Building Relationships With Drop Ship Suppliers

When you first decide that you want to get started in the
wholesale and drop shipping of real products on the
internet, via an auction site or your own website there
are several things to consider in order to make your
enterprise more successful and ultimately give you less
headaches when first getting started.

It’s important to remember that most real wholesale
companies do not advertise on the internet.

Why?

Because they don’t need to in order to turn a profit.

You see, real wholesalers deal with the manufacturer
directly in such high volumes, that pursuing small to
medium sized businesses is not efficient use of there
energy or advertising budget. Interestingly enough, it’s
not that they don’t want to work with small business,
they just don’t have the proper resources for the most
part to invest seeking out the smaller companies.

This fortunately works to your favor, when we are able to
actually get the wholesale supplier that we need.

The bottom line is that when you’re ready to contact a
supplier you should keep these following guidelines in
mind to protect yourself from a lot of unnecessary
heartache and wasted time and money.

1. Get familiar with the policies and products of the
wholesaler. Do they offer quality merchandise and are
they reliable. How long does fulfillment take after you
send in your order? Reliability is a huge key to running a
successful wholesale and or drop shipping business.

2. Sometimes it may be possible for you to receive sample
items from the wholesaler. Usually this can be done with a
simple request. Be prepared to spend a little capital
though if you’re just getting started and have not
established a relationship with them yet. Certainly you
want to make sure that what your selling is a quality
product and worth the money for your customer.

3. Find out from the drop shipper how exactly they go
about packaging there merchandise. Remember you want
your business to be as headache free as possible.
Constantly dealing with damaged or broken merchandise
will really cramp your style.

4. Anytime a source wants you to pay a fee in order to do
business with them it should raise the red flags and
sound the horns. Chances are that if they require a fee to
purchase from them they probably are not the true
wholesaler. I would recommend finding an alternative
source.

5. Will the shipper deal with problems on any level. What
is there policy when merchandise is returned back to
them? Ironing this out from the start is a wise decision,
it’s bound to happen so having an agreement and
understanding of how problems are handled will make
this portion of your business easier.

6. Generally if your selling products that will be shipped
within the country your shipping from, your costs should
be nominal. One thing to consider is that products that
may be shipped internationally should be more of a high
ticket item. This is helpful because the increased shipping
cost is off set by the higher price of the goods.

7. When setting up your business you will definitely need
to get all of the proper documentation. Most true
wholesale and drop shipping companies will only deal with
you provided you can supply proof that you are indeed a
legal business entity.

Additionally, this type of business should more than likely
be registered and documented in your local government.
Drop shipping companies usually require a Tax ID number,
wholesalers may want a state resale number as well.
Now that you’ve got some guidelines on developing solid
relationships with suppliers you’ll be amazed on how easy
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