Watch out for MAP products
Some sites push IPOD's and XBOX's and other "hot" products to get you to join their dropship program, but many of these suppliers are middle men. The issue with IPODs, XBOXs, and some of these other items is they have a MAP price (Min. Allowed Price). This means you cannot control the markup and you will have very little ability to make a profit on these items alone. Selling an XBOX can sometimes even be a loss. The idea is to get you to buy the XBOX and other products with it to make money. If you want to make profits on some of these MAP items, then you would need to buy them in bulk and stock them. After all, the supplier is going to give Wal-Mart and BestBuy a much better deal then to you for posting 2 products a month on eBay.
You can make money on these and other programs, but find a quality program with a good range of products.
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