Dropshipping?
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Drop shipping is a supply chain management technique in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer or a wholesaler, who then ships the goods directly to the customer. As in all retail businesses, the retailers make their profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail price.
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Alot of drop shipping on EBay.
He wants to be the middleman and take customers orders and have, for example, Seyberts ship directly to the customer.
This way, the middleman doesn't any cash outlay on products or a store. That type of typical overhead.
Maybe, but I doubt you'd find any billiard retailer that was worth dealing with that would want to be bothered.
He wants to be the middleman and take customers orders and have, for example, Seyberts ship directly to the customer.
This way, the middleman doesn't any cash outlay on products or a store. That type of typical overhead.
Maybe, but I doubt you'd find any billiard retailer that was worth dealing with that would want to be bothered.
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I do it
I will drop ship many of my products. You can check my website www.bankingwiththebeard.com or email me for futher information bankingwiththebeard@comcast.net
the Beard
I will drop ship many of my products. You can check my website www.bankingwiththebeard.com or email me for futher information bankingwiththebeard@comcast.net
the Beard
I doubt if anyone ships all brands, but you might give CueStix a shout.
www.cuestixint.com
www.cuestixint.com
Dropshipping means that the seller does not stock - they sell and the supplier delivers from their warehouse.
Some retailers feel that dropshipping is what's killing the local store. In a way it is because the consumer can find just about everything that they want through the net and don't have to travel around the city to look for it.
What I don't understand however and I have said this a hundred times, is why don't brick and mortar stores AUGMENT their in-stock items with virtual inventory?
What is stopping ANY real world storefront from putting a computer or two in their store set to their website and have that website stocked with items from EVERY company in the world who supplies drop ship services?
Pride? Ignorance? Vanity? Arrogance? Anger?
What is it? Because to me the person who HAS a local store HAS the advantage. They can match any internet price, have the stuff shipped to them, inspect the goods for the customer, do modifications if needed, and generally provide the same level of service that they always would.
Why do these retailers allow the online merchants to have any advantage? I'd bet large that any retailer who implements their own comprehensive online store to compliment their retail storefront AND who makes it EASY to order right on the store floor will see that their business will pick up dramatically once people get used to being able to get ANY billiard product through the store.
In the OLD days merchants in small towns used to have Sears and JC Penney catalogs among others on the counter and people could order items through the merchant and the merchant would add those items to his regular orders.
Why people don't do the modern equivalent is beyond me.
Some retailers feel that dropshipping is what's killing the local store. In a way it is because the consumer can find just about everything that they want through the net and don't have to travel around the city to look for it.
What I don't understand however and I have said this a hundred times, is why don't brick and mortar stores AUGMENT their in-stock items with virtual inventory?
What is stopping ANY real world storefront from putting a computer or two in their store set to their website and have that website stocked with items from EVERY company in the world who supplies drop ship services?
Pride? Ignorance? Vanity? Arrogance? Anger?
What is it? Because to me the person who HAS a local store HAS the advantage. They can match any internet price, have the stuff shipped to them, inspect the goods for the customer, do modifications if needed, and generally provide the same level of service that they always would.
Why do these retailers allow the online merchants to have any advantage? I'd bet large that any retailer who implements their own comprehensive online store to compliment their retail storefront AND who makes it EASY to order right on the store floor will see that their business will pick up dramatically once people get used to being able to get ANY billiard product through the store.
In the OLD days merchants in small towns used to have Sears and JC Penney catalogs among others on the counter and people could order items through the merchant and the merchant would add those items to his regular orders.
Why people don't do the modern equivalent is beyond me.
So what kind of prices can I get your cases for so you can drop ship to me?