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ADVANTAGES OF DROP SHIPPING
Drop shipping is ‘a type of retailing where the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead passes the customer’s order and shipment details to the wholesaler, who then dispatches the goods to the customer directly.’ [Source: Wikipedia] The retailer then keeps the difference between the wholesale price and the retail price. If you’re planning to start an online retail business, drop shipping may be just the option for you.
Let’s review the process of drop shipping, and analyze the advantages that the drop shipping business model has over the others.
No Upfront Payment
First of all, you do not need to pay upfront for a stock of products before you can start selling. With drop shipping, you can simply get into business by displaying the products you want to sell on your website, before you’ve actually purchased any of the goods. After you’ve received your order via the internet, you can then forward the order to the drop shipper, usually through web site or email, who will then deliver the products to your customer(s).
In essence, this is the reverse process of normal retailers. You actually ‘sell high’ first before ‘buying low’. Since you’re not making a huge upfront down-payment for your products, you’re not bearing any risk at all. There isn’t a risk of purchasing thousands of units of a product, and realizing that you’re not able to sell them because the consumer demand is insufficient.
Thus, by not needing to make an upfront payment to stock products, you’re benefiting in two ways. One, the drop shipper bears all the risk for you. If the products are not in-demand, it’s the drop shipper who is potentially making a loss, not you. Second, your startup costs are extremely low. All you need to invest in your drop shipping business is ongoing web hosting fees and advertising fees. This is a huge difference from retailers who have to invest on a fortune to purchase huge stocks of goods to get into business.
Product Delivery Taken Care Of
The second feature of drop shippers is that they take care of the products delivery and shipment for you. This is highly advantageous if you’re just starting out in business because you can focus all your time and efforts on marketing your business, instead of worrying about order fulfillment or delivery.
Order fulfillment can be a very tedious and time-consuming process if your monthly orders number in the hundreds or thousands. You need to spend tremendous amounts of time keeping track of your inventory, packaging the products and shipping them to your customers individually. On the other hand, if a drop shipper takes care of product fulfillment for you, you’re automating the process of shipping the products, and you can focus on your core competency – marketing your business to bring in more customers. This is another great advantage of using drop shipping as your business model.
No Need For Warehousing
Since you do not need to purchase a huge inventory of stocks from a wholesaler, there’s no need for warehousing costs as well.
This is highly advantageous if you consider this opposite scenario: If you rely on the usual wholesaling business model instead of drop shipping, you need a location to store your products after purchasing your initial stock. Depending on the space you need, your monthly warehouse rental costs can cut into your profit margin significantly. You may even be operating your business at a loss. Why not let the drop shipper stock the products at their warehouse until your customer makes a purchase instead?
Flexibility Of Product Catalogue
With drop shipping, you have the choice of promoting any number of products you want on your website catalogue. Since you do not need to make upfront capital investments, you have the flexibility of promoting as many products as you want, as long as the products are all related to the category of products you sell.
However, it’s essential to strike a balance between the range of products you have, and the ‘product focus’ of your business. Your business should focus on a single category of products – you cannot be a supplier of everything to everyone, like Asda or Tesco. Be sure to include only the products you think are related to your core ‘product focus’, and avoid promoting too many unrelated products on your web catalogue.
No Minimum Quantity Restriction
The last advantage of drop shipping is that most drop shippers do not impose a minimum quantity order. When your customers place orders at your website, you can forward your orders to your drop shipper one-by-one. Most drop shippers do not have a problem with that. Thus, drop shipping is very beneficial for your business because it offers the greatest flexibility.
In conclusion, drop shipping is definitely an option you want to consider if you’re planning to start an online retail business without all the hassles of inventory and product delivery. If you evaluate the above advantages carefully, you’ll realize that drop shipping is undoubtedly a viable option for the small-business retailer. Large retailers, on the other hand, will have enough resources like capital to use the wholesaling model for their business.
Drop shipping is ‘a type of retailing where the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead passes the customer’s order and shipment details to the wholesaler, who then dispatches the goods to the customer directly.’ [Source: Wikipedia] The retailer then keeps the difference between the wholesale price and the retail price. If you’re planning to start an online retail business, drop shipping may be just the option for you.
