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Dropshipping is an inventory control technique where a retailer facilitates a purchase from a customerand then gives the order to a wholesaler or manufacturer who in turns ships the item or items directly to the end customer. The concept is very straightforward. If you open an Internet business and do not wish to warehouse inventory you find a distributor that has the product or products you want to sell and who is reliable to ship directly to the customer. Pretty easy. So how do you determine which dropshippers or wholesale supplier is the proper for you? what are the guidelines to compare wholesale suppliers?

The criteria used to compare dropshippers is relatively simple. You obviously want a wholesale supplier that has a large selection of products that you wish to sell, who can provide you with great product information including pictures and categories, you need the best price possiblee, you require high quality products, you need the items shipped quickly and accurately and you want satisfactory customer service in case you have a problem. See, sound very easy. Finding a dropshipper who excels at all of these things is another thing. You need to do research, you need to evaluate wholesale suppliers to search dropshippers that meet your product needs. Using the Internet to do your research would be a good start.

You could turn to your favorite browser and do a search on dropshipper or wholesale suppliers. That will get back thousands results of dropshippers for just about anything you can think of and a lot of stuff unimaginable. A better way to compare wholesale supplies is to turn to a dropshipper directory. To find a list that permits you to assess dropshippers, you can turn to companies like WorldWide Brands. They supply major companies like Amazon and numerous eBay stores.

Despite of which you decide to compare you need to make sure the dropshippers can meet your basic needs. The biggest obstacle to clear is finding out about what inventory the dropshipper carries. If they do not carry what you wish to sell, it does not matter how speedy they can ship. Once you find a handful of dropshippers that provide inventory that would meet your needs you can evaluate dropshippers based on price of inventory. Be sure your price comparison is apples to applies. Many distributors will go out of their way to make a price comparison difficult. Finance fees need to be included. Member fees, if you are charged a membership you need to include that costs across your projected monthly sales. If there are low order levels per month you need to make sure you factor these in to your number crunching. To do a real comparison it takes some time and effort but that effort will pay off greatly. You are very likely to find that one or two distributors meet your needs and everyone else is way off base. By the time you choose you r list of dropshippers to a couple you can start comparing their service offering. How quickly do they ship? What tools or add on services do they offer? If a dropshipper provides tools that allow you to view your acount activities, shipping records or customer data that may help in assisting your decision.

Picking the right dropshipper is no small responsibility. Always remember that your dropshippers are interacting directly with YOUR customer and the dropshipper is providing the merchandise to the customer. You need to make sure the dropshipper exceeds your expectations at all levels and that your customer is kept happy.