EBAY DROP SHIPPING CHALLENGES

& HOW TO SOLVE THEM

Drop shipping on eBay as a business can be difficult for many reasons.

SHIPPING TIME1.

If you’re not in possession of the product, it’s difficult to control actual shipping time.

You need to ship fast, which you can’t always control.

INVENTORY2.

Don’t always have accurate inventory control.

Can cause problems if you sell a product that goes out of stock.

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Have to let the customer wait (risk negative feedback) or cancel order.

Canceling too many orders can hurt your eBay seller rating.

IMAGES3.

Manufactures are always changing the packaging of products.

May be identical, but can cause poor feedback if customer receives package that is different.

DAMAGE4.

Damaged boxes may be shipped.

Product may be fine, but customers will want to return or leave poor feedback.

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If customer is looking to return product you’ll be paying for shipping.

You lose return shipping fee and original cost to ship the product.

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Many (not all) won’t refund the original shipping fee.

You’ll be required to refund your customer the original fee.

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Work out arrangement with the company about damaged packaging.

COMPETITION5.

Drop ship warehouse companies work with countless other sellers on eBay.

Drop ship companies typical charge a monthly membership fee.

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Have a good relationship with the drop ship company.

SO...HOW ARE SO MANY

PEOPLE SUCCESSFULLY DROP SHIPPING ON EBAY?

continuedAUTOMATION!

Once you start listing to make money, you’ll want to automate as much as possible!

Keep updates instantly on inventory, pricing, images of packaging and much more!

Can have hundreds (if not thousands) of products up and selling in no time!

Makes it difficult to compete unless you automate the listing and product updating process.

HAPPY ONLINE SELLING!