Doba

The Drop shipping Details

Doba is one the largest wholesale supplier/dropshipping company on the web! They provide their retailers with over 1,200,000 products from hundreds of suppliers to promote, sell and profit from. In addition to providing a one-stop shop for products to drop ship, they also provide services such as advanced tools, data export, Push to Marketplace (eBay integration), intricate training and learning materials. They offer professional, quality product pictures, detailed descriptions, guarenteed lowest wholesale prices, and have everything on their site in stock about 90% of the time.

Pro's	Con's
1,200,000 Products	Thousands of marketers
eBay integration	Costs extra for that feature (not included in regular monthly fee)
Beautiful photos and descriptions	n/a
Beautiful, name brand products	Some prices aren't as competitive as marketers would like
Tools and online learning support	Some are included in monthly fee, others are an additional cost
Many products, so saturation isn't likely	The name brand products (more popular products) are most likely saturated on eBay already.

Drop Ship Legalities

When starting your business, it is very important to do it right, by getting all of the drop ship legalities together FIRST! By drop ship legalities we are referring to your tax id number/resale license (or sellers permit depending on the state). If you skip this very important step and try to begin selling first, you will find many pot holes in the road along the way. Starting with this way first not only makes it legitimate, but it also makes it more "real" for you, and opens up a lot more doors.

*** NOTE: A true dropshipper will not work with any company that does not have a t.i.d. number.

By drop ship legalities, we are referring to really only 1 main legal process you need to go through while setting up your business. And that again is getting a tax id number. In order to get this you must decide if you are going to be a sole prop., an incorporation, a limited liabilty corp., etc. Once you know this, and you have your address (yes it must be a physical address not a P.O. box) you can fill out the online form and get a number within minutes. It is really quite simple. Just go to your state's site, or checkout legalzoom.com.

The importance of this step cannot be overlooked, as ALL of the "true" dropshippers require this because they have to report to their state with their tax information. When a drop ship company is dealing to a reseller (that's you), they do not charge tax on the products, they leave that up to you to do, and for you to pay Uncle Sam. Companies that do not require your legal information are probably not legitimate wholesale dropshippers.

Drop Shipping Tips

Listed below, are 17 drop shipping tips or essentials, that you absolutely MUST take into account, before choosing a supplier. And yes, it might seem like a daunting task when choosing a supplier considering all that should be taken into account, but it is the most important piece of the puzzle.

It is extremely important to qualify your sources before doing business with them. After all, you essentially become their customer. Remember, your reputation with consumers can easily be affected by the performance of your suppliers - They can be your greatest asset, or your worst enemy very quickly. Take a deep breath and try to relax………researching the best suppliers when launching your drop shipping business can be a lot of fun!

We have spent years searching the internet high and low for the best wholesale suppliers. In our opinion, the best source available today for ecommerce wholesale is www.worldwidebrands.com. Their OneSource software tool allows savvy online retailers to save valuable time and frustration when selecting the best suppliers. Each and every supplier is qualified through the strict OneSource program, so you know you’re dealing with legitimate businesses. Also, the software application allows you to look at keywords, consumer demand, competition and market research conducted by professionals that are closely connected with the wholesale world of ecommerce.

17 Drop Shipping Tips

That Will Make or Break Your Business

- Are they integrated with eBay? This will make your job a whole lot easier if you are looking to have an eBay store or auction.

- Do they offer data feeds? Save yourself tons of time and frustration....try to go with suppliers that have a data feed so you can easily bulk upload their resources onto your site. This will get your drop shipping business started almost instantly!

- Are they a “blind” drop shipper? A blind drop shipper will ship the products under your companies name, NOT their own. If they do not blind drop ship....what is the point???

- Does the supplier allow you to use their pictures and descriptions? If the answer to this question is no, you are not using a legitimate supplier...so RUN!

- Do they offer price guarantees/matching? Although Doba claims to do this, many people have stated otherwise. Price matching is good...but you do not have a good chance of finding it.

- Do they offer brand name products? What do the people want? Give the people what they want...and the money will come. If they do not offer name brand products, then how do they compare? Will people on eBay buy your nameless sneakers for the same price as the other guy selling Sketchers? Do your homework....don't just jump on the first good supplier you come accross.

- Do they offer educational training or multi media sources? Again---our FAVORITE source, OneSource, offers a tremendous training package to help you get your business started. This is a great asset to you, and you should look for sources with this tool.

- Do they offer a toll free number with customer service support? If you have a customer with lots of questions, who is willing to buy, but needs a few answers....or a customer with a shipping issue, or WHATEVER, you must have a telephone number for which you can call them to get your questions answered in a reasonable amount of time. If email is the only means of communication...you may want to check them out of RipoffReport.com or bbbonline.org. Chances are good that they are a scam and not a legitimate company.

