1st Supplier Type – Open Door Dropship Suppliers

Did you know there are multiple distinct types of dropship suppliers? After 15+ years of experience in dropshipping and ecommerce, one thing became very clear: not all dropship suppliers are the same.

That’s right — some dropship suppliers can be complete scams, while others are legitimate, reliable, and genuinely great to work with. Do you know how to tell the difference?

Today’s article puts you on the right path by helping you understand the 1st type of dropship supplier. From there, you’ll learn how to find and get approved with no-fee suppliers in the USA or elsewhere, any time you wish.

It’s important to know that the very backbone of a successful dropshipping business is working with legitimate suppliers. It makes all the difference between becoming profitable and successful — or not.

The first type of dropship supplier you should be aware of is what we call:

“Open Door Dropship Suppliers”

We call these dropship suppliers “open door” because their door is always open to accept nearly anyone into their dropship program.

You might be thinking, “isn’t that a good thing?” Yes and no. Here’s why.

Open door suppliers are very easy to find. They have loose application requirements — if any at all. Nearly everyone who applies gets accepted. Some charge a fee to join their program, which isn’t always a red flag, but it’s something to be aware of.

The pricing competition among other retailers using open door suppliers is extremely challenging. If you’re selling your core products from open door suppliers, you’ll usually experience very thin profits due to relentless price competition online.

It’s genuinely difficult for a novice dropship retailer to turn a real profit selling open door supplier products directly to customers as their core offer.

So how can selling products from open door dropship suppliers actually be helpful? Glad you asked.

A Real Example: Why Core Product Choice Matters

Let’s say you spend $50 to get 100 people to your website from Google Ads. Out of those 100 visitors, 1 person buys an open door product on your site — let’s say a lamp shade priced at $40, netting you $10 profit ($30 covers your supplier’s product cost, shipping, and taxes; $10 goes to you).

Making $10 in pure profit per sale isn’t the worst outcome in the world, but your time is worth more than that. Even if you dramatically increase sales volume, you might eventually make it worth your time — but more often than not, that path turns into a customer service nightmare at scale. It’s your choice, but there’s a better approach.

Now let’s say instead you sold a quality office table as your core product for $600, profiting $150 per sale — and then offered the lamp shade as an upsell at checkout. Do you see how that route generates far more profit, even after spending the same $50 on traffic? Make sense?

That’s the process we recommend to run a more profitable dropshipping business.

The best source for accessing Open Door suppliers — along with every other type of dropship supplier — is through the DropshipXL Academy supplier database and training. Visit the DropshipXL Academy directly for current pricing and offers, as promotional discounts change over time.

So now that you know what “open door” dropship suppliers are and how and when to best sell their products, you can click here to learn about the 2nd type of dropship supplier — by far the best type to use for selling core products online. Selling products from this next supplier type will make you considerably more money. Period. Which means you can reach your financial goals faster and with far less frustration.