The best answer to that is money, time, and success. Yes, the drop ship method saves the retailer lots of money. 1. The seller saves by not having to pay for storage space.2. The seller saves by not having to have a bulk of product on hand that is not selling.3.  The seller saves because he no longer has the expense of packaging and shipping the product.4. The seller saves money by not having a large payroll.  The seller does not need a staff the drop ship method takes care of...

In today's world, many people try to operate a profitable business by using the internet. It is much simpler to have a virtual storefront than to have a brick-and-mortar store. In addition, it is much cheaper to operate.  One of the major reasons that the cost of operation is minimal is due to the process known as drop shipping. Drop shipping seems to be a magical way of getting merchandise, selling the merchandise, and delivering the merchandise, while not visibly seeing the...

Today we have the whole wide world at our fingertips to select products that we want to have drop shipped to the consumers.  Major brands offer their products for an online virtual storefront hosting the website for you and providing drop shipping. The quest is not so much selecting a product but selecting "the" product. First, take a look at the company that you plan to use for some of the following characteristics: 1. Look at the overall ranking of this drop-ship company in comparison...

A wholesale shipper is an ideal way to start a business with little to no funds.  The wholesale shipper offers convenience, keeps the merchandise stored, and makes delivery as you request it.  Depending on how hard and how much you wish to expand your business you can determine which wholesale shipper will best suit your needs. In order to understand the role of the wholesale shipper we first need to understand product distribution.  First, the product has to be assembled and...

Wholesalers are open to Dropshipping whatever the public demands.  The general public or the consumer determines what the retailer sells.  Consequently, wholesale products are dropship based on consumer demands.  There is a wide array of products on the market today. Most wholesale products that are Dropshipped are ordered online.  A large number of homes today have access to the Internet.  Many senior citizen homes have equipped their facilities with computers so...

We have used some different terminology to explain the drop ship business. In the drop ship business, it is important to know who is who and what is what.  Let us start at the beginning with the wholesalers.  Many wholesalers are manufacturing companies that make a product out of their factory.  They do not deal with sales or advertisement because this would indeed cause the cost of the product to be higher.  The idea behind being a wholesaler is to make a good product...

The wholesale business has become a very active business while being a person who sells wholesale products you also need a delivery method.  A good delivery method is the drop shipper who takes on the responsibility of delivery for you and maintains a large amount of stock for your business.  We have mentioned many of the online wholesalers previously now I would like to mention one that we are all familiar with. Sam's Club a division of the Wal-Mart foundation provides the business...

Just about every other business at one time or another uses the service of drop shippers.  The service industry makes maximum use of drop shippers. Dropshippers supply parts for servicing various kinds of equipment.  Many customers who do their own repairs, order various parts that they need and have them sent directly to the home address. The electrical industries do a great deal of dropshipping to customers.  From time to time when the remote control on your TV goes out it...

The drop shipping business is a global business that spreads across all businesses and continents.  The Dropshipper may be right around the corner from you in a large building with enough space to store a variety of merchandise. On the other hand, the Dropshipper may be on the other side of the world.  If you place an order today for merchandise you may receive it from Japan, China, or anywhere in the world. The varied modes of good transportation today make it possible to ship...

Wholesale drop shippers have existed for years even before the internet opened up to the wide world.  Product distribution explains drop shipping so let us check out what exactly product distribution is about. In the olden days, drop shipping started out as a simple procedure of getting products to the consumer. The Ajax Manufacturing company made cleaning supplies as an example and that was all that they did.  The individual entrepreneur approached Ajax Manufacture about getting...

So you have decided to go into business for yourself.  Even more so you have decided to dropship your items.  Before you do, make sure that your dropship company can supply the items you have in mind. It is perhaps best to start out with a few items so that you can become familiar with the drop ship process. Several years ago, only a few companies would drop ship for you.  Today there are a large number of companies that will sell you merchandise and dropship it for you....

The understanding of what it is to be a wholesale distributor will help you to a better understanding of drop shipping.  The sale of goods in quantity is usually for resale by a distributor to a retail merchant. A wholesale made by the manufacturer on a large scale without discrimination requires a distributor to make sales to the retailer in smaller quantities. The idea of wholesale distributors has been a marketing tool for a very long time. Earlier companies like the Fuller Brush...