If you don't differentiate your business from the competition you're setting yourself up for
failure and you'll probably be left wondering why it's not working out for you. And, when it
comes to e-commerce there are two common methods to separate yourself from the competition number
one which is finding a unique product that's not easily sourced and then number two branding that
product to be your very own and both these methods are crucial absolutely crucial if you want to
build a seven figure and beyond brand i'm here to tell you there are a few nifty ways to drop ship
custom branded products under 500 in total just be wary we're talking about lower ticket items here
up to 100 we obviously cannot ask a brand a kayak for example and ask to just buy two starting with
the very first method let's get straight into it on screen here on the Alibaba.com home page
at the top of the menu you can see a ready to ship function so if you click that there is a dedicated
page to what they call low moq customization which allows you to buy in very small batches
and at the same time be able to customize that small batch of items so if you click source now
you're met with a list of suppliers and items that you're able to completely customize
and bulk buy in very small pieces so a lot of these pieces you only you can basically buy
a one piece and that is it the thing is though i find that it's slightly limited
in its product range so here is another method actually that i like to use i'll show you right
now so if we go back into the Alibaba.com homepage and you scroll all the way down
into the footer i'm talking like all the way down and you can see this browse alphabetically
function here if you click show room and if you search and input the keyword moq you'll then be
met with this page here in this page you can see that we searched low moq and there are 420
000 items and products to pick from and suppliers to work with so you can start to filter out these
items of course right here but these are all low moq items that you can purchase
you know a few pieces at a time 10 pieces at a time and you're able to also customize them so
this is a great way to find products that have low MOQs that you don't need to spend
thousands and thousands of dollars on and you're able to work with that supplier to
start customizing your products like immediately on a low budget of just 500 so this is a great
nifty trick and tip to start finding those low moq items because some of these suppliers
they know that there are businesses out there that want to work with low MOQs, customizable items you
know to test the market and so what they've done is they've actually inserted the low moq keyword
in their actual title which makes it super easy for us to find items that we can work with
and and suppliers that are willing to work with low moq's yet still customize your product okay so
just jumping in here real quick if you're finding this video useful so far i'd be forever grateful
if you drop a quick like and comment the code word super supplier okay so we just went over a couple
methods but the next method is negotiation and just remember that suppliers welcome negotiation
you're a potential long-term business partner so they want your business and are open to
negotiating terms and prices so once you've found at least let's say three to five suppliers who are
able to dropship make it clear that you want to brand your products and you also want to place
a small order to test the market a pro tip here is that suppliers usually accept an moq minimum order
quantity of 30 to 40 percent of the original moq that they requested so let's just say they
need you to order 10 of the products that you're requesting you can potentially negotiate to buy
three to four and they'll accept that just be wary that they'll likely increase each unit price
slightly and you can usually get away with a 10 unit price increase for lower moq orders just be
transparent and strong in your requests feel free to let them know you're shopping the market and
more than happy to move on to the next supplier if you can't reach an agreement you'll be surprised i
think just how many times these suppliers will actually accept your offer so negotiating is
going to be far easier if you already have an e-commerce store naturally even if it's just a
small one because you're able to show them your ecommerce store as proof of business the next
step that i think is really important to mention to you is that you need to do your due diligence
with these suppliers especially for cheaper and lower quantity orders this is so so so important
please make sure you're doing this and i'll give you a few pointers to follow make sure that you
ask to see legitimate supplier documentation which may include compliance certifications photos of
their warehouse a business license etc and also ask for a business address and phone number i
usually like to cross check these and go complete stalker mode on google maps and then finally ask
for customer references from previous happy customers and on top of those recommendations
actually a super easy way to protect yourself is using the backing of Alibaba.com built-in
payment protection system which filters listings by verified sellers who offer trade assurance
which is an easy way to safeguard your orders so be sure that you're doing those things i cannot
stress this enough just make sure that you're doing your due diligence as a bonus it's also
worth showing you in my opinion really quickly how to find the best of the best suppliers because
i know some of the viewers on this channel are advanced drop shippers and e-commerce business
owners already doing multiple six and seven figures in revenue which is amazing um alongside
beginners so we don't discriminate here on this channel but Alibaba.com if we jump on my screen
here now alibaba.com has this elite partner event where they provide access to the most premium of
suppliers like we're talking about suppliers with decades of world-class manufacturing capabilities
many of them have hundreds of patents and sell to like large companies across the globe so
going with these suppliers you're practically guaranteed extremely fast response rates
and reliable shipping because they're extremely professional i want to show you an example of
an elite partner i found this partner and they are literally the official partner of samsung
and this is crosschecked through alibaba.com so these guys are a lighting company and they have
extremely fast delivery three to seven days two door and again they are partnered with samsung
so this is an extremely amazing supplier and these are the types of supplies that you can
find here on alibaba.com and so these elite suppliers they are extremely professional sellers
their product quality is extremely high and so if you're i just wanted to mention this because
if you're looking for an extremely high grade supplier let's say you have a higher budget
then these guys are definitely worth reaching out to i'm not saying this specific supplier but
their elite partners are something to look into that might be extremely beneficial to you too
so to just wrap up i just want to say a big thank you to alibaba.com as today's video sponsor
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