Monday, January 11, 2010

What the Sales Reps Don't Tell You

I debated between unethical sales procedures & an about me post as the first one. I think is is always prudent to address the issues before you speak about yourself. Dropshipping is nothing more or less than running a retail store online with very little overhead. Though very few sales reps will every bring this up. There are a number of reasons behind this & they will be addressed in another post.

Let's talk about the things the sales rep doesn't tell you when you decide to start you online dropshipping website:
  • Many times you are not told the specific price of a hosting fee unless you ask. This will be an operating cost (that term will be discussed in another post.
  • You are often told you can make money without paying anything else. Again this is true, but you will take between 6-18 months of constant marketing to get enough traffic to see results large enough to cover the payments of your initial investments (again we will discuss how to determine the best monetary investments to get your site making sales quickly in later posts).
  • It will take time to change your habits & be able to make enough to pay off your debt. You may have be told that it is easy to make $10k in 3-12 months & that you may make it too. (Notice how no actual promise is made in that statement. Many people take this as a promise to get their money back within 3-12 months, the FTC does not allow a sale to be made with any promise regarding ROI. As such you will always have a 3rd party verification company record your stating that you were not promised any time frame you would make your money back, or any specific amount).
What most people are looking for is easy money in life. The only easy money comes when your relatives die, or if you win the lottery, & even they they both have their price. The only true way to obtain your own financial freedom is to take control of it & learn basic business principles. The benefit of Dropshipping is that you are spending less than 1% of what it would cost to run any other business for the profits you will make online with focus & determination.

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