What is Dropshipping?
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Understanding Product Distribution
People have been distributing products since before the first mastodon skinner traded a fur coat for a flint axe. Here’s how it works.
Let’s say ABC Manufacturers makes a product called Mom’s Ankle Wax. We’ll say that Mom’s Ankle Wax has been around for years. It’s a very well known brand name product. It will without a doubt give you the shiniest ankles on your block, and everybody wants some.
ABC Manufacturers makes Mom’s Ankle Wax, but they don’t sell it directly to the public. They’re a manufacturing operation. They’re far too busy melting paraffin and waxing test ankles to go around building stores all over the place. They need distributors; companies who will take their product and distribute it to the places that will sell it. For years, ABC Manufacturers has sold Mom’s Ankle Wax to a company called DEF Distributors. The founder of DEF Distributors knew Mom herself, back in the old days when she made her Ankle Wax by hand, out in the turkey barn.
Today, DEF Distributors buys Mom’s Ankle Wax by the truckload. They pay $5.00 a case for it, which is a very good price. It’s such a good price, it has it’s own name: the Manufacturer’s Wholesale Price.
However, DEF Distributors does not sell it to the general public either. They are a distributor. They distribute Mom’s Ankle Wax.
DEF Distributors works with a chain of retail stores called Wax R Us. This place was founded by a retail business visionary who saw the incredible potential of Mom’s Ankle Wax a long time ago. Today there are Wax R Us retail stores on every street corner in every major city in the country. Wax R Us buys truckloads of Mom’s Ankle Wax from DEF Distributors for $10.00 a case.
So, DEF Distributors makes $5.00 on every case of Mom’s Ankle Wax they sell to Wax R Us retail stores. This makes DEF Distributors very happy.
Cases and cases of Mom’s Ankle Wax arrive in the stockrooms of Wax R Us stores everywhere. The Wax R Us employees open those cases, and pull 12 cans of Mom’s Ankle Wax out of each case. With their pricing guns, they stick a price of $4.50 on each and every can.
Wax R Us stores make a total of $44.00 on each case of Mom’s Ankle Wax. (12 cans x 4.50 per can = 54.00, minus the 10.00 they paid for the case = 44.00).
Wax R Us is even happier than DEF Distributors.
However, the happiest people of all are the people who can stroll into Wax R Us and purchase a can of Mom’s Ankle Wax for only $4.50. They think this is a great price, and they’re walking around with the shiniest ankles in town.
Well, that’s it…basic product distribution. The manufacturer sells to the distributor, the distributor sells to the retailer, and the retailer sells to the end user (the customer). The manufacturer, the distributor and the retailer all make money because the customer is willing to spend money for the product.
Drop Shipping has been around for a long time, too. Probably as long as mail order catalogs; maybe longer. If you want to use a buzzword to impress a corporate type, call it “second party addressing”.
Above, we talked about the manufacturer-distributor-retailer relationship. When you use drop shipping to sell products on the Internet, (or anywhere else), YOU become the RETAILER in that relationship.
It should be noted here, if only to keep the Punctuation Police happy, that if you use the method of drop shipping in your business, YOU are not the “drop shipper”. The company(s) who supply the products to your customers for you is the drop shipper. YOU become a “Stockless Retailer”.
How Drop Shipping Works
1.) You open an Internet Store, with a shopping cart and the ability to accept credit cards.2.) You find a distributor who is willing to DROP SHIP the products you want to sell. The best place on the Internet for this is www.WorldwideBrands.com. This is our website, the home of OneSource, recognized as the best source for legitimate Wholesale Suppliers on the Internet.
3.) You establish an account as a retailer with the Drop Ship Wholesale Supplier.
4.) You receive images and descriptions of the products you want to sell from the Drop Shipper and post them on your Internet Store.
5.) A customer surfs into your Internet Store, and falls in love with a product that you have priced at, say, $80. They purchase the item with their credit card. Your Store charges their credit card $80 plus your shipping fee.
6.) You turn around and email the order to your Drop Shipper, along with the customer’s name and address.
7.) The Drop Shipper sends the product directly to your customer, with YOUR Store’s name on the package.
8.) The Drop Shipper charges you the wholesale price of, say, $45.00, plus shipping.
9.) Your customer gets a cool product from your store shipped to their door, and they tell all their friends about you, and you make even more money.
