Drop shipping help

[mb0319]

I have an eBay store and would like to start drop shipping.  It seems confusing. Any advise would be great.  Thank you 

[wastingtime101]

eBay has very strict rules about drop shipping.

• Do you have a contract with the company that's drop shipping the product?
• Can you provide a copy of that contract to eBay so they can approve your account to drop ship?
• Do you have software and/or the time for manual updates to ensure explicit inventory management so you can avoid out of stock issues?
• Have you worked out how you'll handle returns and chargeback claims?

[inhawaii]

Drop shipping is generally frowned upon. 

It's hard to do unless you have 100% faith in your drop shipper.

They have to ship on time. Keep the items in stock.  Handle returns. 

Good luck!

[fab_finds4u]

There's no wholesale company that will dropship for you exclusively. You'll find their items already being sold here by other sellers. It will be hard to compete. I always wondered why the dropshipper just doesn't sell their own products here and make more money instead of having a middle man (you) involved.

[redmodelt]

Seem pretty straight forward reading how it is done. You ether own the goods that are stored in the warehouse they are shipped from or have the goods under contract for you to sell and be able to provide eBay with invoices for those goods when/if they ask for them.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/shipping-items/setting-shipping-options/drop-shipping?id=4176&st=1...

Means you can't buy the goods after they are sold and have that seller ship to your customer.