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Dropshipping Company Reviews

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Hi All.

I have been considering trying to earn some ectra cash by starting selling items on ebay and the like. I am thinking about dropshipping!

Sorry if this has been asked before but does anybody have any advice on dropship companies as there are so many when search on goggle!

Cheers.

Freddie

Comments

  • GavB79
    GavB79 Posts: 751 Forumite
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    The trouble with your idea, is that a few thousand other people have had it as well. You will not make money dropshipping on ebay, as you will be competing with other sellers using the same dropshippers with the same margins, and the profits will be negligible if any. Please don't consider going down this route!
    Anybody that has found a good, reliable dropshipper who they can make money from will be unlikely to share the details - they will not want the competition!
  • Deru
    Deru Posts: 636 Forumite
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    True. Secret info that other dropshippers wouldn't share.

    I used to dropship but competition on eBay is stupid to the point where everyone undercuts and you either end up with no sales by sticking to your guns or making nothing by dropping your prices on eBay.
  • GavB79 & Deru,

    Thanks for your comments I will give this a wide birth then and try to come up with a profitable solution.
  • laurenjs88
    laurenjs88 Posts: 1,326 Forumite
    drop shipping is hard to get into now, i did months of research and couldnt find a way of making it profitable so had to dump the idea, but if you google dropship forum a marvellous wealth of knowledge should appear before you.
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  • CharlieBilly
    CharlieBilly Posts: 2,319 Forumite
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    Certainly wouldn't trust spam companies that trawl forums like this OmenSteve does

    I think careful who you go with and what you want to sell as plenty of competition out there
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,121 Ambassador
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    Certainly wouldn't trust spam companies that trawl forums like this OmenSteve does

    I think careful who you go with and what you want to sell as plenty of competition out there

    I just love the idea that some people think we are desperate enough to buy dodgy cell phones from the Far East and actually try to sell them in the UK.

    We might be money savers but we weren't born yesterday :rotfl:
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