Title: Drop Shipping Drawbacks 

Hello,

Like any business model, drop shipping is not totally without its
share of problems.

The good thing is that most problems can be minimized or avoided, and
they are a lot less troublesome than the problems you might run into
if you’re using traditional ecommerce methods!

So let’s take a look at some of those potential problems, and how you
can minimize them.

1. Products Out Of Stock

It’s one thing for a product to go out of stock and for the customer to
be disappointed they can’t order it.

It’s something else entirely for a product to show as IN STOCK, when it
isn’t, and for the customer to order the product and THEN find out it
isn’t available.

You can use software to help minimize the likelihood of this, and we will
talk about that in another lesson.

2. Returns

Ah, returns.

They can be a real hassle, especially when the customer has received the
product they ordered and nothing is wrong with it.

There are two ways to deal with returns. You can either have a strict no
returns policy like Zulily, or you can just process the return.

You’re not really out anything as long as the customer sends the product 
back. You can always send it out to the next person that orders it, or
return it to the company.

But you DO need to make sure to keep some capital on hand all the time
for returns so that you can send a replacement out to the customer as 
soon as you receive the return.

You can also minimize returns by having proper sizing charts, making
sure your descriptions are accurate, etc.

Those are the two biggest problems you might encounter with drop
shipping, and they really aren’t that big of a deal if you handle them
correctly!

Tomorrow we will talk about how to find a quality drop shipper, so
you definitely don’t want to miss it!

Until then, 

{YOUR NAME HERE}

PS- There ARE legitimate drop shippers out there! Find out how to locate
them tomorrow!
