Free Drop Shipping Wholesale Suppliers – Make Money on eBay
Making money on eBay and turning a profit requires that you find free drop shipping wholesale suppliers. In this post I will show you how and why that is important. There are so many companies online that “claim” they are wholesalers, drop shippers or both, when in fact they are more than likely middlemen. In just a bit I will explain how you can easily tell who is legit or not.
What are the benefits?
Though there are many ways to earn money selling on eBay, whether it be selling your own excess items you have around the house or the items of other people, using a wholesale supplier will make you more money. And if that supplier does drop shipping, you will save more by not having to stock the items and shipping them yourself.
But you need to be careful that you pick the correct wholesaler to work with, and you really need to understand what drop shipping is and is not. Despite what many people think or believe is truth, online companies like DS Domination do not teach true drop shipping techniques, nor do they operate with the standard approach to this kind of shipping.
It has been reported online, on social media, and on this website, that many members of the DS Domination scheme that solely do the eBay selling, rarely make a big enough profit. Those that do, will most times forget to subtract the multiple levels of DSD membership fees from their profits. The only way members make money is in the network marketing side of the program.
If it sounds too good to be true…
One of the main reasons why DS Domination became so popular back in 2014 was the simple way one could do drop shipping on eBay. Roger Langille, the lead creator of the program, would teach its members to find an item selling on Amazon, copy the picture and description, and paste it into eBay for a higher price.
Then when the item sells, use the money your customer pays you to purchase the item from Amazon, and have them ship it to your customer for free in a plain box. You would then pocket the difference. Just copy and paste then have Amazon ship it. Sounds super easy, right? Well there is a big problem with this way of arbitrage selling.
First off this is NOT real drop shipping and what you are not told is that your profit margins will be very small if at all. For example, if you sold something for $100 on eBay that cost $80 on Amazon, you would think your profit would be $20, correct? But that is not the case. You first would have to subtract all of the fees.
- eBay will charge you $10 (10%) + $0.30
- PayPal will charge you $2.90 (2.9%) + $0.30
- Add all of that up and your profit is now only $6.50
- Now calculate you daily DS Domination membership fee and subtract it from $6.50 and your profit could be closer to $0.00
This is one of the main reasons why the DS Domination program of copy (which is illegal) and paste, has not been beneficial to most DSD members. Their concept was quite popular when they first started. However, once people realized that they weren’t making much money, that it wasn’t true drop shipping (which is a profitable business model), the interest dropped like a rock, see below graph.
Real Drop Shipping is profitable compared to DS Domination
Make money doing real drop shipping
Forget about everything you thought drop shipping was all about and get ready to learn the truth. Yes, you can make good money selling on eBay, Amazon and your own ecommerce website when doing proper drop shipping. The best way to turn a nice profit is to use REAL wholesale suppliers and the kind that do drop shipping.
When working with a wholesaler you will get to work with a supplier that deals directly with either the manufacturer or the direct distributor. In either case the cost for the goods are the same. The supplier then buys in bulk which they can get at a low price and then turn around and sell the products to you at wholesale.
Real Certified Wholesale Suppliers will NEVER charge you a fee to do business with them
However you need to be careful because there are many companies out there that will call themselves wholesalers when in fact they are not. The same is true for some companies that claim to be drop shippers. Again they are not legit wholesalers or drop shippers. Knowing how to spot them isn’t that hard and with the help of some experts, finding them is real easy.
My #1 Recommendation
So who are these experts? Though there are a couple of resource directories I have used for sourcing wholesalers, my number one recommendation is Worldwide Brands, Inc. (WBI). I am a member and it is well worth the price in comparison to the profits you will make. Best part about their service is knowing that they only provide free drop shipping wholesale suppliers.
Take note of the word “free” because that is one of the ways to know who is a legit wholesale drop shipper. If you have ever paid any kind of fee when dealing with a wholesaler and/or a drop shipper, you were dealing with a scam supplier. Real wholesale suppliers will never charge you a startup fee, monthly fee, or yearly fee.
