Let’s say you have a good inventory of products, but you simply don’t have the time, the energy, or the resources to start an e-commerce site to start selling what you have. So, do you just sit there and let your inventory collect dust in storage? What if we told you that there was a way for your stocks to fly out of the shelves and into your target customers’ hands without you having to lift a finger in terms of “selling”?
This is what we call dropshipping, one of the newest and most low-cost ways to get started in the e-commerce industry. What dropshippers do is sell the product online, provide the digital storefront, manage the sales process and customer service, take care of marketing, and basically just inform the dropshipping supplier if there’s an order and where to ship that order.
That’s where you come in as a dropshipping supplier. You provide the product for dropshippers, or sellers. You’re in charge of shipping the product to the customers because the ordering process has been taken care of by the dropshipper. It’s hassle-free on your part because all you have to focus on is packaging your products using customised eco-friendly paper bags, integrating dunnage bags in your shipping boxes to protect your products, and ensuring timely shipment of your product.
As a dropshipping supplier, whether it’s wholesale or retail, you’ll just have to focus on efficient shipping of your products to the customers. Part of your responsibility is to:
- Ensure the products reach the customer in perfect condition. You’ve been a consumer at least once in your life. You know it’s truly irksome to find poor packaging in your orders, which affects the quality or integrity of the item you ordered. As the supplier, this is where dunnage bags come in. It’s basically an inflatable pillow that’s inserted in cargo during shipping so that the cargo won’t shift and move during transport.
Dunnage bags are a clever little invention that absolutely solves the problem of shippers when it comes to cargo protection. Plus, Fromm Packaging’s Bates Dunnage bags are strong and tear-resistant, so you really won’t have to worry about extra protection for your product’s shipment as it is being transported to its destination. Contact FROMM to order your shipping dunnage bags today!
- Ensure the products reach the customer in a timely fashion. Make sure you finalise this to a T with your dropshipper. If the customer expects the product to reach him/her in 1-2 business days, you should be alerted to the order on time as well so that you’ll have sufficient time to package and ship the product to the right address. Your shipping courier also plays a crucial role in this scenario, as well as the cargo protection you use to ensure your products won’t be damaged in transport.
Dropshipping is definitely cost-effective for both supplier and seller, in the sense that you each have your role in the e-commerce business, and the boundaries are pretty clear-cut. That’s not to say that dropshipping is easy, nor is becoming a dropshipping supplier. But, if you’ve got dunnage bags that will protect your product cargo, you’ll be that much closer to being a reliable supplier in retail. With the dropshipping market expected to double in 2026, you can trust that you’re in the right industry.
