April 14, 2008

Competition In Drop-Shipping

Have you notices there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of sites selling huge mish-mash selections of inexpensive gift items, things like plastic gnomes and porcelain figurines? That’s because there are a few very large drop shipping companies that import these items and then recruit Web sites to sell them on their behalf. These companies have massive product inventories and make it very easy for people to get started selling their product for them.


Unfortunately, this is not the way for you to go if you’re getting started with drop shipping. There are already a lot of giant gift sites out there-and fairly heated competition, making it difficult for amateurs to be successful at it.


Instead, spend some time researching specific kinds of products that you might want to sell. The products you choose should be in demand but not widely available online. As always, I highly recommend targeting a niche market rather han trying to find a product that everyone wants to buy.