USA supplier
Summary: In the discussion about a USA supplier, participants talked about ecommerce listings and the practice of drop shipping. kensgiftshop noted suspicion around certain listings being drop shipped from the US, despite the seller being based in Pakistan. This was seen as unusual because sellers often claim a different location for shipping. A participant added that while the seller is transparent about their location, the items are shipped from the US, indicating a clear drop shipping practice.
I am a eBay seller needs trusted supplier from USA for dropshipping
17 comments
squinkercat59
·4 months agoAnything you dropship to the United States can already be purchased here. Most of us live in areas where we have dozens of places to buy things, even ethnic markets. We can buy from Amazon and any other on-line store ourselves. Many Americans deliberately do NOT order from certain (Chinese) sites like Temu and if something arrived from there, you're looking at an automatic negative. Does not seem to be a good business model.
pickapaper
·4 months ago@etts_14
Someone lied to you if they told you drop shipping is a good way to sell on eBay. It will not work. Since you will have no control of the item that is shipped, how it is shipped, and when it is shipped, there are always going to be problems. Have you thought about all the returns and refunds and chargebacks you will have to deal with if you allow a drop shipper to ship for you. eBay doesn't tolerate bad buyer experiences from sellers.
If you want to sell on eBay, the best way to do it is to sell items that you yourself own. Sell items that are unique to Pakistan that people in the U.S. might be interested in. This could be small antiques, textiles, local clothing items, even certain spices. Learn how to sell on eBay, how to ship, how returns work, everything.
inhawaii
·4 months agoAmazon is a trusted seller.
chapeau-noir
·4 months agoI'm not sure how one ships a gallon jug of soap free from Pakistan without losing money - are you just copy/pasting other listings, including 'free' shipping?
soh.maryl
·4 months agoDon't you have the feeling that the three current listings are for items that will be drop shipped from somewhere other than Pakistan?
chapeau-noir
·4 months agoThat was the only thing I could think of, except that usually the listing will misrepresent the seller location and say "USA" when the seller is elsewhere - in this case the seller is being honest and stating they're in Pakistan, so props for that, I guess.
kensgiftshop
·4 months agoThe seller is in Pakistan, but their items are not being shipped from there, like their listings say.
They are dropshipping from the US.
tobaccocardyahoo
·4 months agoThe most reliable suppliers who will dropship for a retailer are manufacturer authorized wholesale distributors. Few of them will allow offshore sellers who will not be ordering inventory for stock as well as single order drop shipments.
There are lots of scummy dropshippers who are not authorized distributors and will not fill your orders reliably, on time and at a price which allows you to compete with customers of legitimate wholesale distributors.
Someone has sent you down a path to inevitable disaster.
kensgiftshop
·4 months ago@etts_14
Dropshipping from TEMU and lying about the location of your items are both policy violations.
You're off to a bad start and probably won't make it on Ebay very long.
chapeau-noir
·4 months ago.......................
ryry-jj
·4 months agoIf you don't already know this, and you cant tell eBay who the partners are to then get approval to drop ship or use forward deployed inventory, you are in trouble before you start. You need to own & be in possession of your own inventory, and do your own shipping. At least in baseball you are given three strikes before you are out....drop shipping you will get one at most....often you are tossed before ever stepping in the batters box. Not a good business plan on eBay.
soh.maryl
·4 months agoBefore you get too far into this venture, you might want to read more about how eBay feels about dropshippers and those who use them.
klhmdg
·4 months ago@etts_14 -
If this is your business plan do not put any money into it.
You will not be selling here very long,
Foreigners drop shipping stuff to the US dont last long.
The only one making money will be the company you source your inventory from.
Everything you are drop shipping we can buy here.
luckythewinner
·4 months agoIf I had a trusted supplier from the USA for drop shipping ...
... the last thing I would do would be to tell my competition about it.
caldreamer
·4 months agoEBAY does not allow you to exchange "contact information". You should post your message on social media (that allows you to exchange contact information).
albertabrightalberta
·4 months agoI foresee a very short ebay selling career for you @etts_14 .
etts_14
OP4 months ago🤣 hahaha don't expect this kind of reply