# How to find out if someone is drop shipping my product?
**URL:** https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163
**Category:** Walmart
**Tags:** walmart, brand-awareness, drop-shipping
**Created:** [June 7, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163 "2024-06-07T14:52:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jenga244](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Jenga244)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/21 "2024-06-08T04:08:24Z")
It depends on the dropshipper.
We have a few buy from us and rarely have issues with them. I am here to make sales…I don’t care to who. As long as they don’t do anything shady…I am fine with them.
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### Author:  [@rms](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/rms)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/22 "2024-06-09T05:41:17Z")
Speaking of dropshippers, has anyone encountered one whose name is the same as an extremely potent nerve gas?
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/23 "2024-06-09T11:39:23Z")
> [@Old-Timer](#):
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> Side note: sometimes image searching your main product image on google or bing, may show other offers across marketplaces like eBay.
That’s an excellent idea! I’ll try. Thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/24 "2024-06-09T11:42:52Z")
> [@dwat0870](#):
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> The reason is that they are marking up your prices already which can have a negative effect on how customers view your product.
Thanks for sharing the idea. Why is it negative for the products to sell at the higher price? If people are willing to buy, it shows that my price is too low. No?
> I would do what @Old-Timer says and try to see where they are selling your items. It might be a new market opportunity for YOU!
Thank you for this wonderful idea! I didn’t get that from readying @Old-Timer reply seconds ago. Will try 🙂
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/25 "2024-06-09T11:50:39Z")
> [@TJB](#):
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> Do what you can to try and limit this stuff before it gets out of hand. No one else is going to care about your brand or it’s reputation.
TJB, thank you for explaining everything. It’s all make sense. I also have counterfeiting problems from time to time on Amazon even though my products are brand registered. Never happened to me on Walmart yet. Maybe because Walmart hasn’t been popular enough (low sales volume).
> Do what you can to try and limit this stuff before it gets out of hand.
Frankly I have a ton of this product left in inventory that I’m trying to sell. I set the price on Walmart much lower than on Amazon. I did that because the expense is lower on Walmart; no PPC ads expense.
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/26 "2024-06-09T11:52:35Z")
> [@HobbesIsMyTiger](#):
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> I agree with the above sentiments. As long as the dropshipping listings are legitimate and do not compromise your brand or products in any way I wouldn’t care if they were being dropshipped, but I would caution against trying to encourage this relationship.
Thanks for another vote. I learn sometime new every time when people reply to my post here 🙂
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/27 "2024-06-09T11:57:56Z")
> [@papy](#):
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> If they are already playing loose with someone else’s rules and policies, there’s zero reason to expect that they would uphold any agreement with you.
Very true! Thanks.
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### Author:  [@JustForFunStuff](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/JustForFunStuff)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/28 "2024-06-09T13:30:16Z")
> [@primetime](#):
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> I have had a few pretty big drop-shippers that sold from their own websites back off after I started drawing attention to where the item really came from.
If we sense this happening we send them a kind message thanking them for their repeat business and just a friendly note to let them know the item arrives in our branded packaging with a thank you note - they never order again. Finding this is very common with ebay right now we had 6 in the past week. Sellers seem to be registered in Brazil.
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/29 "2024-06-09T14:35:48Z")
> [@primetime](#):
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> I had to explain to the buyer what had occurred and why I could not issue her a refund. She filed a chargeback against the seller
Thanks for sharing your story. Yup, that happened to me many times when my listing was hijacked. We just have to educate the buyers and show them the truth.
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### Author:  [@primetime](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/primetime)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/30 "2024-06-09T16:50:24Z")
That’s a nice kind approach. I haven’t had any on eBay yet (knocking on wood) but I will watch for that.
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### Author:  [@dwat0870](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/dwat0870)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/31 "2024-06-09T16:51:24Z")
> [@HumbleWarrior](#):
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> Why is it negative for the products to sell at the higher price?
I have a rather bleak opinion of buyers, so take this for what it is worth.
Buyers are oblivious to the sellers names since all they are looking at is the product. As a result if they buy your product from “YOU” on one site at $49.99 and then find that “YOU” are selling the exact same product on Amazon for $29.99, they don’t get mad at “YOU”, they get ■■■##@ at the PRODUCT because “YOU” are selling it at such a huge markup on the other sites.
Of course, I could be wrong, and _ **maybe** _ they actually take the time to look at the name of the SELLER, but I’m a pessimist by nature, so I doubt that would happen.
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### Author:  [@primetime](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/primetime)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/32 "2024-06-09T17:06:21Z")
In my example up-thread the buyer was mad at me for sending her the wrong thing until I untangled the events and explained to her that another seller on another site had used me to fill the order with the wrong item.
Had she not contacted me about it, she would have remained angry with me and could have posted a bad product review on Amazon.
If I am responsible for the end result of the transaction I want control of the entire transaction (with the unfortunate exception of control over FBA mistakes).
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### Author:  [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/33 "2024-06-09T18:28:32Z")
> [@primetime](#):
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> If I am responsible for the end result of the transaction I want control of the entire transaction
Exactly this. A drop shipper is not your partner.
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/34 "2024-06-10T14:31:39Z")
> [@rms](#):
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> Speaking of dropshippers, has anyone encountered one whose name is the same as an extremely potent nerve gas?
