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by blairanderson 2405 days ago
Hi Roger and Chris!

I have read your landing pages but still not understanding how you are going to make leaps and bounds ahead of competition trying to add “selection”...

I see your biggest challenge is onboarding suppliers that are non-tech or don’t understand eCommerce platforms.

Otherwise you’re onboarding brands that are already listing their products with other dropshippers?

I run an a consulting agency for Amazon suppliers, essentially holding their hand through all things related to Amazon and eCommerce strategy.

I also run a marketplace store for when my brands don’t want to have their own Amazon relationship.

We haven’t pushed any brands to oberlo because it seems like a massive headache with low sales opportunity.

Who is your “perfect” brand?

1 comments

Agreed re: Oberlo. So far it's fashion, furniture, homewares or other durable goods who have good reviews, started directly to consumer and then plateaued, and have US-based shipping. Even better if the product is made locally but that's less common.

Generally we can help them with a lot more than enable drop ship, which could be underwriting their receivables, doing EDI integration, setting up a B2B program, etc.

It's less focused on marketplace sellers and more directly on the company that sources or makes it. Hope this helps.