Make Money with your Website

There are 3 ways to make money from your website

Sell products
Advertise your services
Affiliates


Sell products through your website
This method is very rewarding depending on the products you choose to sell. It is a competitive world and you have to make sure you choose products that are in demand. Personalised products are always a winner as customers today ditch high street shopping to get that rare personalised gift especially if you can offer your products for any occasion whether it be birthdays, anniversary's, Christmas and so on. You will however have to put some Cash in to start up for materials and so forth. You will end up running it with it taking up the majority of your time if your successful so don't go down this path if your not prepared to be able to get orders made and out and to meet deadlines. Customers can be for life. Always have the attitude that a small order can lead to bigger orders and most definitely customer referrals and word of mouth Will help your business stay around for a long time.

Affiliates

Affiliate programs are offered by the majority of web based companie. An affiliate is where the company shares its revenue with you, the advertiser. All you have to do is advertise thier site on yours. This can be in the form of a banner or text link.

When choosing which affiiliate to advertise on your site read the terms and conditions, if they pay by cheque what currency do they draw it in and does your bank charge for cashing foreign cheques. If bank transfer how often do they pay, most pay monthly. Alot of affiliates only pay out a minium for example when your account reaches £50

Paid Surveys

There are so many survey companys who are eager to pay you for your opinions.

Avoid the ones that ask for a sign up fee in return for a list of top paying surveys, these surveys are in the public domain.

Dont part with any cash, this is only my opinion i maybe wrong but the best things in life are free as they say and i have found more sucess with surveys i have found through browsing.
Lightspeed is one they pay via paypal and email you when surveys are available.

A tip for lightspeed: dont click back, its annoying when you have spent 20 mins doing a survey only to hit the back button and you get timed out and unable to sit the survey, you only get one try

Another good one is cashcrate and you will find a good review of paying survey sites here.

Make Money on Ebay

Ebay is huge and there is no doubt how much traffic you will get to your items for sale. Yes there is alot in the news about ebay, scammers, over priced fees etc.. but if you learn ebay through and through then you can stay safe and turn your junk into cash.

Ebay Selling Tips
List when people are at home the best times are 8pm -11pm weekdays after soaps and at the weekends list in the afternoons.

Familiarise yourself with the listing fee structure, i see so many listings for example for £15 why not list for a penny less at £14.99 and save money, i laugh so much at this time and time again.

When working out overheads dont forget ebays final valuation fee each time something sells

Always include a picture of the item, would you buy something you couldnt see?

Be honest in your description. Feedback building will increase sales and visitors to your listings.

If your item has a scratch make sure you mention this in the description, take a picture of a close up of the scratch if you can, it is better to be honest they will only file a not as described dispute later on.


Dont undercut with postage and dont overprice wither, work out a ralistic price, weigh the item and add a small percentage on for your handling and wrapping.

Always send by a reccorded method of posting, this will stop buyers saying they havnt received the goods, paypal will always side with the buyer when they complain if you cannot prove you posted it.

Answer all messages with politeness even those that really rattle you, trsut me on this one. At the end of the day you dont know them and they dont know you, they could of been ripped off in the past and presume every ebayer is out to do them over. Always offer to help resolve situations, if your brave pull thier details and ring them its much better than misinterpreted emails and haisty words, you will end up with a neg and out of pocket if you dont try your best to resolve any disputes, always show willing. You will always get some you just cant please and after you have tried your best just be polite and stick to facts, explain to them how you have tried to help them.

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