Working from home selling another companies product
Do they offer a great product with tremendous value?
Selling other companies products is called being an Affiliate. Affiliates normally earn commission in the region of 50 to 75%. If you are offered a small % commission do not take the product on as it is going to cost you money to make your sales.
You will need a website or blog to advertise the product. Some companies will offer you a free website BUT you will have to sign up to their hosting provider. That can be very expensive and you are tied into this month in and month out if you make a profit or not. The company itself will normally get a commission from the hosting company and you are restricted to what you can sell – the same as everyone else in this system. You can get most of this for free from sites such as http://www.iceni-it.co.uk
It is better to get a book or go on a course regarding Affiliate selling. If you are going to have to pay to have a website built, buy a domain name and then pay to advertise the product it could be a very expensive venture. Paying to advertise is called Pay Per Click or PPC and burns money until you become an expert. An example of a good review of companies is http://www.webcolleagues.info.
If I was going to sell a product I would do it via the free methods. Writing articles is the simplest way. You can then submit them to the article directories. Writing non spammy notes on relevant blogs is another way as is getting your own free blog.
You can make a lot of money being an Affiliate, just as you can lose a lot of money doing it the wrong way. Make sure you do your homework. A good company should have all you need to be able to start selling the product while you learn about all the free methods there are on the Internet. http://www.marketingwithjohn.com/
Di Chapman
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