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This section will help you get started with Inventory Source.  Please see the FAQ section or other items in the Guides and Tutorials section for more details on how Inventory Source can add value to you and your ecommerce business. This is the Community...
folder.png STEP 1: Start With A FREE Inventory Source Accout
Welcome to the Inventory Source Dropship Community and Support Site.  You can find a great deal of helpful Guides & Tutorials on this site.  This is the support site for our members, but we never restrict access to information as we feel...
page.png Service Offerings & Account Types
In this introductory guide we wanted to take a moment to help explain a few of the basic Inventory Source user account types and service options. Free Account In the Free Account access you are able to view all of our guides, tutorials, business...
page.png Tutorial: Advanced Inventory Automation Custom Tools
In an effort to improve the existing services at Inventorysource.com, we proudly introduce ‘Advanced Inventory Control Tools’ to better manage your Inventory Data Feeds and getting you complete control over the Inventory. Using the new...
page.png How To Start With Your Wholesale Dropship Supplier Program
How to Start With Your Wholesale Drop Shipper: Once you've found a few manufacturers and distributors, such as by using the supplier references or Inventory Browser tool in your FREE Inventory Source account, you'll need to get on the phone and...
page.png Step 1: Create a Free Dropship Account & Review Supplier Programs
You are currently on our Inventory Source Dropship Community and Support Site.  Please feel free to review as much of the information here as you like.  You can learn more about our services by going to our main Inventory Source site, including...
page.png Learning More About Inventory Source
Welcome to the Inventory Source Dropship Community and Support Site Inventory Source is the original dropship reseller data service provider, and we are still the largest service provider connecting resellers directly to their real dropship supplier programs...
page.png Learning About Our Tools And Features
To learn more about our business feel free to visit our main site at http://www.inventorysource.com/.  We understand your business and your needs.  We have developed a powerful set of tools exactly for your business.  We are NOT a "turnkey...
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Step by Step instructions for How to Process Credit Cards for your ecommerce store. ...
page.png Credit Card Merchant Account Solution
You want a TRUSTED Merchant Account Provider and E-Commerce exchange is an industry leader, and we are often asked who we recommend for Credit Card Processing and Merchant Account services.  That is why we have partnered with a Merchant Account...
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General information about the Inventory Source system. ...
page.png Service Offerings & Pricing
In this introductory guide we wanted to take a moment to help explain a few of the basic Inventory Source user account types and service options. Free Account In the Free Account access you are able to view all of our guides, tutorials, business...
page.png How Can I Get Started With A Custom Logo?
If you are planning or reevaluating your current brand and marketing approach, your logo is a core way that you present yourself to the public.  You cannot over look the product or service that you provide, but the logo is often one of the first...
page.png Welcome to Inventory Source
Welcome to Inventory Source! Success in Ecommerce is not a hard nut to crack if you understand the Inventory Source Services Suite in a nutshell.  We have partnered with a large and growing network of Drop Ship suppliers to form Inventory Source's...
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folder.png Ecommerce Website Platforms
Inventory Source services supports a variety of ECommerce Platforms.  Some of these platforms or storefronts are: osCommerce, Yahoo Store, Miva Merchant, Inventory Store (eStore), CRE Loaded, Custom ASP/PHP Platforms, and Custom Website Integration...
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folder.png X-Cart
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Inventory Source and the vpasp Ecommerce Cart...
page.png Daily Wholesale Dropship Product Automation for VP-ASP Platform
Load thousands of wholesale drop ship products to your VP-ASP Store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily product updates DIRECTLY to your VP-ASP e-commerce database. If your supplier(s) go...
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CRE Loaded strives to create the most usable and stable open source shopping cart system available to the small or medium business and entrepreneurs alike. CRE Loaded,  or simply Loaded is it is more frequently called, is a version of osCommerce 2...
page.png CRE Loaded File Structure Introduction
IntroductionCRE Loaded is an osCommerce based E-Commerce product which includes shopping cart functions, content management functions and much more. This document outlines pertinent programming information including but not limited to file system standards,...
page.png CRE Loaded 6.2 Features
Here is a list of just some of the featrues in CRE Loaded 6.2 platforms       Admin SSL Enabled         Secure administration automatically installed (must have secure server) Admin With Access Levels 2.2   Assign...
page.png Fully Customized Professional CRE Loaded Website
Give your site something special with a professional design and a CRE Loaded platform. We can create any kind of CRE Loaded site based on any theme or style you want.  Flash headers, complete site layout, navigation, images, and more can be added...
page.png Daily Dropship Inventory Automation For CRE Loaded
Load products to your CRE Loaded store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily updates DIRECTLY to your CRE Loaded e-commerce database. If your supplier(s) go out of stock, the product is removed...
page.png Introduction to CRE Loaded
This is a brief introduction to CRE Loaded. CRE Loaded 6 or simply Loaded is it is more frequently called, is a version of osCommerce 2.2 MS2 which has been preloaded with a number of very useful extras to help emerchants get their stores up and working faster,...
folder.png Zen Cart
What is Zen Cart?  According to their site, "Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system." The software is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers,...
page.png Daily Dropship Product Automation for Zen Cart
Load thousands of wholesale drop ship products to your Zen Cart Store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily product updates DIRECTLY to your Zen Cart e-commerce database. If your supplier(s) go...
page.png Quick Guide to Zen Cart Admin Menu
Admin Menu Sections Configuration My Store — General information about your site. Minimum Values — Defines minimum values for various options in validation of user input. Maximum Values — Defines maximum values for various items that will appear...
page.png The Features of the Zen Cart Shopping Cart
Below is a list of the major features included in Zen Cart. Easy Installation checks the database and server for requirements before installing installs using a built-in installation tool prepopulates the basic store information optional demo products...
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page.png Daily Wholesale Dropship Product Automation for VirtueMart
Load thousands of wholesale drop ship products to your Virtuemart Store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily product updates DIRECTLY to your Virtuemart e-commerce database. If your supplier(s)...
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folder.png Custom ASP/PHP Platforms
folder.png Inventory Stores
folder.png Miva Merchant
page.png Full Dropship Inventory Automation Service For Miva Merchant
At Inventory Source, we do not limit you to one e-commerce solution.  Why have a "turn-key" store, when we can help unlock the potential of multiple store platforms and market places.   We offer full inventory automation for Miva...
page.png Introduction to Miva Merchant
This is a brief introduction of Miva Merchant. MIVA Merchant is an E-commerce program used to develop and manage online stores.  It is a storefront development and management system which makes it possible for businesses of all sizes to build and...
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page.png Intro to Yahoo Store Backend System Settings
Set up backend systems and operation for Yahoo! Store and Admin Menu SettingsNow that you've handled the "build" part of getting started, it's time to look at "Managing." Before you open for business, you'll want to configure...
page.png Automatic Drop Ship Inventory Updates For Yahoo Stores
At Inventory Source, we do not limit you to one e-commerce solution.  Why have a "turn-key" store, when we can help unlock the potential of multiple store platforms and market places.   We offer full inventory automation for Yahoo!...
page.png How To Load Products To Your Yahoo Store
How to load your dropship inventory products to your Yahoo Stores. Loading products to a Yahoo Store We provide you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your Yahoo Store, follow...
page.png Introduction to Yahoo! Stores
This is a brief introduction to the Yahoo! Stores platform. Yahoo Stores allows you to build, manage, and market a professional online store with an integrated solution from Yahoo!.   The store accounts include a secure shopping cart &...
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page.png Fully Customized Professional osCommerce Website
Give your osCommerce site something special with a professional design. We can create any kind ofosCommerce site based on any theme or style you want. If you want flash headers, complete site layout, navigation, images, and more, these can all be added...
page.png Drop Ship Inventory Management for OSCommerce
Load products to your store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily updates directly to your osCommerce database. If your supplier(s) go out of stock, the product is removed from your site. If...
page.png osCommerce Hosting & Drop-ship Inventory Automation
osCommerce is a powerful open source website platform. We can set you up with a new hosting account, a fully loaded osCommerce installation, access to all drop ship inventory information, and daily automation for your store. This is a complete package...
page.png Introduction to osCommerce
This is a brief introduction explaining the osCommerce Store Platform. osCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution that offers a wide range of out-of-the-box features that allows online stores to be setup fairly quickly with ease, and is available...
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folder.png Marketplaces & Marketing
Inventory Source services do more then just help resellers update and manage thousands of products in their inventory.  The service offerings from Inventory Source help resellers to market and promote their products.  The current Inventory Source...
folder.png Google Base
page.png How To Create A Google Base Account And Load Your Product File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Why You Should Use Google Base
1. Why should I use Google Base for listing wholesale dropship product data? If you have information you want to share with others but aren't sure how to reach them, Google Base is for you. You can easily submit all types of online and offline content...
page.png Provide Content To Google Base
Google Base offers tremendous value for content providers of large and small ecommerce websites.  You can benefit from Google Base regardless of if your site uses one wholesale dropship supplier, three supplier programs, or prefer to take the approach...
page.png Getting Started With Adding Dropship Products to Google Base
Google Base is Google's new free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Google Base you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and...
page.png How Inventory Source Can Help You With Google Base
Getting a Google Base data file for upload Inventory Source can create the page links automatically to your site from Google BaseInventory Source can ensure your custom price settings are in sync with your website and Google Base data feeds...
page.png 3 Reasons Why You Should Use Google Base For Dropship Products
Google Base traffic might amount to a small percentage of traffic that makes its way to your site, but for getting more bang for your marketing buck, it is some of the most profitable traffic on-line, because it is FREE.  Very few sites offer...
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folder.png eBay Auctions & Stores
page.png How To Use eBay Turbo Lister For Your Products
GET STARTED 1 - Download Turbo Lister from pages.eBay.com/turbo_lister. 2. Install Turbo Lister onto your computer 3. You will be prompted to enter your eBay ID and password 4. Click Next> when you've done this, then you'll be asked...
page.png Drive eBay Traffic To Your Website From eBay Proudct Listings
Sell on eBay to Leverage Traffic to your Wholesale Dropship Inventory Site Several years ago eBay could be used almost exclusively as a marketing site to drive traffic back to your dropship ecommerce website. Once eBay introduced policies that were meant...
page.png Increase eBay Sales: Add Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal
Millions of sellers are on eBay.  How can you make your listings standout.  You need to build trust and draw attention to your eBay listings.  Adding a Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal can help improve your eBay feedback and shopping...
page.png Link Your eBay Auction To Your Site
The rules of linking from your Ebay auctions Because ebay is such a busy place of merchandise sales with many various ebay stores and markets selling thousands of items, there must be a few rules that are set in place to insure that everyone is playing fair...
page.png Selling Drop Ship Products On EBay
You would need to use our TurboLister files and load them to your eBay everyday, but when selling on an auction from drop ship products there is never a guarantee that an item will always be available.  This is because eBay listings are time-based,...
page.png How Do I Categorize The Product File For eBay Turbo Lister?
For the standard file downloads, we do not provide the ebay categories for the products.  This is because there are many categorize which eBay can change periodically.  Also, some of our users have very particular thoughts on how best to...
page.png Improve eBay Feedback and Market Your Store's Items
Ebay is a natural choice for resellers looking for a market place to sell their products, but do not forget that Ebay is a great place for marketing your products as well.  Listing all of your products on Ebay, especially when you sell thousands...
page.png Introduction to eBay Turbo Lister
This is a brief introduction to eBay Turbo Lister. eBay Turbo Lister is a new eBay selling tool. It is a desktop-based selling tool that facilitates creating listings to post on the eBay site.  Turbo Lister helps sellers list items on eBay with speed and easy...
page.png An introduction to eBay
A brief introduction to eBay. Founded in September 1995, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is The World's Online Marketplace for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals and small businesses. Today, the eBay community includes more than...
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page.png Custom File For Dropship Inventory For Bizrate Shopzilla
Inventory Source can provide you with product information in any format you need, including Bizrate / Shopzilla with the Custom File Download Account. Running your online business means being flexible and being able to integrate quickly with a variety of partners...
page.png Introduction to Bizrate / Shopzilla
This is a brief introduction to Bizrate/Shopzilla. Shopzilla, Inc. is the parent company that owns both BizRate- and Shopzilla-branded shopping search engine products. Currently, BizRate-branded banners are provided to Affiliate partners for website placement...
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Learn more about how Inventory Source can add value to your ecommerce needs by helping you to use Froogle for your dropship Inventory. ...
page.png 3 Reasons Why You Should Use Froogle For Dropship Products
Froogle traffic might amount to a small percentage of traffic that makes its way to your site, but for getting more bang for your marketing buck, it is some of the most profitable traffic on-line, because it is FREE.  Very few sites offer to freely...
page.png Posting to Froogle Using osCommerce Easy Populate
You can use the Easy Populate module from your osCommerce Admin and create a full Froogle export of your store. This is a feature that comes with osCommerce and you can use it to create an export on a daily basis without any additional expense...
page.png How Inventory Source Can Help You With Froogle
Getting a Froogle data file for upload Inventory Source can create the page links automatically to your site from FroogleInventory Source can ensure your custom price settings are in sync with your website and Froogle data feeds.Inventory Source can ensure...
page.png How do I add dropship products to Froogle?
Froogle is Google's free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Froogle you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and a web page that contains...
page.png Introduction to Froogle
A brief introduction to Froogle. Froogle is a price engine website that allows users to enter product queries.  This Google affiliated price engine then returns lists of vendors selling the product, as well as basic pricing information. Froogle...
folder.png Amazon Marketplace
Inventory Source Services is the solution for selling drop ship products through Amazon Marketplace. ...
page.png Amazon Custom File Error Details
Below are some basic types of errors that can occur when you upload your wholesale dropship products to Amazon.  You can use custom file services for Amazon Marketplace or Amazon Seller Central to help you save time in managing your products. ...
page.png Solutions For Price Issues When Listing Wholesale Dropship Products Online
Many of our wholesale dropship members might wonder how to respond if they list prices online at the wrong value.  When you use InventorySource.com’s custom wholesale dropship data services we can help prevent these issues on your website and listings...
page.png Custom File For Dropship Inventory For Amazon Seller Central
As a seller, you can use Amazon Seller Central and Inventory Source Services to: Set your own shipping rates Provide gift messaging and gift-wrap services View metrics to help you manage your business If you have any questions as you begin listing products...
page.png Custom Dropship Inventory Data Files For Amazon Marketplace
Inventory Source can provide you with product information in any format you need, including Amazon Marketplace with the Custom File Download Account. Running your online business means being flexible and being able to integrate quickly with a variety...
page.png Quick Quide To Load Dropship Inventory To Amazon Marketplace
Have you looked at the Amazon site for help learning how to use the Inventory Loader tool, but still feel confused?  Inventory Source can help you. 1.    Login to your Amazon account 2.    Click on the Your Account link 3...
page.png How To Quickly Remove All Product Listings On Amazon
If you need to quickly remove all of your listings, upload a Purge and Replace file that has all the necessary Inventory Loader column headers, but no listings. With this method, the small file will process quickly. This is the easiest, most convenient...
page.png Using SKU's Effectively On Amazon
Always use unique SKUs that relate only to one particular product; don't reuse the same SKU for a different product. The SKU is the most important field for managing your Marketplace inventory. You assign a SKU to each listing to uniquely identify it...
page.png Managing Your Inventory on Amazon
Manage your inventory on a daily basis by using the Amazon inventory loading tools to make regular additions and deletions and your Inventory Source Product File Download services. The best way to manage your inventory is to upload a file of your complete...
page.png 10 Tips For Selling Lots Of Products on Amazon Marketplace
This page provides an overview of the best ways to manage a large amount of Amazon Marketplace inventory. Here you'll find insight into how the Amazon.com seller tool systems work as well as techniques used by other successful sellers.  Inventory...