What’s the name of that “extremely potent nerve gas”? Is it the word that will get your post remove (hence that’s why you didn’t type it in the first place)?
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/35 "2024-06-10T14:36:04Z")
> [@dwat0870](#):
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> they don’t get mad at “YOU”, they get ■■■##@ at the PRODUCT because “YOU” are selling it at such a huge markup on the other sites.
Ah… thanks for sharing this view. I see your point. Yep that scenario could happen if the buyer scouts the internet looking for the exact same product _AFTER_ purchasing. It’s possible but the probability is low since most people do the scouting before purchasing, not after 🙂
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### Author:  [@HumbleWarrior](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/HumbleWarrior)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/36 "2024-06-10T14:39:20Z")
> [@JustForFunStuff](#):
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> let them know the item arrives in our branded packaging with a thank you note - they never order again.
Why did they stop? You politely thank them for repeat purchases.
Also, were you unhappy that the drop shipper resold your products? If so, why?
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### Author:  [@JustForFunStuff](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/JustForFunStuff)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/37 "2024-06-10T18:19:48Z")
> [@HumbleWarrior](#):
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> Why did they stop? You politely thank them for repeat purchases.
Just a guess, the fact that the item will be sent to their buyer in our branded packaging may not be a best fit for them.
> [@HumbleWarrior](#):
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> Also, were you unhappy that the drop shipper resold your products? If so, why?
Not necessarily unhappy just giving a heads up letting the “buyer” (dropshipper) know their buyer won’t receive a “blind shipment”. Many go to freight forwarders which often leads to INR claims. And if they are dropshipping our branded merchandise it is more to protect the integrity of that brand. If the shipment is generated from our facility, ultimately we are responsible for the contents and delivery.
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### Author:  [@Haegan2005](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Haegan2005)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/38 "2024-06-10T18:37:05Z")
Normally you will have the same buyer, but a different address for each order. It does not get much more obvious then that.
Per Amazon policy we include packslips with pricing in the order. It is something to think about. I will say that it was a recommended action, but I do not know if it is still policy.
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### Author:  [@Dogtamer](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Dogtamer)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/39 "2024-06-11T06:19:50Z")
> [@HumbleWarrior](#):
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> Also, were you unhappy that the drop shipper resold your products? If so, why?
> [@JustForFunStuff](#):
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> Not necessarily unhappy - just giving a heads up letting the “buyer” (dropshipper) know their buyer won’t receive a “blind shipment”. Many go to freight forwarders which often leads to INR claims.
Nail, meet hammer.
> [@JustForFunStuff](#):
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> And if they are dropshipping our branded merchandise **it is more to _protect the integrity_ of that brand**.
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Nail, meet pile-driver.
> [@JustForFunStuff](#):
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> If the shipment is generated from our facility, ultimately **we** are responsible for the contents and delivery.
Nail, meet nuke.
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### Author:  [@Dogtamer](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Dogtamer)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-someone-is-drop-shipping-my-product/4163/40 "2024-06-11T07:13:33Z")
> [@Haegan2005](#):
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> Per Amazon policy we include packslips with pricing in the order. It is something to think about. I will say that it was a recommended action, but I do not know if it is still policy.
The requirement to include a packing slip with each order _ **is** _ still plainly embodied in Clause (i) of Section **S-2.1 Sale and Fulfillment.** of that **most** -fundamental of Amazon’s TOS policies, the [ASBSA (link)](https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/1791) itself (‘ASBSA,’ aka ‘BSA’ in some circles, is an acronym standing for “Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement”):
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> (i) include an order-specific packing slip, and, if applicable, any tax invoices, within each shipment of Your Products;
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Clause (j) of the same document is also relevant, @ least as far as contractual agreement is concerned (and even moreso given the original premise of our friend @HumbleWarrior’s thread here):
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> (j) identify yourself as the seller of each of Your Products on all packing slips or other information included or provided in connection with Your Products and as the Person to which a customer may return the applicable product
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These two clauses of the ASBSA are, I think, almost-undoubtedly the primary rationale underpinning Amazon’s stringent Dropshipping policy (references available upon request), despite the quite-demonstrable fact that many members of our Seller Community have spent years suffering no (or little) consequence by emulating Amazon’s “green” example - i.e., of eschewing packing slips for AFN/FBANote 1 orders - with their own MFN/FBMNote 2 orders.
Neither paper, or ink, nor the infrastructure needed to produce them are particularly inexpensive - hence the **primary** reason why so many of us tend to scrimp on such “niceties” as these, methinks - but the Buying Public’s perception of Brand Integrity **IS** priceless.
As is the ability, should push come to shove @ the hands of some mindless Amabot (and/or their human prototypes ensconced in the lower echelons of Amazon’s support infrastructure), to demonstrate, **conclusively,** that one DOES have all of the ‘i’s’ dotted & ‘t’s’ crossed in regular compliance with amazon’s published policies…
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> Interchangeable ‘Amazonese’ acronyms for “Amazon Fulfillment Network” & “Fulfilled by Amazon”
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> **Note 2**
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> Interchangeable ‘Amazonese’ acronyms for “Merchant Fulfillment Network” & “Fulfilled by Merchant”
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