Dropshipping Items In A Emergency

All your items are on ebay, website etc. Now your orders start coming in. Your drop shipper has emailed you to say that item is out of stock. Now hopefully you have another drop shipper who sells the same items to pull you out of a situation? The other dropshipper replies with the same answer out of stock. Panic now starts to set in unless you have the item yourself as a back up plan? You might lose out on this sale but if it saves your business from getting  negative remarks its been worth it. This is all about business and how you should run it. It all comes down to how you deal with the situation in hand. Below is what you need to know but it is good practise.

You have to pack them weigh them & then pay for them. This should have all been done before you even listed one item, so you knew what price to include.Don't copy your competitors p&p prices how do you know they are right? Lets say you was posting something like a wooly jumper which weighed, for example 750 grams. With Royal mail it would cost you £2.07 1st class. £2.84 1st class recorded large letter size. Problem here is this, if your item is over,

Length:353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max Large Letter Size.

Then the price of your item is this, £3.05 1st class. £3.82 1st class recorded packet size. As you can see if you don't get your packing correct your postage prices rise by nearly 50% which you will have to pay out of your own pocket and not the buyer. Being able to sell is brilliant but its just a small part of your business. Once again prepare yourself so you don't get caught out. For sending small items I don't think Royal mail can be beaten. if your sending large & heavy items by courier then shop around for prices. Make sure you get a few quotes and that your item is insured for the price. Now if your starting to sell hundreds & maybe thousands a week/month you might find it hard to keep up with it all. if you get yourself organised and mabe help from people you can trust it shouldn't be a problem. If you need to make time for yourself for other things you could always use a fulfitment company like amazon ( there are others so check them out ) to do it for you. At the end of the day your business you run it as you seem fit.