page.png Introduction to Amazon Marketplace
This is a brief intoduction to Amazon Marketplace. Amazon Marketplace allows you to sell new, used, collectable and refurbished items alongside Amazon's new ones. When a reseller lists their items on Amazon Marketplace they are made accessible to...
folder.png General Business Marketing Strategy Guides
The "E" in e-commerce does not stand for easy.  Ecommerce is real commerce, and it requires a real business plan, a continuously adjusting strategy, and an attentive implementation for a reseller to succeed.  Our reseller base is varied,...
page.png Design Trends for 2009
People are always looking for the next big thing and the next new trend.  As we get ready to party like its 2009, there are already a few predictions for what will be hot and what will not.  Pantone provides color standards to the design ...
page.png Getting Started With Adding Dropship Products to Google Base
Google Base is Google's new free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Google Base you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and...
page.png Create A Google Base Account And Load Your Product File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Dropship Product Marketplaces & Compare Tools
Regardless of if you are new to ecommerce or a more experienced seller, you should consider promoting your products on 3rd party marketing sites and comparison shopping programs.  You can still promote your products through some of these services,...
page.png Get Your Customers To Sell Your Dropship Products
Get Your Customers To Sell Your Products When it comes to operating a dropship or mixed dropship business, website owners are always focused on getting customers to buy their products.  This is of course a natural, if not vital, goal for any ecommerce website...
page.png 3 Simple Steps To Great Google Adword Campaigns
Many users are familiar with Google's Adwords by name, but they might not be familiar with the basic workings of Google's algorithms to effectively manage their marketing campaign.  Google is always "tweaking" how their search algorithms...
page.png Sell More Dropship Products With A Customer Service Tool
If you want to sell dropship wholesale products online you need to provide customer service and build trust with your clients.   How can you provide customer services without being locked to your PC 24 hours a day?  How can you build trust with...
page.png Drive eBay Traffic To Your Wholesale Dropship Website From eBay Proudct Listings
Sell on eBay to Leverage Traffic to your Wholesale Dropship Inventory Site Despite eBay's policies, there are still several ways to use eBay to drive traffic to your ecommerce website It is improtant to learn how to sell products on your own ecommerce...
page.png Manage Your Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links for FREE
Free Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links With any new website you MUST begin to design a marketing strategy.  A URL, logo, and a few products do not do much to create real traffic to your site....no matter what the late night infomercials...
page.png Free Dropship Inventory Business Calculators
How do you find the best dropship supplier?  What is the best data service provider for dropship products and inventory management?  What are the advantages of using multiple suppliers for your dropship ecommerce business?  These are all...
page.png Link Your eBay Auction To Your Site
The rules of linking from your Ebay auctions Because ebay is such a busy place of merchandise sales with many various ebay stores and markets selling thousands of items, there must be a few rules that are set in place to insure that everyone is playing fair...
page.png Improve eBay Feedback and Market Your Store's Items
Ebay is a natural choice for resellers looking for a market place to sell their products, but do not forget that Ebay is a great place for marketing your products as well.  Listing all of your products on Ebay, especially when you sell thousands...
page.png Marketing & Website Traffic Generation 101
"How can I generate traffic and market my site?"  This is a question that many of our newer members ask.  Ecommerce is NOT "The Field of Dreams".  You can build, and build, and build, but that does not mean that customers...
page.png Guide to Successful Dropshipping
Introduction to drop shipping and general tips and tricks any drop ship reseller should know. First, what exactly is drop shipping? When you open a retail store, you have 2 choices: to hold inventory, or not. You can buy products in bulk, unpack them,...
page.png Keys to Success: Consolidation & Automation
Learn the secret to being a successful online retailer and how to streamline your business using consolidation and automation to make your business operate efficiently and successfullyThe keys to a successful online retail business: Consolidation...
page.png Marketing and Improve Traffic For Your Store
Ideas and available options for the online reseller to get traffic and sales.Overview As a business owner, you have a wide range of options available to you to promote your business. In general, it is important to have a marketing plan or at least a good...
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folder.png Custom Data Feeds
  Inventory Source provides a variety of customized data feed solutions for sellers and content providers.  Add items to your website, ebay auctions, or expand your marketing reach with our custom data solutions.   ...
folder.png Sample Custom Feed Types & Uses
page.png How To Use eBay Turbo Lister For Your Products
GET STARTED 1 - Download Turbo Lister from pages.eBay.com/turbo_lister. 2. Install Turbo Lister onto your computer 3. You will be prompted to enter your eBay ID and password 4. Click Next> when you've done this, then you'll be asked...
page.png Inventory Source Can Help You With Google Base Custom Files
Getting a Google Base data file for upload Inventory Source can create the page links automatically to your site from Google BaseInventory Source can ensure your custom price settings are in sync with your website and Google Base data feeds...
page.png How To Bulk Upload Your Google Base Custom File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Dropship Product Marketplaces & Compare Tools
Regardless of if you are new to ecommerce or a more experienced seller, you should consider promoting your products on 3rd party marketing sites and comparison shopping programs.  You can still promote your products through some of these services,...
page.png Introduction To The Custom Data File
Inventory Source can provide you with product information in any format you need. Running your online business means being flexible and being able to integrate quickly with a variety of partners. Using Inventory Source to generate your custom files...
folder.png Overview of Capabilities
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folder.png Guides & Tutorials
Inventory Source provides help and support to all users that need assistance. The guides and tutorials below should help with many questions as well as provide insights that may help your business be more successful and more profitable. For more complete...
folder.png Tutorial: Advanced Inventory Control Tools
folder.png Inventory Source Wholesale Supplier Spotlight
Join us as we interview key members of top quality wholesale dropship programs.  The Inventory Source Supplier Spotlight is a great way to hear about amazing dropship product sources and earn from their experts about how to succeed with your...
page.png Dropship Supplier Spotlight with XS Depot Account Manager
Hello and welcome to the Inventory Source Supplier Spotlight, with Andrew Ruppar.  Today I am talking with Kate Walker, an Account Manager with XS Depot.  Hello Kate.  Welcome to the Inventory Source Supplier Spotlight.  It is always...
folder.png Getting Started: Your Inventory Source Account
page.png Service Offerings & Pricing
In this introductory guide we wanted to take a moment to help explain a few of the basic user account types and service options. Free Account In the Free Account access you are able to view all of our guides, tutorials, business references and most...
page.png Tutorial: Advanced Inventory Automation Custom Tools
In an effort to improve the existing services at Inventorysource.com, we proudly introduce ‘Advanced Inventory Control Tools’ to better manage your Inventory Data Feeds and get you complete control over your wholesale drop ship product data...
page.png Welcome to Inventory Source
Welcome to Inventory Source! Success in Ecommerce is not a hard nut to crack if you understand the Inventory Source Services Suite in a nutshell.  We have partnered with a large and growing network of Drop Ship suppliers to form the Inventory Source...
page.png How Do I Get A Tax ID TO Sell Dropship Products?
A Business Tax ID is obtained from your local sales tax office as part of establishing your US based business.  You can look on www.sba.gov if yoiu need to track down the procedure for this in your local area....
page.png Inventory Browser Free Browsing Account
Introduction to the Free Browsing Account.  The Account will give you access to the Inventory Browser.  With this tool you will be able to view the suppliers and their products.  Some details, such as the supplier names are protected from...
page.png Service Offerings & Pricing
Inventory Source has many service plans and pricing based on your needs.  Visit the main Inventory Source site for the most recent price list. Product Browsing Account See the products. Product Download Account Download pre-formatted product information...
page.png What Does FTP Mean?
FTP or File Transfer Protocol is a commonly used protocol for exchanging files over any network that supports the TCP/IP protocol (such as the Internet or an intranet). Your website has webfiles and directories.  These directories are the folders...
page.png Do You Have Any FREE FTP Tutorials?
After you have read the guide, "What does FTP mean?".  You might want to go to this link: http://www.ftpplanet.com/ftpresources/basics.htm This site contains some good material for learning more about FTP programs and the process. ...
page.png Getting Started? How To Pick A Domain Name For Your Site
Here is a link to a great tool, NameFuse.  It comes with simple to use directions.  You can supply it with a few key words and it will let you know which combinations are still available.  This is great if you have writers block or just...
page.png Introduction to The Drop Ship Wholesale Product Data Files
Gain instant access to all product data, including titles, descriptions, categories, images, all updated daily and formatted exactly for your needs. How It Works: Once you have signed up, you simple visit the "Product File Download" page...
page.png How To Manage Your Wholesale Drop Ship Product Supplier
There are two very different ways a retailer relates to their inventory.  On one side, a retailer's inventory can be the heart of their business, and it helps define them and might guide how they present themselves to the public.  In...
page.png Product File Download Account
This is a breif overview of the Product File Download Account service. Product Download Account Once you subscribe to a supplier, you will have access to all of the data files that we provide. The data files are updated daily and are pre-formatted for...
page.png Website Inventory Automation Account
This is a brief overview of the Website Inventory Automation Account. Website Automation Account This eliminates the need for you to handle your daily inventory. We will post daily inventory updates directly to your website and remove out-of-stock items...
page.png Custom Data Files/Feeds
Basic information regarding our Custom Data File. Custom Data File We can provide you with customized files to suit your needs and those of your website or sales platform. These will synchronize your product information across your website,...
page.png Custom Software Services
page.png Website Packages
A brief overview of information regarding our basic level Inventory Store robust and customizable osCommerce CRE Loaded hosted platform, or our complete custom Website Design package. Vist our main site Inventory Source for the most recent prices...
page.png Credit Card Merchant Account Solution
You want a TRUSTED Merchant Account Provider and E-Commerce exchange is an industry leader, and we are often asked who we recommend for Credit Card Processing and Merchant Account services.  That is why we have partnered with a Merchant Account...
page.png How Can I Get Started With A Custom Logo?
If you are planning or reevaluating your current brand and marketing approach, your logo is a core way that you present yourself to the public.  You cannot over look the product or service that you provide, but the logo is often one of the first...
folder.png How To's: osCommerce CRE Loaded 6.2
folder.png Ecommerce & General Business Strategy Guides
The "E" in e-commerce does not stand for easy.  Ecommerce is real commerce, and it requires a real business plan, a continuously adjusting strategy, and an attentive implementation for a reseller to succeed.  Our reseller base is varied,...
page.png 5 Simple Steps For Marketing Your Dropship Website For Free
During your first few months with your site it is important to focus on beginning to build the traffic to your website to help generate sales leads.  Some new ecommerce store owners focus on paid ad campaigns.  While they are many benefits...
page.png Introduction to Business Tax & Reseller ID's
TAX / Reseller Business ID's Getting started with your wholesale drop ship ecommerce reseller business has some challenges, but getting started with the correct paper work to begin your business and to create accounts with legitimate drop ship distributors...
page.png Business Tax IDs, Reseller Applications, & How To Get Started With A Wholesale Distributor
Business Tax IDs, Reseller Applications, and How to Get Started With A Wholesale Distributor One of the single most important aspects of successfully selling products online is being able to obtain products and process them from a REAL wholesale supplier directly...
page.png Holidays Special - 10 Simple Steps for a Successful Dropship eBusiness
 10 Simple Steps for a Successful Dropship Ecommerce Business Holiday Launch Many of us have already started our shopping lists and general "To-Do's" at this time of year.   Some people think about...
page.png Searching for Free Wholesale Drop Ship Product Suppliers
Are you looking for free wholesale drop ship suppliers and data services so you can sell more products and work less? Drop shipping is an attractive and effective online business model.  The biggest advantage is you do not need to stock or hold your...
page.png Solutions For Price Issues When Listing Wholesale Dropship Products Online
Many of our wholesale dropship members might wonder how to respond if they list prices online at the wrong value.  When you use InventorySource.com’s custom wholesale dropship data services we can help prevent these issues on your website and listings...
page.png Getting Started With Adding Dropship Products to Google Base
Google Base is Google's new free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Google Base you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and...
page.png Create A Google Base Account And Load Your Product File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Get Your Customers To Sell Your Dropship Products
Get Your Customers To Sell Your Products When it comes to operating a dropship or mixed dropship business, website owners are always focused on getting customers to buy their products.  This is of course a natural, if not vital, goal for any ecommerce website...
page.png 3 Simple Steps For Effective Google Adword Campaigns
Many users are familiar with Google's Adwords by name, but they might not be familiar with the basic workings of Google's algorithms to effectively manage their marketing campaign.  Google is always "tweaking" how their search algorithms...
page.png Increase eBay Sales: Add Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal
Millions of sellers are on eBay.  How can you make your listings standout.  You need to build trust and draw attention to your eBay listings.  Adding a Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal can help improve your eBay feedback and shopping...
page.png Sell More Dropship Products With A Customer Service Tool
If you want to sell dropship wholesale products online you need to provide customer service and build trust with your clients.   How can you provide customer services without being locked to your PC 24 hours a day?  How can you build trust with...
page.png Drive eBay Traffic To Your Website From eBay Proudct Listings
Sell on eBay to Leverage Traffic to your Wholesale Dropship Inventory Site Several years ago eBay could be used almost exclusively as a marketing site to drive traffic back to your dropship ecommerce website. Once eBay introduced policies that were meant...
page.png Manage Your Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links for FREE
Free Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links With any new website you MUST begin to design a marketing strategy.  A URL, logo, and a few products do not do much to create real traffic to your site....no matter what the late night infomercials...
page.png About Us
Welcome to the Inventory Source Dropship Community and Support Site Inventory Source is the original dropship reseller data service provider, and we are still the largest service provider connecting resellers directly to their real dropship supplier programs...
page.png Link Your eBay Auction To Your Site
The rules of linking from your Ebay auctions Because ebay is such a busy place of merchandise sales with many various ebay stores and markets selling thousands of items, there must be a few rules that are set in place to insure that everyone is playing fair...
page.png Offices2share.com Home Office vs Shared Office Space
Here is a link to Offices2Share.com: http://www.offices2share.com/scripts/list12.pl?pid=0 This might be worth looking into for some of our home-based memebers looking for other options. Offices2share.com®, a service of SmallBizRealty™, Inc.,...
page.png How Do I Get A Tax ID?
