What is it and how does it work? Let’s find out about this particular way of selling and buying.
If you have a product to sell but lack a platform, we have a solution: Dropshipping. But if you’re a customer interested in the journey of your favourite items, no harm done; this article is perfect for you too.
If you’re a manufacturer or supplier of items that you think are in line with our catalogue, we have good news: ProduceShop has been working with dropshippers for years.
How does dropshipping work? What are the advantages for you (and for us, and for our customers)?
In this article we’ll give you a little more information, and remember: if you’re curious or interested, don’t hesitate to contact us directly as a Company, so we can start discussing interesting collaboration opportunities together!
How Dropshipping works
It’s not a complex mechanism; basically, it’s a contractual agreement between a supplier (called a dropshipper), and an intermediary, i.e. the person who provides the customer with the platform from which to place orders (e.g. ProduceShop). When the latter receives the order, it promptly and directly transmits it to the supplier, who sends it directly to the end customer, without going through the intermediary again.
There is thus a division of tasks and responsibilities; the supplier takes care of the production or procurement side, with the associated storage, packaging, logistics and shipping costs, while the seller is in charge of sponsorship, market creation, marketing and order management.
Your advantages as a dropshipper
By choosing to rely on a platform like ProduceShop to sell your products, you’ll have a number of advantages; not just the fact that you’ll be working in synergy with a European-wide retailer that has been enjoying the best reviews on the web for years. To list just a few of the benefits you’ll enjoy:
- shared inventory management
- gain in terms of online presence, both brand and product side
- no sponsorship and marketing costs (often high)
- possibility of opening up to foreign markets
- customer service assistance
- synergy on the Customer Experience side, working together on item development
And remember: ProduceShop has a vision of green, sustainability and social responsibility.
If you feel you share these values with us, we can work together to spread them to our customers.
Benefits also for customers
Clearly, you as a customer can also benefit from this sales dynamic.
From the point of view of interaction, the relationship remains the same: the user interacts with the seller, in the person of the intermediary, without knowing whether the product is in stock or dropshipping (unless specifically indicated, often for products to be produced on demand).
The fundamental advantages, which are not immediately perceived, are twofold: savings, resulting from the retailer’s lack of storage costs, and greater choice. By not having to submit to the dynamics of the warehouse, the platform that resells the articles can easily present a wider catalogue, bringing the user the entire offer of the dropshipper.