Wholesale Drop Shipping - How It Works

One of the most frequently asked questions on the Net is: "What should I sell online?"

Many people know what products they want to sell. However, they don't know how to do this. Should they physically stock the products themselves or promote other companies through affiliate programs?

Drop shipping may be the answer for some website owners who want to become stockless retailers, whereby they keep no stock themselves. Instead they promote products on their website and get a drop shipping company to despatch these products for them.

Here are the steps involved in drop shipping:

1) You open an Internet Store with a shopping cart and accept credit cards on your site. You can also sell on Internet Auction sites such as eBay or on Yahoo Stores.

2) You find a distributor who will "drop ship" the products you want to sell.

3) You open an account with the "drop ship" distributor(s) you choose.

4) You receive descriptions and images of the products you wish to sell from the distributor and put them on your Internet Store or Auction.

5) When a customer buys from your Store or Auction, they pay with their credit card. Your Store or Auction charges their credit card plus shipping.

6) You email the order to the drop ship distributor with the customer's name and address.

7) Then the drop shipper despatches the product to your customer from the warehouse with YOUR business name on the package.

8) The drop shipper charges you the wholesale price plus shipping. Remember you have already passed the shipping charge on to your customer, so the shipping costs you nothing.

So that's how drop shipping works. You don't have to buy products in bulk and store them, hoping to sell. You don't have to pay to have it shipped to you, and then pay again to ship it to your customer. All you had to do was send an email to your drop shipper.

However, you must ensure you deal with honest and reliable drop shipping companies or your business reputation will suffer.

(C) John Lynch

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(For details of reliable drop shipping companies for your website: go to: http://www.merchant-account-service.com/drop_shipping.html)

Written by: John Lynch

eBay Tips & Tricks

There is lots of money to be made on eBay, as well as lots of great deals for shoppers.

Whether you are a buyer or a seller, there are some things you should be aware of before you venture out.

Just as the police will warn you about purse snatchers when you are shopping - they say be aware of your surroundings, know where you are going (or at least look like it!).

Unfortunately, you need to be cautious when shopping online as well, on a number of levels.

There are a lot of techniques, strategies, and facts that the savvy buyer or seller should know about, so that they don't make a mistake that could have anywhere from minor to severe consequences.

Exciting Facts About eBay:
* More than 2 MILLION people visit eBay every single day searching for products to buy!
* People spend an average of 2 hours shopping on eBay.
* 72% of eBay users make more than $50,000 per year!
* eBay currently has over 147 MILLION members, and thousands of new members are added every single day!
* eBay processes over $1,000 in sales every second! That's $1,000 up to $86,000,000 a day very single day of the year!
* If you have a retail business, a good way to increase your sales is to advertise some of your inventory on eBay.
* If you know where to buy something in bulk at wholesale price, and then sell it on eBay, you can make a profit.
* People make money selling everything from unwanted items of little monetary value, to brand new and expensive objects such as satellites, motorcycles, and cars. Needless to say, you can certainly see that on many levels you can benefit by doing business on eBay.

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Written by: Jamie Snodgrass

How to Start Earning on eBay

Almost every single day, on almost every forum that you visit, you still see the same question cropping up.

"I want to start selling on eBay.. Where can I buy products wholesale."

WRONG!

You don't need to start out on eBay with a ton of products from some whole-sale source, only to find nobody wants them and you've got a house full.

In the first place, if you're just starting out on eBay you want to keep all of your expenses at a bare minimum. Don't go overboard buying things you do not need.

Look around you. Find something you don't want or need any more, and put it on eBay for sale.

You want to get a "feel" for how the auctions work, what draws visitors to your particular auction, and how you can make your next auction better.

By starting out with something you have that you no longer want or need, you don't have anything tied up in a product that may not sell. And, you have the luxury of "testing" a couple of different ad approaches without spending an arm and a leg.

Bottom line.. Don't buy anything until you've tested the waters to discover if eBay is really for you.

By following the above tip, you can test a couple of different items on eBay, and have no more than a dollar or two tied up in your efforts.

Beats the heck out of a garage full of "widgets" that you can't even give away.

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Pete Egeler is the author of the popular eBook, "Dumpster Diving for eBay Profits", and a regular seller of "cheap and free stuff" on eBay. You can find out more by visiting his web site.. http://shmyl.com/ciaa

About the Author

Pete Egeler has been selling on eBay for over two years, using the medium as a method of increasing, not replacing his income. He's the author of "Dumpster Diving for eBay Profits" which can be found at: http://shmyl.com/ciaa

Written by: Pete Egeler

Top Ten Buyer Searches For Fine Jewelry on eBay!

Are you looking for "Hot Items" to sell on your eBay Auction? Are you having trouble deciding on a category? Being an active eBayer, I am often asked about what products to sell. As explained in my book "eBay Marketing Wholesale SourcePak" finding the right product in the right category is cruical.

Many people ask me whether jewelry is a good item to sell on their eBay auction. My opinion is yes, it can be. For the most part jewelry is easy to package and easy to ship. And provided you have done your research first, you should be able to make a good profit selling it. One of the points you will need to research before adding any jewelry to your eBay auction is, what are eBay shoppers looking for in the jewelry niche? Knowing this will help you to decide just what type of jewelry you could include in your auctions. Below you will find Top Ten Buyer Searches for Fine Jewelry (at the time of this writing) as per eBay.

10 - Earrings

9 - Turquoise

8 - Sterling Silver

7 - Cameo

6 - Italian Charms

5 - Vintage

4 - Gold

3 - Diamond Rings

2 - Designer Jewelry

And the Number 1 jewelry search at the time of this writing is...

Italian Charm Watches.

By knowing what people are searching for you will have a better insight of what items are popular, and what items should sell well on your auctions. If you decide to sell jewelry on eBay, finding items that fit into one or more of the above categories will see your number of bids increase substantially. Always remember to do your research before listing any item for auction. Know what categories are "Hot!" Do a price analysis of your product. Know what the item costs you and what you can potentially sell it for. Then sit back and watch the bidding heat up!

Happy Selling!
Joe Clare

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Joe Clare is an active Netpreneur and eBayer! He is the author of numerous articles on how to make money online and be successful on eBay! Check out his latest Best Selling eBook "eBay Marketing Wholesale SourcePak" Your Passport to Success! at www.ebooksnsoftware.com

Written by: Joe Clare