How to Make a Successful E-commerce Website?

Let me tell you right now...If you are not willing to put in the work. You should stop reading this right now. Take some time to think about it. Ok, if you are ready to move forward. Let me start by saying that you should avoid dropshippers or at least do not depend on them to a great extent. Most dropshippers you will find on the web are just middlemen who are selling items from actual dropshippers and charging you a higher price despite the talk of wholesale prices and such. There is a better way. You should just sell products on your site that belong to other sites and when the item is purchased, you just buy it from that site and ship it through that site with the buyer's money. Hopefully, you make a profit. Remember: You don't want to be using your own money to pay for stuff. If you are one of those stubborn people, who wants to use dropshippers, then I have a solution for you to. It may not seem like much but this will save you a lot of headache and time. Anytime you are looking for a dropshipper, make sure you check out how much they are charging either to dropship the item or the shipping charges. You might find an item on a site that has an attractive price that is low enough for you to sell it for a profit but then you go to ship it and realize the dropshipper is charging something outrageous like $10 or $15 to ship an item such as a pendant or controller for Nintendo Wii.

Site suggestions:

If you are looking to sell electronics, go to a site called newegg.com.

Another similar site is deepdiscounts.com, which also sells cds, dvds, posters, and more.

Dropshipping websites to avoid include Megagoods.com, Dobba.com, Shopster, and the many others that appear when you search for dropshippers on the first page of Google search results.

There are many other website out there to choose from and you might think some of the ones I have suggested are not as good as others you have found but it is difficult to find good ones. Trust me, It took me years to find the two websites that I just mentioned because I was stuck trying to find a good dropshipper which is almost impossible to find.

If you already have items to sell, then I recommend making the title interesting by pointing out things such as "FREE SHIPPING" "BRAND NEW" "NEVER OPENED" etc. Make sure you are constantly updating your site with new items and elaborating on item descriptions so that Web Crawlers from sites like Google, Yahoo, or MSN pick up your site and improve your search engine listings organically. Make sure to offer prospective customers incentives to sign up and buy items from your site. To increase traffic to your site without spending money, make sure you type the meta keywords for the site that perfectly match the content of the site. Also, make sure to place links for your site on other sites so that Google and other search engines can easily find your site and improve your search engine listings. This improvement will not be immediate but will happen in good time (up to 6 months). If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at support@skoolboy.com or visit my website sKoolBoY.com