[Jewelry making - Article 00113] - Re: [Orchid] Wholesale dilemma

[Paul Ewing]

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>     I hadn't heard the term "drop shipping" before (or if I had, I
>     hadn't given it much thought). I certainly don't believe this is a
>     good way of doing business for a one-woman operation like mine.
>     Time to disentangle myself from the whole mishegoss. 

    Drop shipping is an acceptable way to do business, and I have
    supplied drop shippers in the past. I do usually work out different
    terms for them and the few web based ones usually only get 20% to 30%
    off of my retail prices. If you get those tons of catalogs in the
    mail selling home accessories and everything else, then you are
    looking at a lot of products that are sold via drop shipping. Also
    technically Guild.com is using a drop shipping model for their
    website and print catalogs. 

>     For future reference: do any of you have your wholesale customers
>     sign a contract or other kind of agreement to protect yourself and
>     your work? 

    You really can't do much if you are selling the items. Once someone
    buys your product, they can do whatever they want with it. The only
    thing you can do is not sell to them again. If you are consigning
    items, then you have more options since the items are still legally
    yours. 

Cheers,
Paul Ewing

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