By Barry Miller

Many people confuse the terms of the drop ship services and the drop ship suppliers. In fact these terms are being interchangeably used.

However there is a lot of difference between the two.the drop ship services are not problematic by them selves. In fact that is a pretty good approach. The retailer spends a little money and gets access to such a huge variety of the products. Also the process of online retail selling becomes much hassle free. But the main problem is the association of so many scams with this useful service.

If you search online for the drop ship services you will get a list of hundreds of websites. Not all of these websites intend to make your life easier. In fact most of them are scams that are meant to either take money from you in terms of different kinds of fees or in terms of “your” profits on the items that “you” sold.

Basically they take advantage of you marketing skills to make money for them selves. For example the first scam is the sham lists of the available products. It might be unbelievable for you but the word of information of these lists is true. People (especially the new ones in the business) spend a lot of money on it ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars, only to find out that the list was sham and they have lost all of the money.

Other than that, there could be outdated lists offering the cheapest of all stuff. No doubt that the stuff exists and is cheap. But the problem with these lists is that the website is trying to earn a few dollars on outdated and over stocked stuff which is only good enough to be thrown. Also keep in mind that some drop ship services websites charge a monthly fee that ranges from $30 to $40.

However this fee is only worth it considering the case that because of it one is saved from the scams. If you are a newbie in the online retail business i highly recommend and advice to use a drop ship service.This is because the novices are more vulnerable to different kinds of internet frauds and cyber crimes.

Then why the money should go to the middleman? Actually the novices in the online businesses do not know the different between the supplier and the services. They do the mistake of thinking that both of them are the same and thus end up making lesser money than they expected.

These services also raise many customer services and technical support issue. If the consumer is not satisfied or the product is faulty or he or she simply needs some kind of technical support then which party is going to take care of all of that? This is a very long channel and a good customer support can not be provided.

About The Author

To avail drop ship services at the lowest possible cost you can consult the Drop Ship Wholesale , which is a rich source of directories and other relevant information.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

By Barry Miller

If one is looking for the drop shippers or the whole sellers, there is not a better way of it than to find an authentic drop ship directory.

The authenticity of a drop ship directory is somewhat hard to judge. Of course there will not be a single one who will say that do not use us because we are not authentic. Each one is there to attract the customers to use them. But judging the authenticity is not impossible at all. One just needs a little hard work, experience and perseverance to find a good drop ship directory.

You can judge the authenticity of a directory by seeing its privacy policy and the about us page. Also you can choose to contact them through email or phone. Although email is a medium most widely used for such purposes, but you can always call to see how professional their customer support is.

This happens because some drop shippers do not wish that their name should be mentioned in any such directory. Sometimes this is done when the whole seller or the drop shipper has a loyal client following and it does not need to spend money on publicity and at other times these drop shippers or whole sellers do not wish to provide goods for the small businesses.

You can search on the internet to find ideas for small businesses drop ship directory also provides the listings and the rankings of the drop shippers. So you can choose by yourself according to your needs and resources. As the drop ship directory is in the form of the web site, the interface allows it to have several other features too. For example some directories also have reviews sections of each of the drop shipper that they have listed.

These reviews are provided by the actual users/ clients of the specific drop shippers. Due to this feature one gets completely honest and unbiased information on the whole sellers or the drop shippers. These reviews also often narrate personal experiences by which one can take experiences.

Many premium directories also have the member forums. On these forums the members can correspond with each other. If all the reviews praise only one or two dropshippers then of course the directory is not authentic. If a directory is promoting a specific drop shipper then it should be in the advertisements section and not behind every link.

About The Author

You can reach the drop ship directory that I consult at the page of the Drop Ship Wholesale . it has helped me make a lot of money so I hope it will do the same for you.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 8:15 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.