Stock always low

[Strong25]

Hi Trendsi,

There are a few vendors Risen being one, that have low or out of stock products most of the time. How do we try to sell these items when they are never available? I love the product, it just saddens me that this is becoming a pattern with a lot of the vendors we have to choose from. 

[Trendsi · Accepted solution]

Yes we understand the frustration. The limitation of dropshipping is that the inventory stock is shared and can be volatile. Overseas vendors are doing better at restocking the products fast compared to US vendors like Risen. Most of the time we rush to Risen for restock and they are also out of stock (we are frustrated too)

There are a few things we are doing to solve the issue:
1. Encourage the sellers to start dropshipping as soon as the product is listed as that is time when it has the most ample inventory. We will also add a tag to products that have run low on inventory and cannot be restock. We do not recommend selling those. 
2. We are working with vendors to help them better manage their supply chain so that they can restock faster (this is challenging but looks promising in the long term)
3. Dropshipping is perfect for testing out new products. However, it does has its limitation. The most successful sellers on Trendsi will use dropshipping to test and quickly buy wholesale with private labeling (can store in Trendsi too) to secure the inventory and provide faster shipping to their customers (because it is stored in our US warehouse after you buy bulk)

Out of stock issue is a continuous challenge that we are trying to combat!