Need More Details on Dropshipping

[shirtaholic]

Hi All,

While browsing through different threads on this forum, I came accross a new term 'Dropshipping' (I know its an old term, just new for me). I googled it for info, but would appreciate if someone could clear a few questions/confusions,

1) Do these dropshipping websites give a detail of products I could sell? Or are these just responsible for delivering my goods to the customer as DHL for example, with advancements.
2) How do I use dropshipping websites? is it like an affiliate program where I sell their products using my marketing tools and get a commission? or is it the otherway round where I pay them commission for the logistic services they provide?
3) As far as I read, Dropshipping is just like trading, where we do not have warehouse facility, and ship from warehouse of wholeseller/manufacturer to customer directly. My question is, how do dropshipping websites help me in terms of convenience compared to when the supplier ships the products to customer's address directly?

Thanks

[worktraveldream]

Hope you don't expect to make money doing this? Drop shipping was the "get rich quick" business of the early 2000's - today, the competition and pricing is not conducive to making large amounts of money; unless you're really lucky.

Largely today, drop shipping only benefits the drop shipper and not really a means of wholesaling bulk; overstocked items.

[shirtaholic]

thanks worktraveldream, actually I've recently started to incline towards an online store. Basically I have recently started my own apparel manufacturing unit, and I have been finding difficulties in keeping the unit in running condition, to avoid huge overheads. Getting hold of good production orders is very tough for newcomers these days, so I thought it would be better to start an online store of apparels where I could sell my own designs in t shirts mainly. Like they say, behind every striking idea, therez usually a 'BUT' so in my case, I have no experience of online sales/store/shipping to various places from Pakistan etc, I'm just trying to figure it out these days.
Any guidance will be very much appreciated.

[shirtaholic]

Most Welcome tisanjosh

[shirtaholic]

thanks for the reply profitdrivers, yes I have my own printing facility, actually I have got all resources for production of apparels/t shirts because this is what I wanted to do. But now when I think about starting an online store, I get doubtful if it would become too much for me to handle, since my production house is my primary business at the moment,with online business, wouldnt I be getting into too much variation? as in its a full time job/business to run an online store, manage the orders/marketing/sales etc. I was hoping to make partnership/contract with someone already doing/starting his online store business, I'm not looking for high margins, I'm more interested in injecting orders to my production facility.
Views and feedbacks are most welcome.

[kbud124]

Drop Shipping can really help you start an online retail business, and make good money, this is easy with the right updating software and the right suppliers.