Thursday, January 31, 2008

Make Money Selling Big Ticket Items

Make Money Selling Big Ticket Items
In this article, I want to take a look at how to make money
selling big ticket items. Because I am not an expert in
this field I have spent some time now researching various
programs and products trying to determine what I want to
sell.

In the past five years I spent most of my Internet
marketing career promoting affiliate products. I have made
my money as an affiliate for pay per click programs, pay
per lead programs, and various pay per sale programs.

I have also done well selling private label right products,
network marketing, and starting an article writing company.
So I guess that does leave big ticket items as one thing I
should try right!

Here is what I am finding with big ticket items.

It really is possible to make $1000 per sale went up. Many
of the big ticket programs use a pass up compensation plan.
Let me explain what that means.

When you join a program you have to buy the product you are
going to sell. You also have to give away your first one or
two sales to your sponsor. That is how they make their
money.

So for example if a program cost $1300 to join, and pays a
$1000 commission, the person who makes the sale to you
earns $1000 on the product sale as well as $1000 on your
first product sale and maybe your second one too.

There are many variations of this. Some offer affiliate
programs where you can earn income on the sales from people
who buy the product from you. This can be in the form of a
long-term residual income which is always a good thing.

My opinion on this now is that if you are going to make
money selling a big ticket item, you should plan on the
majority of your income coming from your personal sales.
From that standpoint it really is irrelevant if the person
buying the product from you ever makes a sale or not.

So with a pass up program it is to your benefit to help
them make a couple sales because you earn money from those.
But I personally have found that you can spend a lot of
time working with someone who will never ever be successful
on the Internet.

That may be a negative thing to say, but the reality of it
is this is true. So you want to join a program where you
really are paid an excellent commission on your own sales.
I have seen programs allow you to earn literally thousands
of dollars as you sell some of the various products that
these companies offer.

The other thing I want to stress is finding the right
product to sell. If you are going to earn a big commissions
selling a product you really are going to have to find a
product that excites you, and is easy for you to talk about.

Here is an example.

I have come across an excellent big ticket travel program.
People who do well in this type of program are people who
enjoy travel. They can become a product of the product and
in essence sell their own personal experiences, which is
always a plus in any type of sales.

A person who does not like to travel would have problems
selling this type of a program. I have seen programs that
offer Internet marketing training and self-help training.
People who are able to take this program and apply it to
their own business do well selling it because they become a
product of the product.

So, that is my two takeaways from this article.

To make money selling big ticket items online find a
product that excites you, and that you can sell from
personal experience. Join a program that will pay you an
excellent commission for making your own sales.

Plan on relying on your own efforts as your main source of
income. If they have an affiliate program that you can earn
commissions on all the better, but this should not be your
primary criteria for any program you join. If you enjoy
direct selling you can make a fortune selling big ticket
items.


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