Dropshipping is saturated so if you want to stand out of the dropshipping nation
nowadays then you should be private and white labeling to properly white label
it can be quite confusing so in this video I'll be guiding you step-by-step
as to how to successfully white label a drop shipping product what is up guys
many of you enjoyed my previous videos on white labeling so if you're
interested in white labeling private labeling please let me know down in the
comments below because I'll make more of this content for you guys it's really
not that hard to realize that the most profitable ecommerce business model is
white labeling take Jim shark for example they started drop shipping
initially turn it into a white and private label and is now competing with
the likes of Nike without further ado let's turn your product idea into life
so let's assume you've settled on a product and niche idea and it's all
ready to go so essentially planning and startup phase has been completed what we
need to focus now on now is concept and design production and delivery and big
part of this is all to do with finding an appropriate manufacturer how do we do
this well one step before this is you're looking at this and if you've ever
looked into Amazon FBA you might be wondering why don't we sell on the
Amazon you know in the Amazon Marketplace but the thing is here Amazon
is becoming far more aggressive nowadays in creating their own white level
products what I mean by this is typically you would white label a
product and sell on the Amazon Marketplace and Amazon would take a
clipping a percentage of your of your profit so instead of doing this Amazon
has realized that it's more profitable for them to create their own white label
products and that is exactly what they're doing they're creating Amazon
white label products so they get 100% profit so do not recommend selling on
the Amazon Marketplace as part of white labeling but instead by creating these
white label products we're still going to go down the path of having our
Shopify store but selling our own products along with the dropship in
products to supplement so that is my recommendation here and that's what
we're going to be doing the next step now is to find a an appropriate
manufacturer to create these products now I've got a few platforms that I've
used and I'll run you through exactly what I use and how I use these platforms
my first recommendation is Thomas Netcom this is predominantly for the American
users out there the American market is huge
and if we scroll down here to supplier categories you can see simply from this
menu itself from this category that we've got so many different categories
that we can select from and Thomas net is more our high-end
sourcing company for a whole load of industries as you can tell you know
they've cut things from chemicals even all the way through to pumps valves and
accessories and everything in between now of course this this you know supply
category light here is somewhat limited so if we go into something a bit more
mainstream bit more niche because this is this is very much b2b
items here let's go into something a bit more niche so let's go really broad in
general for those who are listening and let's take a look at protein powder you
get a whole bunch of categories here you've got protein collagen protein whey
protein all sorts of protein and let's just go with general protein here to
give you an example of what you can find with Thomas Nets
here if we scroll through we've got a whole bunch of different suppliers of
protein and now what you want to suss out is firstly of course the quality of
products here their availability their reputation and their pricing most
suppliers won't give you pricing upfront and there will be an M OQ minimum order
quantity but taking a look at one of these examples one of these suppliers we
can see a whole bunch of information sometimes they do have a direct homepage
so you can contact them through directly there and that's what I do recommend but
you can also contact them directly by requesting quotes through Thomas net but
in this case I just like using Tomasz net as a supply directory and
that's how you should use it - you should contact them directly where
possible what you want to get from these pages is if they do have the annual
figures available the revenue you know the size of the business that's pretty
important stuff they've also got a free supplier summary report which is very
useful as well another big important note that you should bear in mind is
whether or not they're close to you because you might make the decision to
want to visit their factory before committing to the business and I think
you should if you get the opportunity there's many people particularly in
Australia who visit China and their factories and manufacturers there
directly before making a commitment before making a business deal with the
supplier and this is something that you should all suss out before you actually
make a commitment with them another big element is establishing that rapport
establishing that relationship with the supplier before committing to them and
they might also give you a discount if you establish that relationship when I
say relationship I mean literally face to face relationship beyond just email
communication you know just creating that rapport and understanding them as a
business understanding their understanding their needs along with
your needs before committing to that white label product so if you're in the
States make sure that you do check out this website if you are interested in
white labeling your product but make sure that you do your due diligence
because you could get potential or more profitable quotes from other companies
other supply chains and other directories so this is something that I
would start off with now of course this is an American company essentially so
