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Anyone a Dropshipper?

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Kicking around putting together a shopify account and finding a dropshipping niche.

As a Native Owned business I maybe able to get a contractors leg up for the .gov.

Heck... even printer toner at scale could be a big money maker.

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Sounds fun imo. 

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Dropshipping is the new pyramid scheme. 

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9 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

Dropshipping is the new pyramid scheme. 

Yeah... not looking for widgets from Temu.  More along the lines of stuff I know DOI buys after being the guy who signed the requisitions for the last decade.

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Ah so none of you has done anything.  Good to know.  Hahah... I guess I should remember my target audience with 100k posts on here.

I do however believe there are at least a handful of successful guys here who you know... do stuff, outside this bored.

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17 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said:

Ah so none of you has done anything.  Good to know.  Hahah... I guess I should remember my target audience with 100k posts on here.

I do however believe there are at least a handful of successful guys here who you know... do stuff, outside this bored.

You literally just retired and here you go.  Bwahahahahah!

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Just now, Alias Detective said:

You literally just retired and here you go.  Bwahahahahah!

Don't want to let the moss grow on the log bro!  Hahah... plus... my ADHD mind needs sh!t to do.  I lift.. do some light housework... read... and am figuring out shiz to keep me busy.

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31 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said:

Don't want to let the moss grow on the log bro!  Hahah... plus... my ADHD mind needs sh!t to do.  I lift.. do some light housework... read... and am figuring out shiz to keep me busy.

 I’ve been semi retired for five years now. I really miss the days when my work gave me a rush being out in the field and meeting new people and helping them rebuild their lives. I can’t jog anymore or play golf. I’m so desperate to do something different and get out of the house. I’m seriously considering buying a high end Vespa. Just to get out of the house and get lost. 🎃👻💀

 I know you had a very dangerous job that had the slow days and the high octane adrenaline filled ones. I can’t imagine your transitioning today. 

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1 hour ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 I’ve been semi retired for five years now. I really miss the days when my work gave me a rush being out in the field and meeting new people and helping them rebuild their lives. I can’t jog anymore or play golf. I’m so desperate to do something different and get out of the house. I’m seriously considering buying a high end Vespa. Just to get out of the house and get lost. 🎃👻💀

 I know you had a very dangerous job that had the slow days and the high octane adrenaline filled ones. I can’t imagine your transitioning today. 

BS Bunny Bud.  I have the same job you had (though I’m exclusively large loss) and we both know the sparkle fades after a few years and no one with any significant experience gives a rats @ss about helping “rebuild lives.”  

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I'm not real familiar with the term drop shipping and am too lazy to Google it. 

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14 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

I'm not real familiar with the term drop shipping and am too lazy to Google it. 

You work a deal for wholesale prices from a retailer.  You put up a ecommwrce shop advertising said wholesale product @ retail prices.  Someone buys said product, the wholesaler sends them the product.

You get the wholesale vs retail bump - ship/tax

You don't keep a stock of the items.  Your direct ship wholesaler does.

 

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4 hours ago, MLCKAA said:

BS Bunny Bud.  I have the same job you had (though I’m exclusively large loss) and we both know the sparkle fades after a few years and no one with any significant experience gives a rats @ss about helping “rebuild lives.”  

 OK. Where do I start? I was an independent insurance adjuster. Working for my father’s company that was well known and established and respected. We we weren’t an LLC. We were incorporated. And we made a name for ourselves being a multi-line company. Everyone in the great state of Louisiana in the insurance market knew who he was. We had six offices covering the entire state. It was a very busy great time.  And we had offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, Alexandria. This was started by my father before computers got into the time. We relied on the he basics back then in the late eighties. Polaroid cameras, writing everything by hand. You had to either Mail or fax all reports and depend upon your phone system and get to the goal of receiving the claim from the company by those options then, and do all of our jobs on all three sides. Insured, insurance company, and the adjusters/appraisers being in sync together on all of them. 
 

I treated every single person i was sent on ANY claim I ever was assigned. I took pride in my job, all parties involved, and the people I worked with who I got to meet and help in every way my company stood for and did. 
 

 I have no idea what company you worked for as an adjuster . All I know from your post is you worked commercial property claims. They’re definitely difficult and challenging. Especially when you are scoping and documenting the large structures. It’s extremely time consuming from start to completion. I know. But if you are an independent working and the claim of the property within the policy, you get paid a percentage of that amount for your work. If you work for a company that only pays you a set salary, I understand what you’re saying. The higher and honest amount you write up, makes us as independent adjusters more money. 
 