Let’s review the process of drop shipping, and analyze the advantages that the drop shipping business model has over the others.
No Upfront Payment
First of all, you do not need to pay upfront for a stock of products before you can start selling. With drop shipping, you can simply get into business by displaying the products you want to sell on your website, before you’ve actually purchased any of the goods. After you’ve received your order via the internet, you can then forward the order to the drop shipper, usually through email, who will then deliver the products to your customer(s).
In essence, this is the reverse process of normal retailers. You actually ’sell high’ first before ‘buying low’. Since you’re not making a huge upfront down-payment for your products, you’re not bearing any risk at all. There isn’t a risk of purchasing thousands of units of a product, and realizing that you’re not able to sell them because the consumer demand is insufficient.
Thus, by not needing to make an upfront payment to stock products, you’re benefiting in two ways. One, the drop shipper bears all the risk for you. If the products are not in-demand, it’s the drop shipper who is potentially making a loss, not you. Second, your startup costs are extremely low. All you need to invest in your drop shipping business is an initial deposit or down-payment, to demonstrate your commitment to the drop shipper, and also ongoing web hosting fees and advertising fees. This is a huge difference from retailers who have to invest on a fortune to purchase huge stocks of goods to get into business.
Product Delivery Taken Care Of
The second feature of drop shippers is that they take care of the products delivery and shipment for you. This is highly advantageous if you’re just starting out in business because you can focus all your time and efforts on marketing your business, instead of worrying about order fulfillment or delivery.
Order fulfillment can be a very tedious and time-consuming process if your monthly orders number in the hundreds or thousands. You need to spend tremendous amounts of time keeping track of your inventory, packaging the products and shipping them to your customers individually. On the other hand, if a drop shipper takes care of product fulfillment for you, you’re automating the process of shipping the products, and you can focus on your core competency – marketing your business to bring in more customers. This is another great advantage of using drop shipping as your business model.
No Need For Warehousing
Since you do not need to purchase a huge inventory of stocks from the drop shipper, there’s no need for warehousing costs as well.
This is highly advantageous if you consider this opposite scenario: If you rely on the usual wholesaling business model instead of drop shipping, you need a location to store your products after purchasing your initial stock. Depending on the space you need, your monthly warehouse rental costs can cut into your profit margin significantly. You may even be operating your business at a loss. Why not let the drop shipper stock the products at their warehouse until your customer makes a purchase instead?
Flexibility Of Product Catalogue
With drop shipping, you have the choice of promoting any number of products you want on your website catalogue. Since you do not need to make upfront capital investments, you have the flexibility of promoting as many products as you want, as long as the products are all related to the category of products you sell.
However, it’s essential to strike a balance between the range of products you have, and the ‘product focus’ of your business. Your business should focus on a single category of products – you cannot be a supplier of everything to everyone, like Wal-Mart. Be sure to include only the products you think are related to your core ‘product focus’, and avoid promoting too many unrelated products on your web catalogue.
No Minimum Quantity Restriction
The last advantage of drop shipping is that most drop shippers do not impose a minimum quantity order. When your customers place orders at your website, you can forward your orders to your drop shipper one-by-one. Most drop shippers do not have a problem with that. Thus, drop shipping is very beneficial for your business because it offers the greatest flexibility.
In conclusion, drop shipping is definitely an option you want to consider if you’re planning to start an online retail business without all the hassles of inventory and product delivery. If you evaluate the above advantages carefully, you’ll realize that drop shipping is undoubtedly a viable option for the small-business retailer. Large retailers, on the other hand, will have enough resources like capital to use the wholesaling model for their business.
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Dear Customer,
The closure of airspace in the UK and parts of Europe, continues to cause disruption to UK domestic mail, which travels by air at night and mail due to either leave or enter the UK via UK airports.
We have robust contingency plans in place to keep as much mail moving as possible using alternative road and rail networks to replace aircraft. However, despite these contingency arrangements, there may be a small delay to mail being delivered in some areas for as long as this situation lasts.
We’re really sorry for any unavoidable inconvenience this causes, but please be assured we’re monitoring the situation closely and doing all we can to keep disruption to an absolute minimum. We will get all services back to normal as soon as the situation allows us to.
