Navigating your way through the myriad of alleged wholesaler’s and dropshippers can be difficult. The first thing to watch out for is a scam which you can usually prevent by doing a search here.
The second trap is the middleman. Buying low and selling higher in lower quantities, he passes himself off as a legitimate wholesaler.
There are a couple of things you can look out for to unmask him:
1. How low is the MOQ (minimum order quantity). Generally, genuine wholesalers will require around a $500 minimum order or more. A typical middleman may have $100, $70 or even none.
2. What’s the going rate on Ebay. If the prices he’s offering are around the same or higher then on Ebay thats a dead giveaway.
Middlemen wholesalers and dropshippers will spend a lot of time SEO’ing (search engine optimizing) their site, which will mean a search will usually place them up the top. So you might have to dig a little deeper, use the advanced search feature so you can display 100 results at a time.
