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This article is free to publish with resource boxIf using this article, please send a brief message to mailto:[email protected] Word Count: 717 words, 25 word resource box- Format: 60 characters per line- URL: http://FutureInternetMarketing.com/articles/fimarticle03.htm- Autoresponder: mailto:[email protected] Author Photo (80x105): http://FutureInternetMarketing.com/palyn.jpg- Article checked by SpamAssassin and is spam-safe.'What Is Drop Shipping? The Perfect Solution'by Palyn PetersonDrop shipping one of the greatest business innovations sinceproducts. Seriously, don't laugh! I'm not joking! Withwhat other service can you use another company's products,their warehouse, their shipping department, and have themprovide you with all the information you need? Do you seewhat I mean now?Every entrepreneur who is looking for the most efficient wayto sell products over the internet should be veryenthusiastic about drop shipping. It finally allows you tosell nearly anything you want, be it computer equipment,toasters, billiard tables, even planter pots, all withouthaving any inventory. And do you know what zero inventorymeans? It means less risk! The only time you ever buy anyproducts from the wholesaler is when you have already soldit to a customer! And the best thing is (or should I say,another best thing), the wholesaler packages it up and shipsit out to the customer for you, and usually your businessname is on the box! As far as the customer knows, you havea warehouse full of products.When you sign up with a wholesaler, they will most likelyask you for your tax license number, or a faxed/emailed copyof it to prove you are a legitimate business. If they don'task you for this, they are either a very small wholesalecompany with a specific niche of products and just want tomake the process easy for their clients, or they are not areal wholesaler at all.If you ever come across a "wholesale" company that carriestons of items, ranging from Barbie's to hair dryers, andthey say that you don't need to have a tax license to dealwith them, then be very skeptical, because 99 to 1, theyaren't a wholesale company at all. That sort of company will just take your order only to turnaround and order it from the real wholesale company at amuch lower cost than you paid for it (and they did have toget a tax license to do this). It doesn't stop thereeither. Since you bought it at a higher price, you willneed to pass this on to your customers by marking it uphigher than you need to. And if you ever needed or wantedto, you would have less margin when lowering your prices tomatch or beat your competitors. And your competitors wouldprobably have a tax license, so they would be dealing withlegitimate wholesalers. Seriously, be very careful about this, there are many wolvesin sheep's clothing out there. So skip the middleman, getyour tax license, get legitimate and you will save yourselfa lot of grief and money.Once you make an account with a wholesaler, some will mailyou a wholesale catalog and price list in the mail with a CDfull of product images to use on your website. The smallercompanies will just allow you to copy the pictures anddescriptions off their website. With this productinformation, you can post the products to your online storeand wait for orders. It's as simple as that!Then, when a customer places an order, you either call,email or fax your contact at the wholesaler and give themthe customers name, address, and the items they want,including any other miscellaneous information the wholesalermay want. The wholesaler then charges you for the cost andshipping of the order at wholesale price, then packages itup and sends it off to the customer. All you have left todo is turn back around and charge the customers credit cardfor the items with your profit margin markup.The reason this is growing in popularity amongst wholesalersis because they get to have many other companies market andsell their products, thus reaching more people and sellinggreater volumes. The wholesale company is still able tosell their products for the price they want, and you get tokeep the profit margin as a reseller. It's a win/winsituation. Drop shipping is enabling the average person to be able torun a successful, full service online retail store from thecomfort of their home. Zero inventory, no shippingdepartment, only buy when you have already sold -- this isthe perfect affiliate program.Copyright © 2003 by Palyn Petersonmailto:[email protected]