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sohelpmegod
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Voasi
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Why handle all the aspects of running a business, rather just producing a product and shipping. I'd rather have a 100 ants working for me rather then me going out and doing the work for myself.
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sohelpmegod
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To be honest I don't quite understand why big companies don't just hire a few SEO/marketing people and do in-house what affiliates do. Although running a successful affiliate campaign does take significant skills as opposed to hmm... putting up an auction on Ebay.
| robertb wrote: | | For the same reason a supplier launches an affiliate program for their products. |
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Voasi
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| Quote: | | To be honest I don't quite understand why big companies don't just hire a few SEO/marketing people and do in-house what affiliates do. |
I don't know either.  Honestly, its lack of knowledge. Knowledge of the online industry and how the web works. Still, a majority of brick & mortar companies aren't on the web. Getting them to the web is one thing, but getting them traffic/leads/conversions is something else, which is another can of worms you have to 'explain' to them.
But hey, it's fun getting together and starting you own dropship sites. I don't know why everyone doesn't get setup like www.netshops.com does.
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morak
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I think by now a lot of people or jumping on the wagon, building one stop shopping sites for all people’s home needs, see http://www.homelivingstyle.com they have a neat selection.
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Warburton2
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| Quote: | | I don't quite understand why big companies don't just hire a few SEO/marketing people and do in-house what affiliates do. |
I'm just guessing here, but might it be because the people who even halfway know what they are doing with regard to SEO and online marketing are pretty unlikely to go and work in-house for someone else? |
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blakekr
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| Quote: | | the people who even halfway know what they are doing with regard to SEO and online marketing are pretty unlikely to go and work in-house for someone else? |
Right.
As for dropshippers, I've often wondered that too, but the ones I work with seem to be pretty happy with the hands-on work of designing, making, shipping, without having to worry about the arcane business of SEO.
Me, I'd rather gouge out my eyes with pixie stix than schlep items to the post office every day, so it seems like a good trade.
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Bobby
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: What is Dropshipper's Business Motivation? |
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| sohelpmegod wrote: | | I personally don't understand why it would make $ sense for the supplier to dropship. He can place an Ebay auction just like you can. Can someone explain to me please? |
Suppose I'm a dropshipper and I list 1,000 of my items on eBay and 600 of them sell. It took time to list 1,000 items and answer questions to potential buyers. Plus, I had to pay a listing fee on all 1,000 items and a final value fee on the 600 items that sold. On the other 400 items, I lost money (the listing fee). And I have to deal with feedback.
Now let's say I have 100 sellers and each lists 10 items. I still have 1,000 items on eBay but I haven't invested any time or money. And for the items that don't sell, my sellers lose the listing fees, not me.
And more importantly, I can focus my time and energy on shipping the products that sell and finding new products to sell in the future.
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nancyj
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject: dropshipper |
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Does anyone know of a good dropshipper for fishing equipment, lures, etc.?
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