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Selling items through eBay using the dropshipping system is a good option for anyone who wants to devote themselves to the world of online business. Find out more about it.
The idea is quite simple: you find a good article in a supplier’s dropshipping cataloque, you add your profit margin and sell it through ebay. However, there are a number of factors that you will have to consider if you want to encourage your potential client to choose you instead of your competition. In this post, we will explain how to do dropshipping on ebay and the key points that will lead you to success using this system.
In order to respond to the needs of hundreds of people who want to do dropshipping on Ebay, at BigBuy we have developed Multi-Channel Integration Platform. This tool integrates everything BigBuy offers (catalogue, shipping and transport, prices …) with your Ebay account.
The advantages of selling on eBay
eBay is the industry’s longest-lasting e-marketplace. For that reason it has gained a fairly good reputation and massive volumes of traffic. Bearing all this in mind, if you have a good product at a good price, you can place it in the gigantic shop window that is eBay and sales will most likely occur. However, you should apply the same reasoning to what your competitors are doing and the fact of having enormous visibility also attracts a high number of sellers. This may be the biggest challenge, competing against the huge range of products that are similar to yours on eBay.
In regards to a seller’s profile, eBay works better for those individuals or businesses who have a different product, for which there is less competition, or who have an item which they can offer at a better price than what their competitors are already offering. In any case, with perseverance and work it is possible to generate large profits through this e-marketplace. If you want to know how to do dropshipping on ebay, we’ll explain it to you here.
Guide to dropshipping on eBay
Registration on the platform as an individual salesperson or professional
If you want to dropship on ebay, the first thing you have to do is complete the registration process. The data you will be asked for is quite simple at first. Provision of an email address, phone number, name and surname, and finally setting up your password is required. If you want to register as a professional seller you will have to provide some other data such as the name of the company and the CIF among other things.
If you are a beginner or are not sure about what is the best option for you, we recommend that you start selling as an individual and gradually get more familiar with the system. Once you have some basic knowledge, you can make the leap and start selling as a business.
Uploading and describing products
Once you have your account set up, you can start to upload products. On ebay, it’s quite simple and you can upload up to 50 items per month for free. If you exceed this figure you’ll still be able to continue putting items on sale for €0.35 each. It is very important that you work on the titles and descriptions of the products. Given the number of similar items that may be competing with yours, these factors can affect a customer when deciding between your product and that of the competition. In this section we will cover the importance of images when selling your product. Try not to limit yourself to those being used by similar products. If you have the opportunity to create your own high quality and unique images, then this can be much better.
It’s important to note here that the eBay Commission is 8% of the final sale price which is charged only after the sale is made and up to a maximum of €200. For the “engine” category these values are different.
If you want to automatically synchronise Ebay with BigBuy (catalogue, stock, shipping and carriers, orders, prices …), the best way is to do it through Multi-Channel Integration Platform. This tool is perfectly integrated with this emarketplace, and saves you the manual work of using CSV files.
Choose the payment method
At this point you will need to choose how you want your customers to pay you. There are several options, but PayPal is the most recommended by eBay itself. In fact, PayPal was purchased by eBay and since then the synchronisation between both systems has been good. In addition, PayPal provides many guarantees from the seller’s point of view, as well as for your customers, since it has a very fair and effective dispute resolution system.
If you have PayPal as a payment option, it tends to inspire confidence in the potential buyer. This company, which is a pioneer in internet payments, enjoys a great reputation and its system is recommended and recognised by millions of users every day.
Sale and shipment of item
Once you have received notification that your item has been sold, it will be time to send it. Before sending it is always advisable to verify that the payment has been correctly processed. Once you have assured yourself of this, enter your admin panel and mark the order as “sent”.
In our case, as we are dropshipping, we need to manage the order with the supplier and initiate the shipment directly from them to the client’s home. As always, you must ensure that the shipment is done using your brand name and in neutral boxes. The end customer does not have to know, and is unlikely to be pleased to find out, that you are using a dropshipping system.
Assessments
To keep the eBay community active and secure, it is important that you provide assessments about the purchase process and the purchaser. This will be reciprocal and you will also receive assessments as a seller. In a market where items may appear very similar, being a seller with a high percentage of positive ratings can give you the advantage you need and help you generate more sales.
The bad part is that if any mistakes are made, this will also probably be shared with the rest of the community and will be forever reflected in your profile and seller valuations.
Finding good products and a good dropshipping supplier
This is definitely the key to success. Before learning about how to do the dropshipping process itself you should be clear about what products you are going to sell and who will be your dropshipping supplier. As we have already commented, there is fierce competition on eBay and on the rest of the e-marketplaces. The differences often consist of only small details in the product, and the potential customer will pay special attention to two factors: price and delivery time. And for both of these points to be optimum it is essential to have a good dropshipping supplier.
First, you’ll need to find a supplier that has attractive products that are able to be purchased over the Internet and very importantly, with competitive prices to which you can add your own profit margin and continue to have a final sale price that is reasonable to the public. Additionally, if you have the best possible shipping conditions (we are referring to costs and terms), you can assume that your potential customers will end up trusting you.
To make your life easier, we recommend that you work with BigBuy’s Multi-channel Integration Platform. With this tool you will be able to automate much more easily both Ebay and the rest of the emarketplaces. All your online sales channels, in a single tool.
At BigBuy we already know all the needs of eBay sellers as well as the other e-marketplaces. We have thousands of references spread across hundreds of categories and we are able to safely and rapidly send packages to any part of Europe. We have therefore become the leading dropshipping provider in mainland Europe and are the most trusted by eBay sellers. We hope this post has taught you the basics of how to dropship on eBay, that you will be encouraged to try out this system, and of course that you will use BigBuy as your dropshipping provider!
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