subject: Pros And Cons Of Dropshippers [print this page] To be able to work with wholesale distributors, you should respect their requirements and also understand the business model that they operate or work on. Too many people rush into this wholesale type model with eBay suppliers without really understanding the specifics. They pay fees without needing to or align them with dubious products without a market just because it all looks so easy. Let us take some time to get to know the basics of what this model is all about and what it means to both parties involved.
The way it works is that drop shippers are actually in the business of building product reach and acceptability, as well as wholesaling. To this, they try and offer all kinds of stocking, shipping and marketing support in a bid to attract small retailers that can make their brands popular. There are middlemen that pose as drop shippers to try and fleece people for services that a genuine drop shipper would provide free of cost.
Some of the great pros or the benefits of dropshipping are the ready access to marketing collateral, images and other such things that are required to clock a sale. Add to that there is almost no time wasted on shipping and other low-value transactions. The biggest con, on the other hand, sometimes outweighs these big pros. If you entrust your business client list to the wrong kind of dropshippers, you could end up losing your image and clients in a matter of days. The con guys could send their own company material along with the package delivered, not deliver the package at all, call up the client and undercut your deal, or simply sell the list to a competitor for money. Either ways, you stand to make huge losses that your company will take time to recover from.