A Business Tax ID is obtained from your local sales tax office as part of establishing your US based business.  You can look on SBA.gov if you need to track down the procedure for this in your local area....
page.png How To Work From Home And Sell Drop Ship Products
We have a varied group of resellers.  Some operate in the "brick & mortar" world and others might only operate in the "bits & bites" world of ecommerce.  I wanted to provide a few basic thoughts to consider for those...
page.png Improve eBay Feedback and Market Your Store's Items
Ebay is a natural choice for resellers looking for a market place to sell their products, but do not forget that Ebay is a great place for marketing your products as well.  Listing all of your products on Ebay, especially when you sell thousands...
page.png Marketing & Website Traffic Generation 101
"How can I generate traffic and market my site?"  This is a question that many of our newer members ask.  Ecommerce is NOT "The Field of Dreams".  You can build, and build, and build, but that does not mean that customers...
page.png Guide to Successful Dropshipping
Introduction to drop shipping and general tips and tricks any drop ship reseller should know.  First, what exactly is drop shipping? When you open a retail store, you have 2 choices: to hold inventory, or not. You can buy products in bulk, unpack...
page.png Accepting Payments & Avoiding Fraud
How to accept payments for your products, and how to avoid getting burned.  We have also included set-up details with our recommended Merchant Account service per our members' requests for this information. Overview Accepting payment for your...
page.png Keys to Success: Consolidation & Automation
Learn the secret to being a successful online retailer and how to streamline your business using consolidation and automation to make your business operate efficiently and successfullyThe keys to a successful online retail business: Consolidation...
page.png Marketing and Improve Traffic For Your Store
Ideas and available options for the online reseller to get traffic and sales.Overview As a business owner, you have a wide range of options available to you to promote your business. In general, it is important to have a marketing plan or at least a good...
folder.png Free Tutorials and Guides for the CRE Loaded 6.2 S
If you have our Inventory Source Hosted Website Solution, then this section of CRELoaded 6.2 Guides will provide you with a range of options for updating and customizing your site.  Also, if you have your own hosted CRELoaded 6.2 website this section...
page.png Admin- Configuration- MAXIMUM VALUES
This is where you control the maximum values (such as characters or products) required for some displays.  You can leave the default settings.  You can also change any of these fields to zero, and this would prevent an error message if they...
page.png Admin- Configuration- MINIMUM VALUES
This is where you control the minimum values (such as characters or products) required for some displays.  You can leave the default settings.  You can also change any of these fields to zero, and this would prevent an error message if they...
page.png Admin- Configuration- MY STORE
The Configuration menu is a very important menus for your basic store display settings.  For most users many of the settings should remain at the default settings as some other functions are tied to these settings.  They are simple to change...
page.png How to use your osCommerce CRE Loaded Affiliate Management Program
The OsCommerce CRE Loaded 6.2 Affiliate Management Program is an additional channel to sell your products on the web. You set a either a flat fee or a percentage commission, create an ad banner for your products, load the banner to your affiliate module,...
page.png CRE Loaded File Structure Introduction
IntroductionCRE Loaded is an osCommerce based E-Commerce product which includes shopping cart functions, content management functions and much more. This document outlines pertinent programming information including but not limited to file system standards,...
page.png CRE Loaded 6.2 Features
Here is a list of just some of the featrues in CRE Loaded 6.2 platforms       Admin SSL Enabled         Secure administration automatically installed (must have secure server) Admin With Access Levels 2.2   Assign...
page.png Obtaining Your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for CRELoaded 6.2
How to obtain your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for CRELoaded 6.2.Obtaining your Authorize.Net Transaction Key: If you do not have a transaction key yet you can get one at Authorize.Net's site. Here's how to get one: * Log...
page.png Introductory Guide to CRELoaded 6.2 Link Manager Menu
To manage your link campaign with an CRELoaded 6.2 site, the Link Manager will let you add links as well as allow you to manage links that people post on your site.  You can create categories where you want to allow links to be added...
page.png How To Set CRELoaded 6.2 USPS Shipping Module
CRELoaded 6.2 recommends the use of the UPS shipping module.  It is simple and easy to use.  It is weight based which you have for your dropship products. However, if you still need USPS, then this guide will help you to apply...
page.png How To Set CRELoaded 6.2 UPS Shipping Code Settings
When you install the UPS shipping module, there are several codes that you must select to set your UPS shipping options.  See below for the definitions to this list. 1.   1DM        ...
page.png How To: SEO Meta Tag Changes for CRELoaded 6.2
For CRELoaded 6.2 sites, you can set the master meta tags in the file /includes/languages/english/header_tags.php.  This is a good option for those looking to make their CRELoaded 6.2 site more SEO friendly. You may access this...
page.png How To Remove the Join Newsletter Option From CRELoaded 6.2
Some users do not want to manage a Newsletter.  Some templates have a form to accept a Newsletter on key pages, but it can be removed. The Newsletter option is in the HTML for the page where an account is created, and it would ...
page.png How To Remove A Product From CRELoaded 6.2 Site
To Remove a Product: This process is similar to removing a category. 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categori...
page.png How To Remove A Category From CRELoaded 6.2 Site
To Remove a Category in CRELoaded 6.2 site: 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link from under...
page.png How To Process payments through an external payment gateway manually
Many new users ask about the payment module options.  CRELoaded 6.2 can work with many merchant account providers CRELoaded 6.2 comes installed with several major gateway options.  For those who want to complete credit card processing...
page.png How To Make CRELoaded 6.2 Info-Box Admin and Module Box Changes
This is a good introduction and "How To" guide for the CRELoaded 6.2 Info-Box Admin menu.  The CRELoaded 6.2 Info-Box Admin is where you control the modules (or feature and function boxes) on your site...
page.png How To Locate Product Images
How to locate the product images contained in the Product Image Zip files for your wholesale dropship supplier subscriptions.  This guide is a good point of reference for Custom File Download users. Locating & Loading Image Files...
page.png How To Edit New Account Email Content on CRELoaded 6.2
Some users want to change the content of the automatic email that is sent from your store when a customer creates a new account. You can FTP into the file, edit the content and save it back.  As ALWAYS...save a copy of your file before...
page.png How To Cross Sell Products With CRELoaded 6.2 Admin Tools
You do not just want to load a template or load your products and wait for sales to come into your store.  Get a store that is better then the next site selling similar drop ship products. Your high quality drop ship products...
page.png How To Create New Buttons For Your CRELoaded 6.2
Here are some GREAT links to make free changes to the design and look of your CRELoaded 6.2 dropship site.  This guide will tell you how to generate a zip file for buttons for free to replace the current style on your site...
page.png How To Create A Product Sale From Your CRELoaded 6.2 Admin
How to use the Sales Maker Tool from your Admin 1) Log into you Admin 2) Go to Marketing Menu 3) Click "SaleMaker" 4) Click the New Sale button on the right. 5) From here you can mark EVERYTHING on sale, or just...
page.png How To: Connect Links To The Content From The Admin When Changing Templates
When you change a template on your CRELoaded 6.2 site, such as for the Hosted Account Solution, some links might appear "broken". When you change a template you are changing the look and style, but some templates use a different...
page.png How To's: Change your CRELoaded 6.2 Domain Name
Authsafe.com is the placeholder domain we use for sites so that they are visible even when you have not set up your domain yet.  To have it changed to your actual domain name, it just requires a minor change to the configuration file...
page.png How To Change the Spelling of Manufacturers Box and Other Box Module Headers
1- Log into your store's Admin area. 2- Go to "Design Controls" and select "InfoBox Configure". 3- Scroll down until you see the Manfacturers box. Select by clicking the "i" icon on the far right,...
page.png How To Change the CRELoaded 6.2 Welcome Page Content
To change the Welcome Page Content: (This would appear at the top middle section of your site's main page) 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Select the "Define Main Page" link from under the "Content Manager" menu...
page.png How To Change The Main Page & Add Featured Products, Sales, New Products, News, etc
1)   Log into your CRELoaded 6.2 Admin 2)   Go to the Design Controls menu on the main page 3)   Click Template Configure link under Design Controls menu 4)   Go to your template in use from the template menu...
page.png How To Change Image Sizes On CRELoaded 6.2
CRELoaded 6.2 only needs on image size.  It will use the image to make, both the thumbnail image viewed and the larger image when the thumbnail is clicked for more details. 1- Log into your store's Admin 2- Under the menu at the top right...
page.png How To Change Colors And Fonts on CRELoaded 6.2 Template
All the colors and fonts are controlled by the CRELoaded 6.2 stylesheet.  There is typically a file called stylesheet.css in the templates folder of whatever particular template is being used.  You can view the HTML source for the site,...
page.png How To Add Products to Specials for CRELoaded 6.2
The Specials module is a great tool to use on your CRELoaded 6.2 for selling your dropship products.  The difference between a product marked as Specials and a product marked as Featured is that the Specials will be displayed on your site, often...
page.png How To Add Products For The New Products Section of CRELoaded 6.2
In order to edit the New Products area, you need to go to the Admin area and then to the Configuration >> Max / Min Values module and set the values for the maximum / minimum New Products that you want displayed.  To verify that you have changed...
page.png How To Add Or Remove Banners On Your CRELoaded 6.2 Site
1) Log into your store's Admin area. 2) Go to the Marketing menu 3) Select Banners Manager 4) This is where you manage the banners and track your click acitivity on your banners 5) You can turn off or on any banners loaded to your site from here...
page.png How To Add CRELoaded 6.2 Content Pages: About Us, Policy Pages, and Other ID Pages
One of the first things ecommerce owners like to do with their dropship wholesale website is add content to the About Us Page, Shipping & Returns Page, Privacy Policy Page, etc.  These are all called Information Pages, and this guide will help...
page.png How To Add An Individual Product Not Offered In The Data Feed For CRELoaded 6.2
Some suppliers restrict products from the data service offering.  Some products are not sold through the drop ship program (very heavy items or some very inexpensive small items).  Some products are also only offered to qualified resellers...
folder.png How To's: (osCommerce) CRE Loaded 6.15 Guides
If you have our Inventory Source Hosted Website Solution, then this section of CRE Loaded Guides will provide you with a range of options for updating and customizing your site.  Also, if you have your own hosted osCommerce CRE Loaded website this...
page.png How To Edit New Account Email Content on CRE Loaded
Some users want to change the content of the automatic email that is sent from your store when a customer creates a new account. You can FTP into the file, edit the content and save it back.  As ALWAYS...save a copy of your file before you replace...
page.png How To Make osCommerce CRE Loaded Info-Box Admin and Module Box Changes
This is a good introduction and "How To" guide for  the CRE Loaded Info-Box Admin menu.  The CRE Loaded Info-Box Admin is where you control the modules (or feature and function boxes) on your site. The menu...
page.png How To Add CRE Loaded Content Pages: About Us, Contact Us, Policy Pages, and Other ID Pages
One of the first things ecommerce owners like to do with their dropship wholesale website is add content to the About Us Page, Contact Us Page, Shipping & Returns Page, Privacy Policy Page, etc.  These are all called Information Pages, and this...
page.png How To: Set CRE Loaded USPS Shipping Module
Inventory Source recommends the use of the UPS shipping module.  It is simple and easy to use.  It is weight based which you have for your dropship products. However, if you still need USPS, then this guide will help you to apply your settings...
page.png Introductory Guide to osCommerce CRE Loaded Link Manager Menu
To manage your link campaign with an osCommerce CRE Loaded site, the Link Manager will let you add links as well as allow you to manage links that people post on your site.  You can create categories where you want to allow links to be added to your site...
page.png HELP How To: Change Category Name Size To Display Default Category Structure
Some older versions of osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites and sites that we do not host have a setting for the Category name which limits the number of letters allowed in the name in the database setting. If you host with Inventory Source, we have correctly...
page.png HELP-How To: Add a new ID Page to osCommerce CRE Loaded When The ID Page Needed Was Removed
Some users have used the Info Pages to link the template pages from the site to the admin pages to add the content.  This is a very simple process.  However, some users have noted an issue with this tool on some osCommerce CRE Loaded versions, such as 6...
page.png How To Add Products to Specials for CRE Loaded
The Specials module is a great tool to use on your osCommerce CRE Loaded site for selling your dropship products.  The difference between a product marked as Specials and a product marked as Featured is that the Specials will be displayed on your...
page.png How To Create New Buttons For Your CRE Loaded Site
Here are some GREAT links to make free changes to the design and look of your osCommerce CRE Loaded dropship site.  This guide will tell you how to generate a zip file for buttons for free to replace the current style on your site. If you...
page.png How To Change the Spelling of Manufacturers Box and Other Box Module Headers
1- Log into your store's Admin area. 2- Go to "Design Controls" and select "InfoBox Admin". 3- Scroll down until you see the Manfacturers box. Select by clicking the "i" icon on the far right, then scroll down...
page.png How To: SEO Meta Tag Changes for osCommerce CRE Loaded
For most osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites, you can set the master meta tags in the file /includes/languages/english/header_tags.php.  This is a good option for those looking to make their osCommerce CRE Loaded site more SEO friendly. You may...
page.png How To Correct X'd Out Box Where Image File Should Be
We capture new images a few times a week for the Zip files and autoloading features.  If we do not have the image or the supplier does not have the image, we do not reference an image in the product upload files.  For any store that shows...
page.png How To Remove the Join Newsletter Option From A CRE Loaded Template
Some users do not want to manage a Newsletter.  Some templates have a form to accept a Newsletter on key pages, but it can be removed. The Newsletter option is in the HTML for the page where an account is created, and it would need to be removed...
page.png How To Change The Main Page & Add Featured Products, Sales, New Products, News, etc
1)   Log into your store Admin 2)   Go to the Design Controls menu on the main page 3)   Click Template Admin link under Design Controls menu 4)   Go to your template in use from the template menu.  It should...
page.png How To Process payments through an external payment gateway manually
Many new users ask about the payment module options.  osCommerce and CRE Loaded can work with many merchant account providers.  CRE Loaded comes installed with several major gateway options.  For those who want to complete credit card processing...
page.png How To Set CRE Loaded UPS Shipping Code Settings
When you install the UPS shipping module, there are several codes that you must select to set your UPS shipping options.  See below for the definitions to this list. 1.   1DM         Next Day Air Early AM 2...
page.png How To: Connect Links To The Content From The Admin When Changing Templates
When you change a template on your osCommerce or CRE Loaded site, such as for the Hosted Account Solution, some links might appear "broken". When you change a template you are changing the look and style, but some templates use a...
page.png How To Change Colors And Fonts on osCommerce CRE Loaded Template
All the colors and fonts are controlled by the osCommerece CRE Loaded stylesheet.  There is typically a file called stylesheet.css in the templates folder of whatever particular template is being used.  You can view the HTML source for the...
page.png How To Add Or Remove Banners On Your osCommerce Site
1) Log into your store's Admin area. 2) Go to the Tools menu 3) Select Banners 4) This is where you manage the banners and track your click acitivity on your banners 5) You can turn off or on any banners loaded to your site from here (green is on...
page.png How To Cross Sell Products With osCommerce CRE Loaded Admin Tools
You do not just want to load a template or load your products and wait for sales to come into your store.  Get a store that is better then the next site selling similar drop ship products. Your high quality drop ship products with a low price will...
page.png How To Create A Product Sale From Your osCommerce CRE Loaded Store Admin
How to use the Sales Maker Tool from your Admin 1) Log into you Admin 2) Go to Catalog Menu 3) Click "Sales Maker" 4) Click the New Sale button on the right. 5) From here you can mark EVERYTHING on sale, or just individual Main Categories or...
page.png How To Add An Individual Product Not Offered In The Data Feed For osCommerce
Some suppliers restrict products from the data service offering.  Some products are not sold through the drop ship program (very heavy items or some very inexpensive small items).  Some products are also only offered to qualified resellers. ...
page.png How To Add Products For The New Products Section of osCommerce
In order to edit the New Products area, you need to go to the Admin area and then to the Configuration >> Max / Min Values module and set the values for the maximum / minimum New Products that you want displayed.  To verify that you have...
page.png Posting to Froogle Using osCommerce Easy Populate
You can use the Easy Populate module from your osCommerce Admin and create a full Froogle export of your store. This is a feature that comes with osCommerce and you can use it to create an export on a daily basis without any additional expense...
page.png How To View Site Traffic Report
To view site traffic reports for your site you can use the Urchin Stats Package.  This will let you see your website traffic and other reports.  You can access it from: http://YourWebsitesDomainAddressName.com/hostadmin/ Once you have logged...
page.png How To Change Image Sizes On osCommerce and CRE Loaded
osCommerce only needs on image size.  It will use the image to make, both the thumbnail image viewed and the larger image when the thumbnail is clicked for more details. 1- Log into your store's Admin 2- Under the menu at the top right you will...
page.png How To Remove A Product From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Product: This process is similar to removing a category. 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link...
page.png How To Change the osCommerce Welcome Page Content
To change the Welcome Page Content: (This would appear at the top middle section of your site's main page) 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the bottom left side of the site called "Info System" 3)...
page.png How To Remove A Category From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Category in CRE Loaded osCommerce site: 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link from under the &...
page.png How To Set Price's For Individual Drop Ship Products
Product-specific pricing With the Custom Price Setting Link in your Inventory Source Account, you can control your custom mark-ups for all of your products.  However, Inventory Source gives you the freedom to control individual settings as well...
page.png How To's: Change your osCommerce Domain Name
Authsafe.com is the placeholder domain we use for sites so that they are visible even when you have not set up your domain yet.  To have it changed to your actual domain name, it just requires a minor change to the configuration file for your store...