for those who are across the world like myself from Australia from Asia or
wherever go ahead and check out Global Sources Global Sources is a more
accessible wholesale supplier and they've got a whole load more categories
now these guys are based in China but they've got a whole
a bunch of high quality supply chains that are accessible to you now again
assuming that you do have your niche you do have any idea of the product that you
want to go for let's just go ahead and explore the categories just input the
product that you do want there's a there's popular product searches here
already and let's go ahead and just check out their categories instead so
let's check out hardware for example now Electronics is a big one too but with
electronics you really do want to suss out the supplier you do want to suss out
the quality of the products that they provide because electronics is
definitely more of a high-risk niche than anything but going down here you
can see that they really do offer absolutely everything in the kitchen
sink when it comes to white labeling white labeling your product beyond this
as well here's a pro tip for you if they don't offer something specific you can
always talk to an appropriate manufacturer in creating a custom
product for you and for your demands or your customer demands add a custom
pricing quote so going backwards now Global Sources they've got global
sources of electronics and hardware fashion etc literally the world is your
oyster here you can create products you can also white label an existing product
so let's go and type in drone as a quick example there are drones here
high-quality drones and just budget stuff here as well interesting they have
phantom 4 DJI drones I'm not sure how legal that is but you get the point here
you've got the option to let's go into one of these examples so if you were to
purchase one of these products you've got the option to obviously put in your
own logo on where the pre-existing logo appears and on the remote as well but
this could just give you an example of the power of white labeling you can
create your brand on the Proud so the products are here in there are
plenty of products here to take advantage of and you've got the power
here to implement your own brand that you want to build and create and nurture
on to the products itself and you can see the the future potential of white
labeling when you create a brand because you simply create the equity in your
brand and now that's a whole different video in itself and creme brand equity
is a strategy but once you do have that brand equity you can continually produce
new products got by going down this route now the final option is of course
Alibaba and I'm not I'm sure you've heard of Alibaba if you haven't this is
the most popular one of the world's largest companies when it comes to
wholesale trade and why is it so popular now a lot of you maybe skip to skeptical
of Alibaba thinking it's too mainstream you know that it's just a ripoff of
Aliexpress but of course their partner companies but Alibaba is a huge company
for a reason a lot of people use Alibaba for a reason it is very reliable
it is trustworthy the options here are plentiful okay the thing is there is a
lot of crappy products on here just like Al Express but you have to find your
diamond in the rough one of the things I do want to point out nowadays is there
it's it's global trade so it's not simply just all in China so if you
scroll down here you can choose your suppliers by region now you can even
choose the supplier it's based in USA so here you can get quotes specifically in
USD and also from suppliers within the United States so this is extremely
interesting you know things are becoming a very open-ended when it comes to
Alibaba they're essentially just a platform for suppliers a directory to
produce all these quotes within the global trade market so here you can see
you know it is bulk supply of soybean meals for animal feed super random stuff
but the good thing about Alibaba is they
particular they force suppliers to produce a quote upfront so you've got an
idea rather than reaching out to a whole bunch of different companies where it
might already be out of your budget and so essentially you're wasting time so
you can see here the LLC similar adventures they're you they're American
and you do want to check out for that you do want to check their credentials
and make sure that they're you know a gold supplier that the anv checked
that's they do have the right credentials before you reach out to them
otherwise you're wasting your time but you can see here that typically when you
go on to an American supplier that they do have more grammatically correct
descriptions and the price is generally higher but this is all comes down to
your strategy now if you want a local supplier and that's something really
important to you particularly if you're in the food industry
then that's what you have to fork out but let's say you're in a fashion
industry and it's fine that you it's fine that you find a supply in China
then go ahead and find supplies from China because in that sense it will be
way more profitable for you so beyond the three recommendations that I just
provided you one of the very important aspects of just not just going back to
this image actually not just choosing the supplier cream design but also
distribution packing for transport filling the packaging that sort of stuff
custom packaging is so important and if you're interested in more white labeling
videos and this is something you all want to get into let me know because in
next week's video I'm going to get into custom packaging and this will all go
through how to custom package beyond just the boring a packet sort of stuff
or beyond the boring you know Chinese packaging that you tip we get from drop
shipping