Drop shipping is a retail method in which you don't keep products in stock. Instead, you partner with a wholesale supplier that stocks its own inventory - you transfer customer orders and shipment details to them, and they ship the goods directly to the customer.

Using Nigeria as an example definition on drop shipping
Sapiosexuality is an importer but stay in port Harcourt and he has an online store with , olx, jumia etc, for instance in your store, you sell men shoe, wrist watch, female shoe, perfume etc, now you don't have any of this item on ground, cos it involves a lot of money to buy them and keep in your warehouse so you decide to do drop shipping business , now the first thing sapiosexuality does is to find a supplier in china supplier that can handle drop shipping for him which is NnamdiN and know everything about the goods he is selling, the cost to bringing it to Nigeria and others logistic, africanman85 is a buyer who stay in Abuja, and he contacted sapiosexuality to buy a shoe and sapiosexuality will tell africanman85 that he will deliver within 5-7 days or set his online delivery time to 7 days Maximum , immediately africanman85 pay him for the item , he contact NnamdiN his Chinese supplier , pay for the goods and give NnamdiN not his own address but the address of his buyer which is africanman85 , now NnamdiN the Chinese supplier will send the item directly to africanmam85 in Abuja but use the name of sapiosexuality as the sender and the store name, contact and logo will be that of sapiosexuality.

You can ask questions as next advance update coming soon

tugrow:
Drop shipping is a retail method in which you don't keep products in stock. Instead, you partner with a wholesale supplier that stocks its own inventory - you transfer customer orders and shipment details to them, and they ship the goods directly to the customer.

Using Nigeria as an example definition on drop shipping
Sapiosexuality is an importer but stay in port Harcourt and he has an online store with , olx, jumia etc, for instance in your store, you sell men shoe, wrist watch, female shoe, perfume etc, now you don't have any of this item on ground, cos it involves a lot of money to buy them and keep in your warehouse so you decide to do drop shipping business , now the first thing sapiosexuality does is to find a supplier in china supplier that can handle drop shipping for him which is NnamdiN and know everything about the goods he is selling, the cost to bringing it to Nigeria and others logistic, africanman85 is a buyer who stay in Abuja, and he contacted sapiosexuality to buy a shoe and sapiosexuality will tell africanman85 that he will deliver within 5-7 days or set his online delivery time to 7 days Maximum , immediately africanman85 pay him for the item , he contact NnamdiN his Chinese supplier , pay for the goods and give NnamdiN not his own address but the address of his buyer which is africanman85 , now NnamdiN the Chinese supplier will send the item directly to africanmam85 in Abuja but use the name of sapiosexuality as the sender and the store name, contact and logo will be that of sapiosexuality.

You can ask questions as next advance update coming soon

Wow, interesting. Continue with d update.

Lovely, continue.

I get it. But must Nnamdi(the dropshipper) operate from outside Nigeria?

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Not that easy to operate in Nigeria. Many things involve as e-commerce here is is still not developed.
1. Pay on delivery method is what works here in Nigeria and it will frustrate you using dropshipping method
2. Delivery takes more than 10 days if you are using the free delivery method and I can tell you Naija no get patience

these are just 2 of the challenges in this method.
You can make it work for you of course, however do proper research.......afterall you aint risking much.

Sapiosexuality:
I get it. But must Nnamdi(the dropshipper) operate from outside Nigeria?

What we are doing here is just an illustration

Nnamdi is the person you are buying from, it can be in Nigeria, China, USA, even in Akwa Ibom state

Manutd19:
Not that easy to operate in Nigeria. Many things involve as e-commerce here is is still not developed.
1. Pay on delivery method is what works here in Nigeria and it will frustrate you using dropshipping method
2. Delivery takes more than 10 days if you are using the free delivery method and I can tell you Naija no get patience

these are just 2 of the challenges in this method.
You can make it work for you of course, however do proper research.......afterall you aint risking much.

it may be difficult to operate in Nigeria, but most Nigerian drop shipper buy in china and sell in USA online marketplace like Amazon and eBay

Interesting

tugrow:
What we are doing here is just an illustration

Nnamdi is the person you are buying from, it can be in Nigeria, China, USA, even in Akwa Ibom state

Lol. Okay.

tugrow:
it may be difficult to operate in Nigeria, but most Nigerian drop shipper buy in china and sell in USA online marketplace like Amazon and eBay

Pls can expanciate more on this....how to do it from naija perspective. Thanks

Another question is , how do u get ur money, since ur supplier sends d goods directly to ur buyer, and most buyers pay on delivery.

tugrow:
it may be difficult to operate in Nigeria, but most Nigerian drop shipper buy in china and sell in USA online marketplace like Amazon and eBay

This is d type I want to learn because I no get tym for Nigerians and there wahala

greenalwaz:
Pls can expanciate more on this....how to do it from naija perspective. Thanks

yes we are coming

babaloke:
Another question is , how do u get ur money, since ur supplier sends d goods directly to ur buyer, and most buyers pay on delivery.