page.png How To Locate Product Images
How to locate the product images contained in the Product Image Zip files for your wholesale dropship supplier subscriptions.  This guide is a good point of reference for Custom File Download users. Locating & Loading Image Files Inventory...
page.png Obtaining Your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce
How to obtain your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce.Obtaining your Authorize.Net Transaction Key: If you do not have a transaction key yet you can get one at Authorize.Net's site. Here's how to get one: * Log on to your AuthNet account...
page.png Loading Products with eBay's Turbo Lister
How to use eBay Turbo Lister to list batches of items to eBay.Listing Product Items to sell on eBay Inventory Source provides formatted files for eBay's Turbo Lister application. To easily add products to eBay, follow the instructions below. ...
page.png Loading Products to Your Vendio Account
How to use the download files to manage your inventory in your Vendio account.First verify you have Vendio's Sales Manager Pro.  This is your best tool for loading products to your Vendio account. Step by step instructions: 1. Download "Vendio S...
page.png Loading Products to Yahoo! Stores
How to get the products into your Yahoo Store website.Loading products to a Yahoo Store We provide you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your Yahoo Store, follow the...
page.png Loading Products to an External Website
How to get the dropship products into your osCommerce platform, Yahoo Store or other website.Loading products to an external website Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information...
page.png Loading Products to an osCommerce Website
How to get the products into your osCommerce website.Loading products to OSCommerce Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your OSCommerce...
folder.png How To's: osCommerce E-Commerce Guides
page.png How To Add osCommerce Content Pages: About Us, Contact Us, Policy Pages, and Other ID Pages
One of the first things ecommerce owners like to do with their dropship wholesale website is add content to the About Us Page, Contact Us Page, Shipping & Returns Page, Privacy Policy Page, etc.  These are all called Information Pages, and this...
page.png How To: Set osCommerce USPS Shipping Module
Inventory Source recommends the use of the UPS shipping module.  It is simple and easy to use.  It is weight based which you have for your dropship products. However, if you still need USPS, then this guide will help you to apply your settings...
page.png Introductory Guide to osCommerce Link Manager Menu
To manage your link campaign with an osCommerce , the Link Manager will let you add links as well as allow you to manage links that people post on your site.  Some versions might not have the Link Manager installed, but this contribution can easily...
page.png HELP How To: Change Category Name Size To Display Default Category Structure
Some older versions of osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites and sites that we do not host have a setting for the Category name which limits the number of letters allowed in the name in the database setting. If you host with Inventory Source, we have correctly...
page.png HELP-How To: Add a new ID Page to osCommerce CRE Loaded When The ID Page Needed Was Removed
Some users have used the Info Pages to link the template pages from the site to the admin pages to add the content.  This is a very simple process.  However, some users have noted an issue with this tool on some osCommerce CRE Loaded versions, such as 6...
page.png How To Add Products to Specials Module for osCommerce
The Specials module is a great tool to use on your osCommerce site for selling your dropship products.  The difference between a product marked as Specials and a product marked as Featured is that the Specials will be displayed on your site, often...
page.png How To Create New Buttons For Your CRE Loaded Site
Here are some GREAT links to make free changes to the design and look of your osCommerce CRE Loaded dropship site.  This guide will tell you how to generate a zip file for buttons for free to replace the current style on your site. If you...
page.png How To Change the Spelling of Manufacturers Box and Other Box Module Headers
1- Log into your store's Admin area. 2- Go to "Design Controls" and select "InfoBox Admin". 3- Scroll down until you see the Manfacturers box. Select by clicking the "i" icon on the far right, then scroll down...
page.png How To: Change osCommerce & CRE Loaded Meta Tags
For most osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites, you can set the master meta tags in the file /includes/languages/english/header_tags.php.  This is a good options for those looking to make the site more SEO friendly. You may access this file through an...
page.png How To Correct X'd Out Box Where Image File Should Be
We capture new images a few times a week for the Zip files and autoloading features.  If we do not have the image or the supplier does not have the image, we do not reference an image in the product upload files.  For any store that shows...
page.png How To Change The Main Page & Add Featured Products, Sales, New Products, News, etc
1)   Log into your store Admin 2)   Go to the Design Controls menu on the main page 3)   Click Template Admin link under Design Controls menu 4)   Go to your template in use from the template menu.  It should...
page.png How To Process payments through an external payment gateway manually
Many new users ask about the payment module options.  osCommerce and CRE Loaded can work with many merchant account providers.  CRE Loaded comes installed with several major gateway options.  For those who want to complete credit card processing...
page.png How To: Set osCommerce UPS Shipping Code Settings
When you install the osCommerce UPS shipping module, there are several codes that you must select to set your UPS shipping options.  See below for the definitions to this list. 1.   1DM         Next...
page.png How To Add Or Remove Banners On Your osCommerce Site
1) Log into your store's Admin area. 2) Go to the Tools menu 3) Select Banners 4) This is where you manage the banners and track your click acitivity on your banners 5) You can turn off or on any banners loaded to your site from here (green is on...
page.png How To: Connect Links To The Content From The Admin When Changing Templates
When you change a template on your osCommerce or CRE Loaded site, such as for the Hosted Account Solution, some links might appear "broken". When you change a template you are changing the look and style, but some templates use a...
page.png How To Change Colors And Fonts on osCommerce CRE Loaded Template
All the colors and fonts are controlled by the osCommerece CRE Loaded stylesheet.  There is typically a file called stylesheet.css in the templates folder of whatever particular template is being used.  You can view the HTML source for the...
page.png How To Add An Individual Product Not Offered In The Data Feed For osCommerce
Some suppliers restrict products from the data service offering.  Some products are not sold through the drop ship program (very heavy items or some very inexpensive small items).  Some products are also only offered to qualified resellers. ...
page.png How To Cross Sell Products With osCommerce CRE Loaded Admin Tools
You do not just want to load a template or load your products and wait for sales to come into your store.  Get a store that is better then the next site selling similar drop ship products. Your high quality drop ship products with a low price will...
page.png How To Add Products For The New Products Section of osCommerce
In order to edit the New Products area, you need to go to the Admin area and then to the Configuration >> Max / Min Values module and set the values for the maximum / minimum New Products that you want displayed.  To verify that you have...
page.png How To Create A Product Sale From Your osCommerce CRE Loaded Store Admin
How to use the Sales Maker Tool from your Admin 1) Log into you Admin 2) Go to Catalog Menu 3) Click "Sales Maker" 4) Click the New Sale button on the right. 5) From here you can mark EVERYTHING on sale, or just individual Main Categories or...
page.png Posting to Froogle Using osCommerce Easy Populate
You can use the Easy Populate module from your osCommerce Admin and create a full Froogle export of your store. This is a feature that comes with osCommerce and you can use it to create an export on a daily basis without any additional expense...
page.png How To View Site Traffic Report
To view site traffic reports for your site you can use the Urchin Stats Package.  This will let you see your website traffic and other reports.  You can access it from: http://YourWebsitesDomainAddressName.com/hostadmin/ Once you have logged...
page.png How To Change Image Sizes On osCommerce and CRE Loaded
osCommerce only needs on image size.  It will use the image to make, both the thumbnail image viewed and the larger image when the thumbnail is clicked for more details. 1- Log into your store's Admin 2- Under the menu at the top right you will...
page.png How To Change the osCommerce Welcome Page Content
To change the Welcome Page Content: (This would appear at the top middle section of your site's main page) 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the bottom left side of the site called "Info System" 3)...
page.png How To Remove A Product From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Product: This process is similar to removing a category. 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link...
page.png How To Remove A Category From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Category in CRE Loaded osCommerce site: 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link from under the &...
page.png How To's: Change your osCommerce Domain Name
Authsecure.com is the placeholder domain we use for sites so that they are visible even when you have not set up your domain yet.  To have it changed to your actual domain name, it just requires a minor change to the configuration file for your store...
page.png How To Set Price's For Individual Drop Ship Products
Product-specific pricing With the Custom Price Setting Link in your Inventory Source Account, you can control your custom mark-ups for all of your products.  However, Inventory Source gives you the freedom to control individual settings as well...
page.png How To Locate Product Images
How to locate the product images contained in the Product Image Zip files for your wholesale dropship supplier subscriptions.  This guide is a good point of reference for Custom File Download users. Locating & Loading Image Files Inventory...
page.png Obtaining Your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce
How to obtain your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce.Obtaining your Authorize.Net Transaction Key: If you do not have a transaction key yet you can get one at Authorize.Net's site. Here's how to get one: * Log on to your AuthNet account...
page.png Loading Products to an External Website
How to get the dropship products into your osCommerce platform, Yahoo Store or other website.Loading products to an external website Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information...
page.png Loading Products to an osCommerce Website
How to get the products into your osCommerce website.Loading products to OSCommerce Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your OSCommerce...
folder.png How To's: Free Zen Cart Guides
page.png Quick Guide to Zen Cart Admin Menu
Admin Menu Sections Configuration My Store — General information about your site. Minimum Values — Defines minimum values for various options in validation of user input. Maximum Values — Defines maximum values for various items that will appear...
page.png How To: Use Authorize.net Payment Module Settings On ZenCart
If you still need a merchant account service, please see our most recomended provider E-Commerce Exchange.  They offer excellent support when setting up your site. Please see below to learn how to apply the Authorize.Net payment module to your...
page.png How To: Use Free Shipping For Bigger Orders On ZenCart
Some dropship resellers on Zen Cart want to offer free shipping for orders above a certain amount.   If your dropship products have MAP or are in a very competitive product segment, then free shipping can help you to make a sale or encourage...
page.png How To: Add or Move ZenCart Products and Categories
Inventory Source can automatically add all product data and images, including the category structure for your dropship products.  We can apply the update daily for new dropship product loading and updates to the price, quantity, and status for...
page.png How To: Configure Your ZenCart Settings
1- Log into Zen Cart's administration panel to make changes to your dropship Zen Cart store. 2- You can begin with changing the name of the store name. Please go to the top menu and mouse over Configuration. From the list that appears, select My...
page.png How To Add Meta Tags To Zen Cart Products
Define Meta Tags for Zen Cart Dropship Products To define Per-Product Meta-Tags for your dropship products: 1- Log into your Zen Cart Store Admin 2- Go to the Categories/Products list. Locate the desired product and then look at the right side...
folder.png How To's: Other Ecommerce Platforms
page.png Intro to Yahoo Store Backend System Settings
Set up backend systems and operation for Yahoo! Store and Admin Menu SettingsNow that you've handled the "build" part of getting started, it's time to look at "Managing." Before you open for business, you'll want to configure...
page.png Sell More Dropship Products With A Customer Service Tool
If you want to sell dropship wholesale products online you need to provide customer service and build trust with your clients.   How can you provide customer services without being locked to your PC 24 hours a day?  How can you build trust with...
page.png Loading Products to an External Website
How to get the dropship products into your osCommerce platform, Yahoo Store or other website.Loading products to an external website Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information...
page.png Loading Products to Yahoo! Stores
How to get the products into your Yahoo Store website.Loading products to a Yahoo Store We provide you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your Yahoo Store, follow the...
page.png Loading Products to Your Vendio Account
How to use the download files to manage your inventory in your Vendio account.First verify you have Vendio's Sales Manager Pro.  This is your best tool for loading products to your Vendio account. Step by step instructions: 1. Download "Vendio S...
page.png Loading Products with eBay's Turbo Lister
How to use eBay Turbo Lister to list batches of items to eBay.Listing Product Items to sell on eBay Inventory Source provides formatted files for eBay's Turbo Lister application. To easily add products to eBay, follow the instructions below. ...
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folder.png FAQ
From the list below choose one of our FAQs topics, then select an FAQ to read. If you have a question which is not found on our support site, please contact us....
folder.png Inventory Source Frequently Asked Questions
You might find these Frequently Asked Questions helpful, if you are new to Inventory Source and dropship products.  You can also search the rest of the support site content to find answers to your questions on our File Download, Inventory Automation,...
page.png Can I Set Price For Individual Dropship Inventory Items?
Product-specific pricing With the Custom Price Setting Link in your Inventory Source Account, you can control your custom mark-ups for all of your products.  However, Inventory Source gives you the freedom to control individual settings as well...
page.png Can have access to the eBay files if I have an Automation Account?
Many of our customer do not realize that we give you access to the full suite of product file download formats when you upgrade to the Full Inventory Automation Account.   We want you to "Sell more, and work less!".  This is not...
page.png How Do I Provide Security for My Shoppers?
Doing business on the Internet requires giving some thought to the security of your shoppers' personal and credit card information. The most common and effective way to keep their information secure during online transactions is to equip your store...
page.png Is there a charge when I click the "Go Get Verified" link?
There is NO cost to verify your account.  This is a requirement from some of our suppliers to protect their wholesale prices from being easily released to the public.  The $1 authorization that you see on your statement is never collected. We...
page.png Why should I use Inventory Source vs another service site?
There are a lot of reasons, and we would be happy to response to any specific questions or comparisons directly.  However, here are a few points to consider:1)    Are you getting the best price?  To succeed at dropship selling,...
page.png Do you mark up the product prices from the suppliers?
Do you mark up the product prices from the suppliers?Absolutely not!  We are not middlemen or middlewomen.  We simply provide you product details, images, descriptions, status, and pricing information directly from the wholesalers in the format...
page.png Can I set my own price settings?
Inventory Source can manage your price settings to allow you to control and adjust your profit margins to suit your business needs. This is a powerful service that gives you the ability to completely control, monitor, and configure your retail price...
page.png How many resellers and suppliers are in the Inventory Source Network?
How many resellers and suppliers are in the Inventory Source Network? Currently, we have over 14,000 registered reseller members in our network.  We are growing our member network and supplier network everymonth.  We are always looking to grow...
page.png How long have you been in business?
How long has Inventory Source been in business? Inventory Source has successfully served as a service provider for resellers since 2001. ...
page.png How many products do you offer?
How many products do you offer in your catalog? How many products do you offer in your catalog?   We do not offer any products for sale, and we have no catalog, but that is why we add value to you.  You want products and catalogs offered directly...
page.png Why is it important to update the price, quantity, and status for drop ship products?
What is so important about updating the price, quantity, and status for drop ship products?What is so important about updating the price, quantity, and status for drop ship products? If you are asking this question, you are either new to drop ship...
page.png How do I load products to my store?
How do I load products to my store?How do I load products to my store? It is a very easy process, we can do it for you during set-up, or just follow the simple easy steps in our guide sections, such as "Loading Products to an osCommerce Website",...
page.png Can I see the products before choosing a supplier?
Can I see the products before choosing a supplier?                 Yes.  You can sign up your account for free and use the Inventory Browser to see the products from each...
page.png How do I use the File Download?
  How do I use the Drop Ship Product File Download service?        The Product File Download section is where you choose the file format of the product information of the suppliers you have subscribed to.  You simply...
page.png What is "Full Automation"?
  What is "Full Automation"?             We can do much more than provide you with on-demand product information.  With our Full Automation package for drop ship products,...
page.png Can you tell me how to set up and register a domain name?
Can you tell me how to set up and register a domain name?Can you tell me how to set up and register a domain name? Yes please see our guide, "Setting Up a Domain Name for Your Inventory Store"   ...
page.png Can you recommend a Merchant Account Service so I can process credit card payments?
Yes, please see our guide, "Setting Up Your Merchant Account In Your Inventory Store" and also "Accepting Payments & Avoiding Fraud". Merchant Account Service for Drop Ship Product Resellers Click Here! ...
page.png How much do the drop ship inventory services cost?
How much does it cost?         Pricing  How much does it cost?        See our pricing options: Pricing   We have different packages for different sellers, but you can...
page.png Can I get a website from Inventory Source?
