Hi Ed WeBBers,

NOW i`m sure you`ve heard of iPad and how I believe Apple’s strategy is playing out…

Now,you could potentially make some serious profits by selling items similar to the iPad over the coming months…

You see, Apple are basically becoming a bit of a ‘middle-man’ – they are creating devices (although I don’t think they are ‘real’ manufacturers -some other company is probably doing that for them) and then selling downloads, subscriptions etc. – stuff which they don’t actually own, but which they will get paid for.

Essentially, they are becoming glorified middle-men (like eBay!) which is one of

the best positions in business to be in.

Ed….bet the men on the left and right are cheesed off?

No…Doris,they`re on commission, with free pens stolen from Argos!

On we go…

And that brings me to my favourite all-time business quote:

“The art of good business is being a good middleman”

I heard Aristotle Onassis said that, but I’m not sure.

Anyway – it’s very true, and it’s what Apple is starting to become…a very powerful middle-man (just as eBay is a pure middle-man – hooking up sellers of products with buyers, owning, shipping and stocking nothing, and yet making billions).

So, what’s the point I’m trying to make…?

Well, just as eBay is a ‘middle-man’, so can you be – but there’s only a very small number of ways to do that on eBay…

One such way is drop-shipping.

You stock nothing, hold nothing in inventory, ship nothing and don’t lay out any cashola!

You list items for sale – and then when something sells, you get the manufacturer to ship it out for you.

BUT – there’s a catch…

There aren’t many markets you can do this with on eBay.

In fact, AMAZON is probably a better place to do drop-shipping.

Why?

Well, one of the primary reasons is because on Amazon there are NO LISTING FEES.

You don’t pay to list an item – you only pay when it sells.

That means you can list hundreds of items for no money down, and then only pay when something sells.

If you’re seriously considering drop-shipping as a business model, then I’d certainly consider investigating Amazon as a potential stomping ground!

In fact, I’d encourage you to start there first if you want to be a drop-shipper – there’s less competition than on eBay in plenty of categories and (as I mentioned) no listing fees either.

Drop-shipping isn’t the be-all-and-end-all,but it’s something that you may want to look

at if you’re just starting out…and I just told you possibly the best place to start.

Another good place to start is with my head stuffed in a book?

WHAT? IT`S A BESTSELLER !

WEY HEY, peeps i`ll bet you`re etching ta see wart Eds got planned for the next deluge of my blogging adventures, well it concerns a cool FREE website tool that aid you in getting good quality targeted backlinks to your blog and the search engines love this site so do stay tuned , or i will smite thee!

Anyroad im off now i can smell…Doris delightfully burning my meal TTFN (COUGH)….Ed.

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