I am interested in dropshipping but I don't understand how dropshipping works. I know that with dropshipping, you don't have the stocks. My question is when the customers make the payment, how can I forward it to the dropshipper and then make payment to the dropshipper so that they can send the goods. I would like to know more about cubecart.com dropshipping. After the customer checkout, is it that the order will be forwarded to the dropshipper? And then later how can I forward the payment to the dropshipper? Do I have to pay with credit card or paypal? Or is there other option like the money will be automatically forwarded to the dropshipper by deducting the amount the customer had paid from your merchant account?
My question is when the customers make the payment, how can I forward it to the dropshipper and then make payment to the dropshipper so that they can send the goods. After customer pay you,you need to manually place order at the dropshiper website. After the customer checkout, is it that the order will be forwarded to the dropshipper? You need to manually place order at dropshiper website. And then later how can I forward the payment to the dropshipper? Do I have to pay with credit card or paypal? Pay the dropshiper company by CC or paypal. Or is there other option like the money will be automatically forwarded to the dropshipper by deducting the amount the customer had paid from your merchant account? Yes this can be done if the dropshiper have provide the API else you need to buy your own API to integrate it.
I want the payment to be automatically forwarded to the dropshipper by deducting the amount the customer had paid from my account. Can the API work with 2checkout? Which payment system gateway will the API work with? What shopping cart will work best? What is API? How does API works? Where can I buy my own API?
Getting an API set-up, running and secure will cost thousands. It depends also what set-up the dropshipper has and if they agree to allow you use it or not.
Can you accept credit cards with paypal? Do I have to have a Paypal Pro Flow account to accept credit card?