There are a number of different ways to find products to sell as well as many scam artists who like nothing more than to prey upon unsuspecting but well-meaning storeowners. Whether selling online or in your hometown, you need to check out every wholesale company or drop shipper with the Better Business Bureau and Rip Off Report to make sure you are only dealing with reputable companies.
Drop shippers are invaluable to those who sell products over the Internet. Drop shippers are companies that store product inventory and then mail them to your customers, without you needing to first purchase and store the products. To make sure that the drop shipping company you are dealing with is legitimate, sends products on time, and hasn't been accused of unscrupulous tactics, double check their record with the BBB. Many times, dropshipping companies will charge a yearly fee before allowing you access to their products. You can find dropshipping companies that won't charge you this fee, but you must be diligent in your search. Also, you should never have to pay for a list of drop shipping or wholesale companies. You can find them on your own and not pay anyone a dime.
One way to find dropshipping and wholesale companies is to check in your local area. Having contact with a company that you can talk to in person can bring great peace to your online business. Look in your local yellow pages for various wholesale companies and contact them about their dropshipping practices. You can also purchase items from them at wholesale costs and ship them yourself, bypassing the need for a dropshipper completely. However, if you feel that your company is best served by a dropshipper, then you should find a reputable company that distributes the products you are interested in selling and then inquire about a dropshipping program.
Home Products To Sell
Simply finding a hidden niche might seem like your key to success but in all truthfulness you can find the best kept secret niche in the world, but with out the right products to sell to it you have really got nothing. Luckily, there are some ways to discover the hot niche marketing products that are going to convert like crazy for you. Below we will discuss some of the best places to locate products and what to look out for.
The best place to find hot products to fit into your niche is Clickbank.com.
Clickbank is great because almost all of their products pay a 50 to 75% commission. So head over to Clickbank now in a separate window and let's take a look at some.
When you arrive on the home page click on the link at the top of the page that says 'marketplace'. If you are not yet signed up as a clickbank affiliate it's ok, we can still browse through the marketplace. However, I suggest you sign up soon, it is easy and free.
Once we are in the marketplace you will notice there is a box with several different search features. You can search for niche marketing products by category, sub-category, and even by entering a specific keyword. Whenever you do a search you will be provided a list of products that match your search and a brief description of each.
There are certain criteria that we want our niche marketing products to meet in order to assure that they will sell well to our market.
Below each product listed in green lettering you will see:
$/sale - This is how much your commission amount
will be for every referral sale.
%/sale - This is the percentage of the product's sale
price $/sale represents ($/sale is more important).
%refd - This is the percentage of sales of the
product come from affiliate sales.
grav - This is the "gravity" of the product, or a
measure of how many affiliates are promoting it
(it's not a straight count).
Now lets discuss what we are looking for among these things.
Ideally we want the $/sale to be greater than $20. We want to make sure we are getting a decent profit from promoting this product. The %/sale is not as important. just make sure they are paying at least 50% commission or higher.
%refd is a good indicator of how well this product has done for other affiliates. If this percentage is low then this is a sign that affiliates who have promoted this in the past have probably not had much success and decided to stop.
grav is the most important factor to consider when looking for profitable niche marketing products to sell. Shoot for a gravity between 60 and 100. Anything below 60 probably isn't popular enough to sell well and anything over 100 is probably to saturated already.
There are exceptions to this and if you are having trouble finding something within this range it just remember a higher gravity is
better than a lower one.
The last thing to check out it the actual sales page of the product in question. Does it seem compelling? Would you consider buying it? Does the sales page copy, layout, graphics and overall visual representation look up to date and appealing? Use you better judgement here. if a product's sales page seems dull and boring to you then it probably will to your customers also.
Aside from looking through the clickbank marketplace another great method for tracking down hot products to promote in your niche is to browse through some forums that are related to your niche. Often times you will see threads about certain products and what average people who bought them really think.
You may also want to do some searches on Google using keywords related to your niche. Look through the results and see if you can find what other people are promoting in your niche. If you see something that seems to be popular then that it a good sign people in your niche like it and are buying it. Just make sure it is a product that will be worth your while to promote.
Finding good that convert is crucial to your success in any niche. No matter how hard you presell and and create traffic if the product is a dud then it won't sell period. Luckily you are now armed with an array of tools and ideas for finding profitable niche marketing products.
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