Deliveries & Collections
Deliveries and collections continue to be unaffected and will continue to take place as normal across the UK.
In Scotland, Northern Ireland as well as parts of South West and North East England, mail deliveries may be lighter than usual as transporting mail to and from some parts of the UK will take longer than usual using alternatives to air transport. Additionally, in other areas of the UK, there may be a small delay to mail as a result.
Special Delivery™
The guarantee for Special Delivery™ items remains suspended as the continued closure of airspace across the UK is impacting on our ability to transport mail between the more remote parts of the UK. We are closely monitoring the changing situation regarding airspace closure, and reviewing the temporary suspension of the guarantee regularly.
In the meantime, we are continuing to accept and prioritise Special Delivery™ items and we are confident that if customers use this service, the vast majority of Special Delivery™ items will arrive on time.
We are continuing to make every effort to deliver these items and will restore the guarantee of next day delivery as soon as we can be sure we can honour the Special Delivery™ service promise in all areas.
Royal Mail Tracked™
We are continuing to accept Royal Mail Tracked™ items as usual and items posted to mainland UK destinations are unlikely to be impacted by the closure of UK airspace. Items posted to and from areas usually more reliant on air services, such as to and from Northern Ireland, and to the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man, may experience a slight delay.
Regular updates about Special Delivery™, national and international mail services will continue to be made available on our website www.royalmail.com/serviceupdates.
International Mail
International mail due to leave or enter the UK is still affected by the closure of airspace, as a result of the Icelandic volcano. As no mail is entering or leaving the UK by air at present, delays to international mail are therefore inevitable.
We are sorry we cannot currently estimate how long international mail will be affected by this unavoidable event, but we are continuing to deploy and review contingency plans, to keep as much of our customers’ mail moving as possible. For further information about disruption to international mail, visit www.royalmail.com/serviceupdates.
We will continue to update our web pages (www.royalmail.com/serviceupdates) about the status of mail services throughout this period. You can also keep up to date with services on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RoyalMail
Regards,
Royal Mail Customer Services
A New PayPal report reveals that online spending is the only factor that will enable the British retail sector to grow by the end of 2011
-Almost one in four UK adults (24%) believe online shopping will become the norm and the high street will eventually die out.
- By the end of 2011 shoppers are forecast to spend at least one in every 14 pounds online
Online shopping in Britain is set to boom from £8.9 billion to as much as £21.3 billion in annual sales by the end of 2011, according to forecasts in a new report by online payment service PayPal. This forecast 137 per cent growth in online spending means consumers in 2011 will spend the equivalent of approximately £430 for every UK adult more than doubling the current annual online spending.
As experts debate when Britain will come out of recession, the PayPal UK Online Retail Report, conducted by Experian, predicts that 2011 will offer the first signs that UK retailing has emerged from recession. Online shopping is forecast to see its strongest year ever in 2011, and offline sales are predicted to begin to pick up once again. The report suggests that in the 18 months up to the end of 2010, online shopping is the only area of retailing likely to record sales growth. Without this forecast growth UK retailing could be on track to fall in value by an estimated £11.8 billion by the end of 2011, unless consumers choose to move any of their purchases to other channels.
PayPals report looks at the impact of the recession on shoppers and how shopping habits affect the economy. It forecasts that by the end of 2011, adults will dramatically change where and how they shop.
A new era of considered consumption
A mood of considered consumption is now well established amongst UK adults, with shoppers now scrutinising every purchase before committing to spending money. The need to make the most of their money is also driving consumers online where they believe they will find the best deals.
Nearly 4 in 10 online shoppers (8.7 million) now believe that it is easier for them to budget by purchasing items online rather than the high street, while 47 per cent (10.8 million) believe their money goes further online. Meanwhile seven in ten consumers (33.6 million) say they gather as much information as possible before committing to a purchase, and 62 per cent of online shoppers (14.2 million) believe that the best deals are only available online.
So is this the end of the high street?