Every single supplier that Worldwide Brands lists in their directory is certified to be legitimate and will never charge you any fees. I guarantee that you will not find a better directory with thousands of suppliers selling millions of products, most based here in the U.S.A., anywhere else online. Since 1999 they have been the industry leader in trustworthy resources of free suppliers.
Guaranteed peace of mind
When you become a member of Worldwide Brands not only do you get to be a lifetime member but you get access to thousands of free suppliers. There is no need to worry if you are being scammed or getting ripped off in prices. Many of the wholesalers listed are the same ones that major retail stores are using, so you can rest assured that these are legit.
No matter what size your ecommerce business, you will have access to all kinds of certified real wholesalers and drop shippers. Within the Worldwide Brands database are, top level drop shippers, light bulk distributors, large volume suppliers, instant import buyers, and liquidation dealers. Basically, something for every size business.
Every free supplier that Worldwide Brands offers in their directory can only gain access by being certified. None of them can pay WBI to be listed, this way you can feel safe dealing with any company and know that you are getting true wholesale prices. When it comes to making a profit online, item cost is very important.
Why should you join Worldwide Brands Inc.?
The WBI database has been the most trusted one-stop source of quality suppliers the world-over for 17 years! No other source of wholesale suppliers has ever been so comprehensive for all who would use this service for any kind of ecommerce business. Whenever you sell online you need to have the ability to undersell your competition, with WBI you now can.
The Worldwide Brands resource of suppliers has many different functions to help you find the right products to sell online. They will help by giving you ideas as to how products are currently selling and will provide data on how to determine where to source these products. The below video will give you a brief overview of what WBI has to offer.
When you are a member, you will have the best resources available at your fingertips, with new certified suppliers being added every month. If you live outside of the United States, do not worry, many of the suppliers in the WBI database will ship products overseas. You will not find a better opportunity to help your ecommerce business than Worldwide Brands Inc.
You get what you paid for
That saying is so very true when it comes to finding a quality service to align your business with. Too often people will try to do things that will save them money, but when it comes to your business you need to be careful. Choosing a service that is cheap in price will most times give you cheap results. Do you really want that?
When it comes to the success of your ecommerce business, paying for quality will always return you with higher profits and there is no other service available like Worldwide Brands. Sure there are a few other online services available, but none of them offer the abundance of certified free drop shipping wholesale suppliers.
When it comes to your business do not try to cut corners. Partner with a trusted source.
For example, another service used by those who sell on eBay and Amazon is SaleHoo. Though their service caters to these two ecommerce sites and their yearly membership is about $67, they do not offer certified wholesale suppliers and they are not based in the United States. Remember, there are so many middlemen and scammers claiming to be wholesalers.
Then there is the free resource directory on Google called Wholesale Central. I have used this directory several times but only because I know how to determine who is a legit wholesale drop shipper and who is not. Just because this resource directory is free, it does not mean that the service you get will be beneficial to your ecommerce business.
Become a Lifetime Member of WBI
The majority of drop shippers, wholesale suppliers and light bulk distributors listed, are based in the U.S.A., many which will work with international sellers too. There are just so many awesome features to Worldwide Brands, Inc., that I cannot list them all here. What I can say is that you cannot go wrong by becoming a Lifetime Member of the most trusted name in the industry.
As I said earlier, none of the certified wholesalers listed within this directory have paid WBI. Unlike the other resource directories mentioned above, those middlemen will pay those directories to be listed. Just think about what that means. That means they will rip you off by charging you a monthly fee and higher than wholesale prices to make up for what they pay to get listed.
As a Lifetime Member of Worldwide Brands you will have instant access 24/7 to their entire directory of legitimate suppliers that do not charge any monthly or annual fees. You will get direct wholesale pricing from factory authorized wholesalers which means you keep all of the profit from your sales. Now you too can offer great prices and undercut your competition.
