Why Does Everyone Want to Dropship Laptops?

Why Does Everyone Want to Dropship Laptops?

Have you ever wondered why so many people want to dropship laptops, computer components and other consumer electronics?  Perhaps you are one of these electronics eCommerce businesspeople.  With all of the interest in dropshipping laptops and other computer-related products online, we want to take a moment to ponder the potential profitability of such ventures.

It’s not that there is no opportunity in dropshipping laptops, if this were the case, Dropshipping Wholesalers wouldn’t waste their time recruiting dropship business owners to move these products.  It just feels like the intensity of the competition in this market has been dialed up a notch and there is little opportunity for new dropshippers to move computers and consumers electronics at a profit.

Have you ever wondered why all of the laptop product listings on eBay for a particular model look exactly the same?  This is because these dropshippers all belong to dropshipping directory programs which offer push-to-auction or push-to-cart solutions for these products.  These dropshippers are all working off the exact same palette of potential products.  Such programs have saturated the market with an abundance of dropshippers and reduced margins all the way around.  Sure, the sector as a whole has prospered, but laptop dropshippers have to move large volumes of product to realize a decent profit.

It’s not a total doom-and-gloom story, though; there is opportunity for those willing to invest in research and preparation.  If you are interested in dropshipping laptops and consumer products, we suggest you check out Doba, Simplx and DropshipDesign, which offer different catalogs of branded dropship products in the electronics industry.  Research historical auction data with Terapeak.  This will give you a leg-up in competing against the big guys.  You don’t need to offer the computer model that everyone else is offering.  See what customers are searching for, what they’ve been willing to pay and what’s available.  There is opportunity in this sector, you just have to be patient and do your research.

Fly-by-Night Dropshipping Directories..?

Anyone else curious (yes, we really don’t understand) where Terry Gibbs’ Ultimate eBay Dropship Power Pak went to?  Last we had heard, it was a available on his website and elsewhere around the web for $67.  It seemed to get a lot of traction online, but I’ll have to admit that I have virtually no experience with dropshipping products of this nature.

Now it seems Mr. Gibbs has joined the SaleSooSucks people.  These guys have a conspiracy theorists’ view of SaleHoo.  Wow.

..guess the moral of the story is – do business with those who are most likely to stick around, especially when it comes to dropshipping directories, which must be constantly maintained in order to ensure their accuracy.

Additionally, although we do live in a world that seems to be *disconnected* by the web, consider how much more *connected* it has made us in many ways.  Inquire as to who a potential vendor of yours may or should be collaborating with.