Drop Shipping Info

AllCraftsOnline.com Drop Shipping support information

Dropship with AllCraftsOnline.com

How it works:
Drop shipping is a supply chain management technique in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to wholesalers (drop shippers), who then ship the goods directly to the customer.
Basically, the Drop Shipping process with AllCraftsOnline.com works as shown below:
- You list products on your web site or auction.
- A customer places an order and you collect payment from the customer.
- You order at AllCraftsOnline.com and ask us to ship the merchandise directly to your customer address by specifying different Billing and Shipping addresses.
- We ship the product to your customer.

Benefits to do business with us.
We offer Gifts, Crafts and Collectible Items at wholesale prices and honest customer service. Our core business is supplying merchandise at wholesale prices to resellers, retailers, and distributors for resale.

Some of our suppliers have been in business for over fifty (50) years and are major importers of products from manufacturers located around the world. We are always searching for and bringing in new products. We have lots of great buys, please check our inventory often.

We offer the following incentives for repeated volume purchases:

• Discounts for repeated customers
• Automated discounts for resellers who reach preferred customers status
• Volume discounts for items purchased in 10, 25 or higher quantities
• Significant savings on shipping per item with volume purchases

There are a variety of benefits towards running a drop ship-based business with AllCraftsOnline.com

• No overhead for inventory
• We ship using "ACON Fulfillment Center" name so that your customers will not trace the order back to us.
• No cost to you. Just collect the profits!
• No drop shipping fees or minimum order requirements!
• Your customers will NOT receive prices. They will only get a packing slip with the item description.
• No involvement with expenses or hassles associated with shipping
• Expand your existing website catalog with our products
• No need for a physical storefront or warehouse space. Work from anywhere.

Risks involved in Drop Shipping: AllCraftsOnline.com inventory can change. You need to make sure that the product is in stock when your auction ends or your customer makes a purchase. Most of our products are available all the time, however items on sale could be closeouts...

Shipping Terms, Warranties and Returns: All of our products are covered by a 30 Day money back guarantee, so if your customer is not satisfied for any reason they can return the item for a refund. We ask that you Request RMA Number prior to any refund. Refunds without an RMA will NOT be processed. Please refer to our Shipping and Returns for more information. All orders under $40 are shipped for $8.95. Discount volumes applies.

How To Place an Order: All drop ship orders must be placed through our shopping cart system. Simply visit our web site and at checkout use your information for the billing address and your customer's information for the shipping address.

Notes for Dropshippers:

• Orders shipped to Maryland (6%) and California (8.75%) will get Sales Tax added.
• We have several themed-related catalogs available for purchase on our website and listed on Catalogs and Sales Aids.
• We do not require a reseller's ID number or copy of a business license. However, if you do intend to re-sell our products, and you do not have a reseller's ID number for your state, you may be in violation of IRS regulations. Please contact your state's Department of Revenue to assure you are in compliance of required regulations.
• You are welcome to use the product images and descriptions from our website for the purpose of selling the products. You can copy them directly from our site and save them to your computer or website.
• Stock is updated daily from our suppliers. Please update your website inventory accordingly to our Out of Stock Items list.
• Price List is available as automatically generated feed in csv format.
  You could open it using Microsoft Excel by following steps below:
  1. Navigate to our Product Price List page
  2. Right Click the "AllCraftsOnline product offerings Price List Comma-separated values with full descriptions" link.
  3. Choose "Save link as" (or "Save Target as") option in order to download the file on your computer.
  4. Refer to Microsoft support page for instructions on how to import the "data.csv" file using Microsoft Office Excel.
  Important note: Use "Tab" as a delimiter while importing the csv file into the spreadsheet.

How to start drop shipping business with us: If you already have your own website all you have to do is to create your account with us by visiting Create Account page (it is free). Then choose what products you plan to offer on your website and copy them directly from our website and upload them into yours.

We offer product feeds and price lists to help to upkeep your inventory database. When finished with listing of your products you can start taking orders and placing them with us to get them drop shipped to your customers.

If you do NOT have your own website you might want to consider getting one preloaded with our products.

Get your own webstore: