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Dropshippers for eBay

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October 23, 2010 at 2:54 am Filed in:Uncategorized

Drop shipping on eBay is certainly popular.  It allows sellers to sell many items without having to purchase them up front or stock a lot of inventory.  This means less overhead for the seller.  Unfortunately, there are also a lot of problems with drop shipping on eBay.

Many people try to use popular services like Doba to sell on eBay.  The problem is that the products are very popular and thus there is a lot of competition.  You will find tons of others selling the same products, often for less.  You’ll lose a lot of your profit margins if you want to compete with the thousands of other sellers.

Another major issue is that these products go out of stock frequently since so many people are selling them.  This happens without warning, and can leave the seller high and dry when they make the sale.  This will get you negative feedback and can get you banned from selling on eBay or Amazon.  That’s why many people do not recommend drop shipping on eBay.

If you’re looking for a good dropshipper for eBay, find yourself a private manufacturer or wholesaler and negotiate a drop shipping program with them.  This ensures that you’ll get good pricing and will have more control over the stock.

You also should focus on only a small number of niche products when selling on eBay.  eBay charges a lot of high fees to list and sell products, and those fees can really add up if you sell a lot of items.  You’ll want to find a few specific products with large profit margins so you can still make money after paying eBay their cut.

Doba Review

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October 23, 2010 at 2:53 am Filed in:Uncategorized

Is Doba a scam?  Well… sort of.  Doba isn’t necessarily a scam, but it also isn’t a real drop shipper.  Doba is a middleman business that sources products from real drop ship wholesalers and then charges its customers monthly fees to access the products.  Doba products have a reputation for being expensivne.  You will often find these products selling for less than your “wholesale” price on eBay.

The other disadvantage of using Doba is it’s popularity.  Since its the most popular drop shipping service on the net, there are thousands of people trying to sell these goods.  This means thousands of competitors for you selling the same products at the same high wholesale costs.  It’s a very simple program, which makes it desirable for many newbie drop shippers, but you really can’t make much money with this stuff unless you have an incredible marketing plan.

Unfortunately, most people just head to eBay to try to sell this stuff and are sorely disappointed when they can’t make money.  The problem is that these products are just saturated plain and simple.  There are so many people selling the same stuff at the same price its almost impossible to get noticed.  I would always advise that you find your own drop ship wholesaler and source original niche drop ship products.

So is Doba a scam?  No.  But I would definitely not call it a good drop ship source.  Check out Drop Shipping 4 Idiots to learn more.