In the modern world, everyone has the opportunity to find the product that he needs. It is not difficult for us to place an order even from foreign stores located on another continent. But if some difficulties arise, for example, a language barrier, one has to look for intermediaries. Recently, dropshipping has become a popular business.
Dropshiping is a recent top-notch way of making money without investing and organizing delivery. In fact, this is the same as advertising a product for sale, which the supplier directly sends to the client, and the organizer of the process receives a percentage of the transaction. One of the trading platforms known to many people is "Aliexpress".
What is Aliexpress?
Aliexpress is an online store with a huge selection of products. Most sellers are foreign manufacturers, which makes their prices competitive. Here you will find all kinds of product categories: from household products to exclusive jewelry.
What is dropshipping with Aliexpress?
By registering on the site "Aliexpress", you can quickly find the necessary products without worrying about delivery. The selected goods are placed in their store with a small margin, and each time the order is received, the seller pays at the wholesale price, after which the Aliexpress suppliers deliver directly to the buyer at the specified address or home.
Why choose “Aliexpress” for dropshipping?
This platform positions itself as an online retailer, while its sellers understand that most of their customers are resellers, that is, people reselling goods, so dropshipping is more interesting for them.
It does not imply an advance system, just select the product you are interested in and place it in your online store. All AliExpress sellers post pictures and descriptions of their products that can be used for sale. If there is a lack of information or after personal testing of goods, you can add or change details in the product description.
Why buy from you if you can buy directly on Aliexpress?
When establishing direct deliveries from Aliexpress, you will have neither a competitive advantage, nor a better pricing policy, or patented products. Your advantage in faster and better customer service, marketing, customer support. Marketing is also promoting your brand, for example, creating useful and interesting content.
You can also surpass your competitors due to the high level of service. To do this, it is necessary to quickly and effectively solve emerging customer problems, answer the questions that the customer encounters when making a purchase in your store.
Settings of the store organizing direct deliveries with Aliexpress
Now that you have an idea of what dropshipping is, you can proceed to the settings of your personal store.
How to choose products for direct delivery? First you need to choose the category of products that you plan to sell. This may be products in which you are well versed, what interests you, or products that are in great demand in your area.
Having decided on a category, you need to select those that you want to place in your online store. As in all other categories, there are a lot of varieties of goods on Aliexpress.This can make anyone a difficult choice, but it is important to remember that the supplier must have a good reputation, quality products and guarantee timely delivery.
Here are a few criteria to consider when choosing a product:
- Refuse from fakes and any other branded products. Only in this way you will not become a seller of replicas, because you do not enter into partnership agreements with a licensed trademark, and the absence of such an agreement makes any sale illegal.
- Delivery by ePacket. When placing an order, you should always choose free shipping. Since most goods are shipped from China, online order delivery is the most economical and fastest way to get your purchase.
- Over 300 orders for each product. This suggests that the product is in high demand. In addition, it indicates the reliability of the supplier and the quality of the goods, since there are certainly among buyers those who order it not for the first time.
- Rating above 4.5 stars. Products you intend to resell must have a rating of more than 4.5 stars and have more positive reviews than negative ones.
- Low price with good potential. It is not recommended to purchase expensive goods, it is good if their cost ranges from 1-20 dollars. This gives greater scope for the development of marketing activities. In addition, you can increase your income if, for example, you find sneakers on Aliexpress for $ 20, and you sell for 40.
- Lots of photos. It is good if the seller uploads a lot of detailed photos of his goods, and does not borrow them from his competitor. By making a corresponding request in a popular browser, you can immediately see whether it is a real brand, whether they sell their own products or resell someone else's.
- Sociable, friendly seller. Before placing any product in your store, talk with the seller. A good seller will immediately answer your questions, irresponsible does not pay attention to maintaining a customer base, respectively, and communicating with customers.
Adding products to your store
After completing all the necessary settings, selecting a product category and a supplier, you can proceed to add products to the store. This is a very important stage, do not limit yourself to the photographs and descriptions taken on Aliexpress.
If you want to achieve high sales, we recommend that you pay attention to the following nuances:
- Write your own detailed product description.
- Check delivery times.
- Use apps to track package locations.
- Offer free shipping.
- Do not overcharge.
How to use Aliexpress?
When everything is ready and the store is running, you receive your first order and payment for it. Go to your supplier, pay for the goods and indicate the customer address. The seller does the rest with Aliexpress. To facilitate your work, you can create a table indicating all types of goods, their cost and links to the supplier’s store.
When placing an order with Aliexpress, you can inform the supplier that you are doing dropshipping, then he will not put his flyers, bills or coupons in the package. After processing the order, you will receive a notification that your order has been sent with the attached track code to track the goods.
Return
Most suppliers from Aliexpress do not practice a return system. Therefore, in the event of claims from the client, you will have to take on the resolution of the conflict.
The most common cause of dissatisfaction is the delay in the product or its inadequate quality. In such situations, contact your supplier. If you have not reached a unanimous decision, use the customer protection system.If the client was not satisfied with his purchase, you can offer him compensation, and take into account reviews of a specific product for yourself.
If the goods were damaged during transportation, ask the customer to send a photo or video confirmation and forward it to the supplier, who must return the full cost of the damaged product.