How to Finding A Wholesaler Or Dropshipper

Finding an online supplier can be difficult. To make this process easier I have come up with a document to help you overcome this sometimes huge obstacle.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer
• Internet

1. Finding a Wholesaler (WS) or Drop shipper (DS)
   
   Step By Step in Finding a Reputable WS or a DS
   
   In the following steps I will show you various ways you can find a great WS or a DS.
   
   Step 1
   
   First we need to decide if we want to do DS or carry our own inventory. I will basically define the two and you can decide which one suit's you best.
2. DS
   
   This type of supplier is very much like having your own wholesale supplier, except you don't carry your own inventory. Instead you are simply only buying the items you have actually sold. Basically it works like this. You list the product on your website or Ebay, then when the item sales you take the full amount for the product, once you have the money for the product and the customers address you send the supplier the customers address the funds for sending and buying it and they ship it out.
   
   WS
   
   This kind of setup is a little bit simpler, and also more successful, but it is also riskier. This is because you have to buy, and house the inventory first. Then place it on your site for sale. Once the person buys it you simply take all the funds for yourself and ship the item to them.
3. After you have decided on a type of supplier you will then follow the below steps to find your DS or WS.
   
   Finding a DS
   
   There are Several Ways to do this the most common is to use a paid directory. Below I have a list of the best ones out there.
   
   www.123shipper.com
   
   This is the cheapest one I know of and has a great directory. It costs $99 and you then simply get a log in ID and password. After that you are welcome to browse through the lists and find the right DS for your product. One disadvantage is that it is a little harder to navigate through the drop shippers and sometimes you will need to look through a lot of lists before you find one, however it is much cheaper then the other 2 below.
   
   www.worldwidebrands.com
   
   This is the second cheapest with a price of $289. This has the same DS List as the one above, but it is easier to navigate through, and they also do some basic keyword research for you.