- Do they offer sample products for you to test? Some companies will do this...but it isn't a necessity. Just make sure you can see pictures or order a product yourself.

- What type of payment methods are acceptable? You will want to know if they accept credit cards, PayPal, cashiers check, or what? Some companies will only do one or the other.

- Do they have a good reputation with the BBB? Always important...for your safety and your potential customers.

- How quickly is the order fulfilled? 2-3 business days, 4-5 business days, 1-2 weeks....VERY IMPORTANT when selling on eBay especially.

- How much do they charge for shipping and are there drop ship fees? These are factors you will have to take into consideration when calculating the cost per item...that is, if you want to make a profit!

- Is there a minimum order requirement? If yes, is it reasonable? If no, GREAT!

- Does the supplier offer true wholesale pricing? You can figure that out by doing research on a few of the items they have listed. If you can find them for much cheaper...then the answer is No.

- Are their products readily available and in stock? They should disclose this information on their FAQ pages, and if it isn't listed, contact them. You really have to know this especially for eBay.

- Does the supplier offer a back order system? Again....if doing eBay, you want to know these answers, otherwise you will get VERY bad reviews by customers, and may potentially get kicked off.

The Drop Ship System

I have laid out the perfect Drop Ship System that will not only generate natural search traffic to your site, but also will take much of the guesswork out of knowing where to begin. Starting a business requires a lot of time, money and research. Many people give up because they don’t have 1 or all of these. I was always searching the internet for a way to make a legitimate income, never realizing that all the money I had been blowing on e-books, software and scripts (I didn’t know how to use), would never get me anywhere but farther in debt. One day, as I was researching all of the internet gurus and reading how they make like $70,000 a day doing affiliate programs, or creating websites, I stumbled across Site Build It. After reading the testimonials and all about Ken Envoy and his elite team, I knew this was the ONLY way for my wife and me to be able to make a living online (the first piece of the drop ship system). We have zero background in computers, technology, HTML, etc. We didn’t even know what a data feed was when we started...but that was okay because the S.B.I. system holds your hand and does all it all for you. They even tell you:

~How many keywords to use per page,

~How long the description should be,

~How and where to place links,

~What keyword placement works the best to generate natural search traffic

~And the list goes on and on.

Once we started using S.B.I. and began generating visitors almost immediately, we decided it was time to monetize. And this is where the "perfect Drop Ship System" was born! You can monetize using this system in lots of different ways. The most popular method of course being affiliate marketing, but it doesn’t have to stop there. You can also sell products, either your own, or you can drop ship them. Taking the power and know-how of Site Build it, and combining it with the largest wholesale directory on the web, makes for one killer combination.

Worldwide Brands provides not only legitimate wholesale drop shippers and small/large bulk suppliers, but they also have a market research tool, which takes all of the guess work out of trying to find products that will not only be “niche” but very profitable as well. You could literally spend years searching the internet looking for drop shippers and come up so far short of what Worldwide Brands has created (their drop ship system). That is because they spend thousands upon thousands of dollars for wholesale lists and they research each and every company listed. They are ensuring not only their integrity, but the integrity of your business, and anyone else who uses them for their supplier directory.

Combining the two is quite simple. You can easily open a store with S.B.I. and begin placing the products you wish to drop ship on there with the professional photos and descriptions provided to you from your supplier. You could literally have a legitimate business up and running over the weekend by simply following this drop ship system! We do suggest that you first get traffic driven to your site, before you open a store. Site Build It suggests you do the following:

Content-->Traffic-->Pre-sell-->Monetize

And in that order. If you try to skip ahead and go straight to monetize before you have the traffic and have pre-sold your readers, you will miss out on tons of free, natural search traffic. That is because the search engines may penalize you for having outbound links too quickly. For this reason alone, we suggest waiting until your S.B.I site is up and running and generating at least 30 visitors per day, before you open your store and integrating the drop ship system. While you wait and allow the visitors to come though, you can be getting your drop ship suppliers in order and have all of the graphics and descriptions ready to go, so when you hit your goal of 30 per day, you can monetize instantly! I will tell you that for several of our sites, we hit the 30 visitors per day mark in about 1 month. Results vary for everyone, but that has been typical for us.

My wife and I feel very passionately about Site Build It, and truly believe that anyone who wants to make a living online, who uses S.B.I and follows Ken’s instructions will not be disappointed. We receive checks in the mail at least twice a month from our S.B.I. sites and it has been excellent supplemental income for our family. Unlike a traditional business which requires lots of time, money and research, using Site Build It and Worldwide Brands you are saving yourself from needing all of these. The two companies save you tons of time by doing much of the research for you, and they save you money because their prices are ridiculously low considering all that they do for you and enable you to do. This is truly the perfect drop ship system. I really can’t say enough about either of these two companies, and hope you too will have the same (or better) success than we have had.