For a one-time fee of $299 for life you will get to work with the wholesale suppliers in the Worldwide Brands directory that are also used by major retail chains like Nordstrom, Best Buy, JCPenny and many others. That cost may seem high but I promise it is well worth it. If major retailers trust WBI, why shouldn’t you? Become a member today and start making a profit tomorrow!
Het Robert, I really enjoyed this post. I have tried selling on eBay before but could never really make a good profit. I knew that I needed to find a wholesaler but I didn’t know who I could trust. I will definitely have to check out WBI. Thanks for sharing this and have a nice day.
Thank you Logan. I am happy you enjoyed my post on how to find and use free drop shipping wholesale suppliers. Using these types of companies are crucial for anyone looking to make really good money doing any kind of drop shipping whether it be selling on eBay, Amazon or their own ecommerce website.
Your concern of knowing who to trust when using a wholesaler and/or a drop shipper is a valid point. There are way too many companies that claim to be wholesalers but are in fact middlemen. Also there are scam drop shippers too. But there is a clear way to know who is legit and who is not. The suppliers in the WBI database are certified as the real deal.
Hi Robert,
I too have dipped my foot into the dropshipping pool. I even joined salehoo last year but did not renew my membership. One of the biggest issues I have come across with these sites that promise putting you in contact with wholesalers and dropshippers, is that their fee is a turn off. And even if you can get past the fee, when you get to the wholesalers, the prices of their products are more expensive that what it is listed for on ebay. I like the dropshipping concept but it seems so discouraging when you can’t buy the products from the wholesalers any cheaper than you can purchase them on ebay or amazon.
I like the idea of US wholesalers and dropshippers because it cuts down on the shipping time and getting the products to customers. Plus, (even though most things are made in China) people tend to think the quality is better if it is made in the USA.
I recently looked into Worldwide brands but could not get past the initial price tag. I think if they had a free trial period where people could check out what they had to offer and prove that it is worthwhile, then it would not be difficult to convince people to buy-in.
What convinced me to buy into Worldwide Brands is that their membership fee is a one LIFETIME fee. Once you are a member you have total access for life. You cannot get that with SaleHoo or any other resource directory. Another reason why WBI is best has to do with the fact that the prices offered by their suppliers are REAL WHOLESALE and not inflated wholesale like so many others out there. If you do not deal with real wholesale prices it is hard to turn a profit because like you said, some of the prices on eBay are listed for less.
Great review, thanks for sharing. You certainly bring up a lot of good point. To be honest, I thought ebay was sort of “dead” mostly because of Amazon, but after reading your article I went to ebay and I realized that there is still a great deal of opportunity there. Thanks again, I’m going to check out the wholesale opportunities you listed AND share your site with my friends.
You are welcome Wenda, happy you enjoyed my review. eBay is certainly not dead and if you should find a free wholesale drop shipper, you can definitely turn a nice profit on the items you sell. If you have any questions about drop shipping or even signing up to a wholesaler so you can buy in bulk, save money, and ship the product yourself, please do not hesitate to ask me.
Robert, I have been interested in drop shipping for quite a while but currently don’t have the time to do the investigation. Thanks for doing for me.
I have read through your content and the comments below. I have one (at the moment)question. It’s about the payment of the product. Do you have to pay for the product and then advertise it or do you get a bill for the product after it is shipped? Therefore your customer has paid you before you pay the drop shipper.
Getting into drop shipping, just like affiliate marketing, takes some research and training. As with Wealthy Affiliate, Worldwide Brands Inc. offers many different training tutorials on how to set up an online drop shipping business from the legal business licensing of your own business to the sourcing of products in various niches from real wholesale suppliers.
