Shipping your products in South Africa presents possibly the toughest issue in your business. Getting your product to your customer needs to be quick and painless for you and your customer. A solution that is getting more and more popular around the world is drop shipping. So what is drop shipping? Drop shipping means products are shipped directly from your supplier to your customer, preferably with your branding, without you having to manage the logistic details. Let’s have a look at the pros and cons to drop shipping in South Africa.

If you do decide that drop shipping suits your business, then you would need to contact your supplier to see if they’re happy to support this. You would then also need to ask if they would be willing to use your packaging for your orders so that you’re able to maintain a consistent brand that continually resonates with your customers.

You’ll also need to think about how you will manage orders which have products from multiple locations and if you’d be willing to offset the cost of this or charge the customer for it.

Speaking of charging, a big hurdle to online stores in South Africa is still making customers pay for it. Sometimes, these costs can’t be avoided but we would suggest that where possible you absorb it.

Making sure you can get your products to your clients as quickly as possible must be one of your main priorities and drop shipping will help you achieve this.

Contact us if you are in need of ecommerce services and assistance with shipping options for your online store.