Thursday, May 21, 2009

How to Join the Increasing Number of Successful Kitchen Commuters... and in 30 days Start Planning for Your Financial Freedom

By Sambi Ojon

You know those mornings when you wake up and do not fancy the trip into work. When, if you could you would opt to stay at home with the kids but are mindful of wanting next month's paycheck you force yourself out of bed anyway.

On the way to work you are forced to make small talk with complete strangers, you inadvertently hear one sided conversations that you would rather be privy to. There are all sorts of people blatantly and constantly invading your private space all the way to work. Frankly it is an exasperating experience. If you can relate to any one of these situations then it is time you considered an alternative means of bringing in a paycheck. A common trend towards this end is for people to start looking to their home computer to be used as an online second income generator

Choosing to go down this route dictates a little common sense as in start small and part time just so you can test the waters of internet business.The safest way to do this is via research, look into the type of products you want to sell and how you are going to deliver these to your customers. The cheapest and safest venture to get into to do this would be drop shipping. Hopefully all your hard work into researching your particular niche product will pay dividends in the form of your first online sale. Actually, it is not a question of luck, a properly researched niche product will lead to sales because you are now selling something that a particular part of a particular market want.

Other unavoidable costs would include a laptop with a broadband connection, a printer and creating some space on the kitchen table. With these two physical things you can be up and running, earning from your online business sooner than you think possible.

As a business model drop shipping is when the supplier of your product accrues all the cost of shipping your product to your customer. This leaves you with no stock occupying any physical space in your house or anywhere else for that matter. Through your creative advertising efforts you start receiving orders and then you contact your supplier informing them of the purchase order. The goods are then packed and sent to your customer by your supplier, basically you are making a supplier aware of business in a certain area and then the rest is taken care of in terms of making the goods get there.

Here's a list of things about drop shipping that are probably worth knowing and will help inform you to make the right decisions for your business start up and sourcing.

Drop shipping Pros : 1. You do not have to fill up your living room with stock and packing materials. You can literally commute from the bedroom to the kitchen table and turn on the laptop and you're ready for work. 2. Drop shipping means you don't have to pay a carrier to bring stock from the distributor to your own storage area, which can mean big savings in the long term. 3. You don't have to organise the packing and posting systems nor do you have to drive to the post shop each day to post your packages. This gives you a significant increase in time to spend on other tasks such as marketing and communicating with customers.

due to the low start up costs the barrier to entry is really very soft. Obviously you may have to spend some money on some equipment after all, it is still a business. Bottom line is whatever your circumstances, just strive to make your first sale (this is more difficult than it sounds so be prepared for some initial hard work), after your first sale you then know it can be done and then simply scale your efforts tenfold. With this plan you will be buying drinks for your mates in no time.

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