Use Drop-shipping To Increase Profits
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by: SteveBeck
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One of the coolest concepts I ever stumbled upon on the internet was that of drop shipping. Drop shipping is where you put up a website, drive customers to it, take the orders and then have the wholesaler or manufacturer send the product DIRECTLY to the customer from their warehouse.
Isn't that amazing? Now, I know affiliate marketing programs are popular. In affiliate marketing, you recommend certain products to a select list of clients; email auto responder programs make this easy so you save time and money. That email includes an "affiliate link" when your customer clicks on the link, they are whisked away to a website that sells that particular product. If the customer buys it, you get a commission.
A lot can go wrong with affiliate marketing. There's no way to ensure the customer goes to the website. You have no control over the content of the site, and forget about making any changes! And how do you know you are getting all the money that you deserve?
Drop-shipping, on the other hand, saves you money, while letting you retain complete control over your own website. You have no shipping costs, no inventory to store or count. It's as close as you can get to having free products to sell online! Just think of what you could sell using drop-shipping:
* Home based gift business drop-shipping
* Gems and Jewelery-making Supplies Drop-Shipping
* Scrap booking supplies
* Fabric and trims
* Cast-iron piggy banks
* Home security products
And this is just the tip of the iceberg!
Although drop shipping sounds like the best thing since sliced bread, finding a wholesaler or a manufacturer to drop ship can be a challenge. Not all wholesalers want to mess with drop shipping and many on the internet who pose as wholesalers are not wholesalers at all...they are cleverly disguised "buying clubs" or "internet malls" designed to separate you from your money. They are drop ship sales scam artists and not dealers with wholesale products to sell.
So who can you trust? Chris Malta to the rescue! He operates the Drop-Ship Source Directory, a listing of reputable wholesalers who offer drop-shipping. His company of dedicated staff researches each new listing, ensuring that there are no scam artists. New information is added daily, and all new drop-shippers are carefully screened.
Better yet, you get access to over three million products - three million name-brand products and specialty items which you could sell on your website, helping you to make amazing profits with your online business.
No shipping, no storage, and no warehouse - now that's smart! Check it out and see for yourself.
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Stephen Beck shows 7 simple steps to starting a home business. For a free CD discussing those steps, go to Work at Home immediately.
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