Dropshipping and print-on-demand are often mentioned together, and for good reason. Their setups are very similar. In this article, we compare dropshipping vs print on demand side by side, so you can see what they share, where they differ and which suits you. Both techniques let you sell physical products without holding stock.
Every online business needs some setup beyond its profile. In our online business setup checklist, we described five possible setup types. Dropshipping is the technique where all five are always needed. You are always the seller of record.
In dropshipping, you never touch the product, yet you carry the full responsibility for the sale. That surprises many beginners. In this article, we explain why your own website is the only key profile for dropshipping, and what your dropshipping responsibilities are as the seller of record. Out of Lynnaider’s three profile types, dropshipping has only one key option: your own website.
In Lynnaider’s teaching, we capture each online income technique in a simple process flow. The figure you see here shows how dropshipping works when it is done well. In this article, we walk through the five steps one by one. The cycle starts with you and ends with you.
Every online income technique starts with an offering: what you actually sell. In the dropshipping business model, the answer is less obvious than it seems. In this article, we explain why your offering is both a digital service to the supplier and a physical product to the shopper. Bear with us here, because this dual role explains where your margin comes from.
What turns dropshipping into a fair business? In our view, it is the value you add. In this article, we explain value-added dropshipping: how to give an existing product a new function, how to test it, and why that justifies your margin. If you are new to the technique, our article on ethical dropshipping explains the basics and the criticism first.
Dropshipping is probably the most debated of all online income techniques. Some see it as an easy way to earn, others as a way to mislead customers. In this article, we explain how dropshipping works, why its simplest form is criticized, and why we teach ethical dropshipping instead. Dropshipping means redefining and marketing products from a supplier for a margin, without holding stock.
Dropshipping is the sixth of Lynnaider’s ten online income techniques, and the one with the most complicated reputation. That is why we teach it in a specific way: dropshipping done well. In this article, we introduce five fictional store owners who show what that looks like. These dropshipping examples are based on patterns we see in real stores.