I have learned so much from WBI and am still learning because doing drop shipping on eBay is a bit easier than from my own ecommerce website, mainly because you are selling on eBay’s website and not your own. So there are certain aspects of the drop shipping that are different. WBI explains this in their training.
To answer your question, if you are doing drop shipping, where the wholesale supplier will pack and ship to your customer, you get paid by your customer for the products they bought from you and then take that money and pay the wholesale price of the products to the drop shipper. In addition to sending the money, you would also send the shipping address of your customer to the drop shipper. They ship the products to your customer and you keep the remaining money as profit.
In the case of light bulk wholesaling, where you will be doing the shipping and not the wholesaler, you would then have to pay for the products up front. You would also need to have space to store those products until you sell them. And with light bulk you may have to buy dozens of the same item because you will need to spend a minimum amount and buy a predetermined amount of bulk supplies to get the cheapest wholesale price.
I have done both drop shipping and light bulk wholesaling. I prefer drop shipping simply because I do not have to pack and ship the products. But light bulk can also be rewarding, especially if you can negotiate a really cheap wholesale price based on how much you order. Generally speaking, the more you buy of a particular product the cheaper the cost to you, giving you higher profits.
Hi Robert, I had never ever given any thought to selling products online and using a drop shipper. In the dark days before the internet there wher a lot of companies offering this service through mail order. It only makes sense that companies like this still exist today in online form.
How many hours a day would one need to spend on this type of business to generate a consistent monthly income? I think I may check out WBI as I move forward in my affiliate marketing business.
It sounds like a great second business for me. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Really well done review and recommendation. Cheers, Peter.
You are welcome Peter. I am happy you liked my review of WBI, Worldwide Brands Inc.
The amount of hours one would spend is not nearly as much as one might think. In the beginning when setting things up and doing research into the types of products you wish to sell, this would be the most time consuming part. But once you know of the products you wish to make money on and which free drop shipping wholesale suppliers you will use, the time invested will be very small. It will basically run itself until a sale is made.
Robert, I’ve seen you and another person mention Wealthy Affiliate to build an commerce site. I’d been looking at WA for some time now but unsure if the $50/month is worth it. I’d like to do the drop shipping and since you opened my eyes to DSD ( I’m a former member ) I’m wondering how well one’s own commerce site would do especially since one would need to consider traffic generation to their website.
I’ve also seen many WSO offering commerce site-building or site-building software. Could you advise on such offers as these WSOs and/or people offering “Your own commerce site within minutes?” Are they legit/worth it or is WA really the way to go?
Thank you!
Hi John,
There is an old saying, if you want a job done right, do it yourself. And there is another old saying, you get what you paid for. If you want to do drop shipping on the cheap then do it through eBay or Amazon as a lifetime member of Worldwide Brands. However if you want to make even bigger profits by avoiding all of the eBay and Amazon selling fees, building your own ecommerce website is the way to go.
What I have done and I am in the process of doing now is that I have phased out my eBay sellers account and I will start drop shipping from my own ecommerce website that I am building at Wealthy Affiliate. I have kept the email addresses of most of my regular eBay customers so that I can send them a link to my website once it is complete. This will also help in the optimization and traffic of my website.
I would never advise people to use any kind of WSO service or an ecommerce website in minutes. The ONLY way to have yourself a website is to build it yourself, learn how the process of SEO, Search Engine Optimization, and keyword research works in the generating of free organic traffic. Then learning how to also use social media to market your website.
This may seem like a difficult task to learn and implement but it really is quite a simple process within the Wealthy Affiliate community because you do not need any technical skills to make it work. Plus you are never alone in the learning and building process. You just need to be willing to follow the step-by-step text and video training that WA offers to all of its members.
When you consider that as a premium member of Wealthy Affiliate you will not only have access to every single existing training course but also have access to the weekly live classes, a free keyword research tool, hosting for up to 25 websites on your own domains and up to 25 free sub domain websites, full tech support for all websites, a personal affiliate blog, and a very helpful community of over 250,000 worldwide members, the $50 per month is a steal.