 

 

 


 

 

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3 hours ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 OK. Where do I start? I was an independent insurance adjuster. Working for my father’s company that was well known and established and respected. We we weren’t an LLC. We were incorporated. And we made a name for ourselves being a multi-line company. Everyone in the great state of Louisiana in the insurance market knew who he was. We had six offices covering the entire state. It was a very busy great time.  And we had offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, Alexandria. This was started by my father before computers got into the time. We relied on the he basics back then in the late eighties. Polaroid cameras, writing everything by hand. You had to either Mail or fax all reports and depend upon your phone system and get to the goal of receiving the claim from the company by those options then, and do all of our jobs on all three sides. Insured, insurance company, and the adjusters/appraisers being in sync together on all of them. 
 

I treated every single person i was sent on ANY claim I ever was assigned. I took pride in my job, all parties involved, and the people I worked with who I got to meet and help in every way my company stood for and did. 
 

 I have no idea what company you worked for as an adjuster . All I know from your post is you worked commercial property claims. They’re definitely difficult and challenging. Especially when you are scoping and documenting the large structures. It’s extremely time consuming from start to completion. I know. But if you are an independent working and the claim of the property within the policy, you get paid a percentage of that amount for your work. If you work for a company that only pays you a set salary, I understand what you’re saying. The higher and honest amount you write up, makes us as independent adjusters more money. 
 

 

 

 


 

 

This might be your longest post ever.  I take a little pride in being part of it.  But I was just busting your chops a little.

And for 20 years it was personal lines for me.  When I jumped to agribusiness, my work-world changed.  Farmers are such excellent people to work with.  Restored my energy a bit.

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9 hours ago, mmmmm...beer said:

You work a deal for wholesale prices from a retailer.  You put up a ecommwrce shop advertising said wholesale product @ retail prices.  Someone buys said product, the wholesaler sends them the product.

You get the wholesale vs retail bump - ship/tax

You don't keep a stock of the items.  Your direct ship wholesaler does.

 

oh, we have a place which operates sort of in that world in our area.  If you want me to, I will talk to someone today who I work with on eco devo and support for entrepreneurs who could get me a contact at that local business I could connect you with.  They have a retail space in a more rural community where they sell those sorts of items and it seems to be working for them.

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13 hours ago, League Champion said:

I drop shipped a double flusher about 20 minutes ago 😭 

Men’s or women’s bathroom? 😂 🌈 

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10 hours ago, MLCKAA said:

This might be your longest post ever.  I take a little pride in being part of it.  But I was just busting your chops a little.

And for 20 years it was personal lines for me.  When I jumped to agribusiness, my work-world changed.  Farmers are such excellent people to work with.  Restored my energy a bit.

 Ha! Not even close. I know you were having fun. I just miss my career so very much. There was no way I could have survived it sitting behind a desk all day every day. I loved being in the field. 
 

 And you are absolutely right about farmers. The nicest, honest, hard working people out there. My company worked for one of the biggest insurance companies that insured the farmers in the state and also many other southern states. My company was specialized in all vehicles. Including heavy equipment and farm equipment. Mostly for sugar cane farmers. Good times.

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Would I definitely know it if I were one? 🤔

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On 10/29/2024 at 8:09 PM, Alias Detective said:

You literally just retired and here you go.  Bwahahahahah!

I’m waiting for the retirement week 3 thread 

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On 10/29/2024 at 11:11 PM, mmmmm...beer said:

You work a deal for wholesale prices from a retailer.  You put up a ecommwrce shop advertising said wholesale product @ retail prices.  Someone buys said product, the wholesaler sends them the product.

You get the wholesale vs retail bump - ship/tax

You don't keep a stock of the items.  Your direct ship wholesaler does.

 

I mean, I’ve seen social media accounts in my niche with their own Shopify sites (and other names I can’t remember off the top of my head). They sell their own merch. Shirts, hoodies, mugs etc with their logos and slogans. They don’t have overhead, ships directly from the manufacturer 

but it’s not just random items from a certain niche. It is custom stuff. So not just retailing gun holsters 🤷🏻‍♂️ from a china shop. 
 

you need volume though. Your main focus would be growing the traffic to your site. 

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2 hours ago, Alias Detective said:

Dudes a soap opera with a writer who is schizophrenic.

Meh... you seem like the kind of guy I chuckle at.  Eeeeverything is negative.  You must be great at parties.

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On 11/1/2024 at 10:27 AM, Alias Detective said:

You scream insecurity.  Enjoy retirement.  👍

😄...and  you scream focky sh!tty old curmudgen.  Fock off and don't reply to any of my posts.  Simple as that.  You've always been a d!ck.   Nothing has changed. 

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