WEBVTT 00:00.080 --> 00:06.470 So now it's time to talk about the third and final point with products, which is fast and affordable 00:06.470 --> 00:10.520 shipping, which is clearly essential when building a great business. 00:10.550 --> 00:14.300 Now, that said, we need to have realistic expectations. 00:14.300 --> 00:18.650 It is highly unlikely that we can provide next day delivery. 00:18.650 --> 00:19.250 Why? 00:19.280 --> 00:24.650 Well, because we're not a multi-billion dollar business with hundreds of warehouses all around the 00:24.650 --> 00:26.720 world and thousands of employees. 00:26.720 --> 00:32.660 But at the same time, we definitely do not want our customers waiting weeks for their products to arrive. 00:32.660 --> 00:39.440 What we want is for our orders to arrive in an acceptable time period, so that we can provide an equally 00:39.440 --> 00:44.060 excellent level of service and all of that for a very affordable price. 00:44.060 --> 00:49.160 And so in this lecture, we're going to see how to do exactly that with our first reliable supplier, 00:49.160 --> 00:51.740 which of course is CJ's dropshipping. 00:52.070 --> 00:54.890 So here I am over on CJ dropshipping. 00:54.890 --> 00:57.560 And you can see that I've already done a search on dog. 00:57.560 --> 00:58.940 I've ordered by lists. 00:58.940 --> 01:03.500 And as per the golden rules, I'm searching for a price of $10 or less. 01:03.500 --> 01:08.660 Now you already know that CJ dropshipping has warehouses all over the world. 01:08.660 --> 01:13.130 And you also know because we talked about it in the last lecture, that we are going to start building 01:13.130 --> 01:16.910 this business by, first of all focusing on the United States. 01:16.910 --> 01:20.270 And with that in mind, I would like to draw your attention to this. 01:20.270 --> 01:21.470 The filter by. 01:21.470 --> 01:25.100 And as you can see at the moment, it's set on all warehouses. 01:25.100 --> 01:31.550 But if I were to set this to the US warehouse, now, what you're seeing are all of the products that 01:31.550 --> 01:35.180 will come directly from warehouses in the United States. 01:35.180 --> 01:37.130 So how does that help us? 01:37.130 --> 01:40.340 Well, of course, we're looking for fast and affordable shipping. 01:40.340 --> 01:46.070 So if we can select warehouses that are in the same location as our customers, generally speaking, 01:46.070 --> 01:51.500 we should give ourselves the best possible chance of finding products that have the fastest shipping 01:51.530 --> 01:53.810 times at the most affordable price. 01:53.810 --> 01:59.450 Now, notice that I said, generally speaking, and that's because this isn't a hard and fast rule. 01:59.450 --> 02:02.000 It's simply giving us the best possible start. 02:02.000 --> 02:08.360 And you may well be able to find other great products with fast and affordable shipping in other warehouses. 02:08.360 --> 02:13.130 And also, I'd like to point out that if you have customers that aren't associated with any of these 02:13.130 --> 02:13.730 warehouses. 02:13.730 --> 02:18.530 So let's say you were building your business in Mexico and you can't see a warehouse for Mexico. 02:18.530 --> 02:19.700 Please don't worry. 02:19.700 --> 02:24.590 Simply go to all warehouses, and there's a very good chance that you're going to find some fantastic 02:24.590 --> 02:25.580 opportunities. 02:25.580 --> 02:31.040 But if you are following along with me and starting your business in the United States, filtering by 02:31.040 --> 02:33.560 US warehouses is a great start. 02:33.860 --> 02:39.470 Okay, so I keep on mentioning fast and affordable shipping, but what exactly does that mean? 02:39.470 --> 02:44.720 Well, as I've pointed out already, we're not in a position to offer next day delivery, but we can 02:44.720 --> 02:47.180 offer very acceptable shipping times. 02:47.180 --> 02:53.690 And then in terms of the actual shipping costs, you want to pay on average about $5. 02:53.690 --> 02:57.710 So with that in mind, let's now start having a look at some of these products. 02:57.710 --> 03:00.500 And I'll click first of all on the cat grooming glove. 03:00.500 --> 03:05.420 And just before we look at the actual shipping times and the price, I want to draw your attention to 03:05.420 --> 03:06.830 an important setting. 03:06.830 --> 03:09.170 And it's this where you see us. 03:09.170 --> 03:13.010 And if I open this up, you see a list of other countries. 03:13.010 --> 03:15.020 So what is this setting? 03:15.020 --> 03:19.190 Well, it's the country that this product is going to be delivered to. 03:19.190 --> 03:24.440 And as you can imagine, if you change the country, it can vary the shipping times and also the costs. 