My name is Matthew Bredel and as of March, 2007, I am a full-time, work-at-home internet marketer.
For close to 10 years, I worked for a defense company which was an OK job, but I was so uninspired in life and frankly, I needed some more money. That is when I first discovered internet marketing! Now I admit that I didn't start making thousands in my first couple of months (in fact, I lost my shirt!), but I finally saw the "internet light"...
Dropshipping and affiliate marketing both offer web entrepreneurs a level of ease and convenience that shipping your own items will never have. But, there are some fundamental differences that make some people prefer dropshipping and others affiliate marketing.
Affiliate Internet marketing and dropshipping are both done to market someone else’s items. The actual seller of the [...]
Dropshipping and affiliate marketing both offer web entrepreneurs a level of ease and convenience that shipping your own items will never have. But, there are some fundamental differences that make some people prefer dropshipping and others affiliate marketing.
Affiliate Internet marketing and dropshipping are both done to market someone else’s items. The actual seller of the items then ships them. The fundamental difference between the two is who actually places the orders and who is responsible if the items never arrive or are out of stock.
A dropshipper is a seller, in that he makes the sale and collects the money in most cases. The dropshipper then places the order to the company, who ships the item and charges the dropshipper for it. The difference between the price the customer paid and the price the dropshipper paid is the profit. Someone in affiliate Internet marketing is doing more marketing than selling. The affiliate doesn’t collect money for the item and does not have to pay the company who owns the item. The sale is made strictly between the customer and the company. The affiliate simply earns a commission by steering the customer to the company’s website.
Some people prefer dropshipping because money can be made faster. Because the dropshipper doesn’t have to wait for a commission check, the profit is immediate. An affiliate, however, usually has to wait at least a month for a commission check, and often much longer. The dropshipper also gets to set any price he chooses, while the affiliate can’t offer any price other than what the company is charging.
Some prefer affiliate marketing because the responsibility for the sale is mainly on the shoulders of the company selling the item. Collecting money, handling refunds and customer service are all handled by someone else. This makes affiliate marketing a much simpler way to sell items. Once the item is sold, the affiliate doesn’t have anything else to do, while a dropshipper must send the order and the customer’s mailing address to the company.
For those who don’t want to have to handle inventory or shipping, either affiliate marketing or dropshipping will be preferable to stocking items and shipping supplies. Whether you choose to take the orders yourself or direct someone to a website to do it themselves will come down to your own preferences.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 am