There are numerous ways to sell products online (even if you don’t manufacture one yourself).
Before you can sell products online, you’ll need a website on which to sell them.
If you don’t want to set up your own eCommerce store, you can easily sell products on:
And many others
If you want to sell products on your own website, you’ll need to go one step further and create an eCommerce website on which you can list your products and accept payments.
Thankfully, companies like Shopify make it incredibly easy to set up an eCommerce store. In a relatively short time, you can have an online store up and running, ready to sell products and get paid for them.
What sorts of products should you sell online?
First, you can sell home-made products you make yourself on sites like Etsy. If you’re the crafty type and are able to make a product that others would purchase, Etsy can be a great option. The top Etsy sellers make thousands of dollars every month.
You can also sell products you’ve already purchased on sites like eBay, Amazon, and Poshmark. For example, let’s say you like to go to thrift stores. You can find great products to sell on eBay at thrift stores if you’re willing to do a little hunting. Like Etsy, the top eBay sellers (and other sites) can make thousands each month.
You also have the option of drop-shipping products. Drop-shipping works a little different than the standard way of selling products online. With drop-shipping, you find a product that is available online for a relatively inexpensive amount.
You list that product on your own eCommerce store for a higher amount.
When you make a sale, you keep the markup amount. The maker of the product then sends the product directly to the buyer without you ever touching it.
To be clear, you act as a middleman, connecting the buyer and the seller and then taking a portion of the sale. You don’t ship any products. You just sell them at a markup and then let the maker of the product ship them.
If you’re trying to find good products for dropshipping, AliExpress is a great place to start. With Shopify, you can create a store that connects directly to AliExpress to make it easy to sell products.
If you’re really committed to selling products online, you can have a product manufactured. This involves a significant investment of time and money and requires following a number of somewhat complicated steps. The complex nature of creating your own product is beyond the scope of this book.
Out of all these options, selling products on sites like eBay and Etsy is probably the simplest way to get started making money online. If you can find products to sell, such as at thrift stores or garage sales, you can start making money relatively quickly.
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