Drop shipping affected by the pandemic?

[Wendy logan]

Is it still advisable to start a drop shipping business during the pandemic? I heard people say it covid-19 has affected this business.
Is this true?

 

[Fuazii]

Yes, as most items are shipped from China. There is a massive backlog as while come countries were in lockdown only 'essential' post was being delivered.

Plus, as most countries are coming out of lockdown now, there is a massive surge, casuing more delays. However, if you tell your customers there might be a delay I'm sure all will be ok as they'll understand the issue with Covid-19.

 

[Wendy logan]

Yes, as most items are shipped from China. There is a massive backlog as while come countries were in lockdown only 'essential' post was being delivered.

Plus, as most countries are coming out of lockdown now, there is a massive surge, casuing more delays. However, if you tell your customers there might be a delay I'm sure all will be ok as they'll understand the issue with Covid-19.

Thanks for the answer, this means we have to wait to see how things turn out

 

[Fuazii]

Yes, correct! Do you have a site now?

 

[Wendy logan]

Not yet I was planning on building one but it will have to wait while I look for other ventures to make money

 

[SPA Rogers]

If you're in the US, then yes, because as mentioned most dropshipping wholesale items come from China. Yes, China has slowed down and/or halted major of their exports.

On top of that, if you're considering wholesale arbitrage on Amazon, they've reduced their intake of incoming products, especially new products. With their current traffic, they can't keep up with all of their sales. So, they're still prioritizing "essential" items.

All that being said, there are US based wholesale websites.

 

[MisterXYZ]

Forget dropshipping from China for at-least this year.

 

[SEO_Brah]

yes it is. Most chineese companies refuse to ship to the USA. It sucks because dumbbells are like $50 in china + shipping. and in china they are going for crazy amounts!

 

[Wendy logan]

If you're in the US, then yes, because as mentioned most dropshipping wholesale items come from China. Yes, China has slowed down and/or halted major of their exports.

On top of that, if you're considering wholesale arbitrage on Amazon, they've reduced their intake of incoming products, especially new products. With their current traffic, they can't keep up with all of their sales. So, they're still prioritizing "essential" items.

All that being said, there are US based wholesale websites.

This is really sad

 

[Simon the ass in China]

Is it still advisable to start a drop shipping business during the pandemic? I heard people say it covid-19 has affected this business.
Is this true?

at the moment the air shipping rate is too high. if the item is made in China, you better get the cargo shipping by sea (takes 1 month), keep them in your house or a small warehouse, then you can make drop shipping business in the US.

 

[popopdc]

Yes, this would probably not be an ideal time to get in on dropshipping. But positioning yourself to jump in on it when things start to turn around might be lucrative as there may be a bit of a “vacuum” to fill since existing businesses will have languished in the meantime.

 

[Saba1991]

Dropshipping from China could be dangerous as of now as shipping would take lots of time;

BUT you can dropship from other countries or even from US factories could be a good option

 

[Sweely]

Dropshipping is affected by the pandemic, but I still think you should go ahead and create your site.

This pandemic will be over.

On my dropshipping sites I literally just show a banner sitewide saying that shipping might be delayed due to Corona and so far - no complaints

People are surprisingly understanding of this in my case.

Besides, if you're using SEO for your dropshipping store - it might take you a little while to start seeing conversions anyway.