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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by tmaly on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:15AM (#13328312)
When you use AliExpress for drop shipping, are you making money as an affiliate or is it something different?
Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by adpoe on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:23AM (#13328398)
No, basically there are software add-ons to Shopify that let you import an AliExpress seller's product into your store.

Your customer never sees the original seller's listing, and therefore you can charge any price you want.

So, as long as you charge a price that is higher than the raw cost + S&H, you can then collect money from your sale, and use that to purchase the item from the AliExpress vendor (this is automated). Part of the automation process fills in your customer's mailing address, and the vendor fulfills their order directly. (So you don't have to hold any inventory, you're just the go-between.)

Your AliExpress vendors will know what's going on, but they expect and anticipate that people do this. It's how they make money.

Essentially, the service you provide is marketing, design, and salesmanship. They provide the product.

Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by umen on Thursday January 05, 2017 @12:22PM (#13329109)
Thanks for the info Question:

how do you find the vendor in AliExpress ? do you need to talk with him before ?

Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by adpoe on Thursday January 05, 2017 @01:00PM (#13329555)
You can--but AliExpress has a good reputation system. I mostly use that.

And if a vendor burns me, I remove their products and look elsewhere.

Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by umen on Friday January 06, 2017 @02:12AM (#13334519)
Thanks for answering , is it your full time ? or just pocket money?