DROP SHIPPING NEWS publications and books provide the answers, by offering sources for drop shipped products and books covering ALL FACETS OF DROP SHIPPING as a marketing function, shown below:


  • Drop Shipping Source Directory of Major Consumer Product Lines

    Lists over 800 companies, offering over 200,000 products of virtually every type of consumer products: Sporting goods, hardware, housewares, jewelry, watches, appliances, consumer electronics and other products too numerous to mention.

    Directory, only $15.00, post paid.
  • Drop Shipping Marketing Methods

    24 fact packed articles on drop shipping, mail order, internet marketing and advertising.

    Only $18.00, post paid.


  • Drop Shipping as a Marketing Function, a Handbook of Methods and Policies (200 pages).

    Twelve chapters including:

    • Drop Shipping - Definitions and Usage
    • Drop Shipping as a Marketing Policy
    • Functions and Services of Drop Shippers
    • Syndicated Catalogs and Graphics provided by Drop Shippers
    • Drop Shipper - Middleman Relations
    • Direct Marketing Guidelines and Product Evaluations for Mail Order and Internet Promotions
    • Drop Shipping Sources
    • Costs and Marketing Risks of Inventory
    • Drop Shipping and Advertising
    • Economic Aspects of Drop Shipping

    Includes many other facets of the use of drop shipping. 200 Pages, Book, $25.00 post paid.


  • Consumer Products Source Directory

    Direct marketers can benefit by having single units of products drop shipped direct from supply sources to their customers.   The many advantages of having products drop shipped are listed in detail in other Drop Shipping News publications Drop Shipping as a Marketing Function" and the Drop Shipping Source Directory.   However, many manufacturers and major importers will NOT DROP SHIP, as they do not want to bother with drop shipping products, in single units in particular.  The search for listees in our Drop Shipping Source Directory is costly.   There are many thousands of consumer product manufacturers and major importers, conservatively over 100,000 and it would cost over $50,000.00 to contact all of them.  What are sources for consumer products?:  directories, mailing lists, and trade publications.   Mailing lists are available by product groupings, but quickly become out-of-date.   The LARGEST COMPILER of business lists, using telephone books, with telephone verification, ADMITS THAT 40% OF THE LISTEED IN COMPILED MAILING LISTS ARE INCORRECT WITHIN ONE YEAR.   

    TRADE MAGAZINES are perhaps the best and most accurate source for prime manufacturers and major importers of dozens of groups of consumer products.   If a direct marketer can decide what general type of products they want to sell, such as sporting goods, consumer electronics, jewelry, there is a TRADE MAGAZINE covering individual groups of products, and GREATLY REDUCES much of the research necessary to find sources.   Trade Magazines often publish their own Directory of Manufacturers and major importers, indexed by types of products, saving the Direct Marketer a great deal of time and money in seeking product sources.  Trade Magazines have perhaps the MOST ACCURATE LISTING OF SOURCES AVAILABLE ANYWHERE, and are constantly updating their directory listees and advertisers. 

    CONSUMER PRODUCTS SOURCE DIRECTORY lists the names, addresses of dozens of TRADE MAGAZINES, with virtually every type of consumer product related to the publication.   Offers accurate, prime source information direct marketers, middlemen, and retailers.   Each trade publication may reference THOUSANDS of sources for hundreds of thousands of products.   Letter of inquiry can be sent directly to the manufacturers of specific groups of products, requesting best wholesale distributor pricing IN ADDITION TO INFORMATION ON DROP SHIPPING SERVICES.   PRODUCT GROUPS OF SPECIALIZED TRADE MAGAZINES:

    Apparel (men's and women's), Appliances (stoves, refrigerators), Archery, Army-Navy Goods, Art, Automotive (aftermarket), Bathroom and Beauty Products, Bedding, Bicycles, Billiards, Boating, Bras, Camping Equip., Candy, Chairs, Christmas Goods, Clothing, (men's, women's, children's), Collectibles, Computer (hardware, software, games) Consumer Electronics (TV, VCR, stereo, audio), Cosmetics, Crafts, Discount Store Goods, Draperies, Fireplaces, Footwear, Gifts (china, glassware, baskets, tabletop, silverware) Gourmet Foods, Hardware (every type) Heaters, Hobby Products, Home Décor, Horseback Riding, Imported Goods (all types) Infants Wear, Jewelry (precious and costume), Lamps, Lingerie, Luggage (briefcases, handbags, leather goods) Musical Instruments (all types), Office Equipment and Supplies, Sleep Wear, Snack Foods, Sporting Goods (all types), Sports Firearms, Swim Wear, Souvenirs (gifts, novelties, tricks), Watches and Clocks, Women's Accessories, Yard and Garden (mowers, saws, cultivators, tractors, seeds), and dozens of other consumer product groups, types and classifications, too numerous to mention. 

    Only $15.00, post paid.

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