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Hi Tech Gadgets Warnings: What You Need To Know About Drop-shipping And Holidays

By Rose Li on Jun 21, 2011 |Business

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There was a time when more than 80 percent of companies do not drop ship to destinations outside the United States. This has created some options available for dropship resellers who want to earn a living by selling online. However, the flow of the dropship wholesaler from China changed all that these companies ship to virtually anywhere in the world at the drop-down prices for hi tech gadgets that never even heard of before.

More and more suppliers from China providing high quality products that are on par with many branded version, but still being sold at incredibly low wholesale prices, even in small amounts, giving dealers a great opportunity to benefit well from their online stores and lists product. With the broad range of products that feature the latest technology gadgets, you will never run out of hot items to sell online.

Dropshipping and international holidays

But it's also a great opportunity for dealers to get the out sourcing products from China, and this is made clear in Western holidays like Christmas or Easter. In seasons such as this, the demand for high-tech gadgets on top, but retailers would have difficulty in sourcing out suppliers locally and most of these companies too also go on vacation during this period. Chinese dropship suppliers, however not influenced by western vacation and would continue to deliver products in these periods right when they needed these items the most.

Resellers But as you will encounter potential problems that are even more dangerous if the situation is turned the other way and you're faced with a Chinese holiday, and are awaiting orders to wait for delivery. Under these Chinese holidays, the factories and businesses, including your dropship wholesaler does not work and will not be able to send and deliver orders received before a certain cut-off period.

This can lead to huge delays in product deliveries your results in customer complaints and negative feedbacks on your online profile. What's worse is that this can lead to serious consequences for your DSR or Detailed Seller Rating on eBay. These negative effects will affect your TRS or Top Rated Seller status, discounts on eBay fees your search ranking and ultimately your status on eBay.

The low grades below 4.3 3 on your DSR for a 30-day period, you will receive certain sanctions. If you're ratings continue to decline and drop below 4.1 1 within that time, would your ability to sell discontinued. If you are just starting out and still have low sales volumes, few buyers rating you make would prove disastrous for your eBay business.

Preventing problems with your seller profile

The major holidays in China are listed below. Note that some dates are not fixed so it would be best to confirm the actual date of your suppliers.

Holiday Date Duration
New Year January 1 1 day
Chinese New Year 1st Day of 1st Lunar Month (Feb) 12 days
Qingming Festival 5th Solar Term (April) 1 day
Workers’ Day May 1 1 day
Dragon Boat Festival 5th day of 5th lunar month (June) 1 day
Mid-Autumn Festival 15th day of 8th lunar month (Sep) 1 day
National Day October 1 3 to 5 days

Knowing these dates accurately and confirmation from your dropship suppliers, their cut-off dates before the holidays, will help you plan and take the necessary steps to prevent negative feedback from your customers is in the first place. You can stock up on your best selling products so you can inventory to also supply during the holidays.

You can also provide information and communicate with your buyers on holiday this problem so you have no recourse but to add additional shipping days for products ordered. This allows you to minimize the possibility of receiving negative feedback by clicking the appropriate communications with customers and let them know the situation beforehand.

As with any business a good communication is the key to doing business online, especially for a reseller as you order products from dropship wholesalers from China. You can not manage the holiday or for work completed in other countries but you can take steps in advance and avoid getting negative feedbacks.

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About Rose Li

Hi Tech Gadgets Warnings: What You Need To Know About Drop-shipping And Holidays from Rose Li

Rose Li is the PR Manager for Chinavasion, China's premier dropshipper of wholesale electronics. For western quality consumer electronics at China prices.

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