Should I do Affiliate Program, Offer Drop Shipping, Or Sell Wholesale - Want Info About Starting Aff

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Okay so hoping you guys can give me some advice here. I run a site that sells Iraqi Dinar, Vietnam Dong, and a few other currencies. I'd like to start adding some additional revenue streams by having others work with me vs just relying on myself to sell all my product.

I'm torn whether I should try to find people to sell to wholesale, whether I should try to put myself out there as a drop shipper for people looking for a product but don't want to hold inventory, or whether I should start an affiliate program and let people earn a commission for sales they bring to me.

I was also looking for some advice on how to start an affiliate program. What are the costs? I had posted on craigslist and had people wanting like 50k plus to start an affiliate program for me which is WAY out of my league price wise. I also see there's some free or small fee type programs like JRox or something like that.

Basically I know nothing about starting an affiliate program so basically looking for someone to lay out whether it needs to be custom done on a case by case basis and costs a ton or whether there's programs you can buy to implement yourself. Also I use NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO- website builder and shopping cart so could an affiliate program be implemented through that or would I need a custom site?

Also just to give you an idea of my business so you can maybe offer better advice in terms of what route I do. Basically if I was doing an affiliate I'd probably give people a smaller cut since I'm doing all the work but just to give you an idea of numbers say someone were buying from me wholesale for a product they could sell for $80 which is very competitive with other online sellers they could make $15 which works out to about 12.5%. On another product which they could sell for $1040 which again is very competitive pricing to offer they could make $90 which I believe works out to about 11.5%.

What would be ideal for me to do just try to find re-sellers to resell my product and offer wholesale pricing? Act as a drop shipper for others? Or try to set up an affiliate program?

Also could someone educate me a little on how to do an affilite program, what type of upkeep it takes and costs? I have tried to do some research online and on here but am more confused than when I started.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesse L
    The learning never ends, does it?

    This might be of interest (client side of your program):


    and the backend:

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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Hajoveck
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    • Profile picture of the author getdong
      Originally Posted by Kevin Hajoveck View Post

      Offer drop-shipping and promote your program through all the networks and manually contacting the top retailers in the space - I personally know someone who built a 7 figure business doing this.
      could you expand on what you mean by all the networks? also I guess I'm not selling a program but selling an actual product. I suppose I'd have to layout some type of portal where drop shippers orders come through? would it be too unprofessional or inefficient to have them send me payment and email me with what htey sold and then I just fill the order? sorry this is all completely new to me.

      part of me just wants to find resellers as basically I'm not doing anything different from my normal routine just selling on a wholesale level vs resale level. That said I think I could do more and enlist more people doing it as a drop shipper or using affiliates but I'm a bit overwhelmed on how to setup the programs, how to structure things, etc.
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      Looking For Wholesalers, Re-Sellers, & Affiliates
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