subject: Do You Sell Physical Affiliate Products Or Just Info Products? [print this page] When I first started in affiliate marketing several years ago most of the emphasis was put on selling digital information products. However, today I see a trend in selling physical affiliate products and it makes sense for several reasons.
In this article let's go over a few of the positives of selling physical affiliate products versus digital information.
1. People are more accustomed to purchasing online today than they used to be. You can see this because ne purchases on Black Monday were over $1 Billion Doolars.
Amazon continues to be the largest online retailer for physical products.com. However, it is good to understand that they now say ebooks sales are greater than hard copy books, so there is still a very good market for those.
2. You can get product specific with a physical product. I know Internet marketers who will build many websites based on a product model number.
Others will build pre-sale page targeting a specific niche. For example, instead of building a broad theme website on makeup they might build a niche web page on focusing on lipstick.
3. The affiliate merchant still takes care of everything for you. Because you do not have to worry about collecting any money or shipping the product to the customer, I really like this advantage.
Whether you are selling physical or digital products, most affiliate merchants now pay fairly quickly so you do not have to wait for your commissions. 4. You opportunities are endless. When you think about promoting physical products in a targeted niche the possibilities are endless.
I have heard about one online marketer who had 84 Halloween websites. Although this is a limited theme in terms of its popularity he reported making enough money during the Halloween season to make it worth his while for the whole year.
5. One advantage of digital information is instant access. When it comes to selling an info product this has always been a big benefit.
When a customer is excited about a specific product it's much easier to close a sale if you can provide the product for them instantly.
6. You can create your own digital information products. Selling information in the form of ebooks, articles, PDF reports, and even membership sites, is something all of us can do.
Chances are creating a physical product and selling it online is something most of us will never do. Although there are Internet marketers who have taken digital information and created physical products out of it in the form of CD's and made a lot of money.
So what should you sell? You may want to take a look at doing both of them.
Right now more Internet marketers are leaning towards increasing the number of websites they build and making a little less money on each one. This strategy is easy to do both with physical products and info products.
However, depending on the niche you are targeting you may find physical products are easier to come up with affiliate programs for then digital information is.
