PESA / ECMTA Community Roundtable – Product Sourcing in Difficult Times

permacrisisOn June 11, 2008 at 4:51 pm Said:

I thought PayPal expressly forbade dropshipping? Don’t they fine sellers $2500 per offense for accepting payment on an item not in their physical posession? That’s what I thought.

MikeOn June 11, 2008 at 5:29 pm Said:

PayPal and eBay both simply require sellers to indicate somewhere in the product description that the item is not in the seller’s possession and that it will ship from the warehouse.

SandiOn June 11, 2008 at 11:04 pm Said:

@permacrisis,

Paypal has two thoughts on it, it their help pages they say:

Pre-sale items are advertised for sale before the seller has the items. Often, these items are sold before they are available to the general public. Or, the seller uses the funds from the sale to purchase the item that has already been sold.

Prohibited Activities

3. (d) are for the sale of certain items before the seller has control or possession of the item.

The user agreement covers the 2500 as stated below:

10.6 Acceptable Use Policy Violation – User Fines. If you violate the Acceptable Use Policy as set forth below in clauses (a), (b), (c), or (d) below, then we may hold your funds up to 180 Days, may fine you up to $2,500.00 USD for each such violation and may take legal action against you to recover additional losses we incur. You acknowledge and agree that a fine up to $2,500.00 USD is presently a reasonable minimum estimate of PayPal’s damages, considering all currently existing circumstances, including the relationship of the sum to the range of harm to PayPal that reasonably could be anticipated and the anticipation that proof of actual damages may be impractical or extremely difficult. PayPal may deduct such fines directly from any existing Balance in the offending Account, or any other PayPal Account you control. The specific activities that may subject you to fines by PayPal are:

Using the Service to receive payments for tobacco products in violation of the Acceptable Use Policy.

So they do a little doublespeak about drop shipping, it doesn’t seem like the 2500 would apply as long as not one of the above 4 types of item.

HeniettaOn June 12, 2008 at 2:34 am Said:

As Worldwide Brands are a highly valued eBay business partner, their agreement is unlikely to violate any eBay or Paypal policies.

Now we bad sellers are a different kettle of fish.

HeniettaOn June 12, 2008 at 2:44 am Said:

Breaking NEWS on the blog!

NoblespiritOn June 13, 2008 at 2:14 pm Said:

14) PESA / ECMTA Community Roundtable – Product Sourcing in Difficult Times

What is product sourcing?

Why is product sourcing so important?

Using multiple sourcing techniques. Why is that so important to an Online Seller – what does that do for their E-Biz?

Is eCommerce being impacted by the recession?

Tips learned from suppliers and merchants

Where to go to further your Education to be a step ahead of your competition

RECORDING:

http://www.noblespirit.com/PESA/ecmta-wwb.mp3

POWER POINT SLIDES:

http://www.noblespirit.com/PESA/ECMTA_Webinar_061208_FINAL.ppt

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permacrisisOn June 13, 2008 at 7:11 pm Said:

PRODUCT SOURCING IN DIFFICULT TIMES

Gee Willickers– sourcing product in difficult times? That’s a snap. Retail establishments are either going under or building their own locations to “duck out” on rent. And the waste of these corporations is flabbergasting, especially once something is expensed off.

I’ve filled trailers with the crumbs of failing businesses for years, and the same things happen over and over. The obvious goodies are the merchandise, especially electronics and automotive products. These can usually be had for around 10 percent– if you time your offer for the day the dumpsters roll in. Always say “flea” or “I use the parts” –NEVER say ebay.

Another scenario is that company A moves out, but leaves (unopened) cases and cases of something behind. Company B moves in and promptly tosses the boxes, in one case containing Laptop Memory, another time it was oil filters, but always something good.

But the best is the stores’ equipment itself, the alarms, tag sensors, registers, safes, receipt printers, hand carts, and other stuff that people are never supposed to see. Most times no attempt is even made to get scrap value for it.

You step in with cash and cut a deal with the construction foreman. Bang- done. Load up the truck.

Getting the stuff isn’t the problem, except that today’s “sellers” lack imagination. But on this new ebay, the exposure’s just not there. It’s a game of keep away, once you get down to it. I tried that in grammar school, and hey- No thanks.

Everyone talks about the traffic on ebay, but with Best Match, it’s all on the other side of the jersey barrier. Without exposure, traffic is just an abstract concept.

Put it this way: a millionaire has millions of dollars. Are any of them for you?

ocdgirl2000On June 14, 2008 at 3:50 pm Said:

gee…now what will I do with the antique sterling silver from all over the world that my late parents left me from their antique business? Perhaps I could bring them to a pawnbroker to sell, and with the profit, I could purchase a couple hundred sterling and cubic zirconia rings from Korea that I could re-sell at $1 over cost on ebay?..h yeah…and with free shipping!