There you have it. You just made a $35.00 profit on one item. You didn’t have to buy a whole bunch of the product and keep it in your warehouse, hoping you would sell it. You didn’t have to pay to have it shipped to you, and then pay to ship it to your customer. All you did was send an email to your Drop Ship Wholesale Supplier.
That’s the drop shipping process in a nutshell!
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By Chris Malta and Robin Cowie of [ WorldwideBrands.com ], Writers and Hosts of The Entrepreneur Magazine EBiz and Product Sourcing Radio Shows.
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posted by inlink5 @ 3:21 PM,
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What you should know when you choose an Affiliate Program
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to make money online. For those who are thinking of affiliate marketing. You simply sign up with an affiliate program, promote their product, and make $$$, right? But what should you be looking at when you select a affiliate program? Here are some suggested tips.
1) Commission
make sure that the affiliate program is paying well. Promote those that pay at least 40-50% commission. Check also if there has any 2nd tier program. 2nd tier is an feature that allowed others to sign-up additional affiliates below them to their own afiliates program. So that when the sub-affiliates, now known as 2nd tier affiliates, earns a commission, the affiliate above receives a commission too.
2) Support
If you sign up for a program that doesn’t provide technical or email support. You will sure to lots of problem and headache because you sure to have questions to ask.
3) Tools
What are the tools available to help you promoting the items? Here you will be able to find classifiedads, banners, text links, or emails to help you.
4) Payouts
If they will not provide you with any idea how much their affiliates are earning, then move on to other program. Nowadays, scams are out there and you need to make sure you are not considering promoting one of them.
5)Promotion Page
If it doesn’t make you feel like reading or buying the product in the sale page, more than likely your potential customers will feel the same way.
I have been promoting affiliate products for a few months now and has had little success until I came across this few awesome product .
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posted by inlink5 @ 5:47 AM,
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Top Scams of 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
Ok ... this is so nice and wonderful - working at home in pajamas. And with min effort, i am able to have money flowing into my bank account. Not a bad deal, working only a few hours a week from home, so I'd have more time to spend with my kids, and the best is without any boss looking over my shoulder.
But what you must realise is that 90% of money making schemes available on the internet are frauds, so be very careful. You've probably seen the advertisements all over such as these:
"Get 300/hour to complete online surveys" "Home Job - 200$/hour" "Earn $200/Hr Taking Surveys Online".
Don't be mistaken. The fact is that you CAN get paid to take surveys online. There are a few companies that are legitimate, but most people fall for the scams on the false programs.
I know this because I was one of those people! Wahaha.... I had fallen for several of these schemes years ago. I was just too sincere and a nice guy that I tend to find the ‘good’ in people and I was “sold” by these schemes several times.
I found out that many survey programs give you outdated directories with no customer service, no refunds, and of course no money.
I have found some programs that have a 100% money back guarantee. There are truly legitimate and will give you the ability to make 500-5000+ extra dollars per month. I would recommend you to join. Most of these surveys take no more than 15 minutes to complete.
So, it is all up to you now to make as much money as you want to make.
I wish you healthy, prosperous years ahead.
Below is a list and guide of some most sought after money making site. Remember , if you don't like the product, you can alway ask for a refund.
1) Survey Income System - Take online surveys: from $5 to $75 each (sometimes more).
2)Ultimate Wealth Package - Ultimate Wealth Package provides a step by step guide to making money on the internet.
3)Paid Surveys - Excellent Home Survey Program
4) Survey Pro - Another Good Survey Program
5) Forex Trading Machine - Since this is a 100% mechanical trading strategy, no interpretation or judgment required. Meaning - you will be trading completely stress free.
6) Google Cash - It will show you how to earn lots of cash, by writing moneymaking ads, promoting the products and services of others.
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8) Salehoo - LEGITIMATE wholesalers and distributors - you will find only the best and most GENUINE, original, brand new, products at the most unbelievably discounted prices, plus thousands of other wholesale suppliers that will ship anywhere in the world and even some of the time the shipping is FREE!
Labels: Affiliate Program
posted by inlink5 @ 3:38 PM,
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3 Sources of Content All Affiliates Should Use...
As an affiliate, it's critical that you have a website, though this is usually not the hardest. The bigger challenge is that your website needs to get traffic! So, how do you get traffic?
There is absolutely no question that the best form oftraffic is search engine traffic. Search engines can deliver highly targeted traffic that is absolutely free.
