Asking CHAT GPT Hard Questions About Dropshipping!

today I decided to put chat gbt to the test to see how well it answers some tough and maybe even some trick questions about eBay Drop Shipping so let's see how it does all right let's ease into this with a nice easy question I'll just ask it what is Drop Shipping because quite honestly if it can't get this one right the rest of the video is not going to work but it says Drop Shipping is a retail fulfillment method in which a store doesn't keep the product it sells in stock instead when a

store sells a product it purchases the item from a third party and has it shipped directly to the customer and you know what that is a spot on excellent answer I love that answer it goes on to say Drop Shipping can be a good option for entrepreneurs who want to start an online business without a large investment or inventory storage it allows sellers to focus on marketing and sales while leaving the logistics and shipping to the supplier I love that is an Amazing Race bonds because it understands that this is a very beginner friendly business model without a lot of the cost and complexities of most online businesses so that one gets a thumbs up for me I really like that response but that was kind of an easy one I now want to ask it where is the best place to drop ship because a lot of the information out there is about how to drop ship onto Shopify so I think it's going to go that route but if you guys know me I really love marketplaces like eBay and Facebook Marketplace so let's see what it says where is the best place to drop ship and why

so already we're running some issues with chat gbt and its understanding of Drop Shipping because it says here are some popular options for Drop Shipping and remember I asked it where is the best place to drop ship and it's saying AliExpress and oberlo now those are not places that you drop ship onto it's places you drop ship from so I don't think it really understands what I was asking it or if it does understand it doesn't quite know where the best place is to drop ship so let's try to modify my question a bit I'll ask what is the best website to drop ship on and this answer is much better it says Shopify woocommerce Amazon and eBay and I would say you know that's a good list right there personally I think that eBay should be much higher up on this list eBay is a fantastic place to drop ship because they are a marketplace where there's a ton of customers already there something like Shopify again that is probably the most popular place that people drop ship but that involves you building your own website and paying for marketing it's a lot harder than something like eBay but it's not ranking them just creating a list so it's a pretty good list I think that one deserves a thumbs up as well and I think it's pretty accurate so next thing I want to ask you let's kind of get into the weeds a little bit here I'll ask it is Drop Shipping legal this is a question I get all the time

from viewers on my channel asking me is Drop Shipping legal is it allowed and chat gbt knows the right answer it says yes Drop Shipping is legal it's legitimate business model that allows entrepreneurs to start an online store without the need for inventory and upfront costs but then it goes into some mumbo jumbo about how you have to make sure your products comply with applicable laws and safety standards and that sort of stuff is probably design that way to like cover itself and then says hey go speak to a lawyer if you have any other questions about that all right let's ask it something a bit harder a lot of people here on this channel ask me are you allowed to drop ship using Amazon Prime I don't know if it's going to get this one understand this question so I'll say am I allowed to drop ship using Amazon Prime well I'm surprised it got it it nailed it says using Amazon Prime to drop ship can be a violation of Amazon's policies and may result in several issues goes on to list some issues one of them being account suspension if Amazon determines that you're Drop Shipping using prime it could result in your account being suspended or terminated and that is true and it even goes on to say to clarify it is technically possible to use Amazon Prime for Drop Shipping but it's not recommended as it could result in account suspension that is as good of a response as you can as anyone can give about whether you could and should and you're allowed to drop ship using Amazon Prime all right let's try to stir up some drama with the next one who is the best eBay drop shipper on YouTube

as an AI language model I cannot provide opinions however there are several popular YouTubers with tips on eBay Drop Shipping such as hustle ninjas Paul J lipsky hey and wholesale Ted but it's important to do your own research now wholesale Ted I'm familiar with their channel that talks I believe a lot about Shopify they don't do eBay Drop Shipping I of course do talk a lot about eBay Drop Shipping and I've never heard of hustle ninjas who are the hustle ninjas I mean this seems like a great Channel but he's not talking about eBay Drop Shipping he's talking about like selling shirts on Etsy it looks like or other places that you can sell shirts maybe even on Shopify so not entirely accurate in fact two-thirds of the responses inaccurate but yeah she mentioned me so I'm pretty happy with that one uh next question up I want to ask it is what is the best eBay Drop Shipping software this one could certainly stir up some controversy alright here are some popular options DSM tool Auto DS that's

the one that I use sale freaks yabale never sure how to say that correctly those are all right those are all eBay Drop Shipping software options so it definitely gave you some good ones I used to use DSM tool I've tried cell freaks in the past again the one I use right now is Autodesk so that's one that I really like all right let's ask it everyone's favorite question when it comes to eBay Drop Shipping is eBay Drop Shipping dead let's hear it from The Source itself vchat gbt eBay Drop Shipping is not dead