Where else will you get so much for such a low monthly cost? Trust me, you will not find it anywhere. I know because I searched far and wide before finding WA, and I have been a happy member since August 2013 and I will NEVER leave. What I now make per month from just one of my websites, I have 4, is more than enough to pay my WA membership fees for more than a year.
Absolutely everything one would need to build an affiliate marketing or an ecommerce website is all located within WA. You can even buy your own domain names from them because not only do they offer the best website hosting on the internet, but they are also a domain registrar AND they now offer FREE SSL Certificate domains. I do not know of any domain registrars that offer free SSL. Most charge $50 and up.
When you consider everything that comes with a Wealthy Affiliate membership, it is definitely worth it. I have been with them for almost a year and do not regret it. There are lessons and videos to teach you how to do almost everything to build and operate a successful website, while also getting ranked in google. The best part is that every time I have had a question about anything, I get an answer within minutes. It is a pretty amazing community where there is a ton of feedback and encouragement. If anything, at least try out a starter membership – it’s free.
Hi, Robert…
I came here as a result of a comment you made in regards to a question on sourcing vintage mementos on Wealthy Affiliate by another member (we are both happy members of Wealthy Affiliate I think)…
As discussed in that post comment thread, I am currently doing drop shipping and using wholesalers located mainly in China. I find them through either AliExpress or Alibaba.It has worked well so far and I really had not thought of using US wholesalers, but it sure makes sense.
Since the wholesalers found on Worldwide Brands, Inc. they list are mostly located in the states, I will consider using them as well for my business since the majority of customers are out of there.
The price you mention for lifetime membership is not an inordinate amount to pay. I have several tools to leverage the Amazon and Shopify databases that I have paid this amount for. I can tell you that money was well-spent and has earned me many times over what I paid.
If someone is serious about a business, and that is what drop shipping is, some investment will be required. This holds true whether it is an online business or an offline business. What I have seen through your excellent review convinces me that this service is a good investment.
Thanks for your advice, and best of luck to you in your business!
Cheers!
Dave : )
You are welcome Dave. I am happy that you enjoyed my review of Worldwide Brands Inc. Ever since I found them and became a member I have seen my profit earnings increase from not just the drop shipping but the wholesale buying in bulk from various suppliers that I use for my eBay sales.
I totally agree with you that the Lifetime membership fee is not a lot of money to pay considering what you are given. Yes it is a onetime up front payment that some may consider much, but if a person is truly serious about making a lot of money online from home, an investment is needed to get going.
Not only is this one-time investment small in comparison to all of the selling and product sourcing tools, but again it is for a Lifetime Membership and you will more than make your money back from the profits of the products you sell. I know I made back my fee within a few weeks.
Again, that one-time cost is not a lot. Even at Wealthy Affiliate I pay that same amount for a 1-year membership and make that back within 3 weeks. And like with Worldwide Brands Inc., after those first 3 weeks, for the rest of the year it is pure profit going into my bank account.
Whether a person wants to find low cost products through free drop shipping wholesale suppliers or even becoming a yearly member of Wealthy Affiliate and become free affiliates of Amazon, eBay, Apple, Nike, and thousands of other retailers, the monetary investments to both are well worth it as I am sure you will agree.
Robert
Secured our copy of the tool today and looking forward to checking out the inside of the program!
Thanks again for your excellent review Robert and I wish you a great week!
Cheers!
Dave : )
You are welcome Dave. I am sure you will be quite pleased with the tool. It is truly the best resource of free drop shipping wholesalers I have ever found online.
Well, i was interested until i saw the price 299 us Dollar.
They promote. it is 100% free no fee for signup.
That is a shame, why would they take a fee when they will earn a lot of money getting orders.
And promoting real dropshippers do not take any fee, well this take a lot of money more than others.
