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Dropshipping & Amazon
 

I dropship on eBay, and have had some succes, but was wondering if dropshipping would be better on Amazon as I know Amazon is way more bigger than eBay?

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1. Cant have invoices included by seller other than yourself.

2. Has to be fulfilled by a third party, like a warehouse, that you possibly own or pay to keep/ship inventory.

Beyond that, cant help.

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If you do retail arbitrage the rules are much more strict on amazon than on eBay so you need to really have a set supplier . If you can keep your metrics up - then yes amazon would be better than eBay as they have much more traffic . I know people that are able to sell millions a year on amazon with the help of a lot of VAs .

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What about FBA?

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yes I wondered about that VA thing, wonder about the benefits of doing the research manually as opposed to software.

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I don’t have any experience with doing FBA at the moment so I really don’t know . However many people have said that it is easier to keep your metrics up with FBA than retail arbitrage .

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dont do it, amazon does not like dropshipping and will ask you for invoices of your supplier. then will suspend your account n not reimburse your money

AMZN offers FBA,but then you have to stock up at its warehouses.thats not dropshipping.

FBA requires capital outlay

Fullfillment by yourself -if you dont have much merchandise,why not your closet,garage,living room,bedroom,under the bed,dining table.shoe box.
Unless you dont have the money to stock up.

do OAgenius and Webscraperapp actually have the products or they just use your money to place orders with the likes of COSTCO,WMT?
SO MANy middleman,how do you turn a profit

retail arbitrage is a big NO NO on AMZN and Ebay.

and how profitable can it be?

some merchandise,it is not possible to stock all styles and models,so dropshipping from the manufacturers should be fine .
Manufacturer,whole distributors are dropshipping,buying from another retailer after receiving money from customer is retail arbitrage

Depends on what you are stocking,
picking up the right kind of merchandise at a wholesale price ,you can make a decent profit selling retail,thats what most brick and mortar retailers do.
But then it does require you to have some capital.but you have the advantage of not having to pay store rent,utilities,insurance,and shoplifting

You get better shoppers on AMZN,as many are prime members who buy often and they are looking for new items,and willing to pay for the convenience.

If you buy from factory/wholesaler/distributor ,you can make a profit,but not as much as before
.
You have t o avoid those items where your wholesaler is also selling on the same venue,how can you compete with your wholesaler.
There are some items you can beat the wholesalers,like gold jewelry.

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You can do dropshipping from Online Retailers with Amazon, its against their policy and people get banned for it, that being said it is a business model that has a lot of success as well. As long as you follow not listing brands which have been known to list complaints - OAgenius and Webscraperapp both have lists with 1000+ brands, and this protects you decently, and also maintaining great metrics and making sure everything is out on time and keeping up with customers. If you dropship from online retailers try to find ones that dont incldue invoices for example webscraperapp supports a website called https://www.cleanitsupply.com/ they dont include invoices with their orders at all, and im sure the boxes they use dont really have any kind of indication of where it came from like walmart or target etc. this is much more discreet and safe.

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i am looking for a VA for my amazon wholesale FBA

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You can dropship but it is not easy at all. I recommend fba.

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It is easier because Amazon will take credit more 99% of the negative feedback/customer service part. As long as you are shipping in the correct items but the long term storage fees are ridiculous.

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dropshipping on amazon is totally cool and they have no problem with it at all. Retail arbitrage is what they dont like and they will shut you down and most likely not return any funds they are holding of yours :( although some do it successfully it is indeed tough.

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Dropshipping on Amazon is good idea. And Amazon is really popular now.

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yes it is nice place for dropshipping too. Amazon is more strict - sellers do not like dropshippers. However it is still nice place and have much more opportunities

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Amazon promotes FBA cuz that where they make money. Dropshipping is definetly not their favourite approach.

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guys , how does Amazon know you are dropshipping

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Amazon gets to know that your are dropshipping mainly from customers who are frustrated. They mention stuff about the package and receipt in their messages. Also, when you are processing returns. The system can also see that your shipments are coming from all over the place none of which correspond with your address

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This is logical and easily done by AZ

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I keep getting suspended for dropshipping violation.

