Dropshipping companies who do I choose?

Envydia · #1 (**permalink**) 11-28-2006, 10:04 PM

I am going to be starting a drop shipping business and I am not sure who to get my membership with:

Doba.com

Simplx.com

Salehoo.com

Worldwidebrands.com

I need help if anyone already does business with them please help. I am also looking at hosts and I am torn between edirecthost.com or shoppingcartsplus.com.

If anyone has advice please help. Thanks

Envydia · #2 (**permalink**) 11-29-2006, 04:37 PM

Can anyone help me with this solution?

orange655321 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 08:02 PM

It is always a good idea to check ripoffreport.com or other scam report sites when looking at a dropship firm

Doba.com---
No. They use other dropship programs and call them "ruby" "oynx" etc. From what I have seen and fromwhat others have listed in the scam reports they markup prices, fees, and sometimes shipping. For example if you look at Moteng you will see the products cheaper in price and fees. Veratex is another supplier, Rax, etc and others. The more you look at the products the easier it is to find their suppliers and work with them directly. Also, Doba was Wholesalemarketer before they had to change the name.

Simplx.com-
I have not worked with them directly. But there are plenty of online warrnings. They do not seem to be a real supplier.

Salehoo.com-
It seems similar to doba, but i have not found anyone who has used them.

Worldwidebrands.com
This is a good program. Chris' team will give you a lot of informaiton about all kinds of dropship and wholesale programs. This is one program worth the money. I am not connected to them.

The first 3 sites are not actual suppliers. The last is a database of real supplier programs. Each of these programs make you pay to be a member, unless you use WWB you should never pay just to be a memebr of a dropship service.

For the host questions....what shopping cart platform do you currently use?

Also, what was it that you liked about the programs above? What do you need help or support with for your dropship business and i might offer more specific advice.

Envydia · #4 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 08:38 PM

I already have the shopping cart part down all I needed was some type of way to find dropshippers as this is my only way of selling right now.I was also attracted to Doba because I wanted to find items and integrate them easily to my site.

orange655321 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 08:56 PM

"I already have the shopping cart part down all I needed was some type of way to find dropshippers as this is my only way of selling right now."
I was asking about the cart that you use, so that I can help assess the hosting accounts. Some hosts are much better for some carts then they are for others. I am familiar with Miva, Yahoo Stores, VPASP, CRE Loaded, osCommerce, MonsterCommerce, X-Cart, Zen Cart, Virtuemart, and a few other carts, but each has different hosting options and different hosts who specialize.

"I was also attracted to Doba because I wanted to find items and integrate them easily to my site."
Yes. It is very important to find services that help format the product data for you to load to your cart, but you also want a good price. With Doba, you have paid to access the data and you have their markups on the price and fees and other sites markup the shipping as well. If you are selling products (which is your goal) it will cost you several hundred a month to sell through them.

What types of supplier products are you looking to sell, and I will see if I can point you in the right direction with a program that is a wholesale program and not a middleman marking up your product costs?

You can use a dropship data service provider for your wholesale datafeeds and custom file formats without using a middleman.

Envydia · #6 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 09:09 PM

Oh I am using Oscommerce.

I am having an extremely difficult time finding dropshippers for perfume,apparel,name brand handbags, and/or anything name brand.

orange655321 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006, 12:41 AM

osCommerce is a great option. If you are going to sell a large number of products you will want to make sure that your site has a few oscommerce contributions: Featured Products, Specials, Sale Maker, Cross Sell..and a few other marketing contributions can make it easy...but the most important feature that you need is Easy Populate. EPB should be fine for your needs. I recommend CRE Loaded for osCommerce users because it is the Chain reaction Edition of osCommerce loaded with the most popular features and contributions already installed. However, if you like your oscommerce version and what it has (as some installs have diff features) then you should be fine.

Fragrancenet and FragranceX are two good programs, but when last reviewed FX had a larger catalog and the MSRP and wholesale costs were lower then FN, so I would use FX. For the name brand bags or apparel i am not aware of any quality programs. Most of the apparel brand programs that I have seen are fakes. (Louis V or DB do not need to sell bags through dropship ecommerce or eBay sites to get more business) There might be a few programs that are legit, but I do not have a good program to recommend at this time. I will let you know if we come across any that should be recommended.

If you join FX you can tell Ron or anyone at FX that you have an osCommerce site and want the data to load easily or have automatic updates for your site and they will help with advice.

flood6 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006, 01:00 PM

I just wanted to add another endorsement for WorldWideBrands. They have been great and sometimes seem to be the only reliable source for information in the online dropshipping arena.

Envydia · #9 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006, 04:55 PM

Thank you so much. I am going to pass that info to the person who is helping me with my site. Thank you so much, I greatly appreciate it.

Envydia · #10 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006, 05:04 PM

Fragrancex.com does offer dropshipping right?

orange655321 · #11 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006, 05:12 PM

They sure do...to access the wholesale section on their site see below.

Account Creation: http://www.fragrancex.com/customerse...wholesale.html

Policies: The policy details are available for viewing by selecting a policy link at:
http://www.fragrancex.com/customerse...ale_login.html

They have a very good and high quality dropship program. (I do not work at FX.)

Envydia · #12 (**permalink**) 12-06-2006, 05:21 PM

Thank you you have been extremely helpful. I am going to use all your advice and still continuing to look for dropshippers.