While millions will continue to visit UK high streets over the next few years, consumers are set to shift more of their shopping online. By the end of 2011 the forecast is that at least one in every 14 pounds spent shopping will be online, which is undoubtedly made easier now that 15 million homes in the UK have a broadband connection. Already 8.6 million UK adults shop online at least once a week and now nearly a quarter of adults (11.7 million) believe that shopping online will soon become the norm and high street shopping will eventually die out.
Carl Scheible, Managing Director of PayPal UK, said: As we all try to make our budgets work harder during the recession it is hardly surprising many of us have headed online to seek a better deal. In fact almost nine million of us now shop online at least once a week. Online shops have already seen phenomenal growth and by the end of 2011, when the recession is expected to be over, we will be spending at least one in every 14 pounds online.
Growing sectors
Over the last six months online shoppers have spent the most money per head in travel, financial services and other major purchases, like white goods and cars. These are all areas in which people want to shop around and compare prices, something the internet has revolutionised.
Carl Scheible concluded: The downturn has meant quick impulse buys may be a thing of the past as we now spend longer thinking about what we purchase. However, cost is not the only deciding factor when buying online; an easy and secure final check out is also important to shoppers.
PayPal offers shoppers a faster and easier way to shop online without having to enter sensitive financial details each time, or even to share them with the online retailer. According to the Payments Council Report, PayPal is the UKs favourite online payment service, with a 21% share of consumer internet payments. Almost one in every ten pounds spent online globally is currently sent via PayPal.
Also of note the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index has predicted internet shopping to continue to grow in 2010 after reporting an increase in online sales growth over Christmas.Online retail sales rose by 17% year-on-year in December to £5.46 billion, ahead of the 2009 average growth rate of 14%. 2010 growth is predicted to be 13%.
“2010 looks set to produce another year of strong results for e-retail, with demand expected to remain high as consumers habitually look online for best buys, and a pipeline of significant improvements emerge, including wider product range availability, even better websites and a greater choice of convenient and more reliable delivery options,” said IMRG chief executive James Roper to Internet Retailing.
Sales of accessories, gifts, electrical goods and health and beauty products all rose strongly in December.
A 13% month-on-month rise in sales at “multi-channel” retailers, which also operate stores, contrasted with an 8% fall at Internet-only companies.
But IMRG said this may have been due to a number of multi-channel retailers, like large department stores, offering guaranteed delivery for Christmas.
Several store groups, including John Lewis and Sainsbury’s, have warned retail sales growth could be slower this year or even flat, as consumers struggle to pay off debts and worry about higher taxes and unemployment.
New Product, we now have a range of Hematite Bracelets available for dropship.
Magnetic energy is one of the most basic powers of nature and the strongest natural force in the universe.Widely used by crystal healers and New Age believers, crystal and gem healing is an art and practice, done on a metaphysical level, that is being rediscovered because of the power of the earth’s energies that have been absorbed by these Hematite objects that, in turn, inherit vital healing powers used to heal many types of ailments. It dissolves negativity and prevents you from absorbing the negativity of others.They believe that crystals have physical, spiritual, spirit, crystal energy, tranquility, spiritual awareness, zodiac, powers that can be used for Eastern Medicine treatment of everything from pain, stress, depression, therapy and feeling in the Mind, Spirit and Body. Crystal healers associate Hematite with blood and use it in their rituals for treating blood-related illnesses such as haemophilia, anaemia, heart, kidney and liver diseases, cardio-vascular weakness, menstrual cramps, and nose bleeds. Haematite restores, strengthens and regulates the blood supply, aiding blood conditions such as anaemia. It supports the kidneys and regenerates tissue. They also recommend it for use in treating the stress of jet lag, birth and surgery, tumours, insomnia, leg cramps, nervous disorders and fevers. Hematite was also a Native American remedy for dental problems, pimples, canker sores and alcohol abuse. Hematite stimulates the absorption of iron and formation of red blood cells. crystal healers credit Hematite with the ability to bring about a calm mental state making us feel safe and secure, improve memory, mental focus and concentration, bolster self-confidence, and increase the effectiveness of logical processes of the brain. Haematite is strong, supporting timidity, boosting self-esteem and survivability, enhancing willpower and reliability, and