Amazon is saying you can convert your inventory to FBA.

Is it possible to dropship items from different suppliers to FBA and then Amazon sends it to customers?

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is it possible to dropship each item to FBA and then they ship to customers. Is that something Amazon will accept as they converted all my inventory to FBA

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I think it was the return address that led to suspension, my ship from location was UK and return address in the US.

They disabled my merchant fulfilled inventory and telling me you can convert them to FBA.

Is it possible to dropship each order I receive to FBA and then they ship to customers. Is that something Amazon will accept?

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No. Any inbound FBA shipments will be simply added to your inventory.

I guess you could theoretically use it to fulfill another order but the sheer mechanics and cost of it all would almost certainly cost you your account and a big lump of profit.

Were you genuinely dropshipping as approved by Amazon or engaging in retail arbitrage?

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not approved by Amazon's dropshipping policy because the invoice and receipt would display 3rd party instead of mine.

Also return was going back to that 3rd party. Thats how they caught me.

What if I receive 20 orders a day from different customers and send them to Amazon FBA through 3rd party and Amazon can ship them to the customer.

Cost should not be issue as I can always adjust the price, the question is , would Amazon FBA allow such thing as I know technically its not designed for such thing

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Not happening sorry.

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Amazon punishes so much late shippings, unless you have a good supplier and be sure than you accomplish with shipping requirements, difficult on amazon...

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You dropshipping?

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There are many successful dropshippers on Amazon and make very good money. You just need to pick good suppliers and avoid high risk suppliers like Walmart, SamsClub, etc.

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dropshipping has become amazon's biggest pet peeve and they despise anyone caught dshipping. First you have to have an established account, passed the initial 90 days and have decent sales volume. Then you have to make sure your supplier does not ship with any invoices or branded boxes like Walmart, etc.
Amazon will pose as legitimate customers and test buy products to see if you are following the rules.

I would advise only shipping from supplier to the customer from known, safe dropshipping sites if they even exist. I only trust a couple of sites for that. And only after a 3 month period of decent sales that are not dshipped.

It may be best to add some handling times and just order the item and ship to yourself first. All it takes is for one customer to complain that you shipped an order in a Lowe's package or WM box and its game over. You will likely never get your payment from amazon.

I just got a new account and will do some fba and fbm(but only items i will ship from my home) till i feel like im not on the radar before i start dropshipping again. Its a real gamble nowadays. Amazons monitoring software is insane.

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amz dropshipping not allowed, but can still do it and use doba invoices to show proof for supplier.

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that user has not been active in quite some time...

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When you stock products , It's hard to make a profit anymore

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Amazon's rules will be stricter than eBay's

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Definitely - and which platform do you prefer?

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You will be really limited in customization. Everything you do in terms of branding, UI, marketing, and more is under Amazon's control.

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pretty rough indeed

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Amazon has a significantly larger customer base and global reach compared to eBay. This means that you may potentially have access to a larger pool of buyers on Amazon. However, eBay still has a substantial user base and can offer significant opportunities for sales.

Due to its size and popularity, Amazon tends to have more sellers and higher competition compared to eBay. This can make it more challenging to stand out and gain visibility for your products. On eBay, depending on the niche and product category, you might face less competition and have a better chance of capturing the attention of potential buyers.

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It is no longer fun shopping on EBay,I see so many sellers just copying AMZN or WMT or Costco photos and mark them up,so when I see stock photos of new items,I will go to AMZN and find out if it is available and how much,and end up buying on AMZN for less.
Sometimes I go to WMT as I like to support some one who can stand up against MAGA ,WMT workers are hard working decent people.

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Thread kind of died out in 2023 but the fun of shopping on ebay has changed a lot, agreed.

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I think amazon to ebay dropshipping is NOT a good mode anymore , considering the profit is very low when you list on ebay with high transaction fees and ads costs