Benefits Disadvantages Is dropshipping for you?

To make the process seamless, the customer shouldn’t be aware 
of all the stops their product makes. The package they receive 
will have your retail name on it, so as far as the customer is 
concerned, you fulfilled and shipped the order.
This is how the dropshipping process should ideally look from the customer’s point 
of view. Now let’s break down what happens on the other end.
What happens behind the scenes
That’s what the customer sees, but what is dropshipping like behind the scenes?. 
Here’s an overview of the process:
1.
Customer A places an order for a water bottle on FancyWaterBottles.com and 
receives an email confirmation of the process. Let’s say the total came to $14.95.
Fancy Water Bottles receives the same email confirmation as well as Customer 
A’s payment. This is usually made possible by automated software that sends 
out the confirmation to both buyer and seller.

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2.
Fancy Water Bottles sends the order to Water Bottles Worldwide. Typically, a 
sales representative from Water Bottles Worldwide will receive and process the 
order. The retailer will then be charged for the purchase.
For this example, let’s say Water Bottles Worldwide charges $12.95 for each 
water bottle. The retailer will pay that amount, and the difference is the profit the 
retailer will make. In my example, the retailer will net a profit of $2.00.
3.
Water Bottles Worldwide packs up the order.
Although the wholesaler ships the product, the package will be addressed 
from Fancy Water Bottles, and the Fancy Water Bottles name will appear on the 
invoice and packing slip. (This is so the customer will recognize the retailer’s 
name on the package.)
The wholesaler then sends an invoice and tracking information to the retailer.