Advise Please: Online Coffee Business / Selling Coffee Online

[Molaboutique]

Hello Coffee Forum,

I am looking to start selling roasted coffee online through my own website.

For now, two options are being considered:

1. Buy fresh green beans, roast the coffee at home, package and ship the order.

2. The second option is Dropshipping. Does that exist in online coffee business. And if so, how do i go about it? Any roasters out there interested in drop shipping?

I am based in Toronto Canada. The target market area is North America for now, and then expand later if the biz takes off.

Any kind of advice, pointers or even resources that you can share with here would be greatly appreciated. Also, let me know if you need more info.

Thank you

Stephen

[Mr.Sm1th]

this is an interesting topic....

I'm staying in tune for any answers because I also looking forward to sell coffee online..

I'm based in Indonesia

[topher]

I do private label/drop shipping for a couple of companies. Hit me up with any questions you have @ topherroaster@gmail.com

[Molaboutique]

Thank you so much Topher. Will contact you using the email provided

[Janetcp]

Hey! That is a great initiative you will be taking during this time. I think there is a huge demand for coffee beans as such and also powdered beans. Ensure that the package is done right because there have been many customer dissatisfactions when it comes to the field of packaging. This is mainly due to in-transit mishaps. Also, good and attractive packaging makes the product effective and helps meet the required customer satisfaction standards. To buy coffee online in Canada, Canadians are more into maintaining quality standards, especially in packaging by the retailers. I hope this helped. Looking forward to your new start-up. All the best.

[ManuelPalmaCoffee]

this is an interesting topic....

I'm staying in tune for any answers because I also looking forward to sell coffee online..

I'm based in Indonesia

Selamat malam Mr. Sm1th, we started a direct-to-consumer business called Palma Coffee.
We are very interested in selling in Indonesia, we have the logistics contacts.
I understand that there are many coffee shops in Bandung, where are you located?

[Millattus]

I agree that if you have not had any experience in this before, then it will be very difficult for you.

[surfius]

Hey, be nice to him! Let's trust that this guy will succeed. In my opinion, this is a very interesting and good idea for a business to sell and send coffee, which is very simple. Although I can already find a lot of cons so. First, you will need to buy special packaging for coffee and most likely it will not cost so much. You will need to take into account the delivery tax. You will need to immediately decide where you can send coffee and where not. You will also need to decide in what form of coffee you will send, ready-to-drink coffee, grain, already crushed coffee, etc. There are many factors that need to be sorted out in advance. I think that if you want to do the delivery yourself then you'd better contact a similar company https://redstagfulfillment.com to learn how to do it right. Good luck!