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What is drop shipping?
A drop ship company is a supplier who fulfills client orders on your behalf at a reduced cost. It is important to have a good partnership with the provider and know if you can count on them to provide what you need and when you need it. When you use a drop shipping company you do not need an extensive inventory of gift baskets, containers, very perishable gourmet foods and products nor the warehouse space and employees to operate. Instead you focus on gaining sales by promoting your brand, marketing and making sales and depend on your drop ship supplier to fulfill your orders.
What drop ship company is right for you?
That is a question that only you can answer. It really depends on what type of clientele you have or wish to obtain and what type of gift you want to represent your company. Just as there is a major difference in cars (for example: Lamborghini Countach vs. Honda Prius, they are both “cars” but with major differences) there is just as big a difference with gift baskets. When deciding which gift basket company will be representing your company, please make sure you are comparing apples to apples. Many times we want to look just at the "bottom line", which is always good to know but sometimes it's a bit more than just a bottom line - it's a reputation! We strongly recommend that you completely read and understand all contracts so there are no surprises later on. From our many years of answering questions we have compiled a list of the Top 21 reasons why you should consider BB Drop Shipping.
Please make sure you are comparing apples to apples.
- 30% Discount - We offer one of the larger discounts in the industry. By selling our gifts and making a profit of 30% will certainly make meeting your business overhead much easier. As with many other companies, we do not require any annual quotas to be awarded this discount. A high profit margin will allow you to market our gifts to acquire more sales which will increase your bottom line.
- Freshness of Gifts - All our gifts are designed after your order is placed giving you a fresh, packed to order gift. Your customer will see and taste the difference.
- Gifts Are Easily Customized - By not having gifts premade 6-9 months in advance, we are able to easily customize gifts for you and your customer.
- Approximately 300 Upscale Gifts – Our gift selection includes a full range of high-end Gourmet Gift baskets, Corporate Gifts, Candy Bouquets, Cookie Bouquets, Care Packages, Dog Gifts, Cat Gifts and Pet & Owner Gifts as well as holiday gifts for each of these categories. A Fruit Gift Basket line will be added but it isn’t available just yet.
- We are a One-Stop-Shop - We are a one-stop-shop which reduces the number of dropship companies you need to sign up with in order for you to provide a large assortment and variety of gifts. Therefore you do not need numerous vendors with the responsibility to meet each of their minimum monthly purchase requirements.
- Meeting Minimum Monthly Purchase Requirements are Easy - By having multiple categories of gifts, it allows your customer to find and purchase exactly what they are looking for. This makes meeting your monthly obligation easy and therefore you do not incur any inactive fee.
- New Gift Designs - We are constantly providing new designs to keep up with the latest trends in the gifting industry. Other companies are offering the same gifts for the past 10+ years which does not offer your customer any new gifting options. Also this does not give your customer a reason to return for any future purchases.
- We Make SEO (search engine optimization) Easier - SEO technology is constantly changing but there are a few things that have remained a constant. Search engines need a reason to come back to your store and by offering them good copy, content and fresh new gifts constantly, makes them very happy.
- Limited Number of Members - BB Dropshipping only allows a select number of members into our program at any given time. We are very selective with who sells our gifts and not all that submit an application are accepted into our program.
- Our Gifts Are Not “Everywhere” Making Your Website Stand Out - Since we limit the number of members in our program, the internet is not saturated with our line of gifts. If a customer can find the same gift on 100’s or 1000’s of websites, why would they purchase from you? Our gifts are to be special, unique and a fresh look to the internet.
- Our Gifts are Unmatched in Presentation And Quality - Our gifts are designed and shipped exactly as you see on our website. Other companies do not take the additional steps as we do to make each gift special. Other gift companies push the product to the bottom of the container and then only shrink wrap it. Ours has shred, greens, floral and then shrink wrapped to ensure stability during shipping. Then we place the gift into a cello bag with a flume and topped off with a beautiful bow. This is typical of hand-delivery gifts and is just another aspect of our quality of service and our exceptional gifts we provide that others cannot match.
- Presentation Options We Offer Make You Look Like the Designer - We are the only company to offer three (3) levels of Gift Presentation. This is just one more factor that makes you look like you’re the actual gift designer and not a 3rd party. Most of our gift orders do include a presentation upgrade and most corporations love it as it really gets their gift noticed.
- Handwritten Gift Message - All our gifts include a handwritten gift message attached directly on the gift. Other companies have the gift message computer printed on a packing list which is attached to the outside of the shipping box. Our method is much more personal, warm and friendly not to mention easier to find.
- Placing Orders is Easy - By placing your orders online, you will immediately receive your discount and order confirmation. This way you know we received your order and it is being processed. At the end of the day all tracking information is uploaded and sent automatically for each order. Members with proven large order volume can use alternative order placing options in an effort to make your job as easy as possible.
- Blind Dropshipping - We try to remain as invisible as possible to your customer and recipient. Your company name will be used on the shipping label as the shipper. Our boxes will not contain any logo or information from us. We consider YOU our customer.
- Same Day Shipping - This is our standard procedure and most orders do ship same day. Even during the busiest of seasons we have met this promise with very limited exceptions.
- Low Shipping Rates - We utilize multiple carriers in an effort to provide the most economical shipping costs. By using a flat rate shipping cost chart, this makes your job easier when setting up your website. There are no additional per item or sale dropship service fees.
- Award Winning - We have won numerous awards continually over that past 10 years for our customer service and designs. It is our desire to offer the very best in online gifting.
- Minimum Monthly Purchases Requirements - Although there are numerous differences in dropship suppliers, one important difference is the minimum Monthly Purchase Requirement and how that is calculated. Even though this looks the same, it is NOT. When you compare, you will see that we offer you a much better deal in the end. For the sake of using easy numbers to compare, let's say both companies require a minimum monthly purchase of $100 and offer a 30% discount. Equal right? Read in the fine print and you will see that they will determine this "monthly purchase amount" after your discount has been applied. So now it takes about a $142.95 (retail priced) gift to meet that same $100 requirement. With BB Dropshipping, if the retail price is $100… you've met our minimum! We've just saved you $42.95 in qualified sale requirements! Our members only need to purchase about 1 to 2 average gifts per month which is a requirement most members can easily reach and therefore will not incur any additional monthly fees.
- Short Contract Term - We are so confident in our program that you can sell and profit from sales of our gifts that we do not lock you in for a year or more. Our Dropship Program only has a 6 month term and then rolls over into a month-to-month program. Most other dropship company’s contract term is for 1 year.
- Additional Services - Unlike any other drop ship provider, we offer Additional Services to our members such as Consultations, Customized Photos and Your Design Photographed. Each of these services is available to assist you in building your brand awareness and giving you a step up on the competition.
We could go on endlessly but will stop at those. The decision is yours as to which company you want to represent you. After reviewing your list of possible vendors, remember to compare each option carefully. The fees that we do collect go right back into our program and help us to provide excellent customer service, beautiful photographs, fresh new gifts regularly, quality SEO written descriptions and every opportunity to make you look like the actual designer. We are happy to provide you a discount where you can use a portion of those funds to further promote your company. We hope that you will consider our program and look forward to receiving your application but in the meantime if you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
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