The idea of dropshipping had not been around for too long
. The whole idea of this kind of business began around the 1990s. It came with the desire of some people to take advantage of the global market to make some money for themselves online.
Wholesale dropshippers are individuals or companies that take orders for the supply of certain products and get the product delivered without being responsible for the storing or even the shipping of the products. This looks like a really smart way to make money.
What wholesale dropshippers do is to present themselves through their websites as the ones offering the products for sale. You enter into their websites and place your order with the thought that they are the ones selling the products. After placing your order, the wholesale dropshippers will contact the original companies that are offering the products and give them your shipping address. The suppliers will then ship the products to your address without the wholesale dropshippers playing any active role in the shipping process.
Considering what is highlighted above, one can easily call the wholesale dropshippers the smart guys. They are able to make some profit out of some other people's sweat without the other people getting affected. The dropshippers can be likened to affiliate marketers in a way. But the difference between them is that a dropshipper doesn't need approval from the company offering the sales of the product before he or she can make some profit from the sales of their products. An affiliate marketer on the other hand will need to be fully registered with the company offering the products for sale before he or she can participate as an affiliate marketer.
Also, the affiliate marketer doesn't determine the price that the client will be paying for the product being purchased. The reverse is the case with a wholesale dropshipper he is the one who determines what the client pays. This will enable him to be able to make his own profit from the sale of the product.