imparting confidence. It helps to overcome compulsions and addictions, treating overeating, smoking and other forms of overindulgence. Considered by followers of the New Age to be an excellent stone for treating mental stress, Hematite has a reputation for helping people bring order to mentally chaotic situations by drawing tension out of the body, neutralizing negativity and releasing anger. They also recognize its power for increasing mental function and believe it can improve memory, mathematical processes, logic, creativity and mental dexterity. Finally, it is an excellent aid in meditation, recognized by healers for calming the mental state, tuning the consciousness and increasing the pathways that lead to inner knowledge. Hematite utilises the magnetic qualities of our yin-yang energies to balance the meridians within the body and to provide a stable equilibrium between the ethereal nervous system and the physical nervous system. It focuses energy and emotions for balance between the body, mind and spirit. The medical benefits of magnets to give pain relief has been traced back more than 3000 years in china, with famous historical people like Cleopatra using magnetic load stones for various type of pain relief in Egyptian history. magnets have been used in the days of ancient Greece, when Hippocrates reportedly used the magnetic rock lodestone to treat sterility. Ancient scientists theorize that magnets promote healing by stimulating blood flow to the affected area, bringing extra oxygen and nutrients while reducing toxins. Another hypothesis is that magnets create a field that alters how pain signals are sent along the nervous system. In the Eastern World magnetic therapies have been used for centuries to treat recurring body pain. Recently in the Western World, it has been accepted as a valuable breakthrough in the relief of pain caused by variety of ailments. We all acquire the benefits from the Earth’s magnetic force. However, with giving this a boost by wearing a Magnetic product it can result in some exceptional benefits. Whilst magnets themselves can not heal, the increased blood flow will reduce pain as well as carrying away toxins, plus it brings in white blood cells which help reduce swelling and inflammation. Viewed as a non-invasive complimentary health product with no known adverse side effects, Magnetic therapy is now being used by top-level sports personalities, famous actors and ordinary people every day. How Does Magnotherapy work? As yet there is no recognised (in the UK) scientific proof but it is widely believed that magnetism aids blood flow by improving the circulation with oxygen and removing harmful toxins, thereby promoting the body’s own natural ability to heal itself through healthy new cell growth. It is also thought to reduce the lactic acid produced whilst doing sport or other strenuous activities. There are scientific reports being conducted that prove magnets have an effect on a saline solution and as blood is mainly a saline solution this could be the scientific proof required why thousands of people throughout the world claim great benefits from using magnets to relieve pain. What ailments have magnets been claimed to relieve? There is an endless list. Some of the more common ailments claimed to respond to Magnetic therapy are: Rheumatism, arthritis, headaches, poor blood circulation, cramp, joint pain, gout, most sports injuries, blood pressure (high or low), fatigue, insomnia and recovery from bone fractures plus many other ailments. Although it is possible magnets may help with the ailments mentioned it is recommend that you continue all medicines you are currently taking until advised differently by your doctor or your professional health practitioner. Are Magnetic therapy products safe for everyone? Yes with a few exceptions which are as follows: • Anyone who has a heart pace maker, insulin pump or similar, or used by their sleeping partner. • Anyone who is pregnant. • Anyone or their sleeping partner suffering from Epilepsy without first consulting their professional medical advisor.
Equilibrium Hematite Bracelet PRICE INCLUDES PACKAGING, HANDLING AND DROPSHIP SERVICE CHARGE. Postage is calculated by weight at checkout and is based on Royal mail First Class Recorded Post. For other post options please go to SHIPPING / POST UPGRADES. *** Please note that Royal Mail do not class 1st Class post items as missing until after 14 Days. *** We would recommend a signed for service to guarantee receipt.
Royal mail strike statement for this week
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has chosen to call further national strike action this week. The details are as follows:
| Date | General Service Impact |
| Friday 6th November | Limited collection, distribution, processing and delivery of mail across the UK |
| Monday 9th November | Limited collection, distribution, processing and delivery of mail across the UK |
Mail services will operate as normal on Saturday 7th November.
We are really sorry for the significant disruption and inconvenience national industrial action taken by the CWU is having on our customers. We are continuing to urge the CWU to call off all strike action and concentrate with us on supporting customers during the autumn and Christmas peak mail period.
