Have you ever seen one of the numerous infomercial advertisements for products on television? You’ll be able to identify them; they typically last slightly longer than normal advertisements, and illustrate all the advantages of these excellent products that are relatively cheap considering what they can do.
So, what would you think of making a profit with new infomercial products by sourcing them and putting them up for sale to your own customer base? It will amaze you when you realize the number of people who would like to buy new informercial products but would rather not do so over the phone; they’ll look online for this merchandise instead. So, if you can source new infomercial products and sell them to customers like this, you are benefitting from the excellent advertising campaigns created by infomercial companies for their merchandise.
It’s also important to realize that numerous buyers of infomercial products won’t buy them on a whim. It might take a few months before they find themselves needing the products advertised in the infomercial. At this point, they’ll start looking to purchase the goods, and the infomercial company often won’t have any left in stock by this time. You can understand that there is certainly a large market for selling new infomercial products - but how can you obtain them in order to pass them on to other customers?
Wholesale suppliers or liquidation agents that receive stock of unsold new infomercial products from large infomercial companies at a fixed price year round are the best places to look for new infomercial products. This merchandise is much cheaper than advertised on television since the sales price typically includes the cost of advertising, and also because the company will expect to get rid of a certain amount of the items that don’t sell - they won’t be entirely sure how much demand will be.
Therefore, a wholesale liquidation source will obtain these products at a low price and then sell them on to their own customers who operate catalogue sales, market stalls or retail stores. Since these products have already been heavily marketed, they usually don’t need much marketing and advertising in order to attract customers and can essentially sell themselves.
It’s even more beneficial when you are sourcing new infomercial products at a wholesale prices to inquire if your wholesale supplier can drop ship the products straight to your customers; if so, you won’t need to worry about maintaining a storage space, or to account for the time it takes to pack and ship each item that is bought. You should make sure your wholesale supplier has strong connections with infomercial product suppliers so you can get constant access to the merchandise you want to sell when you’re picking a wholesale provider. You can make a profit without having to put forth a lot of effort by purchasing new infomercial products and selling them to your customers.

#1 by Chris - November 1st, 2009 at 01:37
Good to see you are focusing on dropshipping for eBay sales and not just “bulk wholesale dropshipping”.