| Are you chasing the online gold rush? Are you one of | | | | other hand if you build a store specialized in selling |
| those people who work hard to make money online | | | | scooters under 50cc the competition becomes lower, |
| but hardly make enough? Don't worry, everyone starts | | | | you will be able to offer more variety and will be found |
| there. The key to getting out of the hole is first to | | | | easier in search engines. |
| figure out that you are doing something wrong. | | | | But how do you actually choose the niche? There are |
| And most people who don't succeed in online are | | | | many methods, but my favorite ones are two - |
| doing something wrong. For example too many people | | | | keyword research and browsing forums. |
| try to make money with blogs when they have no | | | | If you want to use keyword research, start with a |
| writer's talent. Too many internet marketers are trying | | | | broad terms - something in the category of products |
| to be a media and earn from advertising and | | | | you feel you would like selling. If we go back to the |
| AdSense. The real money is not in advertising, it's in | | | | bikes example, start with "bikes". Use Google |
| selling. How to do it? Build a web store and sell affiliate | | | | AdWords tool or other keyword research tool to |
| products, goods that you buy wholesale, or drop ship | | | | obtain information about longer tail keywords, |
| someone else's products. | | | | synonyms etc. Everything that has at least 1,000 |
| Why Having Your Own Store Is Better? | | | | searches monthly is a good choice - of course after |
| It's possible to make money from buying and selling | | | | you check the competition and check how many |
| products without having your own store - eBay for | | | | stores are competing in the same niche and what are |
| example is a great platform and many people use it. | | | | their strengths. |
| However on eBay and similar platforms you need to | | | | Using forums is maybe easier, but a little less reliable. |
| create and promote auctions, compete with a lot of | | | | You need to find forums about the broad niche you |
| similar items, and of course pay fees. | | | | are interested in, then check which of the categories |
| Having your own web store gives you a lot more | | | | attract the most discussions. Check what people are |
| opportunities. You can drive traffic from search | | | | discussing there - are they buying products or are they |
| engines, free articles, forums and so on, to your own | | | | more interested in reusing, DIY or just general advice. |
| site and build a long term passive income. The web | | | | There are no exact numbers to look for - you just |
| store can work for you while you are on vacation - | | | | need to "feel" whether the niche will be profitable by |
| something that is much harder to happen on eBay. | | | | browsing the forums. |
| Finally your own store helps you build a brand and be | | | | How To Find Companies That Will Drop Ship For You |
| recognized. People can refer each other to your web | | | | Finding profitable niche is extremely important - and it's |
| store instead of referring to eBay and sending their | | | | almost half of the way you need to walk to building |
| friends to other sellers. | | | | your successful web store. What's the other half? |
| Building your own web store is not as involved as it | | | | Finding the products you are going to sell at good |
| was in the past. Programming and design services are | | | | prices! Not only this, you need to find companies which |
| cheaper nowadays and there are a lot of pre-made | | | | will drop ship the products for your customers or at |
| scripts and templates that can be used. You can even | | | | least ones that will sell small wholesale volumes to you. |
| make a store using WordPress with few plugins and a | | | | This part isn't as easy as it seems - if you buy from |
| premium theme - it's going to cost you no more than | | | | the first supplier you find, you are most likely to get too |
| few hundreds. | | | | expensive products and be unable to sell them. Finding |
| How To Find a Niche | | | | drop ship companies is complicated process that |
| Before building a web store, there is one very | | | | involves more than "Googling". You need to research |
| important thing you have to do - pick a hot and thin | | | | specific drop ship directories, and eventually pay for |
| niche. What does "hot and thin" means? First, there | | | | access to some. You may need to contact suppliers |
| must be enough people who are willing to buy the | | | | who don't advertise drop shipping and try to convince |
| products in it. Second, the niche shouldn't be too broad | | | | them. There are several ways to find suppliers and |
| - just "bikes" for example is a bad idea - how are you | | | | you will probably need to use them all and work hard - |
| going to compete with the big bike stores and how are | | | | but the result is well worth it! |
| you going to be found and recognized at all?. On the | | | | |