Wholesalers and drop shippers:
Are you tired of working for a boss. Take a look on eBay there are over a 100,000 people making a living from selling on eBay. Most are just ordinary people who deiced to give it a go. There is more to online auctions than eBay. There are 1000s of suppliers out there happy to let you sell their goods and not have to purchase a thing.
The trading figures for one eBay seller shows that he earns
This is a top seller on ebay.co.uk for stats on any item click here
- £6000 in a week. Now not all that is profit, he has had 1200 listings, so his costs are £600
- the cost of actual buying the goods in
- so he may be looking at a £2000 profit for that week. Assuming he is making at least 50 profit on his items in this case men’s shoes.
£2000 in a week that’s not to bad. This will be a fulltime job though but you be rid of that boss forever.
So first of all you need to decide what it is you want to sell on eBay.
- Then a good idea would be to spend a little time on eBay sales research
- no point trying to sell something the wont sell or that you can’t sell and make a nice profit on eBay
- Also how many are for sale and how many are selling
- Also having your own site may prove profitable(a lot of the suppliers build and stock your website for you)
If you going to be regular trader and you don't have any products of your own,ie your currently in business. Then you are going to need to be buying items wholesale.
Remember eBay can be a price driven marketplace on most items. But unless you are already an established retailer it can be difficult to find reliable wholesale suppliers, and be able to compete with existing sellers on eBay
There are lots of companies/Websites out there that willing to help .We have provided a list of great wholesale websites that happily deal with new or existing eBay businesses. These sites contain hundreds sometimes thousands of wholesalers ,drop shippers( more on drop shippers in a moment) and suppliers We have provide the details on when the sites were set up. This is where the eBay power sellers source there goods
Drop shipping what is it?
Drop shipping is where a wholesaler retailer or supplier has something to sell usually in bulk supply. You advertise their item say on eBay, It sells your customer pays you pay the drop shipper and send them postage details the drop shipper then ships to the buyer.
So you have no upfront costs, and no postage costs. The drop shipper is responsible for all delivery. Although as the seller you are the one responsible for the item arriving, and it’s your eBay feedback that at stake.
This is why you should only ever deal with well established companies. From the drop shipping companies point of view its ideal to work on this basis as they have a sales force all paid on commission
- Let’s say they have 1 gig mp3 player they want £3.50 and the market price is £11
- So You advertise it online with a reserve of £3.90 that covers your eBay listing fee 0.40
- So the item sells for £9.90 so you just made £6.00
- Now if you had advertised the item on another auction site that doesn’t charge to advertise your outlay would have been nothing. Just the time to create the ad and research the market
- So the only cost you really have is the cost of membership on one or some of these sites and starting from only £3.99 a month can you afford not to???
The Biggest Question in Ecommerce:
All the experts agree that the most-asked, and most important question in Ecommerce is, "Where do I find products to sell online?"
The answer is simple: RESEARCH. However, while the answer may be simple, the actual research is not. It's extremely important to work with only quality reliable Wholesalers of the products you want to sell. If you don't, you'll pay too much for your products, and your competition will beat you every time. Finding those GENUINE Wholesalers is a lot harder than it may seem. These following suppliers have all been fully tested as scam free. These are the sites you buy on eBay.
shopster Online Since: 07-May-1998 (ebay approved)
shopster has a traffic rank of:
49,919
Shopster is one of only 28 official eBay Certified Solution Providers in the world. Shopster offers eBay sellers a trusted source of dropshipped products and world-class auction tools for any level of user. Benefits of Shopster for eBay sellers: 7 day free trial
- Over 850,000 auctionable dropship products to choose from
- Listing Manager for eBay lets you create multiple auction listings in seconds and list them on eBay with a single click
- Product data integrated with Peak for quick product research
- Auction management tools give you real-time updates on your eBay auctions
- Customer education on how to start selling on eBay "The Right Way!"
- Speak directly with customer support agents who have passed the eBay Certified Consultant program
As for now this has been the best ebay supplier i have dealt with the management system is a big plus.
dropship-business 10-Aug-2005
Wholesalepages has a traffic rank of:
237,697
One stop dropshipper they have over 20,000 items for you to browse through sell on ebay or any other auction site..
Wholesalepages Online Since: 12-May-2004
Wholesalepages has a traffic rank of:
64,2736303
Looking for stock for ebay UK Wholesalers, Trade Suppliers, Distributors, Manufacturers, Importers, Excatalogue, Overstock, Surplus, Clearance Stockist and UK Dropshippers in a Single Package. Our directories will assist you in finding the latest information about various discount and wholesale sources in the UK. You will not only save time and effort but you can also save anything up to 90% off retail price, thus increasing your ebay profit margins by buying at extremely low wholesale prices.
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Worldbrands 18-Apr-2003
Worldbrands has a traffic rank of:19,329
Drop Ship Wholesalers:Light Bulk Wholesalers:Volume Wholesalers:Liquidation Wholesalers:Instant Import Buys:Updated DAILY:OneSource is updated EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS DAY OF THE YEAR with new Wholesale Suppliers and Instant Wholesale Buys, by our full-time Research Team. One Time Price, LIFETIME Ownership!No monthly 'membership fees'. No renewal fees. Owning OneSource literally means putting our entire Product Sourcing and Market Research staff to work for your business, full time, forever, for a single low one time price!UK Wholesalers, Trade Suppliers, Distributors, Manufacturers, Importers, Excatalogue, Overstock, Surplus, Clearance Stockist and UK Dropshippers in a Single Package(ideal for ebay)
eSources 23-Feb-2004
eSources has a traffic rank of:34,852
Welcome to eSources The UK's Largest wholesale Directory of UK Wholesale Distributors, Suppliers and Products.Email suppliers directly, browse wholesale products and ask importers, distributors and wholesalers to fulfil your orders.UK Wholesalers, Trade Suppliers, Distributors, Manufacturers, Importers, Excatalogue, Overstock, Surplus, Clearance Stockist and UK Dropshippers in a Single Package.Ideal for ebay
dropshipper.chyannes Online since 2004
UK based video game dropshipping service, Specialist service ideal for the 46 million registered ebay sellers online.
We offer
The chance to make real money online. We offer members of our service massive discount prices on highly saught after goods,Then our members resell the goods at a higher price on ebay or their own website and we deliver direct to the buyer for them.We sell at wholesale price if not better.We have no mininium buy policy.The game console market on ebay.co.uk exceeds £50000 a week in the UK alone.*****.
aid and trade Online since -1999
Why Aid & Trade
This is where there worldwide dropshippers directory comes into play. They understand and appreciate your dropshipping and wholesale drop ship sourcing needs;They have invaluable experience gathered through helping individuals like yourself achieve success in this competitive business; and they are committed to providing you with essential information regarding the latest dropshippers and dropshipping related news and drop ship sources that will aid you in living up to your aspirations.