{"id":"7877","date":"2021-05-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickfu.com\/blog\/?p=7877"},"modified":"2021-05-03T06:33:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T13:33:14","slug":"walmart-and-dropshipping-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pickfu.com\/walmart-and-dropshipping-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart and dropshipping: Everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With a 79% growth in e-commerce sales<\/a> last year, Walmart Marketplace \u2014 the world’s second-largest online marketplace \u2014 is closing in on No. 1 Amazon. This leaves dropshipping professionals and e-commerce suppliers wondering, “How can we get in on the action, too?” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to dropship with Walmart, you need to learn the rules. With all the policy changes and new programs, it\u2019s hard to keep track of what\u2019s allowed and what isn\u2019t, never mind what some less-than-trustworthy sources tell you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In this guide, we break down everything you need to know about dropshipping with Walmart Marketplace so you can find your niche.<\/p>\n\n\n

How does Walmart dropshipping work?<\/h2>\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start by bursting the big bubble: the traditional model of dropshipping, where you buy products from Walmart and have them shipped directly to your customers, is not permitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Walmart.com Terms of Use<\/a>, Walmart “…reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to prohibit sales to dealers or resellers,\u201d where reselling means, “purchasing or intending to purchase any Product(s) from Walmart for the purpose of engaging in a commercial sale of the same Product(s) to a third party.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea is that you could open up your own online store using Shopify<\/a> or BigCommerce, or maybe sell on an existing store like Etsy, and whenever you make a sale, you order the product from Walmart and have it delivered directly to your customer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This seems like a lucrative model, especially with Walmart\u2019s prices low enough for you to profit off of the markup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In practice, however, it\u2019s not that simple. For one thing, Walmart doesn\u2019t allow it and will cancel your orders if it catches on. You frequently see sellers complaining about cancellations in dropshipping forums<\/a>. So if you do choose to go ahead with your scheme, know that you\u2019ll be up against Walmart itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, if you\u2019re marking up your prices to make a profit, your customers will realize they can just buy for a lower price straight from Walmart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add to that the complications of returns, sales taxes, product warranties, and the surprise when your customers receive a Walmart package in the mail, and you can see how it\u2019s not a viable system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of the obstacles, there are plenty of third-party apps that promise to circumvent Walmart\u2019s restrictions so that you can dropship freely. Always check the comments and reviews of these apps to get the big picture and see if they\u2019re scammers. <\/p>\n\n\n

What are the options for dropshipping with Walmart?<\/h2>\n\n\n

All is not lost, however. Here are a few perfectly acceptable options for dropshipping with Walmart: <\/p>\n\n\n\n