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When I started selling on eBay I sold blue ray I purchased in lots of kijiji and dropshipping. I maybe made 100$ a month doing dropshipping, but just realized it was not worth the time (I could have purchased software to automate) I changed business models.
Making 10% margin really puts you at risk. I assume that the biggest eBay Canada drop shippers are making a max 10,000$ profit a month. But to make that kind of money you would need 1000,s of skus and a team.
BTW- I like the Canadian flags on your photos, but did you notice that some say 'shiping' instead of 'shipping'. Easy mistake. I spent too many years copy editing not to get antsy about it.
Thanks for the tip. I am obviously not a copy editor.
@reallynicestamps If I would need help creating product description copywriting. Would that be something you would be interested in? I might be working on a Private label product at the start of next year and would be looking to outsource this part.
I have moved on from non-fiction writing and am now concentrating on my second novel while the first makes the rounds. So much of my time is taken up in researching Lithuanian paganism and herbs.
I have moved on from non-fiction writing and am now concentrating on my second novel while the first makes the rounds. So much of my time is taken up in researching Lithuanian paganism and herbs.
@reallynicestamps
Curious.... was the search on herbs due to the eBay Christmas present or a facination with people named Herb. If it's because of the first will you be giving a royalty on all book sales to eBay?
One of the characters grows herbs to sell to a travelling herbalist. Together they use her products, plus indigenous knowledge to drive out a murderous witch from a small town in Saskatchewan.
If your items are located in China, all of your listings need to be fixed. It’s against the rules to misrepresent location and you’ve promised your buyers delivery well before Christmas via Regular Parcel so you’ll lose all Item Not Received cases opened against you as a seller.
Setting your sights at 100 items sold per day is admirable but many months if not years away.
You need to start by keeping your listings in compliance with policy here and accurately reflecting item location. You cannot promise a Canadian you're selling them something that will ship from Ontario and be in their hands by Dec 18 if it's coming from China and will take until April to get here. That's asking for defects and losses. Your losses: you will lose all cases and the items plus the funds paid to you.
Also, your postage costs are suspect. It's impossible to ship a roll of toilet paper to me from where you say it is located for $9 including postage via Canada Post Regular Parcel. That's not even an insured service, businesses don't use it. It's for gramma sending cookies.
My final piece of advice to you is this.... if you really want to make a go of it on ebay, you need to experience the site as a buyer first. Like, an experienced buyer. Otherwise, you're like walking in the door to apply for the fry job at McDicks and expecting to be given a job handling all the millions of dollars in regional cash at head office. It isn't going to happen that way.
Plus, with zero feedback, you are a magnet for unethical types because you appear to be new. Completely new. It would be very easy for a seasoned scammer to take you for a ride on the rails. And shipping without tracking. From an incorrect location identifying delivery-by guarantees that are probably MONTHS not even days too short.
And do not believe anything you see on youtube. They're not Canadian sellers and that advice does not pertain to the realities of selling in Canada. Plus, if they were so smart, they wouldn' t have time to yap at themselves in the camera, they'd be too busy fulfilling orders.
You will be better served by the advice of people here on ebay Canada Community who actually know the scene and are willing to share advice and experience altruistically.
Hello. I have been trying to get questions answered by those you mentioned on Youtube. And they are USA folks selling and dropshiping on Ebay. I am so glad I found this site because it would seem none of those sellers know much about selling in Canada on Ebay. I actually just about bought a course, which I am sure would help me to learn the ropes but really wouldn't be useful for how to here in Canada.
Would you be able to tell me if you can dropship on Ebay.ca to the Canadain market and how to get started with this. So dropshipping through retail or wholesale. I have started to sell some items around my home so I can get to learn a bit. I also have bought off of Ebay many times.
You have responded to a very old thread in which any info may have become irrelevant, out dated and useless. Perhaps you should have started a new thread to draw attention to your own specific needs and request for help and assistance.. You may want to read the rules and policies for selling on eBay and aquaint yourself with the many pitfalls encountered by new/inexperienced sellers who engaging in poor selling practices such as the desire to engage in drop shipping which is not a good idea for any new or inexperienced seller.
I suspect that dropshipping is less popular in Canada than in the US. The sellers that I'm familiar with in Canada do not dropship, they buy and sell their merchandise. That is really the only way to keep control of inventory and the quality of the merchandise. eBay penalizes sellers for out of stock situations and for item not as described situations so unless you are very familiar with the supplier that you are buying from, dropshipping on ebay may not go well. Keep in mind too that when you are dropshipping, you are competing with everyone else who is using the same dropshipper and perhaps also competing with the wholesaler.
eBay does not allow sellers to dropship from retailers. You must have an arrangement with a wholesaler, not just post listings for items on other retailers websites. If ebay suspects that you are doing that, you won't be allowed to sell here.
They will likely close this thread now since it is a few years old but you can start your own if you have more questions. I think that you will find that most sellers who read these boards do not dropship.
kh-leslie
·3 years agoHi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.
what-sales-direct
·7 years agoWhen I started selling on eBay I sold blue ray I purchased in lots of kijiji and dropshipping. I maybe made 100$ a month doing dropshipping, but just realized it was not worth the time (I could have purchased software to automate) I changed business models.
