There are many reasons people would and do use a method of purchasing called dropshipping. 

Dropshipping is a agreement between a person or business and there supplier where you send payment to a company and they ship there product to your cutomer for you.

The main reason this is used is that you have to carry no inventory so there is low investment and you dont need a lot of room to store a thousand products!  Pretty cool huh.

Well it is in theory a great idea however there are a few problems with this type of business model. 

1.  If you make any guarantees they can only be as good as the company you are dealing with

2. You have no control over shipping, if it is late to your customer, you don't know why and this is not good for a multitude of reasons.

3. Almost all dropshippers put there advertising in the box! oh yes.

So the point is this, spend the time and money to find a real supplier and you will have a much stronger infostructure to your ebay business.  Take into consideration the possiblities of follow up sales, some people average 1 out of 2 ratio of follow up sales to products shipped!  Take into consideration that a small business can truthfully offer much better customer service if needed than a large corperate operation.  Try calling you internet provider or cable company you will see what I mean then. 

Hopefully this quick little guide helps you make the right decision for you business.

Nick Simpson