How to Drop Ship your eBay Auctions

Are You Getting the Product to Your CustomertheLet's be clear: the drop shipper is the wholesaler you
Easy Way or the Hard Way?are buying from. As they get to know you, and your
Here you are, hoping to own an eBay business, andvolume of business increases, don't expect to get
earn a full time living with it. You can surely makethe best prices. But in time you will. You must
that dream come true - even without products ofestablish a relationship with several drop shipping
your own to sell. Your garage is empty, nothing tocompanies in order to work with them successfully.
offer for sale on eBay. Well, eBay provides you withIn the beginning, most companies will require you to
a way to make a good living selling goods at auction,pay for the items that your customers order before
and you don't even need a lot of start up capital.they are shipped. You need to fill orders in a timely
This is made possible by utilizing the services of dropmanner, so you need to pay for the items with a
shippers. Drop shippers send merchandise to yourcredit card for speedy service. If you don't have a
customers on your behalf. This will allow you to offercredit card, forget about Eventually, you will be able
a wide variety of stock in your eBay store, withoutto have the drop shipper fill your orders, and then bill
needing to warehouse all of those products! Dropyou for them later.
shipping can be a life saver, if done right.When setting up your eBay auction, make sure the
All you have to do is prepare your auction, and sellreserve price is set higher than the price that the
the product before officially buying it. You then passdrop shipper will be charging you for the item. The
the customer's information on to the drop shippingidea, of course, is to earn a profit, but at least try to
company. The drop shipper does the rest by shippingbreak even until you become more experienced at
the parcel direct to the customer, with your name onselling through drop shippers.
the label. The buyer thinks he is receiving it directHaving an eBay business using the drop shipping
from you. The drop shipper will package, label, andmethod, eliminates the financial risk involved. The
ship the products that you sell, allowing you moreproduct is always sold before you pay the drop
time to set up even more auctions, for greatershipper for the item. So your only risk is from the
profits.occasional return, or non-payment. This is one of the
Of course, there is a price to pay for this greatfew businesses where you have a chance to make a
service. You can't expect to make as much profit asprofit before paying for the products sold at
if you were handling the shipping yourself. It'sauction!by Fred Farahcopyright 2006
equivalent to having an employee that you pay to doFred Farah is a successful business man bringing you
the work. So your profit markups are harder tovaluable advice about eBay Auctions at Best Affiliate
attain. Depending on the item you are selling, aProducts
markup of about 10% should be about right, but youMy goal is to help you succeed, and there's enough
should do some research to see if the item is sellinggood information here to give you a running
for a lower price in another eBay auction, or throughhead-start setting up an online business using eBay
other online sources.Auctions.