Making 10% margin really puts you at risk. I assume that the biggest eBay Canada drop shippers are making a max 10,000$ profit a month. But to make that kind of money you would need 1000,s of skus and a team.
reallynicestamps
·7 years agoGood points from an experienced seller.
BTW- I like the Canadian flags on your photos, but did you notice that some say 'shiping' instead of 'shipping'. Easy mistake. I spent too many years copy editing not to get antsy about it.
what-sales-direct
·7 years agoThanks for the tip. I am obviously not a copy editor.
@reallynicestamps If I would need help creating product description copywriting. Would that be something you would be interested in? I might be working on a Private label product at the start of next year and would be looking to outsource this part.
reallynicestamps
·7 years agoThank you for the offer.
I have moved on from non-fiction writing and am now concentrating on my second novel while the first makes the rounds. So much of my time is taken up in researching Lithuanian paganism and herbs.
lotzofuniquegoodies
·3 years ago@reallynicestamps
Curious.... was the search on herbs due to the eBay Christmas present or a facination with people named Herb. If it's because of the first will you be giving a royalty on all book sales to eBay?
-Lotz
reallynicestamps
·3 years agoOne of the characters grows herbs to sell to a travelling herbalist. Together they use her products, plus indigenous knowledge to drive out a murderous witch from a small town in Saskatchewan.
Now I'm working on vampire strippers.
momcqueen
·7 years agoWhere are the items actually located?
quashiecorp
OP7 years agotheir in China
momcqueen
·7 years agoquashiecorp
OP7 years agomomcqueen
·7 years agohttps://www.ebay.ca/pages/help/sell/sellinglimits.html
Setting your sights at 100 items sold per day is admirable but many months if not years away.
You need to start by keeping your listings in compliance with policy here and accurately reflecting item location. You cannot promise a Canadian you're selling them something that will ship from Ontario and be in their hands by Dec 18 if it's coming from China and will take until April to get here. That's asking for defects and losses. Your losses: you will lose all cases and the items plus the funds paid to you.
Also, your postage costs are suspect. It's impossible to ship a roll of toilet paper to me from where you say it is located for $9 including postage via Canada Post Regular Parcel. That's not even an insured service, businesses don't use it. It's for gramma sending cookies.
Study this. Your future as a seller in Canada depends on it: https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/far/business/findARate?execution=e1s1
My final piece of advice to you is this.... if you really want to make a go of it on ebay, you need to experience the site as a buyer first. Like, an experienced buyer. Otherwise, you're like walking in the door to apply for the fry job at McDicks and expecting to be given a job handling all the millions of dollars in regional cash at head office. It isn't going to happen that way.
Plus, with zero feedback, you are a magnet for unethical types because you appear to be new. Completely new. It would be very easy for a seasoned scammer to take you for a ride on the rails. And shipping without tracking. From an incorrect location identifying delivery-by guarantees that are probably MONTHS not even days too short.
And do not believe anything you see on youtube. They're not Canadian sellers and that advice does not pertain to the realities of selling in Canada. Plus, if they were so smart, they wouldn' t have time to yap at themselves in the camera, they'd be too busy fulfilling orders.
You will be better served by the advice of people here on ebay Canada Community who actually know the scene and are willing to share advice and experience altruistically.
cvacation
·3 years agoHello. I have been trying to get questions answered by those you mentioned on Youtube. And they are USA folks selling and dropshiping on Ebay. I am so glad I found this site because it would seem none of those sellers know much about selling in Canada on Ebay. I actually just about bought a course, which I am sure would help me to learn the ropes but really wouldn't be useful for how to here in Canada.
Would you be able to tell me if you can dropship on Ebay.ca to the Canadain market and how to get started with this. So dropshipping through retail or wholesale. I have started to sell some items around my home so I can get to learn a bit. I also have bought off of Ebay many times.
Thank you in Advance
Tina
mrdutch1001
·3 years agoZOMBIE THREAD FROM 2018!
You have responded to a very old thread in which any info may have become irrelevant, out dated and useless. Perhaps you should have started a new thread to draw attention to your own specific needs and request for help and assistance.. You may want to read the rules and policies for selling on eBay and aquaint yourself with the many pitfalls encountered by new/inexperienced sellers who engaging in poor selling practices such as the desire to engage in drop shipping which is not a good idea for any new or inexperienced seller.
pjcdn2005
·3 years ago@cvacation
I suspect that dropshipping is less popular in Canada than in the US. The sellers that I'm familiar with in Canada do not dropship, they buy and sell their merchandise. That is really the only way to keep control of inventory and the quality of the merchandise. eBay penalizes sellers for out of stock situations and for item not as described situations so unless you are very familiar with the supplier that you are buying from, dropshipping on ebay may not go well. Keep in mind too that when you are dropshipping, you are competing with everyone else who is using the same dropshipper and perhaps also competing with the wholesaler.
eBay does not allow sellers to dropship from retailers. You must have an arrangement with a wholesaler, not just post listings for items on other retailers websites. If ebay suspects that you are doing that, you won't be allowed to sell here.
They will likely close this thread now since it is a few years old but you can start your own if you have more questions. I think that you will find that most sellers who read these boards do not dropship.