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If you've been researching wholesale product
sourcing and drop shipping long enough, you
know that there are some pretty shady
businesses out there ready to make you think
you're dealing with real wholesale and drop
ship sources, but, what they're really selling
you are outdated lists, or services where THEY
OPERATE AS MIDDLEMEN between you and the real
drop shipping companies.
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Don't get fooled! Using MIDDLEMEN
will only lessen your profits. When
you use real wholesale
dropshippers, you are getting your
products at wholesale prices. But,
when you get MIDDLEMEN involved,
they take some of your profits from
you, in the form of fees or
charging you higher prices for your
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These higher prices make it very difficult for
you to sell your products on eBay, where buyers
are used to lower prices. If you use MIDDLEMEN,
you may find yourself competiting against
sellers who are getting their products through
real wholesale dropshippers. You'll find you
can't compete with them because your MIDDLEMEN
are charging higher prices for the products
than your competitors are being charged.
But, how can you tell if the dropshipper you
select is a true dropshipper and not a dreaded
MIDDLEMAN?
On an article listed on the website of
Worldwide Brands (a product sourcing company we
highly recommend), you can tell if a wholesaler
or drop shipper is legitimate this way:
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A
real wholesale drop shipper ALWAYS
owns their OWN
warehouse. |
What does that mean? That means that you are
dealing with a true wholesaler, someone in
possession of the items you're selling, not a
middleman or drop shipping agent who contracts
with the real wholesaler, gets the items to
you, but charges you more than what the real
wholesale price is.
How Can You Find Legitimate Wholesalers and
Drop Shippers?
Well, you can do it the hard way, or the
easy way.
The
Hard Way
Contact local distributors of products to
see if they would sell their items wholesale to
you, or drop ship items for you. This can take
much of your valuable time.
The
Easy Way
Online Wholesale
Auctions: For wholesale sources,
you can find returns, liquidation, and
other wholesale opportunities from several
online auction sources. They include:
Liquidation.com:
a leading online auction marketplace for
wholesale, surplus and salvage
assets. You can find lots of all
sizes in all different product
categories. Recent examples include a
lot of 2 Vizio 32" Class Plasma HDTV sets
as well as a lot of 200 Fossil watches.
Wholesale Lots on
eBay: eBay itself is a good
place to look for wholesale lots. You
can find lots from all different
categories, from collectibles to jewelry to
clothing.
For Drop Shipping:
Instead of calling every manufacturer or
distributor to see if they will drop ship for
you, there are companies which provide access
to legitimate drop shippers who have already
agreed to drop ship for eBay sellers like
yourselves. Now, here's where it gets a
little tricky. Some of these companies
provide outdated lists, or promise to drop ship
for you, when they are actually those dreaded
MIDDLEMEN. Below you will find some
sources for legitimate drop shippers.
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