Your Own Online Store and Drop Shipping

June 24, 2009 · Filed Under Blogging Tips 

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Sick and tired of not making money online? Have you tried starting your own online store? One of the easiest ways I have found to make money online is to create my own online stores.

OK, I hear most of you saying ” I cannot afford to buy products to sell online, or have the space for inventory!” But in fact there are ways to make money online and not have to purchase any stock at all for your online store, all for free.

Use drop shipping to make money online!

So what is drop shipping?

Drop shipping is a product delivery method in which the seller (retailer) accepts payment for an order, but the customer receives the product(s) directly from the manufacturer or distributor. The wholesaler/distributor then ships the order to the customer complete with the retailer’s label on the package. In a drop shipping arrangement, the retailer acts as a middleman between the manufacturer and the customer. Our profit in the transaction is the difference between the wholesale and retail price of the items sold.

And this is where we come in! All we need to do is create our own online store, fill it with products, advertise and promote our site and start making money online.

I won’t reveal the niches I target (don’t want to much competition) but I can show you some free ways to start your own online stores.

Probably one of the easiest and safest ways to start your own online store using dropshipping is Amazon.com. Using Amazon.com, you usually make a standard 10-15% commission on each sale.

Amazon have two great free options, a store and Associate-O-matic, to help create your online stores.
With just a few clicks you can design your own online store and stock it with Amazon.com products.

Here is a demo Associate-O-Matic site.

Just a note on Associate-O-Matic, you keep 90% of the affiliate traffic from your site (9 out of 10 times your Associate ID is used). For the remaining 10% of the time, you share your affiliate traffic with Associate-O-Matic.

The first time I created a online store using Associate-O-Matic it took about 15 hours, but once you have created a few online stores, it should only take you about 2-3 hours per store to setup.

Next post I will show you another way you can start your own online store using drop shipping which is a little harder to setup but is not only far more profitable but what I think is more professional.

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  • This isn't the first time I've heard of drop shipping but your article is the first comprehensive explanation of it that I've read about. So that's how I can use Amazon to my advantage :)
  • I never try drop shipping, thanks for explaining that. I will learn about amazon.
  • I am in the process of getting a online store added to my blog (I think) about adding it to my blog or just start a whole new website, can't decide which would be more to my advantage or easiest for that matter. My only problem is I have been putting it off and after reading your post here I think you have given me the push I needed to get off my butt and get moving. I've been recovering from an illness so I've put a lot of things on the back burner but with the internet I think one tends to think that we can put things aside and get to it later. good post with great info thanks for the therapy session lol. jj
  • FIS
    I have tried to sell some amazon's stuff, well for me it's depend on the season, on peak season I will get good enough commission, but at low season sometimes I don't get any money. Developing online store is not an easy job, still need lot of effort after establish it.
  • blogspotseo
    I have been collecting information about having an online store.. This post gives ideas.. I also talk about more blog tips in my site BlogSpot SEO
  • thanks for info. i will try it.. thanks
  • cool, this really was a great resource, I haven't tried drop shipping before but it really sounds great, I'll try to study the technical issues regarding this one so I can figure out if it will work out for me..
  • I've heard a lot about drop shipping, most of them are negative side. Your post give me some good info about it. Will take a look more. Thanks
  • This is an awesome site. Thanks for dropping by my blog! I'll make sure to add you to my blogroll!
  • buggys
    Very interesting information. I have amazon ads on my site but I might just look in to doing it this way. With the ads on my site it's just a fight for attention so this might be far better. Thanks for the info.
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