To dropship or not to dropship, that is the question. If you're thinking of using a wholesale dropship supplier as part of your supply chain management technique and you look one way then you see glowing reviews of the system with people saying their customers are happier, they're making more money and it cleans 90% of all difficult carpet stains. But if you turn the other way you hear horror stories about how a particular eBay trader's seller reputation went down the toilet simply because they had chosen to chance their arm with a particular dropship company. So what's the real story? Is dropshipping a blessing or a curse and who should you believe? Much like cooking the secret of dropshipping successfully, whether it's electronics you're dropshipping or clothes, is in where and how you get the source and how much work you put into the preparation. In fact doing background research into potential wholesale dropship firms is often the difference between a successful partnership and a sunk business. Here are 5 websites and internet services that will not only save you money when tracking down a wholesale dropship supplier but cost absolutely nothing to use: 1) Whois: While the internet may seem like a big world of anonymous entities there are several whois services online that will let you know which website belongs to who, the best-known of which is probably Whois.net. Simply by entering the URL of the wholesale dropship service into the search bar you'll be able to see who owns the site, how long they've owned it and if they own any other sites. If you want to do any more detailed analysis a paid report will give you more information but you should get most of what you need from the free search. 2) Reseller rating: Resellerrating.com is a website where you can check out user reviews of sites and see what vendors like you think of products and how well they sell. 3) Dropship Forum: A UK based e-commerce forum, dropshipforum.co.uk, has a fantastic section, dropship watch where you can check out to see if anybody else has had any unpleasant experience with a particular China dropshipping company or wholesale dropship company.... Another forum which casts it's net a little wider is: 4) The Wholesale Forums:Thewholesaleforums.co.uk will help you out with more than peer reviews on wholesale dropship sources, there's a whole raft of useful information on the site. 5) Rateitall.com: The destination if you want to see what anybody thinks of anything. Rateitall has reviews on everything from China dropship companies, electronic appliances, phone companies, movies and many many more topics. Want to see the complete list of websites which will help you avoid dropship drama? Visit Chinavasion's blog for every one of the 10 sites that keeps the internet honest or visit http://www.chinavasion.com/wholesale-dropship.php for more fantastic dropship tips. |
