The traditional way of getting an online store is to build your own website through an e-commerce platform like Shopify, which is precisely what the vast majority of Dropshippers do.
However, what if, for some reason, you don't want to dropship using your own website?
Well, in that case, you will lose some of the advantages that a website has (I will explain what those are at the end of the article), but don't worry, it's definitely possible!
Coming up, I will show you how you can dropship without a website in five different ways.
Let's get started!
Method 1: Sell your products on Facebook
Instead of selling products on your own website, you could sell them on Facebook!
There are four ways to sell your products on Facebook:
- You can create a post on your business page
- If allowed, you can post your product in Facebook groups surrounding your niche
- Use Facebook Shops
- And the last one, you can take a look at the Facebook Marketplace.
When making a post about your product, you should add that if people are interested, they can send you a message to arrange a purchase.
A big advantage of making posts on Facebook is that you can boost them by using Facebook Ads.
I will now tell you some more about the third option, Facebook Shops, since it resembles a real website the most!
Facebook Shops is a feature on Facebook that all businesses can use to show their catalogs to everyone visiting their Facebook profile.
People can find your Facebook Shop on your business' Facebook Page, Instagram profile, or through stories and ads.
Method 2: Sell your products on Instagram
Guess what? Facebook owns Instagram, and therefore, Instagram has a Shops feature as well!
It looks a lot like Facebook Shops, where visitors can browse through your collections and purchase your products all within the app.
Arguably, Instagram Shops is even more popular than Facebook Shops right now
Method 3: Sell your products on Pinterest
When it comes to advertising products online, most people instantly think about Facebook and Instagram, but don't underestimate the power of Pinterest.
It's a great way to expose your products organically, and with the right strategy, you will be able to get thousands of free impressions per day.
Method 4: Sell your products using Fulfillment by Amazon
I think that the next two methods are in a bit of a grey area in terms of whether or not they can be called “dropshipping”, but in my opinion, they are still honorable mentions!
In this method, we will talk about selling your products on Amazon.
Amazon generally allows dropshipping, as long as you comply with their requirements:
Sadly, dropshipping by purchasing products from another online retailer (such as AliExpress) and having that retailer ship directly to your customers is not allowed on Amazon.
This is why you will have to purchase the products you are selling in bulk from your dropshipping supplier and send them to a Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) warehouse.
Using FBA, Amazon will pack and ship your orders for you.
This service does come with a fee, but on the plus side, you will now comply with Amazon's dropshipping policy and have your products listed on a marketplace with over 200 million unique visitors per month!
Method 5: Sell your products on eBay
The final method I have for you which you can use to dropship without a website is selling your products on Ebay.
Similar to Amazon, eBay accepts dropshipping, but only if you don't purchase the products from a supplier and letting them ship the product directly to your customer.
So, to dropship with eBay, you will have to buy stock for your product from your supplier and let them ship those products to a separate fulfillment warehouse.
Of course, this is a significant downside compared to traditional dropshipping since you will have to buy inventory upfront.