OK, if you have been following the series about Making Money Online, so far you’ve decided what you are going to sell, and you’ve figured out how to get the product. What’s next?
Well, you are going to have to figure out how to actually sell it! Let’s have a look using some of our examples from before:
The plumber is selling information about how to fix the plumbing in your house. He might not be doing a straight out cash transaction for the information, but we already established that he is selling it, one way or another. So, what is his method of selling going to be? Well, most likely, he will set up a website where he can share information. These days, the best choice for his needs would be to set up a blog. WordPress is the logical choice for him. I’m talking about a self-hosted WordPress installation, not a hosted WordPress blog. So, the plumber will probably want to set up a blog.
The salesman will want to set up informational websites where he can promote and pitch affiliate deals. He may choose to use WordPress for this too, although any kind of website authoring tool will work for what he wants to do too.
How about the retailer? He might have the most options of all. Maybe he wants to start out by selling his sporting goods on eBay, then set up his own store. eBay can drive traffic to his online store. Well, to set up the store, he needs a shopping cart program. I personally recommend OSCommerce for this. The program will set up a website for him, manage his inventory, handle the sales, even arrange for customer payments.
So, as you can see, each different person in our examples is going to have a different method of getting his products sold. Do you have a product and can’t quite figure out how to “sell” it? If so, leave a comment, and I’ll try to help you come up with some ideas!
Hi Bob, My wife and I have brought back many different kinds of gifts from alot of different place’s from the philiippines. We liked them so much that We are planning to sell them on a web site. We went to Go Daddy and used them for the domain names. They also have web site start up’s. I’ve got most of things on camra, but not on web page yet. I use to work at a Phosphate mine, and have a lot of Shark teeth for my wife to make neckless’s. We bought some shell neckless’s and are combineing the both of them. We got Jeepney cars made of diecast and wooden ones. We have straw purse’s and the kind of Knifes that are hand made in Bolhol.I would like to get your thoughts about this venture. I like your sites and read them alot, so your word on this buisness would be very importent to me.Thanks Jan Cook…[email protected]
Hi J.C. – Sounds great! You have started down the path toward making a little extra money through a website! Congratulations on that. I think you are on the right track, and I wish you the best of luck. I have only one tip, based on what you had to say… I would strongly recommend that you keep your domain registration and your website hosting with different companies. It keeps them from being able to hold your domain hostage against you.