How to find a Drop Shipper for Ebay Items

United States
March 11, 2007 12:38am CST
When an Ebay seller finds a good drop shipper source for items - they won't share the source with others because it would create added competition. I have found a drop shipper I like to use. I have found many others that are "legitimate" sources but I would not recommend to anyone. I am happy to share some sources to avoid. National Wholesale Company (also know as Nations Wholesale Company) - Their website is profitbig.com: These folks charge $149 to become a drop shipper. No one ever anwers the telephone - you have to leave messages. They have another company that wants to sale you an e-commerce store in addition to the drop ship but the other company will misrepresents the relationship between the companies. When you actually get them to provide the the NWC website to order items for drop shipping - the prices they call 'wholesale' are so close to retail I have found most things cheaper at Walmart or Target. Doba.com - Another company with a charge to use the service. I haven't tried this one. World Wide Brands (worldwidebrands.com) - I'm not sure if they charge or not, the sight is frequently unavailable. Much of their merchandise looked like several ebayers were using them already. Sunrise Wholesale Merchandise (sunrisewholesalemerchandise.com) - Right now they are offering FREE membership but normally they charge. Somewhat limited in selections. This one might not be too bad. I'm sure there are a lot of other drop shippers out there that need to be avoided.
4 responses
jtexas
@jtexas (527)
• United States
11 Mar 07
well try selling on craig list. Its free to use and you dont get stuck with a fee if it doesnt sell. I normally dont use drop shipping since you really dont make money off the sale since you are buying from a middleman.
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Jans5411
@Jans5411 (72)
• United States
11 Mar 07
You make money from the mark-up between what the drop shipper charges and what price you sell the item. Craig's List is great for folks living in a metro area but not for people residing in rural communities. I know their are other online auctions out there - but none has the following and impact that Ebay has.
spider2007
@spider2007 (250)
• United States
11 Mar 07
I use to sell on ebay before the fee hike and I also used dropshippers I don't mind telling you who they were cause I don't sell anymore but they were very reliable there were only 2 Sunrise Wholesale they are great very reliable and low prices had there monthy membership and it also saved me a little bit of money every month the other one I used was wwww.hotbuy4u.com they have no membership fee and they sell a wide verity of items a made a good pofit with there limite edition barbies and there 12 mile hand held radios also if you have not signed up with Auctiva it better to post you ebay items through them and you don't have to pay the fees for adding pictures they are a free site to if you have any quesions just ask and one more thing stay away from both mega goods and doba
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Jans5411
@Jans5411 (72)
• United States
11 Mar 07
Thanks for those tips. I'm on the Sunrise email list and since it's free membership right now I may sign-up.
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@vertex (803)
• Philippines
11 Mar 07
I really dont like ebay because most of the people there are scammers and besides i dont transact business their.
Jans5411
@Jans5411 (72)
• United States
11 Mar 07
Actually - no most are not scammers. Sure there are folks who try to scam people but there are alot of things in place to help buyers avoid being scammed.
vikasintl
@vikasintl (266)
• India
8 May 07
Why use drop shippers? why not buy directly at wholesale from countries like India ,china,Indonesia etc....because these drop shippers buy from these countries too... Please visit our site http://www.vikasintl.com for more details and you can check our wholesale prices.