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Are you exhausted from weighing, packaging and shipping items for your eBay customers? 

It’s possible to make money on popular auction sites without handling a single product yourself.  How?  By having items drop shipped for you!

Drop shipping is an arrangement whereby you get orders for a company’s products, collect the money, then send the customer’s order and the price you pay for it to the company.  You keep the profits, and the company sends the product directly to your customer.  It’s that simple.

How Do I Get Started With Drop Shipping?

There are lots of companies that will drop ship products for their distributors.  You can find them by doing an online search for “drop shipper”.  You may also be able to get recommendations from friends or business contacts.

*WARNING* It’s important to do some research on any company you consider becoming a distributor for, and this is especially true if they will be drop shipping the products.  If they don’t deliver the items as promised (or in a timely manner), you are left holding the bag. Your reputation as a good business dealer will be damaged.  So it is a good idea to check the company out with the Better Business Bureau before signing up with them.

If everything checks out and you decide to become a distributor, you’ll need to make sure you meet their requirements.  Most require that you have a wholesale license in order to get the best prices, and some have further requirements.  Some also put restrictions on how you can promote their products, so be sure to read the fine print.

How Can I Sell the Products?

Most drop shipping companies will allow you to sell on eBay.  When selling on eBay, it is important to make sure you make enough money from each sale to cover your costs.  This requires a clear understanding of the company’s shipping and handling charges, as well as how much you will be paying for the items themselves.  Setting your starting bid at a price that will ensure a profit is crucial.

You can also set up your own website to promote products in most cases.  If you don’t want to do it yourself or hire a web designer, many drop ship companies offer website packages to their distributors.  Some companies offer mail order as an option as well.

Getting the Best Prices

Some drop ship companies offer products to all distributors at the same price.  But most give discounts to distributors who have higher sales volumes.  This results in more money for both the company and the distributor.

Some companies charge monthly fees for membership in their drop ship program.  Others offer free memberships, but give bigger discounts with paid ones.  It is up to each seller to determine whether or not these fees are worth it to him.

Many eBay sellers do very well with drop shipping.  It gives them a way to make money without physically handling the products.  If you are considering eBay but would rather not deal with inventory, drop shipping could be the answer you’ve been looking for.

Saturday Money Saver:  $30 Discount (Now until Nov. 30, 2007)

The 2 biggest questions you must have answered if
you want to run a profitable internet business are..

1. What do I sell?

2. Where do I get it?

It doesn’t matter if you sell on eBay, Yahoo stores,
or your own website.  Finding hot products to sell
is something you’ll always have to do for your
business. I know companies who spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars each year just to source
products.

You don’t have to do that.

A company called Worldwide Brands will handle the
heavy lifting of product sourcing for you and let
you concentrate on growing your business.

If you don’t already know who Worldwide Brands is,
let me tell you about them…

Worldwide Brands is the top product sourcing company
in the world.  They have the world’s largest database
of genuine, factory-direct, drop ship and wholesale
suppliers. Everyone in their database has been personally
contacted and pre-qualified.  

They also do educational presentations for eBay Live,
host Product Sourcing Radio, and are the Official Product
Sourcing Editors for eBay Radio.

Early this year, they unleashed the OneSource tool and
immediately gave online sellers the ability to use
the same wholesale and drop ship suppliers that big name
department stores, eBay Powersellers, and eCommerce
store owners use.

With OneSource you get:

* Instant access to millions of products and thousands
  of drop ship, light bulk, liquidation, and import
  VERIFIED wholesale suppliers that you can use to
  source products to sell for a profit.

* Detailed demand, competition, keyword, and pricing
  market research.

* A lifetime 100% money back guarantee.

* 100% FREE customer service and hours and hours of free
  online education material.

Right now, they are offering a limited time $30 discount
to OneSource.  The discount will only last until the
end of November, so you need to move fast to take
advantage of it.

Recommendations:

I can’t recommend this product enough if you’re looking
for wholesale products to sell.  It’s a great place to
find wholesalers & dropshippers who have products you can
buy and sell for a nice profit.  

Even the ‘Dean of eBay University’ recommends it
to you.  Click here to see what he had to say
about OneSource.

EBay University instructor Janelle Elms said…

“They’re the only legitimate sourcing company
that I’ll recommend to the eBay University
students.”

And Andy Jenkins, who has done over one million
dollars drop shipping items, had this to say…

“There’s a whole army of people behind this database.
It’s the first place and usually the last place we
look.”

Make sure you get this powerful product sourcing tool
for your online business.  

Click here to get it now for $30 off the normal price