The answer to that question depends on the kind of drop shipper you are looking at.  I like to place drop shippers in four categories:

Total scams
Large general product dropshippers
Specialized drop shippers
Small and medium-sized manufacturers that drop ship.

 
Let’s take a look at each one.
1. Total Scams – there are a few companies out there that claim [...]

I was chatting with Colleen at WorldWide Brands yesterday and she told me about an unusual offer I wanted to alert my readers to.  Here is a chance to go behind the scenes at WorldWide Brands and sample their services for free.
If you don’t know about WorldWide Brands they are the oldest and largest Wholesale [...]

Global Sources is a wholesale product sourcing website where manufacturers (mostly in Asia) advertise wholeslale products for export to the US.  Global Sources publishes a series of magazines for their customers. They have recently started offeing free copies of the electronic version to anyone who wants them.
Here is the link where you can download free [...]

eBay Sellers have a new eBay research tool to track and evaluate their buyer’s behavior.  Today, the Sellebrity Company announced Auction Analytics, a new service to monitor and interpret traffic data for eBay auctions.   The new service is located at www.sellebrity.com.
“This is not your father’s analytics service,” says founder and CEO, Jason Ritenour.  ”Not [...]

Just a short post today to let everyone know that the traditional summer slowdown on eBay is about to end.  I have been selling on eBay for ten years and have seen the same thing every August. The slowdown typically starts a little bit in July and then cascades into the middle of august.
The Back [...]

The Top Rated Seller program doesn’t roll out until October, but eBay has selected a handfull of sellers to test the concept.
I was surprised when I looked at one of my eBay listings yesterday and saw the Top Rated Seller Badge displayed.  Here is a screenshot of what it looks like:

It will [...]

I have just released my 28 page free eBook, The Future of eBay 2009, The Update To The Complete eBay Marketing SystemI first wrote the Future of eBay last year when eBay announced major changes to the platform.  Last week, eBay announced more changes that will take effect in October 2009 and April 2010.
The [...]

Eight finalists chosen to compete for $25,000 to grow their eBay business
The eight finalists, two in each of the four categories, were selected based on their perceived business challenges and obstacles, clarity of business plan, passion for using eBay and appropriateness to the contest’s theme.
Each of the four challenge winners will receive a $25,000 business [...]

While everyone is paying attention to Health Care, the Sotomayor hearings and Cap & Trade, congress is quietly getting ready to impose sales tax on all internet sellers
Great Magicians master the craft of misdirection. They create a diversion with their right hand while the left hand is doing the real work. It seems our congress has studied [...]

Get some exposure for your eBay listings and win a free copy of my latest book to be released next week
The Prize:  After the July 4th Holiday Weekend I will be releasing my latest book, Making Money With an Online Consignment Business ~ An eBay consignment business operations manual. The book will sell for $47 [...]

Changes to take place in June will include new item pages, new mandatory return policy enforcement and new dispute system
The announcement from Stephanie Tilenius, Senior VP & GM for eBay North America had been rumored for a while. As part of the announcement eBay stated a new policy that from here on they will give [...]

I asked this question of several sellers and got different answers, but in general the news is not good.
I would love to know what eBay’s stats show, but I suspect that cross border sales between the US and Europe and Japan are down. Why? Because I got a call from eBay last week wanting to [...]

eBay Drop-off Stores and liquidation consignment sellers report that business is up
It is a sad sign of the times, but when the economy sucks people need to raise cash. One of the ways to do this is to sell the things they have acquired over the years when times were good.  Over the past two [...]

There has been a lot of confusion for sellers of toys and children’s clothing. eBay’s Uncle Griff posted a blog on eBay with some answers
Basically a lot of fear by sellers is overblown –but there are some new requirements to meet if you sell children’s clothing or toys on eBay.  Here is the link to [...]

People may have wanted change when they voted for President, but when it comes to eBay most of us resist it
Earlier this week eBay followed through on their threats to launch the new My eBay Page.  For me this comes under the headings of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and “I think there [...]