Be aware of Pyramid schemes

I've gotten a couple of these. Also folks encourage DropShipping 🙄

@Coura dear lord 🤦‍♀️

@Coura drop shipping isn’t a pyramid scheme and you can actually make some extra cash especially now during the holiday season

What is dropshipping?

@Patricia I probably won't explain it very well- But kind of like opening a shop online, gathering suppliers, and selling their stuff. Without ever actually seeing the product yourself unless you personally buy it. So you're selling other people's stuff with your own added price onto it. AliExpress is often one of those suppliers. I personally hate DropShipping because it just feels like taking advantage of people. Since like basically everything found in dropship stores online can be found elsewhere online for cheaper or directly from the supplier

@Coura I used to do drop shipping if you are doing it correctly and ethically it’s a good business

@Nicole Ethical DropShipping seems like a bit of an oxymoron to me 🤔 Perhaps we have different ideas on what makes a business ethical

Not sure what type of business you were running but many brands use drop shipping and you are pretty much giving it a negative meaning based on your experience which seems like it wasn’t even extensive

@Coura ok thankyou. I had never heard of it before thats why I asked

I seriously do not understand why someone would order something through a dropship shop unless they somehow provide substantially faster shipping? I have yet to see a reasonable argument in favor of it aside from "it makes you money" Like it takes a whole 5 minutes to pluck those photos into Google lens and find the supplier to buy straight from them.

I’m sure you buy from Amazon and that is a form of drop shipping

@Nicole The difference with Amazon is they have next day shipping. Most dropship stores don't offer shipping that's any faster than the supplier, because it still comes from the supplier. Whereas Amazon keeps a number of products nearby to get much faster