Answer 1:
The customer will make a purchase at your store, and then pay you via the payment processor that you have activated. Next, you’ll need to order the product from your supplier’s website. This is known as “order fulfillment”.
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There are many companies that can fulfil this service for your store, or you could hire a VA via upwork or fiverr.
Answer 2:
Two options are available to you if you want to sell products on Shopify:
- You can list products you have in stock for sale and ship them yourself
- Drop-shipping by another company is an option.
The first scenario requires that you purchase the products you plan to sell with your own money. It is not possible to list something for sale and wait for customers to purchase it before ordering it. It takes too much time. You won’t make much if you buy items one-by-one and not wholesale.
The second scenario is where the customer buys the product and you pay the vendor for drop-shipping it. Technically, you pay with the customer’s cash. A small percentage of that money is retained for your profit.
Who Isn’t DropShipping For?
Dropshipping is also an option for a few entrepreneurs:
Brand-Centric Entrepreneur While building a long-term, sustainable brand can be difficult, the rewards can be incredible. Drop shipping is a difficult way to build a brand. There are many aspects of the customer experience you can’t control. You might find out, for example, that a customer who has bought something from you is now selling out to your drop shipper. This can lead to a frustrating situation for you and your customer, where it becomes difficult and frustrating to coordinate with your drop shipper. Keep in mind that you are not shipping the product and therefore cannot control the customer’s experience with it. It will almost always arrive in a large brown box with packing peanuts. Ask yourself if this is the kind of experience that you want for your customers. You don’t have the right to ship the products, so you can’t control the relationship with shipping companies. If something goes wrong, and the customer does not receive the package, they cannot simply call UPS to rectify the situation. This will require you to coordinate with a busy account representative. It could take several days for the problem to be resolved, which can leave your customer with a bitter taste in his mouth.
Margin-Focused Entrepreneur The biggest problem with dropshipping is its razor-thin margins. For traditional drop shipping products or companies, your gross margins are generally between 10-20%. This is the difference in the price you sell it at and what you pay your dropshipper. Only a small percentage of your total cost will be incurred when you pay for credit card transaction fees, shipping fees, email service fees and any other app fees. Online entrepreneurs who make a decent income from drop shipping business and have a revenue of 1 million dollars per year are among the many.
Non-Creative Marketing: Many manufacturers, which can also drop ship their products, have sales goals that 30% of sales must come from direct-to consumer sales. This is usually done through their ecommerce website. If you sell their products, you will compete directly with your supplier. A supplier who is able have higher margins than you for the exact same products. It is futile to try and compete head-to-head with them. They almost always win because it is possible to afford it. You must be innovative and discover and exploit the channels your supplier isn’t using to get customers. You’re unlikely to succeed if your only options are to use Facebook Ads or Google Ads.
