Wine shipment directly from wineries to consumers has won approval from the United States Supreme Court. The Court deemed laws banning such shipments discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Using Drop Shipping for E-commerce
Thanks to the ubiquity of the internet, online virtual businesses have become very popular business opportunities. Online retail stores are gradually playing a more important role in our lives than the traditional brick-and-mortar’ retail shops. Over the last few years, a new concept called Drop Shipping’ has emerged with the coming of the internet.
Drop-shipping a Great Way of Making Money Online
Using the Internet to sell products and services to ever increasing number of net users is a good way to start your own business. If you are not taking advantage of this great opportunity you are just missing the boat! Consider this: e-commerce, contrary to popular believe, is thriving and increasing at a double digit growth rate. According to Jupiter Research, Online sales during this holiday season in United States are expected to reach $21.6 billion, a 19 percent increase over the same period last year. Jupiter also predicts in the report that 86 million U.S. residents will make holiday purchases online this year compared to 73 million last year, which is an 18 percent increase.
Yahoo Stores Get New Shipping Options
Interapptive’s ShipWorks software is now compatible with Yahoo Stores, providing merchants an efficient system for shipping and managing orders.
How Drop Shipping Works
One of the most frequently asked questions on the Net is: “What should I sell online?”
Setting up an Internet Business? Consider Drop Shipping
You’ve tried affiliate programs, but you’d like higher profits and more control over your business. You don’t have your own products and you don’t want to manage an inventory. Drop shipping might be your answer.
Tips for Reducing Costs of Shipping and Handling
If shipping and handling is one of your profit centers, you already know that this can be an expensive and time-consuming aspect of your business operations. Try these tips:
Shipping Advice
Keep it simple! You’ve heard this from us before but, we can’t stress the point too much. Your Internet store is not for you; It’s for your customer.
Environmentally Friendly Shipping
I am a prolific online shopper. As a result, my UPS man and I are on a first name basis and I see more of him than some members of my own family.
Aside from the UPS man who makes deliveries at least weekly and far more often this time of year, my garbage man and I have discussed the issue of shipping, too. The UPS man just thinks I get lots of large boxes. The garbage man just thinks that I throw away large boxes full of packing peanuts, shreddies, and other assorted fillers.
What is Drop Shipping?
To understand Drop Shipping, we should first understand product distribution. People have been distributing products since before the first mastodon skinner traded a fur coat for a flint axe.
Here’s how it works.
Let’s say ABC Manufacturers makes a product called Mom’s Ankle Wax. We’ll say that Mom’s Ankle Wax has been around for years. It’s a very well known brand name product. It will without a doubt give you the shiniest ankles on your block, and everybody wants some.