In the event this planned strike action takes place, mail services on Friday and Monday will be very limited and delay to the collection, sorting, distribution and delivery of mail will be inevitable.
What we will do to maintain and recover service
If national industrial action takes place, Royal Mail has strong contingency plans to do all we can to keep mail moving and minimise disruption for our customers:
- Keep mail moving – over 900 managerial and contract drivers will move mail around the country on strike days.
- Delivering mail – we will continue to deliver premium services (Special Delivery™ and Royal Mail Tracked™) to customers throughout the week.
- Use of around 5000 managerial and support people – to maintain premium services, open callers’ offices and to collect mail from Post Office branches, posting boxes and customers where possible on strike days.
- Support the distribution of packets and parcels – we have five additional dedicated and fully staffed sorting centres to aid the distribution of goods through our network.
- Deploy a targeted service recovery plan – concentrate our substantial support resources in areas most affected to deliver mail after the strikes.
Collection of mail
- Collections will operate as normal Monday 2nd – Thursday 5th November and on Saturday 7th November (if you usually receive a Saturday collection).
- Collections will be affected – and very limited – on Friday 6th November and Monday 9th November.
- Royal Mail service teams will be contacting business collection customers to advise as to how collection services will be affected and, in the event we may not be able to collect, provide alternatives for getting mail into our network.
- If resources on the day allow, we will perform extra collections. The late notice may mean that we cannot always contact collection customers in advance.
- We will be continuing to collect mail from all Post Office® branches and from posting boxes, prioritising heavily used boxes, such as those outside Post Offices®.
Delivery of mail
- Mail deliveries will take place Monday 2nd – Thursday 5th November, and on Saturday 7th November, although delivery times may be subject to some variation.
- On Friday 6th November and Monday 9th November mail deliveries in all areas will be limited to the delivery of premium services (Special Delivery™ and Royal Mail Tracked™).
Service Information for customers
Service Summary for all customers – Tuesday 27th October
Communication Workers Union national industrial action
All operational units across the country are working today, Tuesday 27th October and all deliveries and collections should be made as normal today. We’re doing everything possible to deliver all mail delayed by last week’s industrial action during the next few days.
Important information about Royal Mail services this week
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has chosen to call further national strike action this week, plus specific action affecting collections in many parts of London on Friday. The details are as follows:
| Date | Functions striking | General service impact |
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| Thursday 29th October | Mail Centres & Network Distribution Units | Limited processing, movement and collection of ordinary mail (if local collections performed by a Mail Centre). |
| Friday 30th October | Manual Data Entry Centres (coding of poorly addressed mail) | No direct impact on collections or deliveries. |
| London Collections Hubs | Limited collections in all parts of the SE, N, NW and WC postal districts. Limited collections in the E1, E2, E4, E5, E8 to E11, E17, E18, SW11 to SW20 postcode areas and all parts of the W district (except W5, W7, W13). Collections in most other areas of London, including the EC district, as normal on Friday. |
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| Saturday 31st October | Delivery Offices | Limited delivery and collection of ordinary mail (if local collections performed by a Delivery Office) |
We are really sorry for the significant disruption and inconvenience industrial action being taken by the CWU is having on customers and for the uncertainty further strike announcements will cause. We are continuing to urge the CWU to call off all strike action and concentrate with us on supporting customers during the Autumn and Christmas peak mail period.
In the event this planned strike action takes place, national mail services on Thursday and Saturday will be very limited and delay to the collection, sorting, distribution and delivery of mail will be inevitable. Collections in many parts of London will be disrupted on Friday 30th October.
What we will do to maintain and recover service
If the industrial action goes ahead, Royal Mail has strong contingency plans to do all we can to keep mail moving and minimise disruption for our customers:
- Keep mail moving – over 900 managerial and contract drivers will move mail around the country on strike days.
- Delivering mail – we will continue to deliver premium service (Special Delivery™ and Royal Mail Tracked™) items to customers throughout the week.
- Use of around 5000 managerial and support people – to maintain premium services, open callers’ offices and to collect mail from Post Office® branches, posting boxes and customers where possible on strike days.
- Support the distribution of packets and parcels – we have five additional, dedicated and fully staffed sorting centres set up, to aid the distribution of goods through our network.
