Sometimes it’s hard to know who to trust on the internet, especially if you are looking for a new supplier
Wholesale suppliers always like to sing their praises. They will even hide their true identity to try and sing their praises.
So what’s the real story? Is dropshipping a blessing or a curse and who should you believe?
Much like cooking the secret of finding a good supplier whether you’re looking for a wholesale dropship company or a bulk supplier; whether it’s electronics you’re dropshipping or clothes, is the preparation. You need to put spend just as much time preparing the source as you do getting the products.
In fact doing background research into potential wholesale dropship firms is often the difference between a successful partnership and a sunk business.
Here are 10 websites and internet services that will not only save you money when tracking down a wholesale dropship supplier but cost absolutely nothing to use:
Whois
You may think that the internet has nothing but anonymous entities it is in fact possible to check out who owns what URLs simply by using one of the many Whois services on the internet. Whois.net is probably the best known and by entering the URL of the dropship wholesalers in the Whois.net search bar you’re able to get the name of the site owner, see how long they’ve been running the business for and also see what other URLs they own.
Reseller Ratings
Resellerratings is a website where you can check out user reviews of sites and see what vendors like you think of products and how well they sell.
Dropship Forum
A UK based e-commerce forum, dropshipforum, has a fantasic section, dropship watch where you can check out to see if anybody else has had any unpleasant experience with a particular China dropshipping company or wholesale dropship company. Another forum which casts it’s net a little wider is:
The Wholesale Forums
What is it about the UK which makes them particularly fond of the dropshipping system. Thewholesaleforums is yet another UK-based dropshipping and ecommerce-related forum which casts its net a little wider than drop ship forum. There are more than peer reviews on wholesale dropship sources, there’s a whole raft of usefull information on the site.
Rateitall
Rateitall is the uber destination for reviews. Rateitall has reviews of China dropship companies, electronic appliances, phone companies, movies and many many more topics.
This is only some of the list. there are a few more at the source ( the Chinavasion blog)