You might have a current store where you sell products and want a better option, or you might be new to ecommerce and need a new ecommerce store platform to start your business.  For any website need, we can help you! Can I get a website from Inventory...
page.png What is your typical customer like?
What is your typical customer like? A challenge with our service offering is that we are trying to help a very diverse group of resellers.  We try to work with all resellers for drop ship products and websites.  Some resellers sell only...
page.png Can I sell my own products or use other suppliers if I use your dropship service?
Many people use their own products or a supplier that they have found along with our dropship inventory update services for dropship products with suppliers in our network. ABSOLUTLY!  Your business should be YOUR business.  We do not push...
page.png Are you selling drop ship product information for a one-time or monthly fee with the subscription?
Dont pay for information on dropship inventory and dropship suppliers when you can use that money for real dropship inventory services. "I read on-line to avoid companies that offer drop ship products or information for a one-time or monthly fee...
page.png Why would I use Inventory Source, if I can get product details from the suppliers?
The reason we give you free information on the dropship products and link directly to the REAL wholesale dropship programs, is because we are that confident that you will see the value in our reseller services. Yes, you can get the basic information on...
page.png Are you like these sites that sell “lists” or “newsletters”?
Are you like these sites that sell  lists or newsletters or tips for selling on Froogle or eBay or Amazon?What am I subscribing to? Are you like these sites that sell "lists" or "newsletters"? No.  We are nothing like those...
page.png What is a subscription?
You are not paying for access to the drop ship supplier or their wholesale prices.  We help you get that information for free, and we always have.  You can choose any of our services and it is an additional subscription for each supplier's...
page.png What exactly is Inventory Source selling?
What exactly is Inventory Source selling?   What exactly is Inventory Source selling?     We are offering you automated inventory management and formatted product information and data from a network of drop ship suppliers. (In other...
folder.png Blog
page.png Can I Set Price For Individual Dropship Inventory Items?
Product-specific pricing With the Custom Price Setting Link in your Inventory Source Account, you can control your custom mark-ups for all of your products.  However, Inventory Source gives you the freedom to control individual settings as well...
page.png Can have access to the eBay files if I have an Automation Account?
Many of our customer do not realize that we give you access to the full suite of product file download formats when you upgrade to the Full Inventory Automation Account.   We want you to "Sell more, and work less!".  This is not...
page.png How Do I Provide Security for My Shoppers?
Doing business on the Internet requires giving some thought to the security of your shoppers' personal and credit card information. The most common and effective way to keep their information secure during online transactions is to equip your store...
page.png Is there a charge when I click the "Go Get Verified" link?
There is NO cost to verify your account.  This is a requirement from some of our suppliers to protect their wholesale prices from being easily released to the public.  The $1 authorization that you see on your statement is never collected. We...
page.png Why should I use Inventory Source vs another service site?
There are a lot of reasons, and we would be happy to response to any specific questions or comparisons directly.  However, here are a few points to consider:1)    Are you getting the best price?  To succeed at dropship selling,...
page.png Do you mark up the product prices from the suppliers?
Do you mark up the product prices from the suppliers?Absolutely not!  We are not middlemen or middlewomen.  We simply provide you product details, images, descriptions, status, and pricing information directly from the wholesalers in the format...
page.png Can I set my own price settings?
Inventory Source can manage your price settings to allow you to control and adjust your profit margins to suit your business needs. This is a powerful service that gives you the ability to completely control, monitor, and configure your retail price...
page.png How many resellers and suppliers are in the Inventory Source Network?
How many resellers and suppliers are in the Inventory Source Network? Currently, we have over 14,000 registered reseller members in our network.  We are growing our member network and supplier network everymonth.  We are always looking to grow...
page.png How long have you been in business?
How long has Inventory Source been in business? Inventory Source has successfully served as a service provider for resellers since 2001. ...
page.png How many products do you offer?
How many products do you offer in your catalog? How many products do you offer in your catalog?   We do not offer any products for sale, and we have no catalog, but that is why we add value to you.  You want products and catalogs offered directly...
page.png Why is it important to update the price, quantity, and status for drop ship products?
What is so important about updating the price, quantity, and status for drop ship products?What is so important about updating the price, quantity, and status for drop ship products? If you are asking this question, you are either new to drop ship...
page.png How do I load products to my store?
How do I load products to my store?How do I load products to my store? It is a very easy process, we can do it for you during set-up, or just follow the simple easy steps in our guide sections, such as "Loading Products to an osCommerce Website",...
page.png Can I see the products before choosing a supplier?
Can I see the products before choosing a supplier?                 Yes.  You can sign up your account for free and use the Inventory Browser to see the products from each...
page.png How do I use the File Download?
  How do I use the Drop Ship Product File Download service?        The Product File Download section is where you choose the file format of the product information of the suppliers you have subscribed to.  You simply...
page.png What is "Full Automation"?
  What is "Full Automation"?             We can do much more than provide you with on-demand product information.  With our Full Automation package for drop ship products,...
page.png Can you tell me how to set up and register a domain name?
Can you tell me how to set up and register a domain name?Can you tell me how to set up and register a domain name? Yes please see our guide, "Setting Up a Domain Name for Your Inventory Store"   ...
page.png Can you recommend a Merchant Account Service so I can process credit card payments?
Yes, please see our guide, "Setting Up Your Merchant Account In Your Inventory Store" and also "Accepting Payments & Avoiding Fraud". Merchant Account Service for Drop Ship Product Resellers Click Here! ...
page.png How much do the drop ship inventory services cost?
How much does it cost?         Pricing  How much does it cost?        See our pricing options: Pricing   We have different packages for different sellers, but you can...
page.png Can I get a website from Inventory Source?
You might have a current store where you sell products and want a better option, or you might be new to ecommerce and need a new ecommerce store platform to start your business.  For any website need, we can help you! Can I get a website from Inventory...
page.png What is your typical customer like?
What is your typical customer like? A challenge with our service offering is that we are trying to help a very diverse group of resellers.  We try to work with all resellers for drop ship products and websites.  Some resellers sell only...
page.png Can I sell my own products or use other suppliers if I use your dropship service?
Many people use their own products or a supplier that they have found along with our dropship inventory update services for dropship products with suppliers in our network. ABSOLUTLY!  Your business should be YOUR business.  We do not push...
page.png Are you selling drop ship product information for a one-time or monthly fee with the subscription?
Dont pay for information on dropship inventory and dropship suppliers when you can use that money for real dropship inventory services. "I read on-line to avoid companies that offer drop ship products or information for a one-time or monthly fee...
page.png Why would I use Inventory Source, if I can get product details from the suppliers?
The reason we give you free information on the dropship products and link directly to the REAL wholesale dropship programs, is because we are that confident that you will see the value in our reseller services. Yes, you can get the basic information on...
page.png Are you like these sites that sell “lists” or “newsletters”?
Are you like these sites that sell  lists or newsletters or tips for selling on Froogle or eBay or Amazon?What am I subscribing to? Are you like these sites that sell "lists" or "newsletters"? No.  We are nothing like those...
page.png What is a subscription?
You are not paying for access to the drop ship supplier or their wholesale prices.  We help you get that information for free, and we always have.  You can choose any of our services and it is an additional subscription for each supplier's...
page.png What exactly is Inventory Source selling?
What exactly is Inventory Source selling?   What exactly is Inventory Source selling?     We are offering you automated inventory management and formatted product information and data from a network of drop ship suppliers. (In other...
page.png Service Offerings & Account Types
In this introductory guide we wanted to take a moment to help explain a few of the basic Inventory Source user account types and service options. Free Account In the Free Account access you are able to view all of our guides, tutorials, business...
page.png Tutorial: Advanced Inventory Automation Custom Tools
In an effort to improve the existing services at Inventorysource.com, we proudly introduce ‘Advanced Inventory Control Tools’ to better manage your Inventory Data Feeds and getting you complete control over the Inventory. Using the new...
page.png How To Start With Your Wholesale Dropship Supplier Program
How to Start With Your Wholesale Drop Shipper: Once you've found a few manufacturers and distributors, such as by using the supplier references or Inventory Browser tool in your FREE Inventory Source account, you'll need to get on the phone and...
page.png Step 1: Create a Free Dropship Account & Review Supplier Programs
You are currently on our Inventory Source Dropship Community and Support Site.  Please feel free to review as much of the information here as you like.  You can learn more about our services by going to our main Inventory Source site, including...
page.png Learning More About Inventory Source
Welcome to the Inventory Source Dropship Community and Support Site Inventory Source is the original dropship reseller data service provider, and we are still the largest service provider connecting resellers directly to their real dropship supplier programs...
page.png Learning About Our Tools And Features
To learn more about our business feel free to visit our main site at http://www.inventorysource.com/.  We understand your business and your needs.  We have developed a powerful set of tools exactly for your business.  We are NOT a "turnkey...
page.png Credit Card Merchant Account Solution
You want a TRUSTED Merchant Account Provider and E-Commerce exchange is an industry leader, and we are often asked who we recommend for Credit Card Processing and Merchant Account services.  That is why we have partnered with a Merchant Account...
page.png Service Offerings & Pricing
In this introductory guide we wanted to take a moment to help explain a few of the basic Inventory Source user account types and service options. Free Account In the Free Account access you are able to view all of our guides, tutorials, business...
page.png How Can I Get Started With A Custom Logo?
If you are planning or reevaluating your current brand and marketing approach, your logo is a core way that you present yourself to the public.  You cannot over look the product or service that you provide, but the logo is often one of the first...
page.png Welcome to Inventory Source
Welcome to Inventory Source! Success in Ecommerce is not a hard nut to crack if you understand the Inventory Source Services Suite in a nutshell.  We have partnered with a large and growing network of Drop Ship suppliers to form Inventory Source's...
page.png Daily Wholesale Dropship Product Automation for VP-ASP Platform
Load thousands of wholesale drop ship products to your VP-ASP Store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily product updates DIRECTLY to your VP-ASP e-commerce database. If your supplier(s) go...
page.png CRE Loaded File Structure Introduction
IntroductionCRE Loaded is an osCommerce based E-Commerce product which includes shopping cart functions, content management functions and much more. This document outlines pertinent programming information including but not limited to file system standards,...
page.png CRE Loaded 6.2 Features
Here is a list of just some of the featrues in CRE Loaded 6.2 platforms       Admin SSL Enabled         Secure administration automatically installed (must have secure server) Admin With Access Levels 2.2   Assign...
page.png Fully Customized Professional CRE Loaded Website
Give your site something special with a professional design and a CRE Loaded platform. We can create any kind of CRE Loaded site based on any theme or style you want.  Flash headers, complete site layout, navigation, images, and more can be added...
page.png Daily Dropship Inventory Automation For CRE Loaded
Load products to your CRE Loaded store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily updates DIRECTLY to your CRE Loaded e-commerce database. If your supplier(s) go out of stock, the product is removed...
page.png Introduction to CRE Loaded
This is a brief introduction to CRE Loaded. CRE Loaded 6 or simply Loaded is it is more frequently called, is a version of osCommerce 2.2 MS2 which has been preloaded with a number of very useful extras to help emerchants get their stores up and working faster,...
page.png Daily Dropship Product Automation for Zen Cart
Load thousands of wholesale drop ship products to your Zen Cart Store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily product updates DIRECTLY to your Zen Cart e-commerce database. If your supplier(s) go...
page.png Quick Guide to Zen Cart Admin Menu
Admin Menu Sections Configuration My Store — General information about your site. Minimum Values — Defines minimum values for various options in validation of user input. Maximum Values — Defines maximum values for various items that will appear...
page.png The Features of the Zen Cart Shopping Cart
Below is a list of the major features included in Zen Cart. Easy Installation checks the database and server for requirements before installing installs using a built-in installation tool prepopulates the basic store information optional demo products...
page.png Daily Wholesale Dropship Product Automation for VirtueMart
Load thousands of wholesale drop ship products to your Virtuemart Store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily product updates DIRECTLY to your Virtuemart e-commerce database. If your supplier(s)...
page.png Full Dropship Inventory Automation Service For Miva Merchant
At Inventory Source, we do not limit you to one e-commerce solution.  Why have a "turn-key" store, when we can help unlock the potential of multiple store platforms and market places.   We offer full inventory automation for Miva...
page.png Introduction to Miva Merchant
This is a brief introduction of Miva Merchant. MIVA Merchant is an E-commerce program used to develop and manage online stores.  It is a storefront development and management system which makes it possible for businesses of all sizes to build and...
page.png Intro to Yahoo Store Backend System Settings
Set up backend systems and operation for Yahoo! Store and Admin Menu SettingsNow that you've handled the "build" part of getting started, it's time to look at "Managing." Before you open for business, you'll want to configure...
page.png Automatic Drop Ship Inventory Updates For Yahoo Stores
At Inventory Source, we do not limit you to one e-commerce solution.  Why have a "turn-key" store, when we can help unlock the potential of multiple store platforms and market places.   We offer full inventory automation for Yahoo!...
page.png How To Load Products To Your Yahoo Store
How to load your dropship inventory products to your Yahoo Stores. Loading products to a Yahoo Store We provide you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your Yahoo Store, follow...
page.png Introduction to Yahoo! Stores
This is a brief introduction to the Yahoo! Stores platform. Yahoo Stores allows you to build, manage, and market a professional online store with an integrated solution from Yahoo!.   The store accounts include a secure shopping cart &...
page.png Fully Customized Professional osCommerce Website
Give your osCommerce site something special with a professional design. We can create any kind ofosCommerce site based on any theme or style you want. If you want flash headers, complete site layout, navigation, images, and more, these can all be added...
page.png Drop Ship Inventory Management for OSCommerce
Load products to your store in minutes! Even better, let us completely automate your Inventory Management by sending daily updates directly to your osCommerce database. If your supplier(s) go out of stock, the product is removed from your site. If...
page.png osCommerce Hosting & Drop-ship Inventory Automation
osCommerce is a powerful open source website platform. We can set you up with a new hosting account, a fully loaded osCommerce installation, access to all drop ship inventory information, and daily automation for your store. This is a complete package...
page.png Introduction to osCommerce
This is a brief introduction explaining the osCommerce Store Platform. osCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution that offers a wide range of out-of-the-box features that allows online stores to be setup fairly quickly with ease, and is available...
page.png How To Create A Google Base Account And Load Your Product File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Why You Should Use Google Base
1. Why should I use Google Base for listing wholesale dropship product data? If you have information you want to share with others but aren't sure how to reach them, Google Base is for you. You can easily submit all types of online and offline content...
page.png Provide Content To Google Base
Google Base offers tremendous value for content providers of large and small ecommerce websites.  You can benefit from Google Base regardless of if your site uses one wholesale dropship supplier, three supplier programs, or prefer to take the approach...
page.png Getting Started With Adding Dropship Products to Google Base
Google Base is Google's new free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Google Base you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and...
page.png How Inventory Source Can Help You With Google Base
Getting a Google Base data file for upload Inventory Source can create the page links automatically to your site from Google BaseInventory Source can ensure your custom price settings are in sync with your website and Google Base data feeds...
page.png 3 Reasons Why You Should Use Google Base For Dropship Products
Google Base traffic might amount to a small percentage of traffic that makes its way to your site, but for getting more bang for your marketing buck, it is some of the most profitable traffic on-line, because it is FREE.  Very few sites offer...
page.png How To Use eBay Turbo Lister For Your Products
GET STARTED 1 - Download Turbo Lister from pages.eBay.com/turbo_lister. 2. Install Turbo Lister onto your computer 3. You will be prompted to enter your eBay ID and password 4. Click Next> when you've done this, then you'll be asked...
page.png Drive eBay Traffic To Your Website From eBay Proudct Listings
Sell on eBay to Leverage Traffic to your Wholesale Dropship Inventory Site Several years ago eBay could be used almost exclusively as a marketing site to drive traffic back to your dropship ecommerce website. Once eBay introduced policies that were meant...
page.png Increase eBay Sales: Add Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal
Millions of sellers are on eBay.  How can you make your listings standout.  You need to build trust and draw attention to your eBay listings.  Adding a Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal can help improve your eBay feedback and shopping...
page.png Link Your eBay Auction To Your Site
The rules of linking from your Ebay auctions Because ebay is such a busy place of merchandise sales with many various ebay stores and markets selling thousands of items, there must be a few rules that are set in place to insure that everyone is playing fair...
page.png Selling Drop Ship Products On EBay
You would need to use our TurboLister files and load them to your eBay everyday, but when selling on an auction from drop ship products there is never a guarantee that an item will always be available.  This is because eBay listings are time-based,...
page.png How Do I Categorize The Product File For eBay Turbo Lister?
