AliExpress Dropship to Amazon with Stealth Account

[Ryanmir]

Has anyone done AliExpress dropshipping to Amazon? I know its a hard business model as the shipping takes long and its hard to keep customers happy to wait that long.

1. But overall when Amazon asks for invoice, is it hard to get these invoices from AliExpress Sellers?

2. If I am listing these under my own brand with proper UPC code, am I risking any ⊗⊗⊗⊗ IP complaints?

3. When Amazon wants to review the account and business model, would it be hard to pass the review?

[Canadianleaf]

Originally Posted by Ryanmir

Has anyone done AliExpress dropshipping to Amazon? I know its a hard business model as the shipping takes long and its hard to keep customers happy to wait that long.

1. But overall when Amazon asks for invoice, is it hard to get these invoices from AliExpress Sellers?

2. If I am listing these under my own brand with proper UPC code, am I risking any ⊗⊗⊗⊗ IP complaints?

3. When Amazon wants to review the account and business model, would it be hard to pass the review?

Ive read way too many threads of sellers who get burned from dropshipping and generally do not recommend it.

1. If you dropship the invoice will show your customers mailing address, not your Amazon accounts address so the invoice will not pass review. People usually get creative with invoices instead.

2. There will always phake IP complaints, and the more competitive your niche is there higher the chance if theres another seller willing to play dirty. Hell, not too long ago there was a seller who made a ⊗⊗⊗⊗ website as a law firm who sent legal complaints for IP infringement to shut down a competitor and Amazon fell for it. The weakest link will always be the competence of the monkey @ amazon reviewing the complaint.

3. Its really hard to say... Amazon is so precarious. If you have proper documentations / invoices ready and have a healthy account with lots of positive feedback these are all positives that will influence how your account will be judged. No one can say with 100% positivity how Amazon will react

[rsot]

Good analysis Canadianleaf

[josh]

Ye that was a great analysis

[prodigyace]

Agreed with Canadianleaf, its best to not do it. The Aliexpress invoices suck anyways, they usually make them on an excel file, and most likely won't have the information amazon needs

[Beautiful]

drop shipping is not very sustainable on amazon

especially since the majority of branded products require additional approval

this is on top of invoices that they probably will request on the items you're selling

unless you have a lot of capital going into it, I don't recommend it

[Ryanmir]

I see, what about Retail Arbitrage? I was listening to a seller who does $300,000 per a month in retail arbitrage and he said amazon accepts his Walmart and etc receipts. Is that true? When Amazon asks for receipts do they accept the Walmart's Online receipt from their website?

Lets say the business model is to buy from Retailers and Sell on FBA.

[Beautiful]

Same idea as drop shopping

You will need brand/product approvals for the majority of branded items you probably want to sell

That is on top of the invoices they will request, and they don't often accept invoices from retail stores

[Kajunrook]

I have with limited success about $200 a month profit with no issues from Amazon.

[Ryanmir]

I see, do you guys also use creative ways to get around the brand/product approvals or that one cannot be done?

[Ryanmir]

Originally Posted by Kajunrook

I have with limited success about $200 a month profit with no issues from Amazon.

May I ask how many SKUs have you listed? And how old is the account?

[Play]

Has anyone done AliExpress dropshipping to Amazon? I know its a hard business model as the shipping takes long and its hard to keep customers happy to wait that long.

It's bad enough doing this on eBay. Worse with Amazon. In the long run, you'll just end up with lots of burned Amazon accounts.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by Ryanmir

May I ask how many SKUs have you listed? And how old is the account?

Limited success - just be careful - read other posts by user

[Beautiful]

Originally Posted by Ryanmir

I see, do you guys also use creative ways to get around the brand/product approvals or that one cannot be done?

Yes brand or category approvals can be done on stealth shops

[sax4]

I don't dropship with Aliexpress, but glad the haters are dissing dropshipping, less competition for me

[Beepnog]

I don't Dropship from AliExpress but I do it from Walmart and Homedepot. I can find ways to get positive reviews. Is it possible to?

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by Ryanmir

I see, what about Retail Arbitrage? I was listening to a seller who does $300,000 per a month in retail arbitrage and he said amazon accepts his Walmart and etc receipts. Is that true? When Amazon asks for receipts do they accept the Walmart's Online receipt from their website?

Lets say the business model is to buy from Retailers and Sell on FBA.

ASK HIM Again and see how he is doing?
WMT receipt is not a vendor receipt,it is a retail receipt.
same with HD,BBY,TGT,WAYFAIR,COSTCO receipts

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by sax4

I don't dropship with Aliexpress, but glad the haters are dissing dropshipping, less competition for me

There are bad Ali sellers,the government comes down on them for air/water pollution and their factories can be temporarily shut down ,they cut cost and churn out low quality products not same as the pictures shown on their site.
They packed poorly and shipped cheapest way ,so you have to know who you are dealing with.

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by sax4

I don't dropship with Aliexpress, but glad the haters are dissing dropshipping, less competition for me

There are bad Ali sellers,the government comes down on them for air/water pollution and their factories can be temporarily shut down ,they cut cost and churn out low quality products not same as the pictures shown on their site.
They packed poorly and shipped cheapest way ,so you have to know who you are dealing with.
There are folks on Reddit? who offer to help you with dropshipping from ALI to Ebay,check them out

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by sax4

I don't dropship with Aliexpress, but glad the haters are dissing dropshipping, less competition for me

The problem is every body and his brother have heard how people make money dropshipping,so the market is just flooded with dropshippers,those who tell you how much they made in the past are probably making much less now,if they are not losing money.

[Unlimitedsales]

I am running 4 Amazon accounts and all I am using for Ali express drop shipping from almost 3 years.

My Account get issues with ODR and all but always been resolved by Appeal. Amazon always reactivate them.

I believe Amazon do not have any issue as long as your customers are getting their items on Time.

Upload the tracking number

[billybobjorton]

Originally Posted by Ryanmir

I see, what about Retail Arbitrage? I was listening to a seller who does $300,000 per a month in retail arbitrage and he said amazon accepts his Walmart and etc receipts. Is that true? When Amazon asks for receipts do they accept the Walmart's Online receipt from their website?

Lets say the business model is to buy from Retailers and Sell on FBA.

Yes Amazon accepts reciepts from big brand retailers