Sunday, May 26, 2013

Drop shipping sucks - and will never work on ebay!

Drop shipping sucks - and will never work on ebay!


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what is drop shipping? does drop shipping ever work? is there anything like drop shipping that works? where can i find real drop ship sources? are all drop shipping companies scammers? where do ebay powersellers find their drop shippers? who drop ships name brand electronics?
and it's not what you think -- not even close to really understand the problem with drop shipping, you need to understand its origin. Before the internet , companies that had products to sell but didn't have retail (brick-and-mortar) stores would sell their products through catalogs and door-to-door sales. So, they needed a sales force to go out and actively find buyers. These types of sales teams are often referred to as "feet-on-the-street". Literally people to walk around and sell products.

with drop shipping, companies wouldn't have to provide benefits such as insurance, retirement plans, etc. And companies would only pay out per-sale (commissions). This was ideal because a company would never have to pay for a salesman who wasn't producing results and could grow a huge sales force without any financial risk.

companies like this still exist today. Mary kay, kirby, partylite, lia sophia, etc are all examples of drop ship companies that still run the "old-school" model of business. Catalog & door-to-door sales driven by real people.

but the key element to drop shipping was, and still is, a secured market. The companies above sell products exclusive...read more detail



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