And you know what, they’re right. If you’re trying to offer something to your customers online that they can buy at a big chain store that’s ten minutes away, why are they going to wait a few days for it to ship? You’re not going to compete if you’re trying to go toe to toe with a bruiser like that. They don’t have decades of experience and billions of dollars in their corner doing nothing.

Instead, we want to consider what strengths we have as a dropship site that a large-scale store would not. Our primary advantage lies in that we are not carrying any inventory ourselves. An inventory choice made by a brick and mortar store is weighed carefully. They have to purchase in high enough volume that they can reasonably meet the demand for the item. If the item isn’t guaranteed to do at least moderately well, they can stand to lose a pretty penny if it doesn’t move.

Brick and mortar stores have to choose the safer path. They’re choosing what will appeal most broadly. They cannot afford to take a chance on a strange product line that would only appeal to true experts. As a dropship site we can.

We are not buying our items in massive quantities all at once. If a product line we have to offer tanks and doesn’t sell, its a hop, skip and a delete button away from being gone. We’re not going to have to liquidate the item to get precious floor space. When we want it gone, it’s gone.

We are much more free to experiment; we can try items that might not be universally popular, but will gather a dedicated following. We can offer a wide variety of similar items without having to worry they’re too similar. We’re giving a depth of options that many stores just cannot compare to.

So when someone asks why you want to sell linens when someone can just grab a quick set from Wal Mart, remind them confidently that while basic cloth and Superman patterns are great, there’s a wide world out there that the discerning buyer is going to look for, and they’re more often than not going to find their mega stores wanting.

Northeast Coffee Company
Nantucket Brand
Swimsuits for All
Fat Brain Toy Co.
P&S Fishing Tackle, Inc.
Tire Wholesalers
Bait N’ Hook
American Recreation Equipment, Inc.
Karate Depot
Handbag Crew
Bargain Wholesaler
Dog Supplies
RMF Scrubs LLC
Allegro Medical Supplies Inc.
All Authentic Sports Memorabilia
Wholesale Gifts Direct
Sport Supply Group
Puppia International Inc.
ATAFA
Alternative Healthcare
Vitamix Laboratories

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Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. There are often products that have high demand, but apparently very little competition. Sounds like the heavens have opened up, and you have found your manna from heaven. Often when something sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. These great numbers are almost always because there just plain isn’t a wholesale dropship company out there that’s going to be able to help you.

There are a variety of reasons why a product may just be unavailable. Perhaps its not a popular item on the internet; athletic shoes are a good example of that. Maybe someone else has a stranglehold on the market; big brick and mortar stores that have carved out a niche often don’t want to be sharing any piece of that pie with online stores.

Whatever the reason, you have to realize that such situations exist, and be able to plan accordingly. It can be frustrating at times, but you just have to keep your eyes on the prize, and keep on searching!

This is a classic friends-bridge situation! When choosing your niche, you have to stop looking enviously at what everyone else is doing and start looking at yourself. After all, trying to sell in a market where everyone else is milling about is just like jumping off that proverbial bridge: its a bad idea!

A good idea is thinking of something that isn’t just hip or trendy, but instead a product that is going to stand the test of time. Your goal in business is not to sell something that’s hot; there are a lot of “Hot or Not” business out there, and they’re scrambling to keep afloat as they leap from ‘hot item’ to ‘hot item’, fighting cutthroat and viciously to scrounge out a tiny profit in the proverbial Thunderdome.

Focus on something that people want right now, and are continuing to want later. Sustainability is the key to a strong product line, so it pays to keep that in mind and avoid the perils and pitfalls of the hot item market. You’ll want your store to be thriving and your customers coming back long after everyone realizes that the singing electric sock phone might not have been the wisest investment!