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