Pros & Cons of Drop Shipping

Created by Steve on 02/08/2010

Drop shipping means when a distributer or supplier does the shipping to your customers for you. It means that when an order is placed you notify your supplier and they handle all the shipping on your behalf, they even have your company details on the return label so it looks like it came from you.

Pro

1.  No storage of the product is required

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2.  No packaging is needed

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3.  No cost of shipping from supplier to you

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4.  Saves you time

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5.  Get your business up and running fast

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6.  No upfront cost of buying goods

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Con

1.  Your supplier will charge you more to drop ship your items

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2.  You are still responsible for shipping problems

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3.  You can not monitor stock levels as closely, so you may get an order for an item that is no longer in stock.

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4.  It can be hard to find a supplier that will do drop shipping

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Results
  • Balanced results

    calculates based on both emotional weights, rational weights and user opinions

  • Emotional results

    calculates based only on emotional weights, and user opinions

  • Rational results

    calculates based only on rational weights, and user opinions

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