- Deploy a targeted service recovery plan – concentrate our substantial support resources in areas most affected to deliver mail after the strikes.
More information
More information about services in your area, plus answers to your most frequently asked questions relating to the industrial action, are available via the following links:
How To Use Ebay To Gather Tons Of Quality Traffic
By: Matt O’Connor
The major bugbear of any webmaster is that no matter how stylish, how well written or how downright beautiful their site is – it all counts for nothing unless you have traffic.
There are many articles (just like this one) that can describe the varying ways of getting eager visitors to gaze upon the marvels of your site.
You could use reciprocal links to get visitors from other websites – although there is talk that the value of these is slowly diminishing.
You could write articles to get back links to your site – write a particularly good one and you’ll be surprised how many times it gets duplicated over the net, all the while with your website address in the author bio!
There are other avenues to explore such as viral e-books, forum signatures and so on, but what if you could harness the power of a site that already has billions of visitors?
Heard of ebay? Thought so, you’re probably already a buyer or seller on there. But it’s time to start seeing auction listings as something other than a way to sell off unwanted tat.
I’ll let you know what I do and then you can adjust the method to suit your own needs.
I have a newsletter which I publish at least once a month – I struggled for a long time with how to get subscribers whilst also selling a lot of e-books on ebay. Then it hit me – time to combine the two!
Now, it’s a great idea to include links to your site within the ebook, providing you’ve written it yourself obviously. The buyer will read the book and hopefully click on the link to whichever of your sites you’ve chosen. You could even have them sign up to your newsletter before they can receive the book.
On ebay however, you’re going to get a lot of visitors who read your auction and decide not to buy for whatever reason. You may only sell 4 or 5 books per one hundred visitors.
This is where the “about me” page comes in to play. Make the most of this underused tool!
Ebay gives you the opportunity to write a quick description about yourself, your interests and a list of your feedback. Use this space to give yourself a short bio and then a link to your latest website. Be careful though – ebay doesn’t allow direct links to sales pages. Instead link to your newsletter course, a page on one of your content sites or anywhere that doesn’t obviously look like you’re taking sales away from ebay.
The killer tip is to include a link to your about me page on your auction listing. I usually place a short paragraph above and below my listing pointing out the benefits of my free newsletter.
It helps also to make the product you’re selling compatible with what you are offering through the “backend” of ebay. Don’t sell a mint condition Barbie doll and then put in an advertisment for your bonsai gardening auto-responder course for example.
I tend to offer a resell rights ebook or (preferably) a short guide I have written myself about one aspect of Internet Marketing.
That way you will no only get sales for your listed product (provided you do your listing in the correct manner, but that’s a whole other article) but also subscribers or visitors and therefore future sales for your off-ebay business.
Give it a try and use some of eBay’s billion dollar power for yourself!
Author Bio
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In these times of economic crises, a lot of people are seeking out alternate ways to make a living, and with the rising number of people who are unemployed, more of them are getting interested in online business opportunities.
Every now and then you encounter new Internet marketing tools for online business, tools that will influence your web traffic, page impressions and online revenue in one way or another. Your success in online marketing depends on how you utilize these marketing tools for your benefit, and by implementing them before the masses do can have a bearing over your success or failure. Since an online business can be very rewarding if done correctly, it is vitally important to always be on top of the latest trends. You should always try and watch the latest updates and news about what is happening in the Internet industry today.
You may need to take some steps into unfamiliar territory to improve your profits using new technologies, and in the current financial climate it is not the time to be letting down your guard, especially if you are a full-time marketer like myself. You can never relax when there is the possibility of putting your only source of income at risk by using out of date systems, especially when you can learn the latest online innovations easily and at a small cost. Keeping yourself up to date using the latest techniques, and with a little hard work and perseverance thrown in, you can still have great success in your online marketing career, now more than ever.
As new techniques are being introduced all the time, you should never close your mind to them by thinking you know all there is to know about making money online, because you probably do not. You should try not to follow the pack like most people do, this usually results in the use of a very blinkered old fashioned approach to making money online, and because things move very fast on the Internet, you will soon get left behind and your business will fail. Embrace the changes as the way of doing business online evolves, no one knows how long a currently successful income-generating process will maintain its effectiveness, so you should always be ready to switch to a better one, and keep one step ahead of the pack.
