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Fred Sarhadi |
AutoDS solves many of the obstacles in dropshipping. However, branding is one main issue, which is a make-or-break for any drop shipper and currently there is no remedy.
I realize this is not an issue with some small sources offering branding in the AutoDS Marketplace. These smaller suppliers may or may not be in your product niche, so it's a start but not viable for the larger suppliers you have listed.
For example. It's inappropriate for customers to order from our website only to receive that item shipped from Walmart, etc. The customer will undoubtedly go to the Walmart, etc., website and discover that the item selling for less.
Ultimately, this will increase returns and refunds and create a bad reputation for our business.
The ideal solution would be to offer some type of blind shipping service, whereby AutoDS intakes orders and reships them with our branding or possibly generic. Even a generic branding scenario is better than being exposed.
This is perhaps one of the biggest flaws in the AutoDS platform. It's also a monumental challenge.. but needs to be addressed in order to become THE BEST.