Need help selling items online (Ecommerce Website).?

Question

I want to start a online eCommerce website, where I can sell Security burglar alarm. But the only problem I have is getting the product shipped out.

example: Customer orders a Item, my website tells me that a customer order..Do I call up the company i'm buying the item from and tell them to ship the item to my Customer or Do I buy the item and pay for shipping then pay for ship it to the coustomer? Help!

I realy dont know what to do when it come to online business

Answer 1

Call the company you buy from, and ask them if they do "drop shipment", it is they will ship to customer house directly.

However, some vendor might not do so, because they expect to sell you by quantity. So, they don't have to deal with indiviadual customer. If they want to work with those customes, then they can go online to sell.

There usually an extra charge for handling items individulaly.

Answer 2

It really depends on the terms where you are going to buy items from

Some wholesalers allow dropshipping -- e.g. order placed on your site, you send it to them and then they ship. Check what their terms are. Some wholesalers allow you to dropship but requires a minimum order; and others will allow your shipping label and packing materials (e.g. your invoice, etc) included in the shipment for a fee or otherwise it will be their company's box and shipping labels. With some dropshippers, you can either fax to them the order, or email it to them as well as instructions how you are going to purchase for the items

Or you can simply buy from a wholesaler and keep the inventory. So when an order comes you can just ship it fast. The issue with this approach is that you need to have storage area.

Check first what wholesaler you will buy your items, determine if you want dropshipping or outright purchase, and what the terms of those options