Wholesale Dropshipping For eBay Sellers!
Copyright © 2006 Ron Keegan
Ebay is the 'BEST' opportunity you can use right now to make
money online in the dropshipping business from the comfort
of your own home.
Thousands of people just like you use eBay auctions on a
daily basis to sell and buy products on the Internet; now
it's your time to START your own dropshipping home-based
business and succeed in the eBay auctions 'game'!
There are no special skills required for this dropshipping
business, all you need is a computer, Internet access and
some basic computer / Internet knowledge.
Dropshipping is when you sell products on the Web, forward
the orders to the dropship supplier and, in return, the
dropshipper ships the product to your customer (buyer).
You act as the middleman between the dropshipping supplier
and your buyer. You can take orders by credit card, fax or
any other method you can think of. You can sell via your own
Web Site or even through e-mail.
Your profit is generated on the difference between your
selling price and the price the dropshipping supplier
charges you.
Thanks to dropshipping you can start making money
'instantly' without any investment in inventory,
warehousing, shipping, equipment, employees or office space.
How do I find something to sell on eBay?
Of course, finding something to sell isn't hard. Finding
something at a "Low enough price" to make a profit on eBay
is much more difficult. That's because eBay is a
price-driven model and buyers expect a bargain. If they
don't get one, they're not buying.
So, the REAL question is:
How do I find something at a 'low enough price to sell
profitably' on eBay?
Answer: THE LIGHT BULK WHOLESALE DIRECTORY
1. WWB has an entire research section in their Florida
office that 'personally interviews' each and every
wholesaler and dropshipper. Without an interview, no one
gets into their directory. No one.
2. They have 'Very Exacting Criteria' for being listed. If
the source doesn't meet those criteria, they aren't listed.
For example, they must be 'genuine wholesalers' and they
must be willing to Sell to eBayers in Low minimum
quantities.
Most wholesalers want to sell to big retailers with huge
budgets, so finding dealers willing to work with the little
guys that's us isn't so easy. And, as you probably know, way
too many so-called wholesalers are only 'middlemen'.
That won't happen with the new Light Bulk Directory.
Having products drop shipped by suppliers, allows you to
concentrate on truly important aspects like advertising,
sales and promotion.
Pay attention! There are lots of companies claiming to be
'Drop Shippers'. However, a legitimate drop shipper is a
factory-authorized wholesale distributor, or sometimes the
actual manufacturer of the product. A legitimate drop
shipper should not charge you an 'account setup fee' or ask
you to place a 'minimum quantity order'.
Make sure you find some legitimate drop shippers who have
the product(s) you want to sell, talk with them on the phone
/ by e-mail and let them know that you are truly serious
about doing business with them.
Customer support counts in the dropshipping business, so
don't hesitate to contact some dropshipping suppliers before
you want to work with them.
This will help you decide if you really want to do business
with a particular drop shipper or not.
To succeed in the dropshipping business you'll have to LOOK
for hard-to-find products that people desperately need and
want to purchase.
The key is to sell products with little or no competition.
I suggest you RESEARCH for quality products & legitimate
dropship suppliers, MONITOR the eBay auction listings to see
if there's any competition and TEST the market (e.g. find
out if people really want to spend CASH on the product you
want to sell)
Remember! Dropshipping makes it EASY for you to start and
run your own home-based businesses on a shoestring budget;
and eBay is the 'perfect' MEDIUM to expose your product to
potential buyers all over the globe!
By Ron Keegan
Megastar Distributors
http://www.megdis.com.com
Improving Your Customer Relationship Management by with Blogging Technology
Before I address the following questions: What is a blog? and What can a blog do for your business?, let me pose a few "What if . . ." questions to you.
Keeping in mind that before your prospects and customers buy from you, they need to know you, like you, and trust you. In other words, they need to know, whether overtly or covertly, that they have a trusting and ongoing relationship with you. What better way to accomplish for them to get to know you, trust you, and like you than with a blog?
Now, here are my "What if . . ." questions:
* What if less than two minutes after creating and publishing your blog, it were to be promoted to thousands of prospects without any extra effort or cost on your part?
* What if your blog gave you immediate access to hundreds of international prospects?
* What if you had immediate access to hundreds of prospects in your city, state, or country who had interests and hobbies similar to yours?
* What if every time someone clicks on a hyperlinked keyword in your Profile that describes your hobbies, occupation, industry, favorite books, movies, music, or artist, your blog pops up?
* What if every time you left a comment on someone elses blog, you could leave a hyperlink to your website, blog, or email? (a mini no-cost commercial!)
