Hienote Drop Ship Directory review
Hienote review gives an inside look at one of the Internet's top drop ship directories
If you're serious about reselling products on your website or in your auction finding reputable wholesale suppliers is essential. And if you want to go with the drop ship business model (namely, where you take the orders, receive payment directly from your customers, and forward the order on to the supplier for them to process and ship), you need a drop ship directory that gives you legitimate, direct wholesalers who inventory the good themselves and don't just serve as middlemen between you and the real supplier.
I've had excellent experience in this regard with the Hienote Drop Ship Directory. Unlike many phony lists of drop ship suppliers you can buy on the Web, Hienote delivers up-to-date, top quality suppliers in one of the largest databases of legitimate drop ship suppliers on the Web.
I've worked with Hienote both as a manufacturer seeking to get clients listed in these directories, and as a reseller, setting up drop ship arrangements for my own sites and found them highly dedicated to maintaining the highest quality list of legimate drop ship suppliers.
Noted for its selectivity
Hienote prides itself on its selectivity. It doesn't boast the largest database, but it goes to great lengths to make sure that those who subscribe to their database.
They prefer to add only suppliers whom they meet with face to face at trade shows. When I contacted them to suggest on behalf of a client of mine who had long drop shipped for resellers that they add his company to their database of suppliers, they were rather cool toward my request. And when I didn't hear anything more from them for a couple of months, I figured they had rejected my application.
Little did I know that they had gone undercover, posing as a small business that wanted my client to drop ship his products for them, seeing how we treated them, placing sample orders until they were satisfied that my client's business was legitimate, reputable and responsive to their customers. Now that's dedication to maintaining a quality list of drop shippers!
Subscribing to the Hienote Directory
Hienote lets you subscribe to its directory in two ways. You can subscribe quite cheaply on an annual basis, or you can pay a one-time fee for a lifetime membership.
Easy to use
I find the interface of the database very user friendly. There's search box into which you can type product types or category names. The search function then gives you a list of all companies that carry that kind of product.
Or you can browse through product type, categories, or company names to find what you're looking for.
You can check out the interface for yourself on the Hienote Drop Ship Directory. Just click on the Free Preview link on their home page. You can search their database to see exactly what kinds of products are available. The preview, of course, doesn't show you any company names or contact information for the companies, but you can get a pretty good idea of what kind of products are available.
Make sure you research first and choose products later
Just make sure you use this, or any other list of product sources intelligently. One of the biggest problems I've seen in new businesses is when they choose their products first, and assume that once they have their products, the sales will come automatically.
That's not the way things work!
Research what people are looking for and where they're looking for them before you ever decide on what products you will carry. a market for them. Really. You'll save yourself a lot of disappointment if you do.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE YOUR RESEARCH, check out the following articles (articles will open in a new window):
Final thoughts
If you're testing the waters of reselling drop ship products, Hienote Drop Ship Directory offers you a quick and easy way to get your feet wet with their inexpensive one-year membership. You get access to a large assortment of reputable companies that have passed a rigorous screening process to ensure that they will be reliable and will not take unnecesary cuts out of your profits by standing between you and the actual supplier.
Rating: 10 out of 10
Helping you become the successful business owner you want to be.
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