchants - I certainly haven't been able to find anything good said about any of them.
The main problem you have is delivery - from outside your country it is going to be a nightmare.
I operate a kind of dropshipping site and it is reasonably profitable. It is for a very specialist item. The person concerned cannot operate on the UK platform for various reasons and so I run the sites for him but - and here's the important bit - we both know the rules - I take the orders, I collect the payment, he ships out same day and the customer gets their item in the time they expect. He doesn't get paid until the item is signed for and the customer is happy.
Most dropshippers want paying up front before they ship out and are not prepared to wait 10 days or so for their money, can you blame them?.
You are then left holding the baby if something goes wrong.
If the item doesn't arrive or is damaged you are the one left to refund - very dodgy - especially if you have already transferred the money to the supplier!!
Unless you can find the right person to work with I suggest you forget it - they are out there but they don't advertise - or keep at least two of the items in your possession at all times so that you can handle the shipping.
Last edited by GrannyT; 05-20-2012 at 03:13 AM.
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