Dropship from China/ US

[invince]

I reside in Hong Kong and have office in China.
These days more Chinese dropshippers come in business and start building up warehouses in China and all over the world, but they mainly target Chinese sellers.
And the shipping speed from China to the world is getting much faster as more and more new channels are available.

What do you guys think about this?
Most of you are from the US and UK, and do you source from China too?
If these sites open to you, do you think it's a good idea for your business?

I've researched the forum and the web and registered for the top dropshipping sites these few days, some are with good push function so items can list with '1-click'. But prices or demand don't seem to be good.

[IGNAS]

China is very good for supplying large quantities for good prices.
But it becomes unattractive for drop-shipping mainly because of the speed of shipping
and if you want to drop-ship higher value items -- customs and VAT comes into play...

[oompaloompa]

I have a place that happens to be local. I buy and pick up goods from them, although actually they are not that competitve priced, but they are convenient.

They have some links to china suppliers and they ship to UK customers, as customers are p issed f they get it from chian regardless of timing..

they said the shipping from china is really quick, like 3 days and they pick up from UK airport twice a week.

you can maybe find a UK agent like this

[invince]

Speed was a problem if you ship using 'China Post' from China.
But nowadays there's different postal services/ agents in China, e.g. Singapore Post, German Post, USPS, etc.

Basically they cooperate with the foreign post office and ship directly to that office first (ship from China to Singapore first, for SG post) OR directly to the recipient's country (ship using Singapore Post but package never enter SG from China, goes directly to recipient.)

And for higher-value items they have local warehouse in USA/ Europe, so there's no tax issues.

As a Hong Kong/ Chinese seller, it's relatively easy for me to source products from China. I was just wondering if dropship is anyway better for US/ Europe sellers than sourcing from China and shipping locally instead.

[IGNAS]

Originally Posted by invince

Speed was a problem if you ship using 'China Post' from China.
But nowadays there's different postal services/ agents in China, e.g. Singapore Post, German Post, USPS, etc.

Basically they cooperate with the foreign post office and ship directly to that office first (ship from China to Singapore first, for SG post) OR directly to the recipient's country (ship using Singapore Post but package never enter SG from China, goes directly to recipient.)

And for higher-value items they have local warehouse in USA/ Europe, so there's no tax issues.

As a Hong Kong/ Chinese seller, it's relatively easy for me to source products from China. I was just wondering if dropship is anyway better for US/ Europe sellers than sourcing from China and shipping locally instead.

What is the approximate shipping time (let's say to EU and US) when dealing with Singapore Post or German Post?

Thanks.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by IGNAS

What is the approximate shipping time (let's say to EU and US) when dealing with Singapore Post or German Post?

Thanks.

Why not ask the services directly? Customer Service? Faster response.

[Romkis]

Delivery time is always important. Item can be not 100% perfect, but shipping time is very important.

[invince]

Originally Posted by IGNAS

What is the approximate shipping time (let's say to EU and US) when dealing with Singapore Post or German Post?

Thanks.

If ship German post from China, it's less than a week to reach most EU countries.