I am currently trying to get a California sellers permit for my dropshipping bussiness, I am going to be using Aliexpress to purchase most of my products until I know which ones are selling well enough for me to purchase them in bulk. That being said I am having an issue filling out the form for the…

Hello Chris, Just to make it clear, you need help in getting your California sellers permit? Or you are asking if you need one in the first place?

I need help getting the permit, I have all the other info, I just am stumped on the supplier information since I am going to be ordering from various sellers on Aliexpress and not a true supplier, if that makes sense haha

Even i am also facing the same problem.

Hi all, I got the answer to the reseller permit from the County. You need to get put any supplier in the field for the application. It’s to verify that this is a legitimate business but you don’t need a committment from them yet. The difficulty is trying to find which supplier to list on the applic…

Okay, so after two seperate calls to the State gov. I got my answer, the first call the gentlemen told me to use any supplier I am buying from Aliexpress, however getting the proper information is difficult so I decided to jump onto Alibaba to find a future supplier of one my products when I decide …

help! I’m stuck on the same thing. I’m solely dropshipping so I’m not buying supplies from office max or anything and I simply cannot find phone numbers for sellers on alliexpress! so frustrating! It only has a chat function. I did find one for alliexpress itself but, like the OP mentioned, it’s mor…

Same here… Seem silly. Any updates?

Iam having the same issue, i am applying for a California Sellers License so i can dropship from ali express or Alibaba however in the application it asks for the suppliers Phone number and address, anyone know what to put here as most suppliers on those sites dont have their phone numbers posted.

I just put an office max near me for office supplies. The alliexpress sellers don’t display the information needed on this form and at the time I was applying for my permit I didn’t know who would be consistent sellers for me. Putting a local business supply store worked fine for me and I got my…

Need advice on obtaining a California sellers permit for dropshipping?

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sophia_koo January 26, 2018, 9:20am 5

Ditto. I’m going to call the County tomorrow to see if there is a workaround, but if you find the answer, please post here!

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Need advice on obtaining a California sellers permit for dropshipping?

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