Worldwide Brands is not a drop shipper. They do not take orders. They provide the only service of its kind on the internet, saving people a lot of money from being ripped off by drop shippers who claim to be wholesalers. The wholesale drop shippers that they represent have to be certified free. Many of these free drop shipping wholesale suppliers are the same wholesalers that major stores and online retailers buy from.
The $299 USD is for their lifetime service and use of all of their selling tools, resources, help, support, and their updated list of certified wholesalers. You could try to find free wholesale drop shippers on your own, but it would take a ton of time and energy to find legitimate companies. Though many will claim they are real, most are not, especially the ones who charge monthly membership fees.
Before I found Worldwide Brands I was ripped off many times by drop shippers who claimed to be real wholesalers. I was wondering why my profit margins were so small. This was because they were not real wholesalers and were in fact middlemen. All wholesalers represented by Worldwide Brands are certified real wholesalers. The one-time price you pay, in my opinion, is well worth it because you can make that back in the profits you get from the sales of products from true wholesale prices.
What is the challenges that I need to be aware of when dropshipping with ebay ? I sold on ebay before but it can be quite hard to make sales as a beginner.
Yes, it is always a challenge to start making money online in any type of business, including eBay. But you first have to do some research to see what is popular to sell on eBay. I personally did not jump right into drop shipping. I started drop shipping after I had already been a seller for more than a year. I first researched the eBay website and found that some of the popular products at that time, I personally had access to. So I purchased them at wholesale prices and then re-sold them on eBay for just below retail prices.
But eventually I started doing drop shipping and I knew before hand that in order to do drop shipping the right way I needed to be dealing with Free Drop Shipping Wholesale Suppliers because the drop shippers that charge a membership fee are NOT real wholesale drop shippers. These fake drop shippers will leave you with very little profit if at all because they are not true wholesalers but rather middlemen.
I read with interest your article. You did not address the seller’s qualification to get started. Questions: if i were to get a membership with worldwide brand, what personal qualification/certification that i must have? Do i have to have a business license? Registered with my home state to do dropshipping? Is it as simple as getting a worldwide brand membership, identifying an item,finding a supplier, and ultimately dropshipping?
Becoming a member of Worldwide Brands does not require all of the certifications that you are asking about. However there are several drop shippers that will require you to have a business license. As a member of Worldwide Brands it will be easier for you to find legitimate free wholesale drop shippers that either require a license and those that don’t. Generally each drop shipper has differnet qualifications and Worldwide Brands will list the qualification for each supplier. Worldwide Brands will also help you in getting your license.
I’ve been considering going into drop shipping for a while I had no idea there were so many middle-men type scams out there, very interesting.
Glad I cam across this on my way to figure it out though! Thanks my friend!
You are welcome Ryan. Yes, I came to know that a lot of supposed drop shippers and wholesalers are not really who they say they are. I would look at their prices and then see what those same items were selling for on Amazon and eBay and would wonder why the profit margins were not that big? That is because they are not true free drop shipping wholesale suppliers but were middlemen scammers pretending to be legit. You have to be careful to find the right companies to work with.
Hi Robert thanks so much for your honest review of DSD. I am a newbie in the drop shipping industry what other skill will I need after getting a genuine wholesaler to earn genuine money online in Ghana.
All you would need Lawrence is a way to sell your products online. You could either do this through eBay or Amazon or build yourself an e-commerce website at Wealthy Affiliate. Once you have those ways set up, you can then partner up with any of the free drop shipping wholesale suppliers within the Worldwide Brands resource directory, and have them drop ship your sales.
Whatever you do DO NOT join a drop shipper that will charge you a yearly or monthly membership fee. If they claim that you must pay a membership fee then they are a scam. All real drop shippers and wholesalers are free to join. One other thing you will need is a business ID because real drop shippers and wholesalers do not sell to the public. If you have your own e-commerce website, then you are set.
Great Review Robert.
