Why is Affiliate Marketing the way to go?

bypippys

542 followers

8 years ago

Again small re sellers getting pushed out by major mfg Ebay's been implementing stricter guidelines as well. Basically retailers are losing there sales to smaller entrepreneurs so they see only thing to do is eliminate competition. Just like Walmart did alot to small family stores they come in and devastate the town killing the small independents. This is why Affiliate marketing is the only way to go earn a commission on the goods they sell! Instead of buying inventory and reselling, It was good when it first started but MFG caught on due to huge losses so they are changing the rules again so who can win? You cant win if you try to compete head on with the corporate giants they have the money to move mountains. So Play on there team! Become an affiliate and make commissions on the products they inventory and sell. Technology moves rapidly and the MFG sees that now. After being stunned in the online sales versus going to the stores has tremendously affected the Big retailer they had to play catch up. For a lot of years like from 1995 when Ebay made the online splash in selling the retailers weren't sure what was happening and didnt think it was going to last. But Surprise it caught on and caught on fast! I started in Ebay in 2000 and each year my business grew rapidly But now in past 7-10 years Business slowed down quite abit mainly because MFG and retailers started to realize they were losing money rapidly each year. Technology caught them off guard for awhile but like I said they had to play catch up and they did now maneuvering into the online sales. They realize there stores alone couldn't survive all the overhead and logistics in having a brick and morter building. It still surprises me to this day now that Brand new brick and mortars are still being built! How are they able to finance and stay afloat with the growing online business? You are seeing at least I am locally Ive seen 2 Walmart stores closed in past 4 years along with closings of a few Macy's,Sears and a few more at the local Malls. Amazon Rapidly grew and changed the game evn over Ebay which affected me hard. So past year I been wondering whats my next move? Ive seen Affiliate marketing but at first didnt realize what it was until Now when I joined wealthy Affiliates. I saw something Ive seen already but just didn't realize it. Like say you do a search for something or looking for information you type it into google then Bam all kinds of sites show. You click go into the site and what do you see? the article or info you want to know about. But what else? You see all these little ads or videos about related stuff or just some kind of ad that you can click on and hyperlink over to that item. I never realized that was Affiliate marketing. These ads were placed by the website owners that linked up with these company s to promote there product without having to buy,Inventory but if someone buys it they get commission just for steering them to that site. I thought wow that's ingenious! I had realized this has been going on for a few years and is the next Big Boom. No more Inventory costs No more Fees being paid from listing my own stuff on Ebay No more Rules I am restricted to from Ebay etc. These big company's Figured things out how to fight back to all us little guy's putting a dent in there sales. So whats better for them Give 5,10,20% or more to an Affiliate or lose more than that lowering there prices just to make small % then what they use too. Well the answers were figured out Bring these small businesses on board as sort of sales reps make it easier for them to make money while they do all the warehousing , shipping and Logistics as they already were doing. Thus the Birth of affiliate Marketers! The New and best online way to make an income ! Now You see the next Move Amazon is making and Im sure Ebay will follow! They are imposing a Large 1 time up front fee to sell top line merchandise like Nike,Reebok and other Licensed Merchandise from 3rd party sellers. I kinda figured that was going to happen mainly due to all the Fake Branded items being sold worldwide Knock offs etc. But it will stop a few but the Big sellers can easily afford that upfront cost. Till they get totally shut down. I don't know how that or if that can ever be stopped on the internet. Lots of these country's wont enforce trademark laws because its a prime income for them. So Back to my Blog Why should you do Affiliate marketing over straight selling Marketing on Ebay,Amazon or other MLM Companys? I think you got the picture! Work smarter Not Harder! Thanks for reading this. This was only my 2nd Blog Give me feedback on this subject!