@tobaccocardyahoo wrote:
Retail arbitrage is not banned on Ebay. Using another retailer to drop ship is banned if the drop shipment can be identified as sourced from a retailer.
That's what retail arbitrage IS. That is not drop shipping. To be a drop shipper here you need a contracted wholesaler who will handle the orders from you and collect a payment from you at shipping time.
This is more along the lines of what I had interpreted retail arbitrage and drop shipping to mean.
@tobaccocardyahoo wrote:
An Amazon shipment using their Multi-Channel Fulfillment in packaging which does not have the Amazon smile and other markings is permitted.
An Ebay seller CAN use Amazon fulfillment if it's his own items that they are storing and shipping for him. I know it's kind of a fine distinction but it is there.
The FBA and FBM models Amazon, and others have setup, are making it difficult for eBay to specifically tell when someone is drop shipping and when someone is doing retail arbitrage. Recent Amazon report indicate that about 40% of their shipments are through FBA or FBM agreements and that number is rapidly increasing. While I don't use the program, not that big of a seller, I can see a number of advantages to it for both the buyer and the seller in the wake of rising shipping costs, packing materials, handling time.............
However, looking at the OP's situation this does not look like an FBA type of order but without additional information it's difficult to determine.