In this case, pay on delivery may not really be active, in most foreign e-commerce store, you pay before shipment

So how can Drop Shipping be better than Importing?

Well it all depends on your business model and strategy. And before you decide which is the best for you you have to ask yourself the following questions:
Where is your targeted markets ?
Do you have storage space ?
Are you ready to handle Packing and Shipments ?


Drop Shipping disadvantages are well known:
Lack of control on product pricing
high Competition
Lack in control of availability
Lack in control of Product Quality
Lack in control of packing quality and shipping time

Importing the goods to your location can solve these issues, with importing you can get better prices by barging with the manufacturer for the conditions of the transaction, you can lower the item cost by buying in bulk or make some changes in the item or in the packing etc..
you can also deal with competition by having your own items, with unique item logo, brand etc..
You will always stay in control and know how many pcs left in your stock.
You can determine by yourself if the item's quality stands your standards.
You can also control the shipping time and the quality of package.

Next we will be looking at how you can stay in Nigeria, buy in china and sell in USA

I registered to sell on eBay marketplace from here in Nigeria but the problem am having is receiving payment, I think I can only use US PayPal to receive that of which I don't have

franzis:
I registered to sell on eBay marketplace from here in Nigeria but the problem am having is receiving payment, I think I can only use US PayPal to receive that of which I don't have

Please selling on eBay, I would like to know how do you ship out to the buyers?

liricaliblunt:

Please selling on eBay, I would like to know how do you ship out to the buyers?

I plan to use dropshipping..

Selling on eBay(a USA store) as a Nigerian

How does a person easily sell on eBay USA?

No doubt, eBay is a fantastic website for anyone looking to sell pre-owned goods. Some people have even built entire businesses off of it. The one downside to eBay, though, is that it is has a limited list of supported countries including Nigeria , at least for selling purposes. Naturally, that doesn’t sit well with international users looking to profit from the digital retail monolith. If you are hoping to get around that, though,
we have an easy guide that can help you set up a seller’s profile on eBay so you can start selling from anywhere in the world.

So, to sell on eBay USA from anywhere… and without living in the USA; you will need three things: a US address, a US phone number, and a PayPal account

(Please note that this guide may not help you 100% but up to 75% , cos my knowledge has some boundary about this, like sitting up a USA PayPal account without limited but if you are serious, the are some nairalander that can do this as a paid service)

1) Get A U.S. Address Using A Package Forwarding Service

The first step is to get a US address. This entire post, in fact, is directed towards selling on eBay USA, so kindly keep that in mind when you read on.

The US has a huge market, and if the buyer sees that you are in the USA, there is an implicit trust that they can reach you to answer any customer query. So, you need a US address and the best solution for this is to get a package forwarding service address. Below are some company in US that can do this for you on a paid service

1)Stackry

2)USgoBuy

3)Shopfans


4)Vyking Ship

5)Myus

6)BedaBox

7)Usendhome

ShipIto

9)Expressfromus

10)Borderlinx and many others

Next topic, we will be looking at, the forwarding company, one by one, merit and demerit

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Foreign PayPal ready..

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tugrow:
Selling on eBay(a USA store) as a Nigerian

How does a person easily sell on eBay USA?

No doubt, eBay is a fantastic website for anyone looking to sell pre-owned goods. Some people have even built entire businesses off of it. The one downside to eBay, though, is that it is has a limited list of supported countries including Nigeria , at least for selling purposes. Naturally, that doesn’t sit well with international users looking to profit from the digital retail monolith. If you are hoping to get around that, though,
we have an easy guide that can help you set up a seller’s profile on eBay so you can start selling from anywhere in the world.

So, to sell on eBay USA from anywhere… and without living in the USA; you will need three things: a US address, a US phone number, and a PayPal account

(Please note that this guide may not help you 100% but up to 75% , cos my knowledge has some boundary about this, like sitting up a USA PayPal account without limited but if you are serious, the are some nairalander that can do this as a paid service)

1) Get A U.S. Address Using A Package Forwarding Service

The first step is to get a US address. This entire post, in fact, is directed towards selling on eBay USA, so kindly keep that in mind when you read on.

The US has a huge market, and if the buyer sees that you are in the USA, there is an implicit trust that they can reach you to answer any customer query. So, you need a US address and the best solution for this is to get a package forwarding service address. Below are some company in US that can do this for you on a paid service

1)Stackry

2)USgoBuy

3)Shopfans


4)Vyking Ship

5)Myus

6)BedaBox

7)Usendhome

ShipIto

9)Expressfromus

10)Borderlinx and many others

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Tugrow baba...Are you fully into this?

Shakitibob0:
Tugrow baba...Are you fully into this?

haha no am halfly in to it

How about selling on Amazon?

I will like to call you and ask you some direction questions if you wouldn't mind

tugrow:
haha no am halfly in to it

lolsssss.......naija market taya me...oya let's continue

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