I’ve been really thinking very hard on what I think that the ideal Wordpress business opportunity is. Well, after a ton of research, I think that I’ve found it.
Dropshipping. Imagine this. You are searching for table lamps. You do a Google search on ‘table lamps’. In the top listings, you find a website that has extensive information about table lamps and to boot, they actually have quite the selection of table lamps available for sale!
Now, you can stroll on down to your friendly neighborhood lamp shop but why bother? Now, in many affiliate marketing situations, if a potential buyer clicks on the lamp advert on your site, they will be automatically redirected to a lamp supplier.
Now, maybe its just me, but don’t you find that a bit defeating? Think about it. You’ve already built a very small bridge of trust on your website and you’ve even got your potential buyer to take an action – click on a lamp that is being sold and maybe they’ve even put it into a shopping cart.
But instead, they are pushed to another site. Trust level may now be a possible zero. You may have just lost that potential sale! And not only that, you may have passed a possible email list member to your supplier.
Well, in my books, that’s too much to give away. If I’m going to create a site, I want it to be inclusive.
Here’s where I’m looking for your help. Imagine using Wordpress to build a site that has products, that you don’t stock by the way, that you can sell and the dropshipper who is your supplier handles all the handling work.
To me, that’s an ideal method of making money with Wordpress!
I’ve been searching for the right solution set to solve this dropshipping blueprint, but now I’m asking for your advice. Tell me what you know and if you are already doing this!
I’m going to be putting together a sample site to illustrate the point and will definitely update this post when I get to a working prototype. But in the meantime, I’d love to hear your comments!
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Hi there, that sounds like a really good idea. I get a sense about drop shipping with whats happening on eBay with that, its very lucrative. I dont really have any ideas as such exception I’ve been following George Browns Google sniper who uses only wordpress. Im tech challenged but love keyword researching so wordpress is great for someone like me. I have access to a great product but owners know nothing about selling or marketing online, this sounds like an option. I’ll keep you posted and visit your blog again. Regards Karen
You are spot on Karen! The highest profits by far have to be a tie between selling electronic products and physical product dropshipping where you can get the manufacturer to ship directly.
I also believe that Wordpress is up to the challenge. Soon I hope to have a more concise tutorial on how to set this all up, but like everything, it just takes time.
Please do keep posted to this blog and be sure to subscribe to my blog’s newsletter, ‘7 Secrets To Wordpress Wealth’ as I’ll be updating all there first.
Thanks for your comment Karen!
Frank
Hey Frank,
This is an interesting debate, and one I have considered taking up myself. I began my Internet Marketing back in 2006 with dropshipping and wholesale, but was only using 3rd party sites to make sales.
That is when the idea sprung to mind, Not so much regarding using wordpress to build the sites (although if I were to do this now, I would definitely use wordpress) but I loved the idea of getting my own website making sales via dropshipping, and ranking for my target keywords, to pull in the customers, which would cut out fees, and boost profits dramatically.
Unfortunetly I never got around to implementing this idea, as my focus turned to other Internet Marketing strategies, which I still use today. But the way things are changing online at the moment and into the future, I really think this is a great idea to focus on, as not many seem to be implementing it to the full potential, and a great system could be made from it….hmm….Ideas are coming to mind already
I believe a key part to this kind of business model would definitely be the ability to fully automate the the sales process, to get the orders sent directly to the supplier, and keep these sites as “hands free” as possible, which I’m pretty confident can be solved easily, but it is something to consider.
Please keep updates on this, and even get in touch if you want to join forces, and see what can be made of this.
All the Best
James
Hey James,
I’m all ears. I’ve been working this dog over quite a bit and have made some headway, but I’ve been trying to avoid dropshipping agent companies. May be a mistake, but I believe that it is an untapped market out there that will let us create ‘virtual shops’ where people would be super glad to purchase from. When you can virtualize a shop, you can do some pretty incredible things and your costs are rock bottom.
So is there a future in dropshipping and wordpress. I definitely think so!
Frank
Good to hear Frank.
When you say you have been trying to avoid dropship agent companies, what exactly do you mean? Places like ATS distribution ?
So you have began creating WP sites with this method already, yes?
Have you been focusing on niche sites and products, or a wide selection?
Interesing to here your results.
James
Hey James,
No I’m trying to avoid companies like salehoo and worldwide. Don’t know if they are bad or good, so I’d like to hear more from other’s experiences.
But as to the website, that’s the EASY part. I’ve built several ecommerce sites upon wordpress.
I’ve yet to setup a site that is the full store though, for physical goods. Electronic goods are a slam dunk.
Frank