03:24.440 --> 03:29.150 Now, of course, we're starting to build our business in the United States, which is why I've selected 03:29.150 --> 03:30.170 United States. 03:30.170 --> 03:34.100 And so just make sure that you've selected the country that you're actually shipping to. 03:34.100 --> 03:37.250 Now, the good news is you don't have to do this every single time. 03:37.250 --> 03:41.330 Once I've selected us, it's going to stay like that for all future products. 03:41.330 --> 03:41.900 Okay. 03:41.900 --> 03:44.720 So now let's have a look at the actual times. 03:44.720 --> 03:48.950 Now you can see here, first of all you have an estimated processing time. 03:48.950 --> 03:55.190 And the processing time is the time that it takes them to actually get the product ready between the 03:55.190 --> 03:58.070 actual order and the time that they send it out. 03:58.070 --> 04:01.910 And then having sent it out, you have an estimated delivery time. 04:01.910 --> 04:07.550 Now, you can see in this case the processing time is 1 to 3 days for most orders and for the delivery 04:07.550 --> 04:09.530 time it's 4 to 8 days. 04:09.530 --> 04:13.550 And of course we want the total time to be 15 days or less. 04:13.550 --> 04:18.800 And so to ensure that what we do is we add up the largest of these numbers. 04:18.800 --> 04:22.520 So for the estimated processing time, we would take three days. 04:22.520 --> 04:25.760 And for the estimated delivery time we would take eight days. 04:25.760 --> 04:31.610 That makes a total of 11 days, which of course is well within our 15 day maximum. 04:31.610 --> 04:37.430 And so to the shipping costs themselves, where you can see in this case we have a stock shipping fee 04:37.430 --> 04:40.460 and also a last mile shipping fee. 04:40.460 --> 04:47.090 Now, to be perfectly honest with you, it's not always easy to determine exactly what these fees mean, 04:47.090 --> 04:49.010 but that doesn't really matter. 04:49.010 --> 04:54.620 What matters is that the total of these fees is around about $5 on average. 04:54.620 --> 04:57.830 And as you can see in this case, it's actually free shipping. 04:57.830 --> 04:59.840 So we are well within our limit. 04:59.980 --> 05:04.900 And so this product, in terms of shipping times and shipping costs, is perfectly acceptable. 05:04.900 --> 05:07.360 And so now let's have a look at another product. 05:07.360 --> 05:13.120 And this time I'll click on this pet water cup where you can see that the processing time is effectively 05:13.120 --> 05:16.300 three days and the delivery time is seven days. 05:16.300 --> 05:20.290 So that makes a total of ten days, which is perfectly acceptable. 05:20.290 --> 05:22.090 And then to the fees. 05:22.090 --> 05:29.320 Now in this case, what we will be doing is adding up $1.37 and $5.64. 05:29.320 --> 05:32.020 And that brings me to around about $7. 05:32.020 --> 05:37.630 Now of course, that's higher than my average of $5, but my $5 is an average. 05:37.630 --> 05:40.900 And so $7 is likely to still be acceptable. 05:40.900 --> 05:44.020 And so once again this product seems to be great. 05:44.020 --> 05:49.300 And so now let's check a third and final product, because I'm sure by now you're starting to get the 05:49.300 --> 05:49.900 idea. 05:49.900 --> 05:55.510 And for this one let's scroll down a bit and I'll take this dog seat cover. 05:55.510 --> 06:01.840 So clicking onto this we can see that the total time is ten days, which is great, but the shipping 06:01.840 --> 06:04.150 fee is close to $30. 06:04.150 --> 06:08.080 So clearly in this case we are not going to be taking this product. 06:08.320 --> 06:14.860 But I hope with those three simple examples, you can see how quick and easy it is to check shipping 06:14.890 --> 06:17.620 time and costs for any product on CJ. 06:17.740 --> 06:22.630 And then just to round out this lecture, I'm sure you've noticed this free shipping. 06:22.630 --> 06:27.340 And if I were to select this, then clearly it's going to show me all of the products where the shipping 06:27.340 --> 06:28.300 is zero. 06:28.300 --> 06:30.550 And that is of course very interesting. 06:30.550 --> 06:37.270 But with that said, I would encourage you not to use this exclusively because if you do, you risk 06:37.270 --> 06:43.270 missing products where while the shipping might not be zero, it's still very affordable and well within 06:43.270 --> 06:45.610 our range of $5 on average. 06:45.610 --> 06:48.610 But in any case, I hope you can now really appreciate that. 06:48.610 --> 06:54.190 Not only does CJ Drop Shipping offer you fantastic products, but it can also deliver most of those 06:54.190 --> 06:59.290 products within a very acceptable time period and for a very affordable price.