few question for starting online retail business

Discussion in 'eCommerce' started by suds7, Feb 14, 2014.

  1. #1
    Hello Everyone,

    I want to start a online retail business i have few question can senior member guide me how to start online retail business

    1) How to find the good wholesaler for product. My friend own a shop i asked him for help in getting some good contact for the wholesaler but he keep making excuses :(

    2) In ebay.in i don't see any trending tool how you guys get trends from ebay to decide which product to sell

    3) Initially i'm planning to sell some cheap mobile phone on ebay.in is it good strategy if not please suggest at least one category where i should start
     
    suds7, Feb 14, 2014 IP
  2. Times Lau

    Times Lau Active Member

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    I'm planning the same thing as you
     
    Times Lau, Feb 28, 2014 IP
  3. Andrew Hurst

    Andrew Hurst Member

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    Trends trend baby, just check out the google trending tool. I'm sure you'll find leads on what to sell there.
     
    Andrew Hurst, Feb 28, 2014 IP
  4. adbash

    adbash Active Member

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    To get good wholesaler you need connections. First you have to make little orders and get their trust. Then you can count on discounts. It's normal your friend don't want to talk about his wholesaler because it's his main key for makeing business. In ebay you will have to rival mostly by price.
     
    adbash, Mar 1, 2014 IP
  5. Nik01

    Nik01 Well-Known Member

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    It is not neccessary to buy wholesale, you just need to find a manufacturer or supplier who do dropships. Dropship means when customer buys from your ecom site you go to your supplier/manufacturer pay them and they ship product directly to your customer, in such case you do not need a lot of money upfront. You can start your business for very small ammount of money and grow it really fast and highly profitable, you just need to find a right product and do your marketing in right way.
     
    Nik01, Mar 1, 2014 IP
  6. Mary Jane Smith

    Mary Jane Smith Peon

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    Hi, have you figured out which ecommerce solution to use? If not, then do think about integration. If you are using or planning to use other webapps (CRM, accounting, email marketing solution), then I encourage you to have a closer look at Magento, Shopify and Bigcommerce, they have good integration options with other webapps. By saving time you save money. Please do share you thoughts on this.

    Mary Jane
     
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  7. Outlawz

    Outlawz Well-Known Member

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    The best way to think 1st what to sale. Find reliable whole selling website.
    and make one eshop based on wordpress. Use Woocommerce. Singup on any site which have good ranking and see if they are offering affiliate. If yes then singup and upload the product with your affilate link. Wordpress having a plugin with woocommerce. There you can add affiliate products.
    People add the product in the card and pay you. Its automatically place order to affiliate side.
    Thats a good idea
     
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  8. bxm

    bxm Peon

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    Woocommerce or shopify are both very good to start with
     
    bxm, Mar 7, 2014 IP
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    hey -

    What markets will you sell to?

    USA? if so , read on ........

    If so, IMPORT from China and Japan,

    I IMPORT tons of products yearly , and then sell the stuff via eCommerce,

    Look for what you want to sell on
    http://www.alibaba.com/

    then contact the supplier and bring product in

    TIP - MOQ = Min Order Quantity

    Payment by T/T = Bank Wire

    Many of the sellers on Alibaba( http://www.alibaba.com/ ) are GREAT people. They all have Skype and are ready to ship to America ;)

    Shipping by boat or UPS is available .

    So basically, here is your plan

    1. goto http://www.alibaba.com/
    2. Then look for your products
    3. contact a few suppliers
    4. post a buy request ( this will get you more suppliers ) http://sourcing.alibaba.com/buyer.htm
    5. get a domain from godaddy
    6. go to shopify and sign up
    7. buy some goods,
    8. sell some good
    REPEAT REPEAT AND REPEAT

    BONUS

    READ THIS GUYS BOOKS ( WELL two guys )

    My man Seth

    http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/books.asp

    My man Gary

    http://garyvaynerchuk.com/

    Follow the above and you will make $$$$$$$$

    God Bless

    - Joseph
     
    sundaybrew, Mar 7, 2014 IP
  10. suds7

    suds7 Greenhorn

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    Thanks guys for so awesome advice. I'm planning to sell in India . Unfortunately there is very few drop shippers are available. I tried looking for drop shippers on google but i didn't find any drop shippers selling electronics goods such as mobile or mobile accessories
     
    suds7, Mar 11, 2014 IP
  11. koshimbir

    koshimbir Greenhorn

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    I totally agree with nik01,
     
    koshimbir, Mar 11, 2014 IP