Wholesale or Drop Shipping..you be the judge

Drop shipping or wholesale??? The question is a hot topic online right now. Although most people online seem to focus on drop shipping...it is not the only option for someone looking to open their own ecommerce website. Buying wholesale (in bulk) is another great option. You would be buying first and selling later. Although there is a risk involved the profit margin is much greater than drop shipping…well, sometimes! I say sometimes because the drop shippers you will find on One Source are selling their products wholesale. However, you will be the one receiving the “handling” fees and shipping the products, which is where some companies “get you”.

Buying bulk items wholesale can give you a huge advantage. Not only will you have more flexibility with your prices (because typically bulk is much cheaper than buying one at a time) but you will also have the capability to ship the items yourself. Shipping the items yourself does require more time spent on your end than drop shipping does, but with shipping the items yourself you will more easily be able to answer customers questions about when something should be arriving, and you will be spending less money for the shipping and “handling” fees.

From my own personal experience, I typically tell people to start with drop shipping, and evolve into buying bulk….but that isn’t for every item, and every person. There are some products that it just doesn’t make sense to buy in bulk. An example would be electronics. You will not find legitimate name brand products being drop shipped or sold in bulk. That is because the big companies/ manufacturers such as Nintendo (for example) will sell only to large businesses in bulk orders of several hundred thousand dollars…and no less.

You would be successful with buying shoes in bulk. Shoes like Sketchers sneakers (for example) would be a profitable investment. There are sites where you can buy a skid load of sneakers for only a few hundred dollars…your profit potential would be huge! It just all depends on 2 personal qualities. The first one being upfront capital…if you have it, great! If not, then stick with drop shipping. The second one being, are you willing to take a risk? If you aren’t able to financially handle a loss then again, stick with drop shipping, and leave buying in bulk to the people who can afford it. There really is no right or wrong answer here. It is simply what you prefer and what you can handle.

One Source

One Source (a.k.a. Worldwide Brands) is by far the largest drop shipping directory in the world---and there is NO ONE like them! With their lifetime membership (a one time fee), you get access to over 3,000,000 million wholesale products from more than 9,000 suppliers worldwide! The O.S. team does their homework, spending over $1,000,000 a year on researching their suppliers. One tremendously helpful feature they offer is the market research tool, which will actually analyze the product(s) you are searching for in their directory, and tell you the profitability of that product. They even tell you what the current eBay bids are, the supply vs. demand of the product, how many pages are listed on Google, and Yahoo, etc. This is the only source you'll ever need for:

√ Drop Ship Wholesalers

√ Light Bulk Wholesalers

√ Instant Import Buys

√ Liquidation Wholesalers

√ Large Volume Wholesalers

√ Daily Wholesaler Updates

√ Instant Market Research

The market analysis tool is one of the best tools on the web to help you determine the profitability of the products you are interested in drop shipping or selling wholesale. You will have access to websites and suppliers found in no other directory on the internet.

Compared to Doba and Simplx, One Source is not only more comprehensive, because it gives you more options (new suppliers that aren't already saturated with other marketers promoting them) they also have a lifetime membership. That means you only have to pay a one time fee to join. And that fee is only $299!

Worldwide Brands is the only wholesale supplier publisher that is certified by eBay. This Drop Shipping Source has everything you need to succeed. Giving you all the tools you need to launch your dropship business...and become a Powerseller on eBay.

What Is Drop Shipping?

Drop shipping is an extremely profitable way to do business, however it is not nearly as well known in the online community as other revenue generating programs such as affiliate marketing.

Drop shipping means that you sell wholesale products but are not responsible for the production, inventory or shipping. In short, you would take orders and payments for products sold on your retail website, forward these orders on to the supplier. The items are shipped directly to your customer. You pocket the difference between the retail and the wholesale cost of the merchandise!!

It's that simple. You market wholesale products and make money on each and every sale. There is no need to invest any money for inventory before it is sold. This lets you devote all of your time to what you do best: selling! You also get these great benefits:

• No losses on unsold goods
• No packing and shipping expenses
• No warehouse costs
• Zero inventory to keep
• Sell unlimited products
• Reduce risk by selling first
• Sell to a global audience

5 Drop Shipping Essentials

1.) Domain Name

2.) Hosting Company

3.) Shopping Cart

4.) Merchant Account

5.) Wholesale Supplier(s)

Marketing Products

Successful business owners tend to do one of 2 things with the products they sell. They either:

a.) Have their own web store

OR

b.) Use eBay® (either with an eBay® Store or auction)

There are plenty of advantages and disadvantages to both scenarios...let's compare:

eBay®	Your own web store
220 million registered users	You must generate your own traffic
Tons of competition	Only your products are shown
Very little cost involved	Hosting fees, merchant account fees, marketing fees
No personal affiliate program	Have an in-house or network program
Must be very competitive with prices	You are in complete control of the pricing for your products