Drop Shipping VS Network Marketing!

I'd go dropshipping, but good luck finding someone that's going to dropship iPhone 6's for you with any type of worthwhile profit margin. In my experience, dropshipping products like that is not as easy at it sounds.

I think drop shipping is the way to go and your right, people want gadgets and physical products that they know and trust. Another thing is that you can scale a drop shipping business and sell it at some point in the future. You can't sell a mlm business ( i don't think). Check out wholesale2b.com (no affiliate link) and try them out and see if it's for you. Take Care and Take Action my friend.

Rob

Network marketing. No contest at all.

I suspect you're right about the great majority of MLM companies, but not about the exceptional ones.

But here's the thing: with MLM, it's only the exceptional ones that matter, because it's only the exceptional ones that survive over the decades (and you clearly wouldn't want to join one that isn't going to survive over the decades?).

So, it follows that you need one that's already very well-established and has a reliable business with sales income based not on "distributor purchases" but on genuine retail sales to genuine retail customers? Those are usually the companies with either exclusive products, or non-exclusive products of consistently very high quality at consistently lower-than-shop prices.

This question isn't comparing like with like.

You're comparing "selling a product" with "selling a product-based business opportunity", in some ways, really?

This question illustrates a popular fallacy, Dan: being successful in network marketing isn't about "getting the sale" at all. The winners aren't the people who sponsor the largest numbers of distributors, or the people who can find the most customers: they're the people who can retain business-builders in their downlines.

One thing that all the really successful network marketers I know - and have read about - have in common is that they never try to "convince" anyone.

If widespread industry wisdom is to be believed at all, people from sales backgrounds, overall, do worse-than-average in network marketing. Teachers do much better. There may be reasons for that.


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I wouldn't do either, though if there was a gun pointing at my head I'd pick MLM.

I've been around a while and have investigated hundreds of so called drop shipping opportunities and have not yet found one where it was worth the effort because margins are either nonexistent or so small they're insulting.

Now if you can get a drop shipping deal with a manufacturer or major distributor that's a different story. But stuff like that isn't found out in the open.

drop shipping is a hard way to go. much harder than network marketing or mlm.

the big thing with drop shipping is that there is almost no way to have a "usp". most of the time you are competing with many others offering the same exact thing for sale and everyone ends up competing on price alone. Few businesses can make that model work.

With mlm you have a "USP" built in...you. That may be good or bad, but it is different than what others are offering. And has alexa has pointed out, the opportunity in mlm is as much if not more so about the "opportunity" and not the end products.

thats why they are so often called pyramid schemes. But the thing is that you can differentiate your opportunity from others with your personal skills and effort.

Network marketing hands down. The barrier of entry is lower and I'm guessing it would be less of a headache compared to having a drop shipping business.

Yes however to be successful in mlm it's all about you. I should have expanded this topic to reselling wholesale items as well from the beginning. But anyway you are forced to sell people on you because on a massive scale people don't really want the mlm products.

There is nothing wrong with selling yourself and why people should trust you. I'm just against the heavy emphasis on leading with dodgy products that no one truly truly wants.

If people could be an affiliate without a forced autoship but with the same comp plans they would do that instead.

Ive never made a penny when I was involved in MLM but have made some pocket money with dropshipping. Plus I spent money on products every month with MLM bt with dropshipping I only paid for my products when I received the sale.

Dropshipping is deffinitely fastest income source MLM you need patient and promote yourself as an authority Than when you make it after months or years you can earn big

Network Marketing because of the ongoing residual income. But most people are clueless about how to do it effectively. It took me years to discover what really works to build a large MLM / Network Marketing organization. It's very simple if you can avoid all of the bad advice given by MLM posers who haven't made a dime and just focus on doing what works and duplicates. But most people do not have the benefit of being mentored by someone who is earning $100,000+ per month.

Network marketing for sure. You can make more money than just regular affiliate marketing because of the multiple tier payout structure.

With affiliate marketing you only get paid on one tier (you).

With network marketing, the people who 'buy' from you help you make commissions in the form of pass ups and percentages per sale.

And you can build network marketing online without having to call a single soul. I have done it and have made sales from people I never met or called personally.

With drop shipping, you need to establish connections for it to work for you.

I will go with dropshipping. I have made some money with both dropshipping and network marketing before but I find it more difficult with mlm as a lot of people have mlm allergy.

For someone who has been dropshipping for about a year, I'd say dropshipping is your best bet. However, finding a legit supplier for iPhone 6's might be close to impossible.

Dropshipping would be nearly perfect if it wasn't for chargebacks and dealing with returns.

I have experience with dropship businesses and a good month could bring 5 digits. Make sure that your margins are high. But you need to stick with it, it's like everything, if you do it enough time you most likely will succeed. Don't go into too crowded markets though, your margins could go down quickly.

Good luck

You´re right!

I´d choose dropshipping
with mlm you have to follow tons of rule
that´s not being your own boss.

Totally try going with dropshipping, at least you would be creating your own business..

I suggest you to read this article. It will help you to get a clear idea on Drop Shipping VS Network marketing.
Dropshipping Vs Affiliate Marketing: Which Online Business Will Make You More Money?

I do not limit my business endeavors, you must diversify and not put all your eggs in one basket. Start with one get it off the ground and then develop other money making enterprises.

dropshipping for sure, you will have much more control and you can write your own paychecks if you do the niche selection and product selection part right..

And YOUR strategy is to bump old threads to recommend YOUR product....?

From another thread:

Drop shipping is a way to run an online store where you don't have to store inventory and you don't have to ship product. The way it works is that you set up your storefront and collect money just like a regular store.
Affiliate marketing is when you refer a customer to another business and take a commission if the customer makes a purchase. In effect, your website acts like a marketing and referral engine and you don't actually sell any product.