For the standard file downloads, we do not provide the ebay categories for the products.  This is because there are many categorize which eBay can change periodically.  Also, some of our users have very particular thoughts on how best to...
page.png Improve eBay Feedback and Market Your Store's Items
Ebay is a natural choice for resellers looking for a market place to sell their products, but do not forget that Ebay is a great place for marketing your products as well.  Listing all of your products on Ebay, especially when you sell thousands...
page.png Introduction to eBay Turbo Lister
This is a brief introduction to eBay Turbo Lister. eBay Turbo Lister is a new eBay selling tool. It is a desktop-based selling tool that facilitates creating listings to post on the eBay site.  Turbo Lister helps sellers list items on eBay with speed and easy...
page.png An introduction to eBay
A brief introduction to eBay. Founded in September 1995, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is The World's Online Marketplace for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals and small businesses. Today, the eBay community includes more than...
page.png Custom File For Dropship Inventory For Bizrate Shopzilla
Inventory Source can provide you with product information in any format you need, including Bizrate / Shopzilla with the Custom File Download Account. Running your online business means being flexible and being able to integrate quickly with a variety of partners...
page.png Introduction to Bizrate / Shopzilla
This is a brief introduction to Bizrate/Shopzilla. Shopzilla, Inc. is the parent company that owns both BizRate- and Shopzilla-branded shopping search engine products. Currently, BizRate-branded banners are provided to Affiliate partners for website placement...
page.png 3 Reasons Why You Should Use Froogle For Dropship Products
Froogle traffic might amount to a small percentage of traffic that makes its way to your site, but for getting more bang for your marketing buck, it is some of the most profitable traffic on-line, because it is FREE.  Very few sites offer to freely...
page.png Posting to Froogle Using osCommerce Easy Populate
You can use the Easy Populate module from your osCommerce Admin and create a full Froogle export of your store. This is a feature that comes with osCommerce and you can use it to create an export on a daily basis without any additional expense...
page.png How Inventory Source Can Help You With Froogle
Getting a Froogle data file for upload Inventory Source can create the page links automatically to your site from FroogleInventory Source can ensure your custom price settings are in sync with your website and Froogle data feeds.Inventory Source can ensure...
page.png How do I add dropship products to Froogle?
Froogle is Google's free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Froogle you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and a web page that contains...
page.png Introduction to Froogle
A brief introduction to Froogle. Froogle is a price engine website that allows users to enter product queries.  This Google affiliated price engine then returns lists of vendors selling the product, as well as basic pricing information. Froogle...
page.png Amazon Custom File Error Details
Below are some basic types of errors that can occur when you upload your wholesale dropship products to Amazon.  You can use custom file services for Amazon Marketplace or Amazon Seller Central to help you save time in managing your products. ...
page.png Solutions For Price Issues When Listing Wholesale Dropship Products Online
Many of our wholesale dropship members might wonder how to respond if they list prices online at the wrong value.  When you use InventorySource.com’s custom wholesale dropship data services we can help prevent these issues on your website and listings...
page.png Custom File For Dropship Inventory For Amazon Seller Central
As a seller, you can use Amazon Seller Central and Inventory Source Services to: Set your own shipping rates Provide gift messaging and gift-wrap services View metrics to help you manage your business If you have any questions as you begin listing products...
page.png Custom Dropship Inventory Data Files For Amazon Marketplace
Inventory Source can provide you with product information in any format you need, including Amazon Marketplace with the Custom File Download Account. Running your online business means being flexible and being able to integrate quickly with a variety...
page.png Quick Quide To Load Dropship Inventory To Amazon Marketplace
Have you looked at the Amazon site for help learning how to use the Inventory Loader tool, but still feel confused?  Inventory Source can help you. 1.    Login to your Amazon account 2.    Click on the Your Account link 3...
page.png How To Quickly Remove All Product Listings On Amazon
If you need to quickly remove all of your listings, upload a Purge and Replace file that has all the necessary Inventory Loader column headers, but no listings. With this method, the small file will process quickly. This is the easiest, most convenient...
page.png Using SKU's Effectively On Amazon
Always use unique SKUs that relate only to one particular product; don't reuse the same SKU for a different product. The SKU is the most important field for managing your Marketplace inventory. You assign a SKU to each listing to uniquely identify it...
page.png Managing Your Inventory on Amazon
Manage your inventory on a daily basis by using the Amazon inventory loading tools to make regular additions and deletions and your Inventory Source Product File Download services. The best way to manage your inventory is to upload a file of your complete...
page.png 10 Tips For Selling Lots Of Products on Amazon Marketplace
This page provides an overview of the best ways to manage a large amount of Amazon Marketplace inventory. Here you'll find insight into how the Amazon.com seller tool systems work as well as techniques used by other successful sellers.  Inventory...
page.png Introduction to Amazon Marketplace
This is a brief intoduction to Amazon Marketplace. Amazon Marketplace allows you to sell new, used, collectable and refurbished items alongside Amazon's new ones. When a reseller lists their items on Amazon Marketplace they are made accessible to...
page.png Design Trends for 2009
People are always looking for the next big thing and the next new trend.  As we get ready to party like its 2009, there are already a few predictions for what will be hot and what will not.  Pantone provides color standards to the design ...
page.png Getting Started With Adding Dropship Products to Google Base
Google Base is Google's new free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Google Base you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and...
page.png Create A Google Base Account And Load Your Product File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Dropship Product Marketplaces & Compare Tools
Regardless of if you are new to ecommerce or a more experienced seller, you should consider promoting your products on 3rd party marketing sites and comparison shopping programs.  You can still promote your products through some of these services,...
page.png Get Your Customers To Sell Your Dropship Products
Get Your Customers To Sell Your Products When it comes to operating a dropship or mixed dropship business, website owners are always focused on getting customers to buy their products.  This is of course a natural, if not vital, goal for any ecommerce website...
page.png 3 Simple Steps To Great Google Adword Campaigns
Many users are familiar with Google's Adwords by name, but they might not be familiar with the basic workings of Google's algorithms to effectively manage their marketing campaign.  Google is always "tweaking" how their search algorithms...
page.png Sell More Dropship Products With A Customer Service Tool
If you want to sell dropship wholesale products online you need to provide customer service and build trust with your clients.   How can you provide customer services without being locked to your PC 24 hours a day?  How can you build trust with...
page.png Drive eBay Traffic To Your Wholesale Dropship Website From eBay Proudct Listings
Sell on eBay to Leverage Traffic to your Wholesale Dropship Inventory Site Despite eBay's policies, there are still several ways to use eBay to drive traffic to your ecommerce website It is improtant to learn how to sell products on your own ecommerce...
page.png Manage Your Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links for FREE
Free Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links With any new website you MUST begin to design a marketing strategy.  A URL, logo, and a few products do not do much to create real traffic to your site....no matter what the late night infomercials...
page.png Free Dropship Inventory Business Calculators
How do you find the best dropship supplier?  What is the best data service provider for dropship products and inventory management?  What are the advantages of using multiple suppliers for your dropship ecommerce business?  These are all...
page.png Link Your eBay Auction To Your Site
The rules of linking from your Ebay auctions Because ebay is such a busy place of merchandise sales with many various ebay stores and markets selling thousands of items, there must be a few rules that are set in place to insure that everyone is playing fair...
page.png Improve eBay Feedback and Market Your Store's Items
Ebay is a natural choice for resellers looking for a market place to sell their products, but do not forget that Ebay is a great place for marketing your products as well.  Listing all of your products on Ebay, especially when you sell thousands...
page.png Marketing & Website Traffic Generation 101
"How can I generate traffic and market my site?"  This is a question that many of our newer members ask.  Ecommerce is NOT "The Field of Dreams".  You can build, and build, and build, but that does not mean that customers...
page.png Guide to Successful Dropshipping
Introduction to drop shipping and general tips and tricks any drop ship reseller should know. First, what exactly is drop shipping? When you open a retail store, you have 2 choices: to hold inventory, or not. You can buy products in bulk, unpack them,...
page.png Keys to Success: Consolidation & Automation
Learn the secret to being a successful online retailer and how to streamline your business using consolidation and automation to make your business operate efficiently and successfullyThe keys to a successful online retail business: Consolidation...
page.png Marketing and Improve Traffic For Your Store
Ideas and available options for the online reseller to get traffic and sales.Overview As a business owner, you have a wide range of options available to you to promote your business. In general, it is important to have a marketing plan or at least a good...
page.png How To Use eBay Turbo Lister For Your Products
GET STARTED 1 - Download Turbo Lister from pages.eBay.com/turbo_lister. 2. Install Turbo Lister onto your computer 3. You will be prompted to enter your eBay ID and password 4. Click Next> when you've done this, then you'll be asked...
page.png Inventory Source Can Help You With Google Base Custom Files
Getting a Google Base data file for upload Inventory Source can create the page links automatically to your site from Google BaseInventory Source can ensure your custom price settings are in sync with your website and Google Base data feeds...
page.png How To Bulk Upload Your Google Base Custom File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Dropship Product Marketplaces & Compare Tools
Regardless of if you are new to ecommerce or a more experienced seller, you should consider promoting your products on 3rd party marketing sites and comparison shopping programs.  You can still promote your products through some of these services,...
page.png Introduction To The Custom Data File
Inventory Source can provide you with product information in any format you need. Running your online business means being flexible and being able to integrate quickly with a variety of partners. Using Inventory Source to generate your custom files...
page.png Dropship Supplier Spotlight with XS Depot Account Manager
Hello and welcome to the Inventory Source Supplier Spotlight, with Andrew Ruppar.  Today I am talking with Kate Walker, an Account Manager with XS Depot.  Hello Kate.  Welcome to the Inventory Source Supplier Spotlight.  It is always...
page.png Service Offerings & Pricing
In this introductory guide we wanted to take a moment to help explain a few of the basic user account types and service options. Free Account In the Free Account access you are able to view all of our guides, tutorials, business references and most...
page.png Tutorial: Advanced Inventory Automation Custom Tools
In an effort to improve the existing services at Inventorysource.com, we proudly introduce ‘Advanced Inventory Control Tools’ to better manage your Inventory Data Feeds and get you complete control over your wholesale drop ship product data...
page.png Welcome to Inventory Source
Welcome to Inventory Source! Success in Ecommerce is not a hard nut to crack if you understand the Inventory Source Services Suite in a nutshell.  We have partnered with a large and growing network of Drop Ship suppliers to form the Inventory Source...
page.png How Do I Get A Tax ID TO Sell Dropship Products?
A Business Tax ID is obtained from your local sales tax office as part of establishing your US based business.  You can look on www.sba.gov if yoiu need to track down the procedure for this in your local area....
page.png Inventory Browser Free Browsing Account
Introduction to the Free Browsing Account.  The Account will give you access to the Inventory Browser.  With this tool you will be able to view the suppliers and their products.  Some details, such as the supplier names are protected from...
page.png Service Offerings & Pricing
Inventory Source has many service plans and pricing based on your needs.  Visit the main Inventory Source site for the most recent price list. Product Browsing Account See the products. Product Download Account Download pre-formatted product information...
page.png What Does FTP Mean?
FTP or File Transfer Protocol is a commonly used protocol for exchanging files over any network that supports the TCP/IP protocol (such as the Internet or an intranet). Your website has webfiles and directories.  These directories are the folders...
page.png Do You Have Any FREE FTP Tutorials?
After you have read the guide, "What does FTP mean?".  You might want to go to this link: http://www.ftpplanet.com/ftpresources/basics.htm This site contains some good material for learning more about FTP programs and the process. ...
page.png Getting Started? How To Pick A Domain Name For Your Site
Here is a link to a great tool, NameFuse.  It comes with simple to use directions.  You can supply it with a few key words and it will let you know which combinations are still available.  This is great if you have writers block or just...
page.png Introduction to The Drop Ship Wholesale Product Data Files
Gain instant access to all product data, including titles, descriptions, categories, images, all updated daily and formatted exactly for your needs. How It Works: Once you have signed up, you simple visit the "Product File Download" page...
page.png How To Manage Your Wholesale Drop Ship Product Supplier
There are two very different ways a retailer relates to their inventory.  On one side, a retailer's inventory can be the heart of their business, and it helps define them and might guide how they present themselves to the public.  In...
page.png Product File Download Account
This is a breif overview of the Product File Download Account service. Product Download Account Once you subscribe to a supplier, you will have access to all of the data files that we provide. The data files are updated daily and are pre-formatted for...
page.png Website Inventory Automation Account
This is a brief overview of the Website Inventory Automation Account. Website Automation Account This eliminates the need for you to handle your daily inventory. We will post daily inventory updates directly to your website and remove out-of-stock items...
page.png Custom Data Files/Feeds
Basic information regarding our Custom Data File. Custom Data File We can provide you with customized files to suit your needs and those of your website or sales platform. These will synchronize your product information across your website,...
page.png Custom Software Services
page.png Website Packages
A brief overview of information regarding our basic level Inventory Store robust and customizable osCommerce CRE Loaded hosted platform, or our complete custom Website Design package. Vist our main site Inventory Source for the most recent prices...
page.png Credit Card Merchant Account Solution
You want a TRUSTED Merchant Account Provider and E-Commerce exchange is an industry leader, and we are often asked who we recommend for Credit Card Processing and Merchant Account services.  That is why we have partnered with a Merchant Account...
page.png How Can I Get Started With A Custom Logo?
