Dropshipping

Bobb · Post by **Bobb** » Wed 01 Feb, 2006 7:01 pm

Has anyone had any success dropshipping ?
I sold a few items on ebay using an american dropshipper ,I made a few bucks here an there but the profit margins were very small.

claw · Post by **claw** » Tue 13 Jun, 2006 11:54 am

yeh i would like some feedback on this method, might be buying a business within the next few weeks and wondering whether to dropship or not?

I see that is better since u dont have to hold stock although im sure its not as cheap to do it that way. and i guess u are sacrificing product to consumer time.

umm anyone had any experience with this? nick?

Bobb · Post by **Bobb** » Tue 13 Jun, 2006 2:19 pm

Did anyone see the tumbleweed ?.....
I guess 4 months wait for a reply isnt so bad

All jokes aside , I gave up on dropshipping months ago as the competition on ebay was way too stiff.
My competitors were selling below the price i was paying wholesale.
They were obviously buying in bulk.
Claw..what type of business are you looking at buying?
Are you catering to international customers?

claw · Post by **claw** » Tue 13 Jun, 2006 5:03 pm

the business im looking at buying is a sex toy business. apparently most products have up to 100% mark up on them which, i guess means dropshipping maybe feasible.

just looking at other sites and comparing prices, and it should work. Since the business will be new and i dont have a gell of alot of money for investment, i think dropshipping will be the way to go.

just have to see what i can get the business for and take it from there.'

thanks for the reply