Dropshipping is a very profitable way to make money on the auction powerhouse eBay. People all over the world are creating home based businesses by using wholesalers, or also known as dropshippers, to make money on eBay.
Dropshipping is simply selling products for wholesale companies, sending them the address of the person who bought from you, and they ship the product to them.
This is an incredible opportunity, most times for the cost of a meal at a restaurant, to start a profitable eBay business.
However, because of the ease and profitability of using a dropship company there is extensive competition. eBay abounds with people using this home based business model to create a living for themselves. So, how do you get by the rest and shine as the one to buy from? There are three distinct secrets used by prominent eBay Powersellers.
1. eBay Dropshippers Know What's HOT!
The top income producers, or Powersellers, on eBay do their homework. They find out what is selling. But, not only that they research deeper to find out what's selling at the top prices.
Let's say for example, you have set up an account with a dropship company and have started an eBay seller account. Now what? Start looking at what's selling. Computers are always hot.
Go back to your dropshipper, look up what computers they offer, get some graphics and pictures, upload them to the product listing page on eBay and you're now selling computers.
Don't waste your time on items that only sell a few times at low prices.
2. eBay Dropshippers Know A Little Copywriting
The Internet, no matter what site you're on, is all about the written word. In sales, that means copywriting. Writing in order to reach a sale.
If you look at the most successful sellers they don't simply upload a picture and a few facts about the product.
They write to sell the product. Why? It was stated at the beginning of this article that the competition is plentiful. Everyone selling on eBay wants that person to buy their product not yours. So, the emphasis on copywriting, writing to instill an emotional desire to want your product, must be a priority.
Take some time to learn a little bit about good copywriting and how to construct a short, but exciting, sales letter.
3. eBay Dropshippers Live To Follow.
The absolute key to making money on eBay, with dropshippers or any other type of business model, is to follow up with your customers. Once they buy from you, that should not be the last contact you have with them.
Follow up with them. How are they liking the product? Is there anything else you can do for them? Have they seen the other auctions you have listed similar to the product they already bought?
A great way to stay in touch with your customers is to start collecting their email addresses, with their permission, and send them a special "sales flyer" of products you have listed, or other non-listed dropship items.
Want to make it big with eBay? Want to make big money with dropshipping? Follow these three Powerselling secrets today and watch your profits climb!
About the author:
Jason James website 'The Auction Resource Network' reveals his inside secrets and sources that help him pocket over $10,000 a month on eBay.
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Written by: Jason James
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Affiliate Marketing – How to Start Earning Money Today
If you're new to Affiliate Marketing and your finding everything that your
learning is a little "mind blowing" but really want to start making
money today then here is the quickest way to get results.
First, I would begin with using ClickBank. They have a gazillion
affiliate programs to choose from. If you don't already have a
ClickBank account then you can get one for free at clickbank.com/overview.html
We aren't going to bother making a website or anything like that; I'm going
to show you the quickest short-cut to earning the money
today.
Now once you've signed up with ClickBank we're going to go to the button
"Promote Products"
Finding your first product to affiliate with I would suggest you go
for a topic that you know something about. This will make writing your Google
Ad much easier.
Search for a subject that you know a little bit about. I would also recommend
choosing a product where you will make at least $20 for the sale.
Of course first, I want to be sure that there is a market for this product, I
want to check to see if people are searching for it. So I'm going to head
over to overture
inv
entory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ And place in the
keyword of the product I think I would like to promote.
If the keyword is being searched over on Overture a decent amount then I know
there is a market for this product.
Now I'm going to see if the salescopy (website) is up to scratch.
Does the header draw you in and make you want to read more? Yes
Does it have believable testimonials? Yes
Is the offer genuine and believable? Yes
Does it have visuals of the product? Yes (not a requirement for myself)
Does it have Free Bonus's? Yes (also not a requirement for me to promote it
but definitely adds value)
Are they offering a money back guarantee? Yes
I would definitely promote this website. So now I need to set up a Google
Adwords campaign.