You just opened up my mind to maybe start another online business. I was involved with drop shipping a long time ago and it really worked for me.
How it worked for me was that when someone bought from me, I would place the order at my dealer and then the dealer would ship it to my customer. So I was in fact just a middleman.
Never had any stock or anything like that, is this also what you mean by drop shipping?
Crazy how many products Worldwide Brands have. Can literally sell anything now. Thanks for the great information.
Drop shipping is pretty much the way you described it Marcus. You post something for sale at a suggested retail or just below retail, to attract more buyers, and then when it sells you take the money you were paid by your customer and purchase it from the supplier at wholesale prices.
The supplier then ships it to your customer and you keep the difference in the cost of what you were paid and what it cost you to purchase it from the supplier. No need to stock any of the products. And yes, basically you are like the middleman between your buyer and the wholesale supplier/drop shipper.
This is really interesting. I have thought about this in the past but never knew if ebay really allowed it. Plus I know how many scams are out there and how hard it is to often search through the information to find which are scams and which are not. What happens though if your drop shipper fails to supply the product in a timely manner – do you have any comeback against them so that you are not out of pocket?
Normally the drop shipper will inform the seller when an item will be out of stock in advance to the stock running out, or they will inform the seller of a possible slight delay until more arrives from the manufacturer. Either way if something were to go wrong with the shipment, such as being out of stock for some reason, you would be able to get a full refund of your purchase. Or in most cases they will not accept your payment for the item you sold if they are out of stock.
Interesting article. I was looking into drop-shipping awhile back and found some decent products but never got around to ordering them because I wasn’t sure how to ship out items. Have you tried Alibaba as a source of wholesale suppliers? I was looking for suppliers on there. Cool article!
Thank you Timothy. I have checked out Alibaba but like Wholesale Central and a few other directory sources for suppliers, it is hard to find real true wholesalers. Because drop shipping on ecommerce websites have become a big business, there are a lot of scammers out there pretending to be wholesalers and drop shippers.
However most of them are nothing but middlemen ripping people off by charging higher than wholesale prices as well as charging membership fees for joining their drop shipping programs. If you have to pay a membership fee to a wholesaler and drop shipper, they are not real and are scams.
This is why I became a Lifetime Member of Worldwide Brands Inc. because their directory of companies to source products from are certified to be not just real wholesalers with real wholesale prices but are also free drop shippers willing to work with small businesses both ecommerce and eBay.
Robert, this sounds very interesting. I interpret this to mean that I would assess products and decide on one or several to sell via eBay etc. OK so the drop shipper ships the items instead of me (assuming I pick the right one). So I assume the drop shipper buys in bulk but sends individually. Is that correct? Now I am off to investigate the meaning of drop shipper and I will bookmark this site so I can find it again!
Yes, you assess correctly. You would research the vast amount of free drop shipping wholesale suppliers in the Worldwide Brands database to find all of the ones that are selling the products you wish to sell. You can easily do that by just searching for a keyword. Let’s say you wanted to sell Star Wars items, you would type in Star Wars into the search bar, click search, and every supplier that sells those items would be listed.
Then you continue your research by seeing which drop shipper you wish to work with. Some drop shippers will drop ship one item for free while others may charge you a couple of dollars for breaking open a case of 100+ just to ship one item. Every supplier has different rules but NONE of these will charge you any membership fees like all of the scam drop shippers do. The drop shippers buy in bulk direct from the manufacturer and though the majority of their preferred business is to sell by the case, those that drop ship will do so one item at a time.
A drop shipper is simply a wholesaler that will ship an item to your customer that they have in stock. They provide you with listing materials such as product descriptions, product images, the quantity available in stock, the suggested retail price, and the wholesale price that you would actually pay for the item. When you can see what the suggested retail price is and the wholesale price you will pay for the item, you can see ahead of time what your profit margin will be and have a better idea of how to set your listing price on eBay or Amazon.