Hello fellow fastlaners,
currently looking to get into eCommerce and already found a niche that I think has potential.
However, I now have to decide on the business model: dropshipping versus storing and shipping the products myself.
I read a few guides about dropshipping. And they all say how great dropshipping is for getting started with eCommerce. But, what most guides only mention on the side: typical shipping time is 20-30 days. Wow.
I mean, when dropshipping, I would basically sell generic, unbranded products, which people have to wait several weeks for.
At the same time, those same people can go on amazon, buy a similar product there and get it in less than three days.
How is this supposed to work?
Other pain points that really devalue your (customer) service / the perceived value of your products I have in mind are:
- the quality of the packaging your supplier delivers (I guess this can be really horrible)
- the chinese address of the supplier being shown on the package (people most of the time probably think chinese products = low quality products)
- refunds
I would love to get some opinions from you, guys and girls. Anybody here still operating a dropshipping business?
Thank you in advance.
currently looking to get into eCommerce and already found a niche that I think has potential.
However, I now have to decide on the business model: dropshipping versus storing and shipping the products myself.
I read a few guides about dropshipping. And they all say how great dropshipping is for getting started with eCommerce. But, what most guides only mention on the side: typical shipping time is 20-30 days. Wow.
I mean, when dropshipping, I would basically sell generic, unbranded products, which people have to wait several weeks for.
At the same time, those same people can go on amazon, buy a similar product there and get it in less than three days.
How is this supposed to work?
Other pain points that really devalue your (customer) service / the perceived value of your products I have in mind are:
- the quality of the packaging your supplier delivers (I guess this can be really horrible)
- the chinese address of the supplier being shown on the package (people most of the time probably think chinese products = low quality products)
- refunds
I would love to get some opinions from you, guys and girls. Anybody here still operating a dropshipping business?
Thank you in advance.
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