What is Drop Shipping?
Drop shipping allows an ecommerce business owner to not have to own or invest in inventory. The drop ship order process is simple and can save a business owner a lot of time and energy since you don't have to focus on shipping product.
Once you get an order on your website you simply send the order over to the vendor. The vendor then fills the order and ships the product directly to your customer. You never have to touch or manage inventory nor do you have to make the initial investment into inventory to start your business.
How do you make money drop shipping?
The vendor charges you the wholesale price and you charge the customer the retail price. Your margin is the difference between these two numbers. We choose vendors who have margins of 35% and higher. Once the order ships to your customer the vendor will charge your business card on file.
Are there drop ship fees?
It certainly depends on the vendor. Some vendors charge drop ship fees and some do not. The fees can range depending on the product offering. You can work the fee into your product price if you desire.
Where do the items ship from?
Pure-Ecommerce only works with vendors that drop ship directly from America or Canada.
Are there issues with drop shipping?
Pure-Ecommerce works with vendors that happen to offer drop shipping a part of their business model. The also offer their products to departmenet stores and boutiques across the US.
They just happen to also offer drop shipping since it's a model that makes sense for their particular business.
To be able to receive drop shipping from a reputable company is a priverlage and not all companies offer drop shipping. The companies we choose to work with are mid to high end professional branded companies.
The two biggest benifits to drop shipping are simple and quite clear:
1) Drop shipping allows you to start an ecommerce business with minimal investment and risk.
2) Drop shipping allows you to not have to worry about shipping inventory so therefore you can focus your time on marketing and seo.