Saturday, June 27, 2009

Finding Hot Products To Sell Online


One of the most difficult and probably elusive things to do when researching Items or products to sell online is hit a hot one. That is to say a product that is so popular that every one wants it, can't be without it, and will spend the last penny to acquire it. Now that is "Hot", yes a real good find. People strive to distinguish what the buying public wants and the ability to do so can greatly increase the revenue of a business not to mention the popularity if that business hits on a winner product. In More instances than not the trial and error method of putting up those things that are thought to be wanted and then finding that the market has already changed and moved on. That is called, "A Day Late And A Dollar Short" or maybe, "Too Little To Late" in any case time to find something else.
This week we saw the loss of people of popularity such as Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, John Carradine, and Ed McMahon, who were once very Hot. But unlike the market of products that fade away, thees personalities will probably become more valuable because of their legacies they left to us all. The Music of Michael Jackson will live on and for a short time even become a wanted Item because now there will be no more additions from him. Farrah Fawcett's, posters, movies, and yes even her commercials, are now all that she will have done. Many nights we have all fallen asleep while watching TV and hearing, "Here's Johnny" as the Johnny Carson Show began.
The best we can do is research, develop our skills, and give it our best shot. More times than not business people will search out evaluate products and items thru every means out there. So with that in mind check out my latest endeavor by CLICKING "HERE"

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Bob's Example Of An Online Super Store

The idea of opening an online super store was very intriguing to me from the very beginning. I thought how many people would want to be able to sit at home and simply shop with a click. Was it new? Not really since amazon.com and eBay.com but for the most part a collection of other peoples products that they can't really know is of the quality most shoppers are looking for. Just this week I saw an article about a women who thought she was buying a Automobile on eBay at a good price of about $4,000.00 Dollars. She did all the research and paid her $4,000.00 dollars for the Toyota. Then after many days no auto. She had been scammed by a very cunning Internet seller that had actually sold the same auto several times with no auto in inventory. I have in the past sold myself on eBay.com cell phones and some electronics. The problem for me was waiting for bids to close and collecting the payment. When you start out small you can't afford to keep paying the fees associated with the selling process and then not sell or not get paid. I began to search for another way to sell online with a store front that had all the products in inventory and could collect the payment and ship to the customer direct from the warehouse. I looked at many that had products that really were not what I thought were what people would buy online. Most of them were not in the main stream of what was searched for online. I decided to get another website and then partner with a product company that has done a lot of good business with eBay.com They drop ship in my company name in the same way my suppliers did for my brick and mortar store. Traffic is the name of the game so I set up my affiliate programs and began to optimize the site. Every day I check the products out and make sure the site is available. To check it out you can take a look by clicking here.