If you are planning or reevaluating your current brand and marketing approach, your logo is a core way that you present yourself to the public.  You cannot over look the product or service that you provide, but the logo is often one of the first...
page.png 5 Simple Steps For Marketing Your Dropship Website For Free
During your first few months with your site it is important to focus on beginning to build the traffic to your website to help generate sales leads.  Some new ecommerce store owners focus on paid ad campaigns.  While they are many benefits...
page.png Introduction to Business Tax & Reseller ID's
TAX / Reseller Business ID's Getting started with your wholesale drop ship ecommerce reseller business has some challenges, but getting started with the correct paper work to begin your business and to create accounts with legitimate drop ship distributors...
page.png Business Tax IDs, Reseller Applications, & How To Get Started With A Wholesale Distributor
Business Tax IDs, Reseller Applications, and How to Get Started With A Wholesale Distributor One of the single most important aspects of successfully selling products online is being able to obtain products and process them from a REAL wholesale supplier directly...
page.png Holidays Special - 10 Simple Steps for a Successful Dropship eBusiness
 10 Simple Steps for a Successful Dropship Ecommerce Business Holiday Launch Many of us have already started our shopping lists and general "To-Do's" at this time of year.   Some people think about...
page.png Searching for Free Wholesale Drop Ship Product Suppliers
Are you looking for free wholesale drop ship suppliers and data services so you can sell more products and work less? Drop shipping is an attractive and effective online business model.  The biggest advantage is you do not need to stock or hold your...
page.png Solutions For Price Issues When Listing Wholesale Dropship Products Online
Many of our wholesale dropship members might wonder how to respond if they list prices online at the wrong value.  When you use InventorySource.com’s custom wholesale dropship data services we can help prevent these issues on your website and listings...
page.png Getting Started With Adding Dropship Products to Google Base
Google Base is Google's new free shopping search engine, and it can be used to bring shoppers to your site.  With Google Base you do not have to pay anything to list your items.  All you need is either a physical store and...
page.png Create A Google Base Account And Load Your Product File
To publish your own items, you must create a Google Account. To submit a single wholesale dropship product go to GoogBase.com and click on 'Post your own item'. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your...
page.png Get Your Customers To Sell Your Dropship Products
Get Your Customers To Sell Your Products When it comes to operating a dropship or mixed dropship business, website owners are always focused on getting customers to buy their products.  This is of course a natural, if not vital, goal for any ecommerce website...
page.png 3 Simple Steps For Effective Google Adword Campaigns
Many users are familiar with Google's Adwords by name, but they might not be familiar with the basic workings of Google's algorithms to effectively manage their marketing campaign.  Google is always "tweaking" how their search algorithms...
page.png Increase eBay Sales: Add Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal
Millions of sellers are on eBay.  How can you make your listings standout.  You need to build trust and draw attention to your eBay listings.  Adding a Dropship Product eBay Auction Posting Pal can help improve your eBay feedback and shopping...
page.png Sell More Dropship Products With A Customer Service Tool
If you want to sell dropship wholesale products online you need to provide customer service and build trust with your clients.   How can you provide customer services without being locked to your PC 24 hours a day?  How can you build trust with...
page.png Drive eBay Traffic To Your Website From eBay Proudct Listings
Sell on eBay to Leverage Traffic to your Wholesale Dropship Inventory Site Several years ago eBay could be used almost exclusively as a marketing site to drive traffic back to your dropship ecommerce website. Once eBay introduced policies that were meant...
page.png Manage Your Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links for FREE
Free Link Campaign for Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Links With any new website you MUST begin to design a marketing strategy.  A URL, logo, and a few products do not do much to create real traffic to your site....no matter what the late night infomercials...
page.png About Us
Welcome to the Inventory Source Dropship Community and Support Site Inventory Source is the original dropship reseller data service provider, and we are still the largest service provider connecting resellers directly to their real dropship supplier programs...
page.png Link Your eBay Auction To Your Site
The rules of linking from your Ebay auctions Because ebay is such a busy place of merchandise sales with many various ebay stores and markets selling thousands of items, there must be a few rules that are set in place to insure that everyone is playing fair...
page.png Offices2share.com Home Office vs Shared Office Space
Here is a link to Offices2Share.com: http://www.offices2share.com/scripts/list12.pl?pid=0 This might be worth looking into for some of our home-based memebers looking for other options. Offices2share.com®, a service of SmallBizRealty™, Inc.,...
page.png How Do I Get A Tax ID?
A Business Tax ID is obtained from your local sales tax office as part of establishing your US based business.  You can look on SBA.gov if you need to track down the procedure for this in your local area....
page.png How To Work From Home And Sell Drop Ship Products
We have a varied group of resellers.  Some operate in the "brick & mortar" world and others might only operate in the "bits & bites" world of ecommerce.  I wanted to provide a few basic thoughts to consider for those...
page.png Improve eBay Feedback and Market Your Store's Items
Ebay is a natural choice for resellers looking for a market place to sell their products, but do not forget that Ebay is a great place for marketing your products as well.  Listing all of your products on Ebay, especially when you sell thousands...
page.png Marketing & Website Traffic Generation 101
"How can I generate traffic and market my site?"  This is a question that many of our newer members ask.  Ecommerce is NOT "The Field of Dreams".  You can build, and build, and build, but that does not mean that customers...
page.png Guide to Successful Dropshipping
Introduction to drop shipping and general tips and tricks any drop ship reseller should know.  First, what exactly is drop shipping? When you open a retail store, you have 2 choices: to hold inventory, or not. You can buy products in bulk, unpack...
page.png Accepting Payments & Avoiding Fraud
How to accept payments for your products, and how to avoid getting burned.  We have also included set-up details with our recommended Merchant Account service per our members' requests for this information. Overview Accepting payment for your...
page.png Keys to Success: Consolidation & Automation
Learn the secret to being a successful online retailer and how to streamline your business using consolidation and automation to make your business operate efficiently and successfullyThe keys to a successful online retail business: Consolidation...
page.png Marketing and Improve Traffic For Your Store
Ideas and available options for the online reseller to get traffic and sales.Overview As a business owner, you have a wide range of options available to you to promote your business. In general, it is important to have a marketing plan or at least a good...
page.png Admin- Configuration- MAXIMUM VALUES
This is where you control the maximum values (such as characters or products) required for some displays.  You can leave the default settings.  You can also change any of these fields to zero, and this would prevent an error message if they...
page.png Admin- Configuration- MINIMUM VALUES
This is where you control the minimum values (such as characters or products) required for some displays.  You can leave the default settings.  You can also change any of these fields to zero, and this would prevent an error message if they...
page.png Admin- Configuration- MY STORE
The Configuration menu is a very important menus for your basic store display settings.  For most users many of the settings should remain at the default settings as some other functions are tied to these settings.  They are simple to change...
page.png How to use your osCommerce CRE Loaded Affiliate Management Program
The OsCommerce CRE Loaded 6.2 Affiliate Management Program is an additional channel to sell your products on the web. You set a either a flat fee or a percentage commission, create an ad banner for your products, load the banner to your affiliate module,...
page.png CRE Loaded File Structure Introduction
IntroductionCRE Loaded is an osCommerce based E-Commerce product which includes shopping cart functions, content management functions and much more. This document outlines pertinent programming information including but not limited to file system standards,...
page.png CRE Loaded 6.2 Features
Here is a list of just some of the featrues in CRE Loaded 6.2 platforms       Admin SSL Enabled         Secure administration automatically installed (must have secure server) Admin With Access Levels 2.2   Assign...
page.png Obtaining Your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for CRELoaded 6.2
How to obtain your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for CRELoaded 6.2.Obtaining your Authorize.Net Transaction Key: If you do not have a transaction key yet you can get one at Authorize.Net's site. Here's how to get one: * Log...
page.png Introductory Guide to CRELoaded 6.2 Link Manager Menu
To manage your link campaign with an CRELoaded 6.2 site, the Link Manager will let you add links as well as allow you to manage links that people post on your site.  You can create categories where you want to allow links to be added...
page.png How To Set CRELoaded 6.2 USPS Shipping Module
CRELoaded 6.2 recommends the use of the UPS shipping module.  It is simple and easy to use.  It is weight based which you have for your dropship products. However, if you still need USPS, then this guide will help you to apply...
page.png How To Set CRELoaded 6.2 UPS Shipping Code Settings
When you install the UPS shipping module, there are several codes that you must select to set your UPS shipping options.  See below for the definitions to this list. 1.   1DM        ...
page.png How To: SEO Meta Tag Changes for CRELoaded 6.2
For CRELoaded 6.2 sites, you can set the master meta tags in the file /includes/languages/english/header_tags.php.  This is a good option for those looking to make their CRELoaded 6.2 site more SEO friendly. You may access this...
page.png How To Remove the Join Newsletter Option From CRELoaded 6.2
Some users do not want to manage a Newsletter.  Some templates have a form to accept a Newsletter on key pages, but it can be removed. The Newsletter option is in the HTML for the page where an account is created, and it would ...
page.png How To Remove A Product From CRELoaded 6.2 Site
To Remove a Product: This process is similar to removing a category. 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categori...
page.png How To Remove A Category From CRELoaded 6.2 Site
To Remove a Category in CRELoaded 6.2 site: 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link from under...
page.png How To Process payments through an external payment gateway manually
Many new users ask about the payment module options.  CRELoaded 6.2 can work with many merchant account providers CRELoaded 6.2 comes installed with several major gateway options.  For those who want to complete credit card processing...
page.png How To Make CRELoaded 6.2 Info-Box Admin and Module Box Changes
This is a good introduction and "How To" guide for the CRELoaded 6.2 Info-Box Admin menu.  The CRELoaded 6.2 Info-Box Admin is where you control the modules (or feature and function boxes) on your site...
page.png How To Locate Product Images
How to locate the product images contained in the Product Image Zip files for your wholesale dropship supplier subscriptions.  This guide is a good point of reference for Custom File Download users. Locating & Loading Image Files...
page.png How To Edit New Account Email Content on CRELoaded 6.2
Some users want to change the content of the automatic email that is sent from your store when a customer creates a new account. You can FTP into the file, edit the content and save it back.  As ALWAYS...save a copy of your file before...
page.png How To Cross Sell Products With CRELoaded 6.2 Admin Tools
You do not just want to load a template or load your products and wait for sales to come into your store.  Get a store that is better then the next site selling similar drop ship products. Your high quality drop ship products...
page.png How To Create New Buttons For Your CRELoaded 6.2
Here are some GREAT links to make free changes to the design and look of your CRELoaded 6.2 dropship site.  This guide will tell you how to generate a zip file for buttons for free to replace the current style on your site...
page.png How To Create A Product Sale From Your CRELoaded 6.2 Admin
How to use the Sales Maker Tool from your Admin 1) Log into you Admin 2) Go to Marketing Menu 3) Click "SaleMaker" 4) Click the New Sale button on the right. 5) From here you can mark EVERYTHING on sale, or just...
page.png How To: Connect Links To The Content From The Admin When Changing Templates
When you change a template on your CRELoaded 6.2 site, such as for the Hosted Account Solution, some links might appear "broken". When you change a template you are changing the look and style, but some templates use a different...
page.png How To's: Change your CRELoaded 6.2 Domain Name
Authsafe.com is the placeholder domain we use for sites so that they are visible even when you have not set up your domain yet.  To have it changed to your actual domain name, it just requires a minor change to the configuration file...
page.png How To Change the Spelling of Manufacturers Box and Other Box Module Headers
1- Log into your store's Admin area. 2- Go to "Design Controls" and select "InfoBox Configure". 3- Scroll down until you see the Manfacturers box. Select by clicking the "i" icon on the far right,...
page.png How To Change the CRELoaded 6.2 Welcome Page Content
To change the Welcome Page Content: (This would appear at the top middle section of your site's main page) 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Select the "Define Main Page" link from under the "Content Manager" menu...
page.png How To Change The Main Page & Add Featured Products, Sales, New Products, News, etc
1)   Log into your CRELoaded 6.2 Admin 2)   Go to the Design Controls menu on the main page 3)   Click Template Configure link under Design Controls menu 4)   Go to your template in use from the template menu...
page.png How To Change Image Sizes On CRELoaded 6.2
CRELoaded 6.2 only needs on image size.  It will use the image to make, both the thumbnail image viewed and the larger image when the thumbnail is clicked for more details. 1- Log into your store's Admin 2- Under the menu at the top right...
page.png How To Change Colors And Fonts on CRELoaded 6.2 Template
All the colors and fonts are controlled by the CRELoaded 6.2 stylesheet.  There is typically a file called stylesheet.css in the templates folder of whatever particular template is being used.  You can view the HTML source for the site,...
page.png How To Add Products to Specials for CRELoaded 6.2
The Specials module is a great tool to use on your CRELoaded 6.2 for selling your dropship products.  The difference between a product marked as Specials and a product marked as Featured is that the Specials will be displayed on your site, often...
page.png How To Add Products For The New Products Section of CRELoaded 6.2
In order to edit the New Products area, you need to go to the Admin area and then to the Configuration >> Max / Min Values module and set the values for the maximum / minimum New Products that you want displayed.  To verify that you have changed...
page.png How To Add Or Remove Banners On Your CRELoaded 6.2 Site
1) Log into your store's Admin area. 2) Go to the Marketing menu 3) Select Banners Manager 4) This is where you manage the banners and track your click acitivity on your banners 5) You can turn off or on any banners loaded to your site from here...
page.png How To Add CRELoaded 6.2 Content Pages: About Us, Policy Pages, and Other ID Pages
One of the first things ecommerce owners like to do with their dropship wholesale website is add content to the About Us Page, Shipping & Returns Page, Privacy Policy Page, etc.  These are all called Information Pages, and this guide will help...
page.png How To Add An Individual Product Not Offered In The Data Feed For CRELoaded 6.2
Some suppliers restrict products from the data service offering.  Some products are not sold through the drop ship program (very heavy items or some very inexpensive small items).  Some products are also only offered to qualified resellers...
page.png How To Edit New Account Email Content on CRE Loaded
Some users want to change the content of the automatic email that is sent from your store when a customer creates a new account. You can FTP into the file, edit the content and save it back.  As ALWAYS...save a copy of your file before you replace...
page.png How To Make osCommerce CRE Loaded Info-Box Admin and Module Box Changes
This is a good introduction and "How To" guide for  the CRE Loaded Info-Box Admin menu.  The CRE Loaded Info-Box Admin is where you control the modules (or feature and function boxes) on your site. The menu...
page.png How To Add CRE Loaded Content Pages: About Us, Contact Us, Policy Pages, and Other ID Pages
One of the first things ecommerce owners like to do with their dropship wholesale website is add content to the About Us Page, Contact Us Page, Shipping & Returns Page, Privacy Policy Page, etc.  These are all called Information Pages, and this...
page.png How To: Set CRE Loaded USPS Shipping Module
Inventory Source recommends the use of the UPS shipping module.  It is simple and easy to use.  It is weight based which you have for your dropship products. However, if you still need USPS, then this guide will help you to apply your settings...
page.png Introductory Guide to osCommerce CRE Loaded Link Manager Menu
To manage your link campaign with an osCommerce CRE Loaded site, the Link Manager will let you add links as well as allow you to manage links that people post on your site.  You can create categories where you want to allow links to be added to your site...
page.png HELP How To: Change Category Name Size To Display Default Category Structure
Some older versions of osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites and sites that we do not host have a setting for the Category name which limits the number of letters allowed in the name in the database setting. If you host with Inventory Source, we have correctly...
page.png HELP-How To: Add a new ID Page to osCommerce CRE Loaded When The ID Page Needed Was Removed
Some users have used the Info Pages to link the template pages from the site to the admin pages to add the content.  This is a very simple process.  However, some users have noted an issue with this tool on some osCommerce CRE Loaded versions, such as 6...
page.png How To Add Products to Specials for CRE Loaded
The Specials module is a great tool to use on your osCommerce CRE Loaded site for selling your dropship products.  The difference between a product marked as Specials and a product marked as Featured is that the Specials will be displayed on your...
page.png How To Create New Buttons For Your CRE Loaded Site
Here are some GREAT links to make free changes to the design and look of your osCommerce CRE Loaded dropship site.  This guide will tell you how to generate a zip file for buttons for free to replace the current style on your site. If you...
page.png How To Change the Spelling of Manufacturers Box and Other Box Module Headers
1- Log into your store's Admin area. 2- Go to "Design Controls" and select "InfoBox Admin". 3- Scroll down until you see the Manfacturers box. Select by clicking the "i" icon on the far right, then scroll down...
page.png How To: SEO Meta Tag Changes for osCommerce CRE Loaded
For most osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites, you can set the master meta tags in the file /includes/languages/english/header_tags.php.  This is a good option for those looking to make their osCommerce CRE Loaded site more SEO friendly. You may...
page.png How To Correct X'd Out Box Where Image File Should Be
We capture new images a few times a week for the Zip files and autoloading features.  If we do not have the image or the supplier does not have the image, we do not reference an image in the product upload files.  For any store that shows...
page.png How To Remove the Join Newsletter Option From A CRE Loaded Template
Some users do not want to manage a Newsletter.  Some templates have a form to accept a Newsletter on key pages, but it can be removed. The Newsletter option is in the HTML for the page where an account is created, and it would need to be removed...
page.png How To Change The Main Page & Add Featured Products, Sales, New Products, News, etc
1)   Log into your store Admin 2)   Go to the Design Controls menu on the main page 3)   Click Template Admin link under Design Controls menu 4)   Go to your template in use from the template menu.  It should...