This is now going to be the hardest work of it all. As you can see everything
else we've done so far is a breeze.
If you're not sure on how to set up a Google campaign I show illustrations on
how to do this in my book "Affiliate Marketing – Quick Start Guide".
If you don't already have this book you can get it for free by signing
up to my newsletter at www.joesy.com
Because this is a digital download (they all are through ClickBank, ClickBank
only deals in digital products) and if the subject refers to people worldwide
I would promote this globally in my Google Adwords campaign.
Now you need to write your ad that will bring people to want to click on it.
Say if I was promoting a product that shows people how to play the guitar… I
would test a heading like: Learn to Play Guitar (in this subject line I've
used the main keyword they've probably searched for "guitar" and I've
suggested what this site will teach you "Learn to Play".
Next is setting up your keywords. I use either inv
entory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ or wordtracker to help
me find keywords for this product.
You will want to come up with around 200 to 300 keywords. I generally try to
find keywords with little competition, this way I pay less per click.
You ad should be activated in around 10 minutes. You can check this by typing
one of your keywords into Google and look for your ad.
© Joanne King - www.joesy.com
Get your Free book on "Affiliate Marketing – Quick Start Guide" by
visiting www.joesy.com
Copyright Joanne King - www.joesy.com
learning is a little "mind blowing" but really want to start making
money today then here is the quickest way to get results.
First, I would begin with using ClickBank. They have a gazillion
affiliate programs to choose from. If you don't already have a
ClickBank account then you can get one for free at clickbank.com/overview.html
We aren't going to bother making a website or anything like that; I'm going
to show you the quickest short-cut to earning the money
today.
Now once you've signed up with ClickBank we're going to go to the button
"Promote Products"
Finding your first product to affiliate with I would suggest you go
for a topic that you know something about. This will make writing your Google
Ad much easier.
Search for a subject that you know a little bit about. I would also recommend
choosing a product where you will make at least $20 for the sale.
Of course first, I want to be sure that there is a market for this product, I
want to check to see if people are searching for it. So I'm going to head
over to overture
inv
entory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ And place in the
keyword of the product I think I would like to promote.
If the keyword is being searched over on Overture a decent amount then I know
there is a market for this product.
Now I'm going to see if the salescopy (website) is up to scratch.
Does the header draw you in and make you want to read more? Yes
Does it have believable testimonials? Yes
Is the offer genuine and believable? Yes
Does it have visuals of the product? Yes (not a requirement for myself)
Does it have Free Bonus's? Yes (also not a requirement for me to promote it
but definitely adds value)
Are they offering a money back guarantee? Yes
I would definitely promote this website. So now I need to set up a Google
Adwords campaign.
This is now going to be the hardest work of it all. As you can see everything
else we've done so far is a breeze.
If you're not sure on how to set up a Google campaign I show illustrations on
how to do this in my book "Affiliate Marketing – Quick Start Guide".
If you don't already have this book you can get it for free by signing
up to my newsletter at www.joesy.com
Because this is a digital download (they all are through ClickBank, ClickBank
only deals in digital products) and if the subject refers to people worldwide
I would promote this globally in my Google Adwords campaign.
Now you need to write your ad that will bring people to want to click on it.
Say if I was promoting a product that shows people how to play the guitar… I
would test a heading like: Learn to Play Guitar (in this subject line I've
used the main keyword they've probably searched for "guitar" and I've
suggested what this site will teach you "Learn to Play".
Next is setting up your keywords. I use either inv
entory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ or wordtracker to help
me find keywords for this product.
You will want to come up with around 200 to 300 keywords. I generally try to
find keywords with little competition, this way I pay less per click.
You ad should be activated in around 10 minutes. You can check this by typing
one of your keywords into Google and look for your ad.
© Joanne King - www.joesy.com
Get your Free book on "Affiliate Marketing – Quick Start Guide" by
visiting www.joesy.com
Copyright Joanne King - www.joesy.com
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