2017-05-22

Drop Shipping-Start a Business Without Money

Drop shipping is a retail fulfillment method where a store doesn't keep the products it sells in stock. Instead, when a store sells a product, it purchases the item from a third party and has it shipped directly to the customer. As a result, the merchant never sees or handles the product.


Here is an example. A owns an online store on X ecommerce platform, B buys a phone cover for $35 from A’s online store, A buys the phone cover (Using B’s money) on another online store like Aliexpress for $20 and keeps $15 profits. A inputs the customer's address (B’s address) on the wholesaler website or any other site to ship the phone cover to B.


How to Start Drop Shipping


Set up an online store and partner with drop-shipping companies that will do order fulfillment for you. There are a good number of online ecommerce platforms that offer drop shipping services, Take a Look at the following platforms and take your pick


To start a dropshipping business with any of these platforms, you first need to find a niche for your dropshipping business…