The catch?
Well, how do you get search engines to give you traffic in the first place? How do you convince a robotic spider that your website deserves their attention?
One word: Content
Search engines have one primary goal: To serve their visitors with quality content targeted to what their visitor is looking for. A search engine is going to do anything in their power to rank websites based on what think is relevant.
So, in the end, your real job is to find a way to convince the search engines that your website is better suited for a topic than another website. In other words you need to better optimize your website for a given keyword that another website.
All in all this means that your website needs content and with each passing day the amount of content your website needs will be increasing. As more websites compete, the search engines are looking for more and more content on your website.
Search engines are giving more credibility, hence traffic,to larger websites with more updated content. They figure that if a website has lots of pages that are constantlyupdated, it is a more credible website. So, how does the little guy, an affiliate, compete and keep their website on the top?
3 Sources of Fast and Credible Content
1. Article Directories
Many argue that article directories are bad places to get articles from because of the “duplicate content” penalty that search engines may throw at you. However, what they do not realize is that search engines penalize duplicated PAGES, not content: there is a difference.
This means that search engines are looking for duplicate HTML rather than duplicate articles. Common sense dictates that certain articles and press releases may end up inmultiple places on the Internet. This has been happening since the beginning of the Internet.
However, if HTML is duplicated, then the search engines know that someone is trying to trick them.
Feel free to grab articles from directories, just make sure that you are plugging these articles into your own unique HTML files: create your own custom templates.
2. Blogs
Blogs have become extremely powerful lately, search engines are devouring them. Why? Well blogs are short for web log, an Internet based journal. Just the title automatically indicates that the blog will be consistently updated.
Blogs are also very clean and simple HTML with easy to follow navigation for search engines. If you have not yet,it is a wise decision to launch a blog on your own website.
3. Product Reviews/Information
Many affiliates who sell physical products or have websites that sell hundreds or thousands of websites argue that they cannot possibly write articles to promote all the products.
So, how do you have meaningful pages of “content” if yousell lots of products and writing articles is too difficult?
Write product reviews or copy/paste information on that product.
If you ever search for an electronic item in the search engines, you’ll find that the top ranking sites are not always articles but are typically just websites that sell that product. Some of them have reviews of the product and others just have copied and pasted information from the company.
So, a fast way to get content is to simply borrow technical specs and reviews on the product. But remember,put these into your own template (since it is repeated content).
There you have it, 3 sources for fast content to help you fill your website with many pages that search engines can index and then refer traffic to.
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This article has been authored by Anik Singal, an extremely successful and young internet entrepreneur and affiliate marketing consultant. Anik has developed his own affiliate marketing system that helped him earn over $10,466 in 60 days. Enroll in his FREE course today... [ http://www.amclassroom.com/cmd.php?af=522087 ]
Copyright © 2006 Anik Singal
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posted by inlink5 @ 3:28 PM,
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Link Exchange
Thursday, December 21, 2006
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posted by inlink5 @ 3:29 PM,
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A Win-Win Situation: Why Affiliate Marketing Works
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Affiliate marketing can be a profitable venture for you, as a merchant or affiliate. It presents you with a great opportunity to increase revenue, and build valuable business relationships.
Affiliate Benefits and Resources
As an affiliate partner, you’re capitalizing on traffic you already have. Every time someone clicks through your site and makes a purchase on your merchant’s site, you earn a commission. Explains Anik Singal, CEO of The Affiliate Classroom , “Your job is to deliver as much qualified traffic to your merchants as possible.” That means pre-selling their products to customers, and preparing them to make that purchase when they click through to their site.
To become an affiliate, check out this affiliate program. You should keep several factors in mind when deciding which merchants to promote:
• Is their affiliate program free to join? If it’s not, move on.
• What’s their reputation like? Do a little research, and make sure you want to be associated with them.
• Do they have a proven conversion rate? Don’t waste time driving traffic to a site that doesn’t sell.
Merchant Benefits and Resources
For a merchant, affiliate advertising is a low-risk, high ROI promotional channel. Your affiliates are your online sales force, but you only pay when they actually make a sale. You also diversify your traffic, so if your AdWords aren’t performing or your natural listing drop, you have another source to fall back on. Says Singal, “Why say ‘No’ to all this extra traffic when it’s very little risk to you? You can launch an affiliate program for pennies on the dollar.”
There are different ways to find and recruit affiliates:
• Join an active network, see affiliate program . Most networks alert their members when a new merchant joins their program, and encourage them to see if they’d be a good match.
• Do keyword searches, based on your product line. Sort through the sites that come up, and focus on content sites, especially ones using blogs. Make sure they’re reputable, and relevant to your target market. Personally contact them, and see if they’re willing to work with you.
Why Not?
It’s estimated that in the last year, $95 billion was transacted online as a direct result of affiliate marketing. And those affiliates earned over $6.5 billion in commissions.Whether you’re getting paid for sharing your traffic, or maximizing sales through your partners, affiliate marketing can help you grow your business and supplement your income.
Labels: Affiliate Tips
posted by inlink5 @ 4:28 PM,
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Affiliate Program > What is it?
Monday, December 18, 2006
Affiliate Marketing is a system, a revenue sharing venture between a website owner and an online merchant. In simple's terms, company A ( Re-seller ) agrees to provide text ads or graphic buttons from company B ( seller) and site A gets a commission on any sales generated for site B.
The affiliate program allows you to earn money. That means that if you send a customer to them and they purchase, you will earn commission, 5% ~ 15% of all sales!
Major Types of Affiliate Programs
Pay Per Click — Whenever a potential customer leaves the affiliate website by "clicking" on the link and lead to the merchant's website, a certain amount of money is deposited in the affiliate's account. This amount can be pennies or dollars depending on the product and amount of the commission.
Pay Per Sale — Every time a sale is made as a result of advertising on the affiliate's website, a percentage, or commission, is deposited into the affiliate's account.
Pay Per Lead — Every time a potential client registers at the merchant's website as a result of the advertisement on the affiliate's account, a previously determined amount is deposited into the affiliate's account.
Join these great affiliate network program.
The affiliate program allows you to earn money. That means that if you send a customer to them and they purchase, you will earn commission, 5% ~ 15% of all sales!
Major Types of Affiliate Programs
Pay Per Click — Whenever a potential customer leaves the affiliate website by "clicking" on the link and lead to the merchant's website, a certain amount of money is deposited in the affiliate's account. This amount can be pennies or dollars depending on the product and amount of the commission.
Pay Per Sale — Every time a sale is made as a result of advertising on the affiliate's website, a percentage, or commission, is deposited into the affiliate's account.
Pay Per Lead — Every time a potential client registers at the merchant's website as a result of the advertisement on the affiliate's account, a previously determined amount is deposited into the affiliate's account.
Join these great affiliate network program.
Labels: Affiliate Tips
posted by inlink5 @ 8:27 AM,
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How to Make Money Selling on eBay
Sunday, December 17, 2006
This must be one of an awesome program that can help you build an instant automated eBay n store that is guaranteed to make you money. No matter when or what happens when the sellers decide to raise fees, change prices or as the internet gets more and more competitive.
If you're sick and tired of all of the long drawn out get-rich-quick scheme, you will love this as it's quick and easy to read without all of the sales hype...
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posted by inlink5 @ 2:48 PM,
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Shopster - E-Commerce for everyone
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Shopster is a private label retailer concept that uses guaranteed parasite resistant tracking and best of all - cookie free. Affiliates could select the products they like to promote, the prices they wants to sell at , all this within a complete E-Commerce Site. Pretty much like a co-brand but even check out takes place on the site so all sales are recorded through the system and customer date, orders, and so on are stored on the affiliate side.
Sign Up To The Shopster Affiliate Program Now.
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posted by inlink5 @ 3:59 PM,
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Affiliate Network Program
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Join These Great Affiliate Network Programs.
1) Commission Junction (CJ) - The no.1 affiliate network that sell physical products.
2) Worldwide Brands - They are the internet's most TRUSTED source
for REAL Wholesalers. They write and host the Entrpreneur Magazine eBiz and
Product Sourcing Radio Shows and They are the official product sourcing editors
for eBay Radio. They offer great commission rates for a two-tier affiliate
program and they have a dedicated affiliate manager and team.
3) Shareasale - another good program to start with. Below is the catagory of things you can sell.
4) Affiliate Future - some of the top companies have their program here.
5) Click Bank - Internet marketers who earn commissions by promoting over 10,000 products .
Labels: Affiliate Program
posted by inlink5 @ 3:18 PM,
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