Stores Work Like This

The story of how Swoopo gets and ships most of it’s items isn’t unique. It works just like your local retail or electronics store. Swoopo works with distributors who sell them large amounts of items like PS3s, MacBooks or digital cameras. Swoopo stores these items in a warehouse and ships them out when someone wins an auction. Swoopo makes a few bucks on the item because they purchased it for less than retail price. And they also make money if the total number of bids on an auction is greater than the price they paid. It’s a win / win.

Sometimes They Don’t Have Items

Sometimes Swoopo doesn’t keep items on hand. Instead, they do what’s called “drop shipping.” This is where they tell a supplier (like Amazon.com, for instance) that they just sold something. Amazon will then ship the product, brand new and in original packaging, right to the door of the customer. This usually means you get the item faster because it only needs to go one place, not two.

Regardless of how the item gets to you, Swoopo usually fulfills orders within 1-2 weeks and they are all-new, unopened and absolutely identical to anything you’d find at your local retail store.

Here’s a video where the CEO of Swoopo explains how his company fulfills Swoopo orders: