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re: My 15-year-old kid wants to start dropshipping

Posted on 6/28/23 at 1:12 pm to
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 6/28/23 at 1:12 pm to
Am I the only person who has no idea what dropshipping is?
Posted by LSUnation78
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Posted on 6/28/23 at 1:14 pm to
No, a few ppl in this thread have already demonstrated they do not either.
Posted by Obtuse1
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 6/28/23 at 1:22 pm to
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Am I the only person who has no idea what dropshipping is?


It has been in commerce for a very long time but just recently has it become an idea to bootstrap a "company" from the ground up.

Technically what the son is going to do is USE dropshippers not technically be a dropshipper but the current trend has twisted the meaning of the word.

In general, a person sells an item online and a separate company fulfills the order. You don't have to carry inventory and you don't have to deal with packing and shipping. So basically I sell you an widget and I pay the widget company for the widget and to ship it directly to you. It is a low investment business because you have very low overhead but market share is hard to come by now especially when selling Chinese garbage. There are plenty of quality products that get dropshipped by manufacturers but they don't just let anyone off the street sell their product.

Posted by 7LSU7
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 6/29/23 at 12:48 am to
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Am I the only person who has no idea what dropshipping is?


You market it and sell an item. When they order, you order it from Alibaba or have it set that the order goes straight to the supplier. You carry no inventory.
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