ebay dropshipping- how do you avoid selling out of stock

[just another seller]

i want to start dropshipping on ebay from a private dropshipping company/wholesaler, not from china but UK based. There're many companies available for dropshipping my question to you guys is how do you manage stock levels between your suppliers and your ebay shop i mean how do you avoid selling items that are out of stock?

[ebaystealth1974]

You phucking hope and pray, that's what you do.

[just another seller]

Originally Posted by agent006140

build your own software to constantly monitor your supplier stock level

how? i dont hv any programming skills.

[PepsiCoin]

Originally Posted by just another seller

how? i dont hv any programming skills.

agent is being a smart a s s but on a serious note with the World being on lockdown you can have some time to learn

[Joe_Joe]

Ask them how their other customers do.

Maybe they're part of a software that handles that piece or have some sort of internal system.

[mm187]

Originally Posted by agent006140

depends on what you are selliing,and what kind of business relationship you have with your supplier,they could brief you on stock level and their restocking policy.
But if you are listing everything,anything they have on their site/catalogue and they are common low price items,they have better things to do in life than to brief you !
You can bookmark the items you are selling on their site and make a habit of checking stock level each morning or any time ?

Good idea, seems like the way to go, also just communicate often with your supplier

[MomNPopShop]

I can help you make some personalized software

[Tim007]

Google on ebay stock monitoring App, or something similar.
There supposed to be some software already available in the market. You don't have to brainstorm ideas and spend huge bucks on new development.

[Tim007]

Originally Posted by agent006140

do these softwares automtically adjust your ebay listings when items are out of stock,low stock or price change?

I have no relation with any app but a quick google search brought me to an App named Quantity Manager. It is already inside apps.ebay.com and does what you've mentioned.

Also there is another company webretailer which has apps for ebay listing. I haven't gone through all details but they are worth taking a look..

[vmdetection]

Originally Posted by agent006140

There are software which will go to AMZN site and copy the items and list them on Ebay for you and will constantly monitor the AMZN listings to adjust stock level and price,you have to pay a fee each month and Ebay does not like it,some said Ebay can block it,some said NO.
May be they have same with other sites eg Alibaba.
Else if you have no programming skill,then either do it manually or hire someone to do so

What is the name of such software? cannot find it, seems very advanced and efficient.

[agent006140]

I dont remember where I read it.
could it be this site??

[just another seller]

Originally Posted by Joe_Joe

Ask them how their other customers do.

Maybe they're part of a software that handles that piece or have some sort of internal system.

i already asked my supplier nd no they dont offer an already made integration with ebay they only offer with shopify which i dont intend on doing.

[just another seller]

Originally Posted by mm187

Good idea, seems like the way to go, also just communicate often with your supplier

nope this wouldnt work they dont hv the option to bookmark or create a portfolio. if i was to bookmark the product pages on my google bookmark section that means that every day i hv to look through hundreds of pages as i hv listed several hundreds of their items, so no this wouldnt' work.

[agent006140]

either you find an IT worker who can customs design some software for you
Or
just choose those items which do not go out of stock and if they do,can be restock quickly.