Which fulfillment service should I use?

[Barkus]

I’ve decided to try dropshipping a mix of products on eBay, Walmart, and possibly Amazon once I get the hang of it. Listing products is one thing, but fulfillment is the part I don’t want to screw up. Buyers aren’t going to care that a supplier shipped late or took three days to provide a tracking number, and I don’t want every sale turning into messages about delivery. Is there a fulfillment service that can handle orders from several marketplaces and keep everything moving?

[Borghetti]

Since your orders will come from several marketplaces, look for a provider that pulls them into one dashboard and updates inventory across every channel. Otherwise, you could sell the same last item twice and end up canceling one of the orders. Once a few products start selling regularly, ShipMonk could work well because it supports eBay, Amazon, Walmart, and Shopify. New products can stay with their original suppliers until there’s enough demand to keep them in a warehouse.

[Altidore]

Fast dispatch is only part of the job. The service also needs to upload tracking to the marketplace and take returns, or buyers will still come to you whenever something goes wrong. To see which companies can handle the whole process, read about the best dropshipping fulfillment services here: https://easync.io/articles/best-dropshipping-fulfillment/ . Look at the providers that work with your marketplaces and product types, then see which ones take care of tracking and returns without adding more work on your side. A small difference in the fulfillment fee won’t matter much if another service saves you from dealing with delivery problems all day.

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