There are thousands and thousands of video game titles, and if a store listed only 100 or so it might not get very much traffic at all. Once video game buyers find what they want with a particular seller they will very likely shop there again and again as long as that experience is repeated. Sellers that don't have what buyers are searching for do not get many repeat visits. If there is a seller that carries whatever the buyers want they are much more likely to return, so to ensure it is easy for buyers to find all the video games they want, it would make sense to have the largest selection available. The only problem with carrying such a large listing of video game titles and keeping them well stocked is the overhead in time and money for managing the inventory, right? Wouldn't it be best to concentrate on just a few of the most popular titles? Not necessarily.

eBay sellers of video games who have very large listings typically do not keep large inventories. They utilize a video game dropship service who sell drop ship entertainment items. It works like this; once buyers find the video games they want they will order them from the eBay video game seller, the seller is paid and then places an order on behalf of the buyer with the video game dropship service, it is the video game dropship service who then ships the video games directly to the buyer. The eBay video game seller is able to make a profit from the difference in the higher amount paid by the buyer and the lower amount paid by the eBay seller to the video game dropship service. However, the eBay seller does not have to keep an actual inventory of the video game titles or even pack and ship them, this is all handled by the video game dropship service.

A good rule of thumb as that 80% percent of the sales for an eBay video game seller will come from only 20% of the video game titles. So why not just carry that twenty percent? Because, that twenty percent is always changing! Also, once a seller becomes familiar with buyers preferences, video game titles can be suggested for addition to the order. The seller could, for instance, offer a small incremental shipping cost, or even no additional shipping cost for the up sell item. This is both more convenient for buyers as well as for sellers. Buyers don't have to go to several different sellers to find what they want, and sellers have the convenience of placing several items on an order versus placing more small orders.

Once the all the advantages of using a video game dropship service are understood it becomes clear why this is the preferred method of many successful sellers and top dropshippers. By far, the single greatest advantage is the use of a large listing for buyer retention. Remember, if buyers find what they are searching for on a particular seller's listing, they are more likely to return to shop again with the seller, and if the seller is able to improve the buyer's experience by making appropriate up sell offers, the maximum potential can be realized from the use of a video game dropship service.