Making Money Online With eCommerce

There are a number of ways you can earn money off your website. Whatever way you choose, you should always start from the same question:

What is the desired end result? The action you want your site visitors to complete.

In all media, there is a well proven four-step funnel to making a 'sale'.

1. A - Attention. Bringing them to your website.
2. I - Interest. Have something on your web page to move them closer to the action.
3. D - Desire. Use words, banners, ads....make them desire something.
4. A - Action. Make it easy for them to take the action

The more traffic your website attracts, the more people see your page. If your page is well structured, then the visitor will make the action you desire.

High Action Copy

Your copy has to have a High Profit Possibility. It needs to provide the reader with all the information they need, then lead them into a desire for the product or service you are writing about. Then have links to the product.

Get the right people to your webpage - Have things on your page to prompt people to take action.

Use Implied Endorsement

Write an article about something of interest to your readers - then add a box of Featured Recommended Products. Visitors are more predisposed to buy  product you have recommended.

Ways To Make Money

You can make money on your website by one or a combination of:

• Sell advertising - Adsense, Banners, Text Links, Promo, Banner for Impression Trades.
• Sell your own products
• Sell other peoples products - affiliate programs, wholesaling
• Partner with Joint Ventures to cross sell

Affiliate Products

Affiliate programs pay on a Cost Per Action basis - you get paid when the site visitor takes the final action required [buy the product]. You do not get any revenue for them clicking through to a sales page like Cost Per Click programs.

• Independents
• PayDotCom
• Commission Junction
• Clickbank - digital information products. Instant Fulfilment
• ShareASale
• LinkShare
• Amazon
• HydraNetwork

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