page.png How To Process payments through an external payment gateway manually
Many new users ask about the payment module options.  osCommerce and CRE Loaded can work with many merchant account providers.  CRE Loaded comes installed with several major gateway options.  For those who want to complete credit card processing...
page.png How To Set CRE Loaded UPS Shipping Code Settings
When you install the UPS shipping module, there are several codes that you must select to set your UPS shipping options.  See below for the definitions to this list. 1.   1DM         Next Day Air Early AM 2...
page.png How To: Connect Links To The Content From The Admin When Changing Templates
When you change a template on your osCommerce or CRE Loaded site, such as for the Hosted Account Solution, some links might appear "broken". When you change a template you are changing the look and style, but some templates use a...
page.png How To Change Colors And Fonts on osCommerce CRE Loaded Template
All the colors and fonts are controlled by the osCommerece CRE Loaded stylesheet.  There is typically a file called stylesheet.css in the templates folder of whatever particular template is being used.  You can view the HTML source for the...
page.png How To Add Or Remove Banners On Your osCommerce Site
1) Log into your store's Admin area. 2) Go to the Tools menu 3) Select Banners 4) This is where you manage the banners and track your click acitivity on your banners 5) You can turn off or on any banners loaded to your site from here (green is on...
page.png How To Cross Sell Products With osCommerce CRE Loaded Admin Tools
You do not just want to load a template or load your products and wait for sales to come into your store.  Get a store that is better then the next site selling similar drop ship products. Your high quality drop ship products with a low price will...
page.png How To Create A Product Sale From Your osCommerce CRE Loaded Store Admin
How to use the Sales Maker Tool from your Admin 1) Log into you Admin 2) Go to Catalog Menu 3) Click "Sales Maker" 4) Click the New Sale button on the right. 5) From here you can mark EVERYTHING on sale, or just individual Main Categories or...
page.png How To Add An Individual Product Not Offered In The Data Feed For osCommerce
Some suppliers restrict products from the data service offering.  Some products are not sold through the drop ship program (very heavy items or some very inexpensive small items).  Some products are also only offered to qualified resellers. ...
page.png How To Add Products For The New Products Section of osCommerce
In order to edit the New Products area, you need to go to the Admin area and then to the Configuration >> Max / Min Values module and set the values for the maximum / minimum New Products that you want displayed.  To verify that you have...
page.png Posting to Froogle Using osCommerce Easy Populate
You can use the Easy Populate module from your osCommerce Admin and create a full Froogle export of your store. This is a feature that comes with osCommerce and you can use it to create an export on a daily basis without any additional expense...
page.png How To View Site Traffic Report
To view site traffic reports for your site you can use the Urchin Stats Package.  This will let you see your website traffic and other reports.  You can access it from: http://YourWebsitesDomainAddressName.com/hostadmin/ Once you have logged...
page.png How To Change Image Sizes On osCommerce and CRE Loaded
osCommerce only needs on image size.  It will use the image to make, both the thumbnail image viewed and the larger image when the thumbnail is clicked for more details. 1- Log into your store's Admin 2- Under the menu at the top right you will...
page.png How To Remove A Product From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Product: This process is similar to removing a category. 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link...
page.png How To Change the osCommerce Welcome Page Content
To change the Welcome Page Content: (This would appear at the top middle section of your site's main page) 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the bottom left side of the site called "Info System" 3)...
page.png How To Remove A Category From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Category in CRE Loaded osCommerce site: 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link from under the &...
page.png How To Set Price's For Individual Drop Ship Products
Product-specific pricing With the Custom Price Setting Link in your Inventory Source Account, you can control your custom mark-ups for all of your products.  However, Inventory Source gives you the freedom to control individual settings as well...
page.png How To's: Change your osCommerce Domain Name
Authsafe.com is the placeholder domain we use for sites so that they are visible even when you have not set up your domain yet.  To have it changed to your actual domain name, it just requires a minor change to the configuration file for your store...
page.png How To Locate Product Images
How to locate the product images contained in the Product Image Zip files for your wholesale dropship supplier subscriptions.  This guide is a good point of reference for Custom File Download users. Locating & Loading Image Files Inventory...
page.png Obtaining Your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce
How to obtain your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce.Obtaining your Authorize.Net Transaction Key: If you do not have a transaction key yet you can get one at Authorize.Net's site. Here's how to get one: * Log on to your AuthNet account...
page.png Loading Products with eBay's Turbo Lister
How to use eBay Turbo Lister to list batches of items to eBay.Listing Product Items to sell on eBay Inventory Source provides formatted files for eBay's Turbo Lister application. To easily add products to eBay, follow the instructions below. ...
page.png Loading Products to Your Vendio Account
How to use the download files to manage your inventory in your Vendio account.First verify you have Vendio's Sales Manager Pro.  This is your best tool for loading products to your Vendio account. Step by step instructions: 1. Download "Vendio S...
page.png Loading Products to Yahoo! Stores
How to get the products into your Yahoo Store website.Loading products to a Yahoo Store We provide you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your Yahoo Store, follow the...
page.png Loading Products to an External Website
How to get the dropship products into your osCommerce platform, Yahoo Store or other website.Loading products to an external website Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information...
page.png Loading Products to an osCommerce Website
How to get the products into your osCommerce website.Loading products to OSCommerce Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your OSCommerce...
page.png How To Add osCommerce Content Pages: About Us, Contact Us, Policy Pages, and Other ID Pages
One of the first things ecommerce owners like to do with their dropship wholesale website is add content to the About Us Page, Contact Us Page, Shipping & Returns Page, Privacy Policy Page, etc.  These are all called Information Pages, and this...
page.png How To: Set osCommerce USPS Shipping Module
Inventory Source recommends the use of the UPS shipping module.  It is simple and easy to use.  It is weight based which you have for your dropship products. However, if you still need USPS, then this guide will help you to apply your settings...
page.png Introductory Guide to osCommerce Link Manager Menu
To manage your link campaign with an osCommerce , the Link Manager will let you add links as well as allow you to manage links that people post on your site.  Some versions might not have the Link Manager installed, but this contribution can easily...
page.png HELP How To: Change Category Name Size To Display Default Category Structure
Some older versions of osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites and sites that we do not host have a setting for the Category name which limits the number of letters allowed in the name in the database setting. If you host with Inventory Source, we have correctly...
page.png HELP-How To: Add a new ID Page to osCommerce CRE Loaded When The ID Page Needed Was Removed
Some users have used the Info Pages to link the template pages from the site to the admin pages to add the content.  This is a very simple process.  However, some users have noted an issue with this tool on some osCommerce CRE Loaded versions, such as 6...
page.png How To Add Products to Specials Module for osCommerce
The Specials module is a great tool to use on your osCommerce site for selling your dropship products.  The difference between a product marked as Specials and a product marked as Featured is that the Specials will be displayed on your site, often...
page.png How To Create New Buttons For Your CRE Loaded Site
Here are some GREAT links to make free changes to the design and look of your osCommerce CRE Loaded dropship site.  This guide will tell you how to generate a zip file for buttons for free to replace the current style on your site. If you...
page.png How To Change the Spelling of Manufacturers Box and Other Box Module Headers
1- Log into your store's Admin area. 2- Go to "Design Controls" and select "InfoBox Admin". 3- Scroll down until you see the Manfacturers box. Select by clicking the "i" icon on the far right, then scroll down...
page.png How To: Change osCommerce & CRE Loaded Meta Tags
For most osCommerce and CRE Loaded sites, you can set the master meta tags in the file /includes/languages/english/header_tags.php.  This is a good options for those looking to make the site more SEO friendly. You may access this file through an...
page.png How To Correct X'd Out Box Where Image File Should Be
We capture new images a few times a week for the Zip files and autoloading features.  If we do not have the image or the supplier does not have the image, we do not reference an image in the product upload files.  For any store that shows...
page.png How To Change The Main Page & Add Featured Products, Sales, New Products, News, etc
1)   Log into your store Admin 2)   Go to the Design Controls menu on the main page 3)   Click Template Admin link under Design Controls menu 4)   Go to your template in use from the template menu.  It should...
page.png How To Process payments through an external payment gateway manually
Many new users ask about the payment module options.  osCommerce and CRE Loaded can work with many merchant account providers.  CRE Loaded comes installed with several major gateway options.  For those who want to complete credit card processing...
page.png How To: Set osCommerce UPS Shipping Code Settings
When you install the osCommerce UPS shipping module, there are several codes that you must select to set your UPS shipping options.  See below for the definitions to this list. 1.   1DM         Next...
page.png How To Add Or Remove Banners On Your osCommerce Site
1) Log into your store's Admin area. 2) Go to the Tools menu 3) Select Banners 4) This is where you manage the banners and track your click acitivity on your banners 5) You can turn off or on any banners loaded to your site from here (green is on...
page.png How To: Connect Links To The Content From The Admin When Changing Templates
When you change a template on your osCommerce or CRE Loaded site, such as for the Hosted Account Solution, some links might appear "broken". When you change a template you are changing the look and style, but some templates use a...
page.png How To Change Colors And Fonts on osCommerce CRE Loaded Template
All the colors and fonts are controlled by the osCommerece CRE Loaded stylesheet.  There is typically a file called stylesheet.css in the templates folder of whatever particular template is being used.  You can view the HTML source for the...
page.png How To Add An Individual Product Not Offered In The Data Feed For osCommerce
Some suppliers restrict products from the data service offering.  Some products are not sold through the drop ship program (very heavy items or some very inexpensive small items).  Some products are also only offered to qualified resellers. ...
page.png How To Cross Sell Products With osCommerce CRE Loaded Admin Tools
You do not just want to load a template or load your products and wait for sales to come into your store.  Get a store that is better then the next site selling similar drop ship products. Your high quality drop ship products with a low price will...
page.png How To Add Products For The New Products Section of osCommerce
In order to edit the New Products area, you need to go to the Admin area and then to the Configuration >> Max / Min Values module and set the values for the maximum / minimum New Products that you want displayed.  To verify that you have...
page.png How To Create A Product Sale From Your osCommerce CRE Loaded Store Admin
How to use the Sales Maker Tool from your Admin 1) Log into you Admin 2) Go to Catalog Menu 3) Click "Sales Maker" 4) Click the New Sale button on the right. 5) From here you can mark EVERYTHING on sale, or just individual Main Categories or...
page.png Posting to Froogle Using osCommerce Easy Populate
You can use the Easy Populate module from your osCommerce Admin and create a full Froogle export of your store. This is a feature that comes with osCommerce and you can use it to create an export on a daily basis without any additional expense...
page.png How To View Site Traffic Report
To view site traffic reports for your site you can use the Urchin Stats Package.  This will let you see your website traffic and other reports.  You can access it from: http://YourWebsitesDomainAddressName.com/hostadmin/ Once you have logged...
page.png How To Change Image Sizes On osCommerce and CRE Loaded
osCommerce only needs on image size.  It will use the image to make, both the thumbnail image viewed and the larger image when the thumbnail is clicked for more details. 1- Log into your store's Admin 2- Under the menu at the top right you will...
page.png How To Change the osCommerce Welcome Page Content
To change the Welcome Page Content: (This would appear at the top middle section of your site's main page) 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the bottom left side of the site called "Info System" 3)...
page.png How To Remove A Product From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Product: This process is similar to removing a category. 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link...
page.png How To Remove A Category From A CRE Loaded osCommerce Site
To Remove a Category in CRE Loaded osCommerce site: 1) Log into your store's admin section 2) Find the menu item on near the top left side of your menu called "Catalog" 3) Select the "Categories/Products" link from under the &...
page.png How To's: Change your osCommerce Domain Name
Authsecure.com is the placeholder domain we use for sites so that they are visible even when you have not set up your domain yet.  To have it changed to your actual domain name, it just requires a minor change to the configuration file for your store...
page.png How To Set Price's For Individual Drop Ship Products
Product-specific pricing With the Custom Price Setting Link in your Inventory Source Account, you can control your custom mark-ups for all of your products.  However, Inventory Source gives you the freedom to control individual settings as well...
page.png How To Locate Product Images
How to locate the product images contained in the Product Image Zip files for your wholesale dropship supplier subscriptions.  This guide is a good point of reference for Custom File Download users. Locating & Loading Image Files Inventory...
page.png Obtaining Your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce
How to obtain your Authorize.Net Transaction Key for osCommerce.Obtaining your Authorize.Net Transaction Key: If you do not have a transaction key yet you can get one at Authorize.Net's site. Here's how to get one: * Log on to your AuthNet account...
page.png Loading Products to an External Website
How to get the dropship products into your osCommerce platform, Yahoo Store or other website.Loading products to an external website Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information...
page.png Loading Products to an osCommerce Website
How to get the products into your osCommerce website.Loading products to OSCommerce Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your OSCommerce...
page.png Quick Guide to Zen Cart Admin Menu
Admin Menu Sections Configuration My Store — General information about your site. Minimum Values — Defines minimum values for various options in validation of user input. Maximum Values — Defines maximum values for various items that will appear...
page.png How To: Use Authorize.net Payment Module Settings On ZenCart
If you still need a merchant account service, please see our most recomended provider E-Commerce Exchange.  They offer excellent support when setting up your site. Please see below to learn how to apply the Authorize.Net payment module to your...
page.png How To: Use Free Shipping For Bigger Orders On ZenCart
Some dropship resellers on Zen Cart want to offer free shipping for orders above a certain amount.   If your dropship products have MAP or are in a very competitive product segment, then free shipping can help you to make a sale or encourage...
page.png How To: Add or Move ZenCart Products and Categories
Inventory Source can automatically add all product data and images, including the category structure for your dropship products.  We can apply the update daily for new dropship product loading and updates to the price, quantity, and status for...
page.png How To: Configure Your ZenCart Settings
1- Log into Zen Cart's administration panel to make changes to your dropship Zen Cart store. 2- You can begin with changing the name of the store name. Please go to the top menu and mouse over Configuration. From the list that appears, select My...
page.png How To Add Meta Tags To Zen Cart Products
Define Meta Tags for Zen Cart Dropship Products To define Per-Product Meta-Tags for your dropship products: 1- Log into your Zen Cart Store Admin 2- Go to the Categories/Products list. Locate the desired product and then look at the right side...
page.png Intro to Yahoo Store Backend System Settings
Set up backend systems and operation for Yahoo! Store and Admin Menu SettingsNow that you've handled the "build" part of getting started, it's time to look at "Managing." Before you open for business, you'll want to configure...
page.png Sell More Dropship Products With A Customer Service Tool
If you want to sell dropship wholesale products online you need to provide customer service and build trust with your clients.   How can you provide customer services without being locked to your PC 24 hours a day?  How can you build trust with...
page.png Loading Products to an External Website
How to get the dropship products into your osCommerce platform, Yahoo Store or other website.Loading products to an external website Inventory Source provides you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information...
page.png Loading Products to Yahoo! Stores
How to get the products into your Yahoo Store website.Loading products to a Yahoo Store We provide you with formatted download files for easy inventory management. To access product information and import the products into your Yahoo Store, follow the...
page.png Loading Products to Your Vendio Account
How to use the download files to manage your inventory in your Vendio account.First verify you have Vendio's Sales Manager Pro.  This is your best tool for loading products to your Vendio account. Step by step instructions: 1. Download "Vendio S...
page.png Loading Products with eBay's Turbo Lister
How to use eBay Turbo Lister to list batches of items to eBay.Listing Product Items to sell on eBay Inventory Source provides formatted files for eBay's Turbo Lister application. To easily add products to eBay, follow the instructions below. ...
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Let us help with your Dropship inventory and e-commerce questions.  Please browse this support site to learn more about Inventory Source's service offerings. If you are new to Inventory Source, you might want to visit the FAQ section. To...
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