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There are so many people out there that do not understand, or know what it means to dropship.  I know this sounds as crazy as someone not ever hearing of eBay or Google, but there are some people I have talked to that have never even heard of those two online giants!  If you want to learn more about what it means to dropship, or what it means to set up a dropship business, you need to first understand what it means.

About defines droship as -

"An arrangement whereby a mail-order or Internet merchant accepts orders for products, and then pays a manufacturer or distributor to ship the product to the customer".

This clearly should give you a better idea of what it means to dropship, but I wanted to expand on this definition and explain how it can be a viable income opportunity run from the comforts of your own home.  If you are not having to rent warehouse space, employ people, invest in insurance, get legal counsel and everything else that an off line business has to do, you are saving money that goes directly into your bank account.

I love the dropship businesses that I own because I never have to worry about buying more product then I can sell, setting up shipping relations with UPS (or any of them), or ever have to dress up to go to the office everyday.  I can run this dropship home business, like other home busineses online right from my couch - in my pajamas if I wanted to!

A dropship business gives you the freedom to be in control on so many levels.  You have more money to invest into the business (without all the added costs of an off line business), you have more time with your family (because you are not tied down to an office), and most importantly you are the boss and the one in control of all aspects of your life (hmm, I think I will take today off and go to the Zoo with my kids). 

If you are looking for products to sell online that range from adjustable beds to ups battery backup, The Shipper has thousands of product suppliers with millions of products that can be drop shipped almost anywhere.  Join Today.

Published Friday, September 28, 2007 4:30 PM by admin

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Nate Moller said:

I couldn't agree more that dropshipping is the most logical way to start an online business.  Not only do you save on the things you mentioned, but you also can take orders while you're on vacation and not have to worry about getting the products shipped out.  Your "dropshipper" can take care of all that for you.

A few weeks ago I was in California at a convention and while there, received 4 orders for clogging shoes.  If I wasn't working with a drop shipper, I would have either had to bug my wife to ship the shoes out, which she would have hated with 2 small children, or I would have to be paying an employee to be there as orders came in.  I'd much rather work with a drop shipper who can simply be emailed from my hotel with the shipping information of my client and then all is taken care of.

Thanks for the good explanation of drop shipping.  Hopefully this will hit home to those who are still somewhat in the dark.

September 29, 2007 11:40 PM
 

admin said:

Nate,  

That is a great story, and could not prove the point more for the post I shared.  Good job and good luck with the business!

September 30, 2007 8:27 AM
 

sunny said:

Yes ,i like the droping ,and it works easy for our customers .we are a export company.our customer around the world .usually they want us to supply the dropshipping service.it is easy for both.

December 24, 2007 1:20 AM
 

Kathy said:

Got the drop shippers but have no idea how to list on ebay? suggestions?

April 22, 2008 10:45 AM
 

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August 16, 2008 10:01 AM
 

jb said:

www.BradshawWholesale.com is the GOLD standard in dropshipping

August 28, 2008 11:24 AM

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