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Affiliate Verse Drop Shipping

 

Affiliate and drop shipping business models both offer some ease where startup costs and convenience are concerned. Knowing your business goals will help you to decide which model would work best for you.

The affiliate model allows you to market products that are on a site like Amazon and then receive commission when the traffic you drive their purchases the product you advertised. Many influencers have a business like this. They talk about a product they like and link you to it. When you buy it, they get a small commission. As anyone who has used Amazon knows, they process the order, ship it out, and take care of any returns. This is a low-risk business model but needs a strong marketing strategy as you won’t make very much unless you are driving a lot of traffic to the site. Some top affiliate markets:

  1. CJ Affiliate
  2. ClickBank
  3. Rakuten Advertising
  4. Awin
  5. Impact
  6. Amazon
  7. Shareasale
  8. Ebay Partner Network
  9.   Bass Pros
  10.  REI

Drop shipping is a little more involved and offers more control. Drop shipping makes it so you don’t have any inventory to stock, (though it would be a good idea to check out the products before you sell them) and instead the suppliers store the inventory and ship it out. The customer will place the order with you, you forward it to the suppliers (some sites have this automated) and they take care of the rest. However, many suppliers don’t have a return policy and instead it is placed on you. Some top drop shipping markets:

1.       DSers-AliExpress Dropshipping

2.       Spocket

3.       SaleHoo

4.       Zendrop

5.       Modalyst

6.       Trendsi

7.       Inventory Source

8.       Wholesale Central

9.       Worldwide Brands

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