Salehoo Review

Should You Use Salehoo if you are New to Selling on the Internet?

One of the greatest mistakes you can make online is trying any and every product and service out there to make money. You can literally go broke searching for something that works and many have. Every website and service out there makes big claims, but in my experience, few really deliver. If you are new to selling products on the internet, take it slow. Learn from others mistakes, and keep trying until you get it right.

There is a lot of buzz right now about a company called SaleHoo. SaleHoo is a website that offers a listing of companies that offer products to resell. All of the excitement about this new company has led to many people who have never sold anything online to give it a try. The Salehoo website provides a long list of testimonials from satisfied customers, and builds a pretty good case as to why joining the site can help you become successful online. What a lot of people are failing to realize is that there is much more to operating your product resale business than is offered on Salehoo.

For instance, do you have a website to direct customers to? Salehoo can’t help you here. Do you have enough money to purchase enough products to cover the minimum order required by many of the companies listed on the site? Salehoo can’t help you here either. The point is, while Salehoo does offer information and resources for you to use, it does not offer everything you will need in your business. If you are brand new to the internet and/or selling products to others, I suggest that you take some time and do some research. You can spend all year researching how to sell online using wholesalers and not get even close to reading all the info found on the internet. I am not saying you have to spend all your time researching, at some point you do have to get out there and get your feet wet, I am just saying that you should make sure you know what you are getting into before you start placing huge orders with hopes to make thousands on ebay.

Now, if your goal is a slow, but steady approach, and you are willing to walk before you run, Salehoo may still be a value to you even as a beginner. One approach may be to join the site, and spend time getting to know the different products offered by the different companies. Look for products that you have personal experience with or interest in and see what they are selling. Combine this research with what you see selling online and see if you can find some bargains. There is actually a nifty research tool offered on Salehoo that helps you to do this very thing. You may want to jump into the forum and meet and get to know other members and find out what their experiences have been. In most online forums, you can find folks who are willing to help the new and inexperienced as long as they are respectful of the platform and community.

The key thing to remember is that most mistakes come from inexperience or lack of knowledge. If you have never sold anything online via auctions or other methods, it is probably not wise to chunk down $5000 on a huge order of discounted sunglasses until you do the appropriate research. This type of scenario, while it sounds silly, happens ALL the time. It is the main reason that sites like Salehoo can be bad for some beginners. If you take your time, look around, and make informed decisions, Salehoo can be an aid in your online selling career.

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Posted by on April 21st, 2009 No Comments

Wholesale Dropshipper Reviews; The Good, The Bad & the Ugly

When selling online you really want to make sure that you are selling high quality products, but you also want to make sure that if you join a wholesale dropping company that they are professional when it comes to customer service and shipping. After all, you yourself won’t have any hands on options with the products you are selling, and you are really trusting in the company you are with. At least if you had the products yourself, it would be your responsibility to ship them on time, right? Well in these cases you don’t have that ability and instead you have to put all your trust into someone else that what they say is really true. Not only is shipping and customer service important, but so is quality of product.

If the company says the product is brand new and you sell it to someone and then they complain about the item being broken or out of date, it’s going to be your head on the chopping block. When it comes to dropshippers it’s important to read reviews, learn as much as you can about a company, and listen to what other people say about that company! Listed below are a few sites you can check out regarding these wholesale dropshippers and wholesale directories along with a little information about them:

SaleHoo:
SaleHoo is a global merchandise sourcing community designed to give you peace of mind and a clear competitive advantage. You will get access to their frequently-updated wholesale directory that boasts over 8,000 established references for eBay and dropship products. All the providers in their dropship directory are verified by SaleHoo staff or members before they will list them. Then, community members can give feedback; both the good and bad, on their experiences dealing with each supplier. The private members forums have over 50,000 registered members and they are moderated by expert eBay Powersellers. You will find straight answers to your inquiries from experienced online auction sellers and importers; BEFORE you invest in a big order of wholesale or dropship products from abroad.

Doba:
Doba provides a place where suppliers can list their product inventory, and you can find items to sell. These different suppliers will drop ship products right to your customers, so you never have to handle or ship products. If you’re a retailer looking for products to sell we have a service package that will work for you.

