the drop shipping model you'll basically create a website to
sell products. The main difference from a normal online store,
however, is that you won't need to create, store and ship
the items yourself. Instead, you'll use a drop shipper for that,
which is basically a company that will fulfill the order for you.
In other words, once a customer visits your website and makes
a purchase, you'll forward the order details to your drop shipper,
and they will ship the item to the customer.
In order to make a profit you simply need to price the products on
your website higher than what the drop shipper charges you.
Let's use an example to make things 100% clear. Suppose that
you want to sell skateboards. The first step would be to find a
company who is willing to drop ship the skateboards for you. You
could start searching on Google for big skateboard wholesalers, and
when you find some you would just need to contact them asking if
they drop ship or not.
Once you have a drop shipping partner you'll need to setup your
website, display the products you are selling and setup a payment
method. PayPal is the easiest option here.
After that you'll be ready to roll, and you will need to start
promoting the website. Suppose that one of your visitors purchased
a skateboard for $150. You would them pay $100 for the drop shipper
and forward him the order details (e.g., product id, shipping
address and so on). Finally, the drop shipper would ship the product
to your customer, and you would make a $50 profit on the deal.
Most drop shippers will even put the name of your company/website
on the package, so the customer will assume you are one selling
him the goods.
sell products. The main difference from a normal online store,
however, is that you won't need to create, store and ship
the items yourself. Instead, you'll use a drop shipper for that,
which is basically a company that will fulfill the order for you.
In other words, once a customer visits your website and makes
a purchase, you'll forward the order details to your drop shipper,
and they will ship the item to the customer.
In order to make a profit you simply need to price the products on
your website higher than what the drop shipper charges you.
Let's use an example to make things 100% clear. Suppose that
you want to sell skateboards. The first step would be to find a
company who is willing to drop ship the skateboards for you. You
could start searching on Google for big skateboard wholesalers, and
when you find some you would just need to contact them asking if
they drop ship or not.
Once you have a drop shipping partner you'll need to setup your
website, display the products you are selling and setup a payment
method. PayPal is the easiest option here.
After that you'll be ready to roll, and you will need to start
promoting the website. Suppose that one of your visitors purchased
a skateboard for $150. You would them pay $100 for the drop shipper
and forward him the order details (e.g., product id, shipping
address and so on). Finally, the drop shipper would ship the product
to your customer, and you would make a $50 profit on the deal.
Most drop shippers will even put the name of your company/website
on the package, so the customer will assume you are one selling
him the goods.