* What if whenever someone enters your name or business name (completely or partially) into a major search engine, your website or blog pops up in their search results?
* What if every time you post content on your blog, it would bypass the spam filters and instantaneously appear on your subscribers desktop without any extra effort or cost on your part? (- an excellent opportunity to get your sales, special messages, or time-sensitive announcements into their hands, or actually in front of their eyes!)
* What if your satisfied customers had the opportunity to place their self-generated testimonies on your blog? (Although some will take the initiative to do so, others might need encouragement. That's all right. Just make an incentive opportunity of it! Offer some incentive for their efforts.)
By now you should be beginning to see the powerful marketing potential a blog offers you. These are just some of the powerful customer relationship management features a blog offers you.
But wait! There's yet more!
* What if you were to combine these powerful features with other online and offline efforts such as a blogathon, teleseminar, webinar, online articles, and others?
* What if doing so would enhance your customer relationship management?
* What if doing so would decrease returns and refunds?
* What if doing so would increase sales?
Think about it! I realize that successful marketing and sales are still high-touch entities; however, I also realize that when you combine your high-tech efforts with your high-touch efforts, you're bound to be successful!!!
Now to answer the original questions, What is a blog? and What can a blog do for your business?:
A blog, short of web log, is an interactive web-based journal that encourages participation from viewers. It looks like and does everything a website does and more! A blog serves as an excellent supplement to your website and other marketing efforts. Entries, called posts, are published by date on the page according to your predetermined quantity and are archived in the margin according to your predetermined frequency.
A blog offers your business countless marketing options. Specifically, a blog:
* gives viewers, prospects, customers, and subscribers who might have had difficulty in the past immediate access to you.
* helps to reduce your time spend distributing emails and other messages.
* improves your content delivery rates by 100%.
* improves your search engine rankings.
* publishes constantly fresh content.
* bypasses spam filters completely.
* improves your online visibility.
* enhances your web presence.
* generates more visitors.
and more . . .
So, if you don't already have a blog, I only have one question for you: What are you waiting for? !?
Don't let this cutting-edge technology, this powerful marketing tool, pass you by. Online companies are popping up all over the internet offering you free blogs. My recommendation is that you grab one, or two or more! Most, if not all, are extremely easy to create, but may be time-consuming, according to your already hectic schedule, to maintain.
If that's the case in your situation, you might want to call in outside help. Consider the high school computer techie next door, or the college-age computer-major son or daughter of a friend who could always use a few extra bucks.
I leave you with this wish: May you always be successful in looking for and using new and creative ways to maximize your earning potential.
Remember: When you maximize your potential, we all win! When you dont, we all lose.
Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer, conducts lectures, seminars, and workshops, and writes articles on: ... helping you maximize your potential for individuals, schools, small businesses, and non-profit organizations, Reach him at www.MasterBlogBuilder.com/ .
New Video Store Point of Sale Solution
Quality Software, providers of software systems for the video rental & DVD stores, announced the latest release of their point-of-sale package: Bogart's Video Store, version 5.40
Bogart software was first introduced in 1996 by Quality Software, and has since contributed to the bottom line profit of thousands of stores: video rental, game rental and trading, and mixed video rental and sales.
Now, they have announced the latest release of this package: Bogart's Video Store, version 5.40
Years of research and development experience in the video retail market has resulted in an integrated Point-of-Sale interface that has evolved into an advanced system, while simplicity has remained a priority.
Bogart will allow the user to keep track of all of his sales & rentals, keep a history of his customer information, generate detailed invoices (including an optional rental agreement), automatically calculate any taxes due, and record the required payments. When rentals are returned, they can easily be entered into the system and any late charges will automatically be recorded.
Its main features include reservations; password-protected manager functions; inventory management; special promotions; account payments; detailed sales history; etc. This new release has incorporated also a full suite of functionalities to complement cash register operations (refunds, voids, pay outs, etc.)
An external utility will also enable the user to quickly import customer and movie data from another software into Bogart.
This fully functional version comes with a complete operational manual and "on-line" help. It is also network ready and can be configured to invoice in more than 90 different languages.
You can download and install the software in as little as 15 minutes. Sample rentals and clientele is included so you can try it without any long setups.
Bogart runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP. For a typical network installation, with a server and five client machines, the price is $175(US), and upgrades are free for 24 months. Fully-functional trial versions can be obtained free of charge from http://multipos.com.ar/bogart/
Bogart's Video Store has installations worldwide: Across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Antigua, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Germany, Iceland, Spain, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, and many other countries.