Shopster:
Shopster Product Source gives you the products and tools you need to start or grow your online business. 1,000,000+ products from 130 suppliers, Products dropshipped to your customer, Live order tracking, Training and customer service. There’s no inventory for you to manage. Using Shopster as your source for dropship products means you have a lower overhead investment, and don’t have to worry about the complicated warehousing side of an online business. Simply pick your products, set your prices, and order the products. They process orders and ship directly to your customers ASAP.

World Wide Brands:
Grow your home business through the best eBiz education and direct wholesale supplier relationships in the world. The first step to your success is 1 click away. For the past decade, they have helped thousands of online retailers become elite members of a unique community of successful online sellers. A direct relationship with Dropshippers, INSTANT Access to over 8 million wholesale products, Purchase wholesale products with LOW minimum orders, Immediate Access to suppliers who will drop ship products, Trusted eCommerce Resources - all verified by our staff, educational features, community resources, and much more!

Obviously in the end the choice is yours but just remember you have a wide array of companies to choose from and just because one site may receive some flak for something or other, doesn’t mean that everyone else in the world thinks they are a bad company to go with. One bad review shouldn’t diminish your thoughts (good or bad) about a company. If anything, check the forums and message boards on these sites, you will find some really unbiased and uncensored reviews!

Posted by on November 21st, 2008 No Comments

What Is A Wholesale Dropshipper And How Do They Work?

For those of you that want to find a way to make money online selling products, but you don’t know how to go about it or a good option to choose from, you might want to try wholesale dropshipping! Now wholesale is the sale of good, products or services to individuals by use of large goods or bulk trade. Of course you can sell your products to big companies, but most people choose to become a dropping wholesaler so that they can sell products on eBay and turn a profit. In these cases as the wholesaler it will be your responsibility to sell the product but not your responsibility to “stock” the product unless you choose to do so. Most people choose dropshipping because it’s a way to make money without having to stock large lots and instead can be shipped to the buyer by use of the dropshipper on hand. These dropshippers include businesses like SaleHoo

, Doba, and Shopster. As the seller you will be making choices as to what to sell and how much you should charge for each item. Again, the point of this is to make profit! So, if you buy a lot for $1000 you should make sure that each item for sale is X amount of dollars so that when you sell all the items you make more than $1000 back. This takes some good research and time to figure out how much you should sell an item for and what your competitors are selling it for. If you and your competitor are selling the same thing and you offer a unit for $100 and he offers it for $75, people will be more prone to buy from him, obviously!

By picking a well-known wholesale dropshipper you need to make sure of a few things. First off you want to make sure that this company has a good rep between sellers and buyers this will take a bit of time to research and some common sense on your part. But for the most part you can simple search online for reviews on these businesses. Second off you want to make sure that the wholesalers they have, offer quality products. Even if the product isn’t a brand name and is a “replica” I always find it important to still, make sure the product is of a high quality. After all, the last thing you want is to sell sell sell and then have people return return return. What’s the point in selling if you’re going to have to make refunds? The last thing you want to check out is your competitors and not for pricing, but for what they are offering. If 20 million people are offering the same product you want to offer, you might want to take a second and think about selling something else. Sometimes the “shelves” become too saturated with the same type of item or the same product and this is why some people have such a hard time selling their items!

Originally wholesale meant selling products to retail stores but over time (like everything else) it has evolved into a selling manifestation of people just like you looking to make some extra money from home. Anyone can become a seller, it doesn’t matter your race, sex, creed or age. One of the best places to sell YOUR products are sites like eBay, eBidz and even Amazon. If possible, try to get products that are brand new and in the box or NIB, these items usually can sell for a higher price rather than an item that has been opened or is without its box or packaging material and people often will flock towards items that are brand new in the box. If your unsure about some things it’s a good idea to look back on what you would like as a buyer, what type of things would you be interested in, is quality important to you or price? Ask yourself these questions and you should have a good idea of what people want and what people are looking for when looking to you for products!

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Posted by on November 20th, 2008 No Comments