Dropship Direct Review 2018

Item: Dropship Direct
Rating: 6
Author: Daniel Sheehan

Another drop ship solution provider that offers something unique to its clients is Dropship Direct, or DSDI. Operating for more than 10 years now, the company claims that it is the #1 most advanced drop ship supplier and data feed solution provider. Offering over 100,000 products from more than 900 brands, Dropship Direct also gives its members access to their innovative PushList technology, which was launched in late 2014. In this review we take a look at what makes Dropship Direct a good alternative to other drop ship solution providers.

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Daniel SheehanApril 16, 2018

Pros

Registration is Free – Setting up a membership account on Dropship Direct will cost you absolutely nothing. You read that right: registration is completely free. No monthly, annual, one-time fees, complex agreements, contracts, or restrictions of any kind. All you need to do to is register for a Retailer account in order to take advantage of Dropship Direct's services. Registration itself is pretty straightforward, presenting you with simple forms to fill up. You need to provide both personal and company details during the sign up process, so be ready to fill up sections asking for your first & last name, company role, phone number, company name, number of employees, tax identification, billing address, and more.
Blind Drop Shipping – All orders made through Dropship Direct will be delivered blind. This means that there will be absolutely no mention of any kind of your supplier, whether it be name, address, contact information, or company logo. The company also promises that they will never include promotional material or inserts in the boxes of products that your customer buys from you. This is your business, and Dropship Direct's blind drop shipping ensures your products will never look like they came from somewhere else.
Solid Product Selection – Working with various types of suppliers that includes manufacturers, artisans, craftsmen, importers, and wholesalers, Dropship Direct's product offerings range in the hundreds of thousands. There are twelve main categories and over 80+ sub-categories that customers can choose from. Pet Care, Security, Furniture, Bed & Bath, Computers, Home Theater, Toys, Books, Fitness, Tactical Gear, Winter Sports, Photos, Prints, and Watches are only a small sampling of the wide array of items that you can find in Dropship Direct's product catalog. A majority of the items on offer can be considered niche products. For the clever seller, niche products can turn up some very decent profits when marketed correctly.

Cons

Lacking Research Tools – More and more drop ship solution providers give their members access to some very useful market research tools so better equip them for their business. Dropship Direct, unfortunately, does not have such a feature. This could have been the perfect compliment to the company's relatively new PushList technology.
Unintuitive Website - At first glance Dropship Direct's website seemed impressive with its clean, modern design. However, things start to fall apart the deeper you go into the website. Clicking on the Helpdesk link, for example, takes you to a section that has a completely different layout than the rest of the website. It looks like the main website because it uses the same color schemes, but it feels like an entirely different entity. Clicking on the Home button, for example, will only return you to this particular section's front page and not Dropship Direct's main landing page. In order to return to the main landing page, you have to click on the company logo. In addition, clicking Sign Up while in the Helpdesk section will take you to a blank page. Strangely, the FAQ section only covers four questions (one of which, amusingly, is about sweet potatoes), while other information that should have been under the FAQ, such as Billing, or Order Fulfillment, is relegated to their own separate sections. It is also annoying that other useful information that should have been addressed in the Knowledge Base section, like how to drop ship with them, is tucked away in different parts of the website. In short, it is unorganized and makes getting to know more about this company and its services a chore rather than a pleasure.

Dropship Direct has Quick and Fast Deliveries

Pricing

While becoming a Dropship Direct member is free, gaining access to the company’s new PushList data feed technology is not. The advertised subscription fee is $29.97 per month. However, a representative of the company has issued a statement in their forums that, as of this writing, the monthly subscription for PushList acces has been reduced to $9.97. Moreover, monthly fees can be waived with just $500 worth of orders per month with Drop Ship.

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Shipping

Dropship Direct uses UPS and FedEx as their shipping methods of choice. Shipping rates are automatically calculated depending on the item and where said item is being shipped to. For now they only ship within USA.

PushList

Dropship Direct’s answer to data feed management, PushList makes customizing product feeds and “pushing” them to your favorite marketplace a breeze. The company promises 100% fully customizable data feed, with various templates that you can start with and alter to your liking. There is also an option for mass product image downloading, which can save you a lot of time. Lastly, PushList is compatible with a whole host of marketplaces, carts, and storefronts like eBay, Amazon, Yahoo Stores, Volusion, Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, ZenCart, and many more.