Google, Yahoo, MSN (Bing.com) and other search engines have allowed online business to boom, with Google and its pay per click system regarded as the most powerful online business marketing tool in terms of earning money. Every online marketer should investigate Google because most web visitors come from the Google search engine. Moreover, the Google AdWords program helps many new online businesses get off to a good start, AdSense has also been key in generating revenues for many business projects and even personal websites. Google’s PPC program enables site and blog owners to earn money by presenting ads from their servers that are relevant to the content and the topics on the site or blog.
As the Internet industry continues to grow and expand, you cannot simply rely on Google’s AdSense money making ads and links for all your income, you must look for other ways that offer income generating opportunities too. You may have the benefits of Google AdSense now, but how long it will work for you?
Investing time and effort in just one online moneymaking system is too risky, being open to the most up to date marketing tools will increase your sales, and using them ahead of other less Internet savvy people will make sure you earn more money before the competition catches on to it.
John Osgood writes about and teaches people how to make money online for a minimal cost. John maintains the strict policy of building a relationship and not “HAMMERING” his subscribers with constant email offers!
His 5-day e-course for anyone who wants to make money using free tools can be downloaded here: Head over to http://www.onehourdayjob.com to get your FREE copy now!
There also many other resources for anyone looking to make money online, including Podcasts and a blog which you can check out by going to: http://www.onehourdayjob.com/blog
Yours, John Osgood!
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The drop ship store catalogue can still be found and used here…Drop Ship Order Store
If you are just starting in the retail gift business and don’t have the money or the space to keep stocks of gift ideas from a Gift wholesaler, you may be interested in the sales method known as ”drop shipping.” This sales method allows you to open your own gift shop without the cash outlay of using a gift wholesaler, and without the stock of gifts, and without the risk. Here is an introduction of how our services can help you earn a substantial income right from the comfort of your home selling gifts. Companies on the Internet use all types of different pricing structures and drop shippers are no different. You may want to offer free shipping or you could pass the shipping cost to your customers it’s your choice. You can sell at the maximum retail price or run a special offers Drop shippers give you with the opportunity to start your own business but don’t tell you how to run your business.
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You place your gift ideas for sale on the online auctions, your E-Commerce website, Gift catalogue, or any where you can generate sales.
Once a customer picks the gift they want and you receive a sale, you take payment for the gifts from your customer for the retail price of the gifts, including all shipping and handling fees. You can choose to accept cheques, postal orders, credit cards, Pay Pal, or whatever payment method you would like.
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Once you have taken your order and received payment. Send the order to us, either by Web site shopping cart, Email, Fax or phone. Along with the drop ship cost of the item. Payment can be made by Credit or debit card, Pay pal, Cash (by special delivery) and Postal Order. You can also pay by cheque but this will delay the dispatch of goods. We recommend using the web site shopping cart, …Drop Ship Order Store
When you place your order you will only pay the wholesale price of the gifts plus postage and packing. I.e. Crystal owl Cost £2.64, postage and packing £1.71, Insurance £0.75 (optional). Total cost £5.10 Retail £7.99 plus post, packing & insurance. £2.95 Total receipts £10.94. £10.94 less £5.10 = £5.84 Profit
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uk-dropshipers.co.uk will upon receipt of your drop ship order. Begin to process it immediately and send the order direct to your customer with your return address on the label. All drop ship orders ship within 24 hours from confirmation of payment. (not including weekends or bank holidays)
The customer will assume the gifts came from you and will not be aware that uk-dropshipers.co.uk was involved in the transaction.
Our whole gift range is available for you to use. All pictures and descriptions can be copied directly off our website.
Our whole product range is available on our website.
Unlike many other drop shipping companies there are no upfront fees it is totally free to set up an account with UK-Dropshipers.co.uk
if you need assistance or have a special request we are only an email away
Drop shipping summery
you retail the gift item at the retail price of your choice.
You sell the product to any customer you want.
You collect your payment from your customer.
You call, e-mail, and fax the order to us.
We bill you using your preferred payment method
we send the gifts directly to your customer.
