Online Business Brain Dump - Limit Your Sources

By Author: Brent Riggs
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There are many companies that claim to offer 100,000, even 1,000,000 products for you to sell. Let me warn you. Be careful!

It is difficult enough to effectively market and advertise when you have 10 products, much less 10,000.

Plus, you have probably heard of small companies who grew too big, too quickly. That can be a real problem and you certainly don't want that to happen to you.

You must stay focused! It is easier to become an expert in your field if you keep a narrow product line and focus all of your efforts on it, guaranteed. You will want to carve out a niche' market and capitalize on it.

You may be tempted to sell "everything under the sun." The truth is that specializing in a specific, quality product will be much more profitable for you than attempting to offer a little bit of everything in your inventory. If you try to meet the needs of all potential online customers, you'll find yourself going crazy!

One good option is to find a drop shipping source that dedicates themselves to drop shipping specifically. A wonderful place to find drop ship suppliers who will ship the products ...
... to your customers once you've made the sale is http://www.worldwidebrands.com.

You will find a lot of quality products to sell on their site and you can learn more about drop-shipping in general. There are many businesses that offer drop shipping services, but unfortunately, it is not their primary focus and it shows! Their drop shipping services seem to be an afterthought because their primary business is always going to be BULK wholesale.

After you begin dealing with these types of sources, you might find that the tools and support that you need as a distributor is not quite adequate to meet your needs.

Even worse, the tools and support may not exist at all! For instance, you might need access to inventory counts, quality images and descriptions from downloadable catalogs, and online package tracking. If these services are not available, you might consider looking elsewhere.

Here are some great places to check out for products to sell:

Electronics, DVD's, Books

www.ingrambook.com www.techdata.com

Housewares and Hardware

www.housewares.org

www.nationalhardwareshow.com

Consumables and vitamins

www.expoeast.com www.expowest.com

Thomas Register

www.thomasnet.com

Drop Shipping Sources

www.dropshipsource.com

Digital Products

www.clickbank.com

www.cj.com

(Note: This article is part of a mini-course with twenty lessons. You can find that entire free mini-course here: http://brentriggsblog.com/minicourses.asp)