A drop ship fee (also known as a “handling” fee) is the cost the wholesale supplier charges to split apart cases and pack one product to "drop ship" to your customer. Drop Ship fees are almost always very low, ranging from $1 to $5 and can easily be added as a handling fee you charge your customer; ie: Shipping & Handling. Some of our Dropshippers don't even charge this fee at all, but it is a standard fee for most wholesalers who drop ship products.
No. Our listed Certified Wholesalers will give you product pictures and descriptions to put on your website and auction listings. You'll use those images to market and sell the products. When you make a sale your customer will buy the product from you first (at your retail cost) and you'll then order it from the Wholesaler (at their wholesale cost). The wholesaler will then ship the product to your end customer. With drop shipping you never have to buy any inventory or products up front.
Yes but if you don't have one yet don't worry. Getting a Tax ID is easy and what everyone has to do in order to work with real wholesalers. All legitimate wholesale suppliers will require a Tax ID to prove that you are going to be selling the product to consumers. If you don't have a Tax ID, we provide helpful links and information for you in our Member Center.
No. Top-Level Wholesales (real wholesalers) don't charge monthly fees, annual fees or bogus setup fees. As such, none of the Certified Dropshippers in our Directory charge membership fees. Monthly and Annual fees are typically something you see with fake Directories and Wholesalers.
What is Light Bulk?
Light Bulk is an order quantity that Infinity Phoenix negotiates with Top-Level Wholesalers in order to give home-based sellers a way to buy affordable, smaller quantities of products, but still get wholesale discounts. A typical bulk order (like a Big Retail Store would make) can be thousands of dollars and much more than a new home-based business can buy or warehouse. A "Light Bulk" quantity however, with our listed Certified Wholesalers, is a bulk order of $500 or less. It gives you a low priced entry point on products you want to buy and store yourself at home (along with additional wholesale discounts so you can sell it cheaper or increase your profit margins.)
I just want to Dropship, why should I care about Light Bulk?
Most of the Certified Dropshippers will also offer Light Bulk ordering. What some sellers do is start with Dropshipping and then when they find a product is selling well, they begin ordering in Light Bulk quantities. This allows them to control their inventory and stock while at the same time gives them even cheaper wholesale prices because they are buying in bulk. It becomes a great way to step up your business and make even more money if you have the time, space and desire to store a little product inventory in your garage or spare bedroom.
Do I get any Discounts with Light Bulk?
Yes. Wholesale has (and always will be) based on volume. The more you buy the more wholesale discounts you get. Since most wholesalers have bulk entry points in the thousands of dollars range (way too much for most home-based sellers) we've negotiated "light bulk" order discounts for our Members. If you order in small, light bulk quantities from any Wholesaler you'll get additional discounts on top of the regular wholesale price.
Do I have to pay a Membership Fee to get Light Bulk?
No. Just like with Drop Shipping, Top-Level Wholesalers (real wholesalers) don't charge monthly fees, annual fees or bogus setup fees. As such none of the Certified Light Bulk Wholesalers in our Directory charge membership fees. Monthly and Annual fees are typically something you see with fake Directories and Wholesalers.
What are Middlemen?
Middlemen are people/companies claiming to be a real wholesaler but they're not. They pretend to be a Dropshipper or Bulk Wholesaler and then hike up the true wholesale cost of the product. Additionally they almost always charge monthly and/or annual fees. Accidentally setting up a business with a middleman has been the demise of many online businesses. Unfortunately most people who work with middlemen don’t find this out until after they have already spent a lot of money on setup fees, monthly fees and other fee-based middleman scams.
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