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Is Amazon eBay drop shipping still relevant?

by Curry007
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I may be late in getting in the field of drop shipping and was wondering if is still possible to success or is it too late since the market is saturated?

I have little capitol in hand and wants to try Amazon drop shipping to eBay.

What are some tips and suggestion?
#amazon #drop #ebay #relevant #shipping
  • Profile picture of the author DWaters
    I sell via Amazon's FBA business model and I often find items on ebay, buy them and then sell for a decent margin on Amazon.


    From what I know I would be very careful doing the opposite. First issue is that generally IMO the prices on ebay are lower than those on Amazon. Also - if you sell something on ebay and then go to fulfill the order from Amazon you may find that the item is no longer available or the price has changed.
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    • Profile picture of the author borntocoupon
      Are you doing this full time or just on the side?
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  • Profile picture of the author cadetduke
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    • Profile picture of the author aquasamo
      Originally Posted by cadetduke View Post

      Dropshipping on Ebay generally is dead
      How about dropshipping on Amazon ?
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      • Profile picture of the author Hearn
        Originally Posted by aquasamo View Post

        How about dropshipping on Amazon ?
        Dropshipping is not dead on Ebay or Amazon.

        If dropshipping is dead then so is affiliate marketing for physical products.

        The focus should be on building the websites and marketing as there are a lot of sources from where to buy the products.

        I don't see how dropshipping could die. Why?

        The only reason I see: people buy directly from source.

        My problem with dropshipping is the fact that you cannot trust 100% the items from China, mostly electronic products. I bought a lot of them and their QA is quite unreliable. Also it can take 8-10 weeks especially for sub $10 orders. Nowadays pacient people are rare.

        IMO you shouldn't necessarily start as a dropshipping business. Pick a niche, build a website with awesome content, get engine and social exposure. This is the hard part. Then you monetize with what works: dropshipping and/or affiliate marketing. You can dropship small stuff like adapters, tv boxes, cast devices but you don't want to sell TVs. You can use affiliate marketing for those.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgeyBoy
    Drop shipping from Amazon to Ebay is totally do-able,

    I've been doing it for over a year now and am having great success, to the point where i'm doing more than 100 sales every day.

    The great thing is most of it is automated and requires no capital upfront cost for stock because you only purchase the item, after your buyer had payed you.
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    • Profile picture of the author Farian
      Originally Posted by GeorgeyBoy View Post

      Drop shipping from Amazon to Ebay is totally do-able,
      You seem to be the most funny ''guru'' of the year. It looks like you have something like zero 'students' in spite of your very intensive self-promoting here. Because nobody told you untill this time that your ''e-book'' doesn't even contain the working link to your ''wonderful course''. Looking into your e-book and at your facebook page it looks like you were learnt somewhere that the best image for advertising anything is nothing more than your own funny smiling portrait.
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      • Profile picture of the author courier
        Ouch getting nasty in here. As another thought you can also easily set up drop shipping direct from your own website or eCommerce site. We see many clients selling from Woocommerce or Magento community sites. this way you can put your own branding around drop shipping. gather email lists and provide your own cross sell opportunities.
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    • Profile picture of the author aoakua76
      Originally Posted by GeorgeyBoy View Post

      Drop shipping from Amazon to Ebay is totally do-able,

      I've been doing it for over a year now and am having great success, to the point where i'm doing more than 100 sales every day.

      The great thing is most of it is automated and requires no capital upfront cost for stock because you only purchase the item, after your buyer had payed you.




      Can share how I can do that from scratch?
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  • Profile picture of the author hamzamarketing
    I'm actually earning a nice side-income with Azon to eBay arbitrage ($800-$1000 net profit after taking off all the fees). And I know people who make $20k net profit every single month. There are even people with 3+ accounts. Amazon to eBay arbitrage will never be dead unless one of the two companies dies.

    Go to Amazon and look for products that cost more than $49 so that you get free shipping and then list them on your eBay with a slightly higher price (aim for $4 net profit at least). Use this to calculate the profit margin finalfeecalculator.com.
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    • Profile picture of the author aquasamo
      Originally Posted by hamzamarketing View Post

      I'm actually earning a nice side-income with Azon to eBay arbitrage ($800-$1000 net profit after taking off all the fees). And I know people who make $20k net profit every single month. There are even people with 3+ accounts. Amazon to eBay arbitrage will never be dead unless one of the two companies dies.

      Go to Amazon and look for products that cost more than $49 so that you get free shipping and then list them on your eBay with a slightly higher price (aim for $4 net profit at least). Use this to calculate the profit margin finalfeecalculator.com.
      Any step by step guides? Thanks.
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    • Profile picture of the author defteagle16
      Originally Posted by hamzamarketing View Post

      I'm actually earning a nice side-income with Azon to eBay arbitrage ($800-$1000 net profit after taking off all the fees). And I know people who make $20k net profit every single month. There are even people with 3+ accounts. Amazon to eBay arbitrage will never be dead unless one of the two companies dies.

      Go to Amazon and look for products that cost more than $49 so that you get free shipping and then list them on your eBay with a slightly higher price (aim for $4 net profit at least). Use this to calculate the profit margin finalfeecalculator.com.
      I just started this a couple weeks ago and I have a few products listed. Question - how to you keep track of Amazon stock and prices (to catch them when they go up)? I've looked at camelcamelcamel and keepa.com, but they don't seem to have any way to do this specifically.

      Also, do you use the eBay global shipping program? Did some reading on eBay's site and it simply says you need to ship it to their facility. How do they know it's your product and how do they know who to ship it too?
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  • Profile picture of the author yoligrana
    Hi, I recently had an issue with Ebay: they didn't allow to list my products (2) because they want to verify my seller account. For that they ask me to send them my ID document along with the invoice or purchase details for the products I list. How shpuld I proceed with it? My products are to do dropshipping! Any help much appreciated!
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  • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Nixon
    Originally Posted by Curry007 View Post

    I may be late in getting in the field of drop shipping and was wondering if is still possible to success or is it too late since the market is saturated?

    I have little capitol in hand and wants to try Amazon drop shipping to eBay.

    What are some tips and suggestion?
    The market is never truly saturated my friend, the fact that everyone goes to popular niches is a good thing for you too. All the odd niches have fan bases and you can capitalize big. It's definitely worth getting into but try to be a bit more creative with your niche selection.
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  • Profile picture of the author kazim
    You can still getting success in drop-shipping business. The most important thing is which niche your are choosing and quality of your product. Also your marketing strategy will determine your success.
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