I've always wanted to start my own ecommerce site and wanted to deal with it through drop shipping. To me it seems a lot like affiliate marketing, however you have a lot more control over the business, and it seems a bit more scalable. For example (and please correct me if I'm wrong) I could run an affiliate campaign that sells wine. I'm limited to that companies offer, there promotional materials, etc. However with ecommerce and drop shipping, you have a much larger selection of goods to chose from and to market, and therefore you can do a lot more with 1 web site, and 1 niche. Its a lot tougher to do, however I think it would be a lot more rewarding. And depending on who you go to for drop shipping, you never have to deal with the product, much like affiliate marketing.
Any thoughts? Lets get a discussion going on about this subject. Anybody run an eCommerce site? What are the pros and cons of doing eCommerce vs affiliate marketing?
Any thoughts? Lets get a discussion going on about this subject. Anybody run an eCommerce site? What are the pros and cons of doing eCommerce vs affiliate marketing?