Welcome to Episode 10 of the E-BusinessOnline Podcast
Host & Speaker:  Fred McKinnon
Topic:   Fred answers questions from fellow EBO’ers sent via email and on the Facebook Group
Summary:   Fellow EBO’ers (that’s code for folks in our E-BusinessOnline community!) ask questions and have them answered here on the podcast.
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Question #1 from the Facebook Group from Lance:

Hi Fred and EBOers   I have been selling a pl product on Amazon with poor results, 20 units in 2 months.  I want to focus more on dropshipping, but just getting started.  Can you dropship on Amazon?  I heard they don’t like it due to the fact that merchant shipping goes through more than one set of hands and could result in late shipments to their customers.  I have about 10 vendors from worldwide brands that I have been approved on but listing on my Shopify site has not yielded sales thus far.  I like the idea of listing many products on Amazon and other platforms to drop ship.  Thanks in advance for an advice

Lance, thanks for the question and thanks for being a part of our FB group!   I answer in detail on the podcast but YES, you can definitely dropship on Amazon.  They even do it themselves.   You mentioned a few things in your question that I addressed.

WorldWide Brands:   this is a directory that you can purchase a lifetime membership to that puts you in touch with wholesale distributors who will agree to dropship for you.  You can definitely use these – lots of distributors and thousands of products at your fingertips.  This is great – the negative is that everyone else who buys this directory is reaching out to the same suppliers, so competition is fierce.
Shopify:  this is a great choice for those wanting to build an online store.  After building your store, you’ll still need to drive traffic, using things like Google Adwords, Google Shopping, and other marketing options.

Question #2 from the Facebook Group from Amy:

Hey Fred! I just wanted to say thanks for the add on your E-business online FB site.  I am trying to get started in this business and learning as much as I can.  It just seems there are sooooo many people out there selling courses to teach you how to do this business.  Is it worth it to buy a course? I do want to but I’ve come to find out alot of people will say their course will tell you all you need to know but some of them i have found are selling crap. Would you mind telling me how you got started?  Do you still enjoy it? I am trying to start a business that will let me be flexible so i can be here for my family but make enough money to not need an outside job.