Customer Support

You can contact Dropship Direct by means of phone, fax, or through the website’s HelpDesk section. A mailing, as well as corporate, address is listed on their site. Business hours are from 8:00am-5:00pm Pacific Time.

What's the Verdict on Dropship Direct?

Worth It, Some Issues

Dropship Direct Review – Conclusion

While an unintuitive website and no real research tools on offer might seem like deal breakers, Dropship Direct’s free membership, “blind” drop shipping, and solid product selection more than make up for its shortcomings. The company has 100,000+ products, a majority of which are easy-to-profit-from niche items, from over 900 brands on offer. And, with Dropship Direct’s customizable data feed management tool, PushList, partnering with this drop ship company doesn’t seem like such a bad idea, after all.

11 Comments

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- Necter Beau
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- December 20, 2018 5:22 PM
Don’t even bother calling them. What serious business will direct you to emails as the best way of reaching them. I randomly hit 3 as an extension # during my call, and I spoke to a very unruly person, a woman who confirmed that they are basically not taking new wholesale orders,” and then she hung up very abruptly. So yes, they’re gone, out of business, and prolly was never a real business in the first place. They need to take their website off the internet.
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- Rich
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- July 21, 2018 6:35 PM
I think DSDI or Dropship Direct is out of business. They haven’t been able to do any orders since January 2018.
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- JONATHAN WISER
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- April 13, 2018 7:04 AM
NO SUPPORT FROM DROP SHIP DIRECT.
TRY EMAILING THEM INFO@DROPSHIPDIRECT.COM
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- Troy Joyner
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- January 27, 2018 12:01 AM
DROPSHIP DIRECT OR DSDI IS A SCAM COMPANY WITH NO INVENTORY AND IS A DROPSHIP MIDDLEMAN. TRY CALLING THEIR PHONE……. YOU WILL GET NO ONE AND NO SUPPORT. I HAVE PERSONALLY USED THEM AND THEY DIDNT SHIP OUT 22 ORDERS THAT I SOLD FOR THEM ON MY WEBSITE AND EBAY. REPORT THEM TO BBB
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- - Janus Jarapa ➦ Troy Joyner
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  - January 28, 2018 3:35 AM
  Were the orders placed recently? The update on their website says that, as of January 20, they are currently not accepting wholesale orders. It’s also important to note that their phone lines are only available from 9:00am-5:00pm Eastern time.
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  - JONATHAN WISER ➦ Janus Jarapa
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    April 13, 2018 7:06 AM
    YOU OBVIOUSLY WORK FOR THEM………………….. LOOK AT HOW FAR THIS PATHETIC COMPANY GOES TO LIE AND SCAM PEOPLE.
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    - Janus Jarapa ➦ JONATHAN WISER
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      April 16, 2018 1:46 AM
      Hi Jonathan,
      Sorry to burst your bubble, but I work for Comparakeet, and we are an independent review site. 🙂
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- Obad
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- June 25, 2017 6:05 AM
Is the information in the pro side out of experience or checking the site and getting to learn their model?
Thanks
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- - Janus Jarapa ➦ Obad
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  - June 27, 2017 1:18 AM
  It’s a mix of both. We have to learn as much as we can about a service or a product before we review them, after all. 🙂
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- Dede Widemond
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- October 30, 2016 5:03 PM
I am interested in venturing into online sales by way of drop shipping. My question is do you have to already have a business to join DSDI. I noticed the registration form would ask for tax ID number and how many employees and so on, is this not a company one can just join without a business or business experience. Your thoughts please. Thank you in advance.
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- - Chris Roberts ➦ Dede Widemond
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  - October 31, 2016 3:11 AM
  Hi Dede,
  The reason they need that information from you is because, if you live in the US or Canada, you are required by law in most states to get one in order to start selling online. If you live outside the US or Canada, you don’t necessarily need to get a tax ID, but some wholesale suppliers require that information from you before they start doing any business with you. That said, if you don’t have a business, you can use your SSN (social security number) in place of the tax ID. Hope that helps! 🙂
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