How To Find the Right Wholesaler

August 26th, 2008 by Biz | Posted in Selling | No Comments »

When you want to sell products in retail, the first thing you need to do is to find a reliable and trustworthy wholesaler. This is because there are a lot of wholesalers who do not deliver on their promise once you want to do some transactions with them. In fact, wholesalers are getting a bad reputation because of the few companies that cheat on their customers. And added to this is the fact that the inventory you will buy from these wholesalers may not necessarily sell in the market. So before you enter into the retail business, here are some tips you may find helpful. You may also have a look at one of my affiliate programs.

The first thing you need to do is to conduct market research on your target market. You need to know if the product you wish to sell will actually be saleable to them or not. This is because while a particular product may sell well in one area does not necessarily mean it will also sell well in another area.  So even before you search for a wholesaler, you must know if the product you intend to introduce to your target market is actually viable because it would be a waste of time if you spend too much time searching for a reliable wholesaler only to find out that the product you want to sell is not going to be saleable in the actual marketplace.

The next thing you should consider is the product choice. Once you had determined which industry you want to enter, it is now time to know which product you need to stock up on. You should note that it is more viable to enter a niche market that will buy your particular product than enter the mass market at once.

Meanwhile, the third step is finding the right wholesaler. There are many sources and directories you can look up to find suppliers. But the advertisements and the websites you visit may not necessarily contain reliable suppliers that will really deliver the kind of product you requested. So it is recommended that you put up safety measures in place even before you pay for these products. You can find these wholesalers from online directories and even sourcing agents but always remember never to pay in advance unless trust between the two of you had been established.

It is also important to have patience in order to find the right wholesaler with the best price. However, you should not expect these wholesalers to provide unrealistically low prices. If there are establishments that offer prices that are too low then you need to conduct thorough research first before doing business with these kinds of establishments.
Then the last step you need to remember is to have faith in yourself because having confidence is important for success to be possible.

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How to Protect Your Digital Downloads from Thieves

August 4th, 2008 by Biz | Posted in E-commerce, Internet Business, Selling | No Comments »

By Merle http://MCPromotionsPress.com

Selling ebooks and software online are big business these days. The beauty of the transaction lies in the fact that there’s no physical product changing hands. What does this mean to you? No Inventory –Big Profits.

It’s a simple process, really. Someone comes to your website, chooses a product, makes the payment and is instantly given access to a download page or link to access the product.

Although it sounds rather simple, there are a few steps you need to think about in order to keep those who have not paid from stealing something you’ve worked long and hard at creating. Some of these tips are plain common sense but nevertheless, are worth pointing out.

1) Your HTML download page needs to include the robot tag of “no follow” to keep the search engines from indexing it and including its contents in their database for the entire world to see. It looks like this and goes between your tags:

2) Make sure to name your download folders and files with strange names and change them often. Don’t use common names like downloads.htm or thankyou.htm, as someone could go to the search engines and easily find your documents in this way.

3) Instead of uploading your files in .PDF or.EXE format, zip them up before uploading them to your server. Search engines can easily index .PDF docs but won’t go near any file with a .ZIP extension.

4) Your actual download page should only contain the downloadable file and not common links to other pages of your website. It needs to stand alone in order to best protect itself.

5) Make sure that your various website directories all contain an index.htm file. Failure to do so will make it possible for anyone to open your directories and gain access to every single file inside. This is especially important for your download directory.

6) Ask your web host about password protecting your download directories.

So maybe you’ve done some of these things and it’s still not enough. You need more serious protection. There are various scripts and software you can download that will do the job for you.

A few options are:

1) Redirect Pro: http://RedirectPro.com

For those who sell via PayPal, it uses the IPN feature of your account to protect your files. This is a PHP script and is available for $47.00

2) CB Protect: http://CBProtect.com

According to this site, four out of 10 copies of ebooks and software are stolen. This service works with any payment processor and will not allow your products to open if the person did not actually pay for them. Lock as many files as you want. $2.95 will get you a 30 day trial; after that plan on paying $29.95 a month for this locking luxury.

3) FlashPal Generator: http://FlashPalGenerator.com

Secures your Paypal processing by encoding your url’s with Flash. Includes a helpful video tutorial on how to use it. $67.00 out the door.

4) ClickBank Download Protector: http://tinyurl.com/zhbrv

A useful script if you sell using Clickbank. Supports multiple download links and thank you pages and you can even set expiring down load links. You can even collect the buyer’s name and email address on every purchase. $34.95

5) PayPal IPN Download Protector:

http://webmasterinabox.net/paypal_ipn.html

Another script by WebmasterinaBox.net. This one is for those using Paypal to sell your digital downloads. Again, you have the ability to set the expiration on your download links. $34.95

No matter what type of digital product you’re selling on the Internet, it’s worth reviewing your delivery methods to make sure people aren’t walking away with your products. A few lost sales may not seem like much, but over time they can really add up to a substantial loss of revenue.
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