4 Things to Look For in a Dropshipper

    By john freech

You might be finding drop shippers left and right, but how do know if that dropshipper is worth dealing with? I strongly suggest that you find manufacturers who dropship. One reason you want to find a manufacturer who dropships is you are getting your product straight from the source instead of some middle man who is also getting their cut. Another reason why you want a manufacturer who dropships is so you don't have to deal so much with out of stock issues. Manufacturer who dropship usually have the capability to build the product if it goes out of stock. Which means in most cases, it really never goes out of stock unless they discontinue the product. If you can't find a manufacturer who dropship, find a dropshipper that does a good job of keeping stock. If they inform their customers when stock is getting low, that is always a plus. Even better, is a dropshipper who supplies data feeds. Data feeds can really save you time and they almost eliminate the whole issue of keeping track of stock.

Secondly, you want a dropshipper that requires a tax id number, resale license number, or something of that effect. Real dropshippers require a tax id number. If your drop shipper is open for business to Joe Shmoe, I guarantee the market is flooded and that product has no value. These people who claim to be dropshippers, but do not require a tax id number are selling product at retail or at best, slightly below retail. Stay far away from them.

Thirdly, you want a dropshipper who controls the sale prices of their product. I appreciate dropshippers who make all their customers have a MAP pricing or "minimum advertised price". This means that there is a level playing field. No one can advertise the product below the MAP price. This gives your product value and helps you to have a nice profit margin on your product.

Fourthly, you want a dropshipper that sells niche products. You don't want a dropshipper that is selling the same junk that you can get at a flee market. That's like trying to sell ice to Eskimos. The product that we sold that made us over $32,000 a year could not be found at your local electronics store. If I were to tell you the name of the product, most of you would have never heard of it. I believe in most cases these are the type of items you want to sell. Items that certain niche groups use. You want a dropshipper that sells these kind of items.

I hope this article helped you in some sort of way. Good luck on finding the dropshipper that works best for you.

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