but it has become more challenging in recent years due to policy changes and increased competition in the past eBay drop shippers could simply list products from suppliers and rely on the supplier to handle the shipping and fulfillment however eBay has since implemented policies to crack down on poor customer service experiences caused by drop shippers who list products they don't actually have in stock who have long shipping times as a result successful eBay drop shippers today tend to focus on building relationships with reliable suppliers who can provide high quality products with fast shipping times as well as providing excellent customer service and managing their eBay metrics effectively while it is more challenging it's still a viable business model for those willing to put in the work that's a good answer it is not like a hundred percent accurate though so it has become more challenging in recent years just because of more competition but the policy changes on eBay that they are talking about were something that were more of an issue a couple years ago don't really seem to be a huge issue anymore and eBay drop shippers we don't focus on building relationships with reliable suppliers I think chat gbt just kind of filled in some blanks there kind of made up some stuff I don't really see people doing that unless they're working with wholesale suppliers but what we are doing is kind of what's alluded to up here which is that we are being more responsive to customers like if you want to do well on eBay as a drop shipper you've got to provide great customer service you got to make sure the suppliers you use are reputable and are going to ship quickly so that we avoid a lot of the issues that people have with eBay Drop Shipping which is long shipping times which are very easy to avoid with retailers based here in the United States and just not providing good customer service which is very easy to avoid just by providing good customer service so this is kind of like a wishy-washy answer part of it's right part of it's wrong and it's kind of Blended together but I think like the Crux of it is right eBay Drop Shipping is not dead it's become more challenging but it's very viable if you are willing to put in the work and are actually willing to actually not just take the lazy method and just think that this is like some get rich quick easy scheme next question will AI replace drop shippers it's unlikely that AI will completely replace drop shippers but it will impact some things that we do so it will be able to do things like product sourcing order management and pricing optimization but it cannot replace the human touch and creativity required to build successful relationships with suppliers provide excellent customer service and adapt to changing Marketplace trends I think that it is selling itself short a little bit to be honest we already have software that can do things like list products automatically for us do order fulfillment and even optimization of pricing as well things like answering customer service questions that's not there yet but if you integrate like chat gbt with uh eBay and their chat like customer service as well as have it integrate with your orders so it can see information if it has access to that information and it spits out answers that are this coherent as what we're seeing right now then I think it effectively could replace at least 80 percent of customer service out there it's just a matter of time when that happens however I do agree that when it comes to market trends and those things changing it's going to be a long time before AI can do that as accurately as humans so I don't think they're going to replace drop shippers entirely and it's also a matter of like integrating all these systems and I think that's going to be a long way off as well so as it says AI is a tool that can help augment and improve Drop Shipping operations but it cannot replace the expertise and creativity that drop shippers bring to the table all right last question and this is going to be sort of like an Ethics question here if I'm Drop Shipping on eBay won't the customer get mad if the item comes in an Amazon box not bod box so it says if you're Drop Shipping on eBay and the item arrives in an Amazon box it's possible that the customer could become confused or upset as they may not have expected the product to come from Amazon this could lead to negative feedback returns or other issues that could impact your eBay seller metrics to avoid this be transparent include information about your suppliers and your item description send them messages let them know oh boy this is not good some suppliers may offer blind Drop Shipping Services okay that's that's right which means that they will ship products to your customers without including The Branding or identifying information oh boy so there are some serious issues with this answer so let's break down of course some customers will be upset if their item arrives in an Amazon box or Home Depot or Walmart box wherever however I have found that very very very few customers have ever complained about this I've sold tens of thousands of items on Ebay Drop Shipping and such a small percentage of customers have complained about it when they do I just tell them that we use cross-selling channels so we do have products stored with Amazon but when someone orders them from eBay we just have Amazon send it out because they're the ones that are holding our inventory something like that and most customers are happy with that answer and it kind of alleviates any sort of concerns I would not you really should not put in your description that the item is going to come from Amazon or message the customer and tell them it's going to come from Amazon that's not a good idea at all that's something you should definitely avoid doing but they are right that some suppliers can offer you blind Drop Shipping but it's not going to be Amazon that's going to be wholesale suppliers most of them will do blind Drop Shipping now the good news is that when you drop ship from like Amazon then it's going to you can choose a gift receipt and it won't have the price in the box and if you drop ship from like Walmart and Home Depot they don't have the price in the Box either so overall what I'll say is that chat GPT it understands the basics of like what Drop Shipping is and the basics of how it works but it can't really do it itself it doesn't really know how it works like the process of it doesn't have that experience and this last answer really demonstrates that because without actually doing it yourself you might think yes it's possible that customers could become confused or upset but in doing it yourself you're going to realize most customers don't get upset by it that only comes with experience or listening to someone with experience and chat gbt doesn't have that experience overall though it's pretty good for some general information but if you really want to learn Drop Shipping I wouldn't use chat gbt I would do things like watch some of my videos this is a great one right here about how to get started with eBay Drop Shipping so check it out and I'll see you over there in just one second thank you