This is the storefront page of a very well-known nutrition product company. In this circumstance, the “marketing” is graphically powerful and attractive, and the good-looking people and products tend to capture your eye. However, as you peel back the layers this may not be the answer to your how to sell a product online quest and here is why.

This type of business model targets to have you not only sell products but also more importantly have you as a consumer of the product. If you are a major consumer of the product then maybe this is for you. Even then, you still will have a big looming and unanswered…

“How do I sell this product online” as the web storefront looks great but is not made to deliver customers specifically to you. Therefore,… here is your how to sell a nutrition product online SHOCKER…. Unless you have created your own nutrition drink or system, you are likely joining a company that makes more money by the people that enroll in the business and “purchases of the products” than the products they sell to their customers.

1: companies want their online sellers to be buyers because it instills a loyalty and a belief system that if the online seller is buying it… the online seller will be more confident in selling it.

2: with the hope that online sellers will have a certain percentage of close family or friends that will buy just because the seller knows them and mentions it to them the company will increase its sales base. Then the sales force will expand while the original group fades out of the business.

Though selling to your close family and friends is an answer to the how to sell a product online question it does not provide you with a long term, high profit, “life changing” way to sell a product online. If you want to sell a product and have a store front online like they have established you’re going to be much more successful if you “learn how to market the product online” as you get going.

See the follow up blogs and other material attached to this post for your best source of education and training on internet marketing systems that will take you levels beyond these sales methods.

 

Another example of how to sell a product online using a storefront online is Etsy….

With Etsy an artist that makes fine jewelry, or like myself a hobbyist that makes furniture out of refurbished antique wood your answer to how to sell a product like jewelry or furniture online is answered. You can go to Etsy.com and get your store set up. However, before getting too invested in that quest of how to sell a product online you need to consider several other business concerns.

First is when developing your online store with Etsy, Facebook,  or even using the made for you store in some of the vitamin, coffee, oil and lotion product companies you must consider “competition” , attracting customers, and CONVERTING SALES ONLINE….

The “storefront” or “profile” that’s reserved for your customer viewing is merely a static piece of the Internet. Of course in Etsy you will have some natural views by people within the community that can take a life of it’s own. However, in the circumstance of a larger company with thousands of people learning how to sell a product online that uses duplicate stores you are completely off in space without knowing what I will introduce below.

For those of you that are more than curious about how to sell a product online and are wishing to grow your own online business I urge you to follow my posts and those on Lawrence’s blog as the deeper systems and tools are provided.

 

What you need to know starts with “MARKETING CONCEPTS THAT BUILD COMPREHENSIVE SALES MACHINES THAT CONTROL BUYER TRAFFIC ONLINE”

“PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES”   CONSUMER TRAFFIC…… 

Of course you realize this post is not telling you how to sell the products of “planes, trains, and automobiles” (P,T,& A) online but there is one concept that connects the theory. When you explore how to do anything, you always get to several root elements needed to accomplish the desired result. With that in mind here are the ten best things about P,T & A that fill in the comprehensive model of how to sell a product online in a digital world…

1. To sell a product online, 1^st a product must exist and 2^nd it must have a buyer waiting online to buy get it: P,T,& A….demonstrated the need for organized travel and communication. When you are selling a product online you must have communication in place… and a way to organize your sales process
2. How to organize your online sales process, should be tackled by having a formula in place that has achieved great success before; P,T,& A has nothing to add to winning formula’s in a complete manner but one aspect that runs through is “consistency, tenacity, and testing different modes” it rarely ever works perfectly on the first run…
3. Products come and go online systems deliver, how many vitamin companies exist… what makes your vitamin more unique than another is the marketing and the systems used to reach your customer… get the best marketing system…. P,T, & A traveling from point a to point b took many turns… and substitution ruled the day
4. Marketing a brand when selling a product online has it’s place; having an NFL player represent your product immediately opens your product to brand recognition to an existing fan base that when tapped can grow your product sales online through contagion, build your systems to develop raving fans and you’ll have rapid sales online; P,T, & A getting over the hurdles of the day took the branding of “charisma” and tolerance…
5. Planning how to sell a product online before trying to sell a product online avoids pitfalls, wasted time, wasted money, and lost profits; P,T,& A don’t we see a comedy of bad choices that deliver only more bad choices until the end of it
6. Systems to deliver your message for your sales process are for more important than anything else; selling a product requires a way to reach your customer and let them know what your offer is and you also want to be able to communicate when they reject the 1^st offer and deliver a 2^nd and 3^rd until they buy as well as communicate after they’ve bought with future online sales and enormous growth; P,T,& A ha… just a working phone and a possible solution would have been seconds away
7. A wide net that funnels your customers to your communications will deliver consistent online sales and incredible growth, using the traffic on the Internet and certain tools to reach a targeted customer in the masses with profit; P,T, & A yah…. Um… no connection…maybe you can think of one and share it…

Ok so we see seven of the best things about P,T,& A and actually a bit of copy and craft to demonstrate how to sell a product online by creating a likeable image. When selling a product online you do not want to ignore the playfulness or seriousness of your target market. The best way to sell a product online is to make an impression. [pullquote]The best way to sell a product online is to make an impression.[/pullquote] Therefore, how to make that impression and sell a product online with your system is only limited to your imagination. If you were to ask how to sell a product online ten years ago the answer would be filled with traditional branding and marketing verbiage.

Hey do they smoke in restaurants anywhere in the United States today?

Of course not because we’re in the digital age and everyone knows that smoking will eventually cause you to have a slow and painful death. Everyone knows that because they all search the Internet. So… as our world has extinguished old marketing madness with the “Marlborough Man” we’ve gone into new zones of growth and our how to sell a product online today… can be perfected by a 12 year old at home on Mamma’s laptop.

 

So, a little recap on how to sell a product online in the digital age.

The first focus you must consider on how to sell a product online is if you are selling your product or the product of others. Then we go to the Internet and our search for how to sell a “specific” product; will be tailored to who uses and enjoys that product. We create a profile of the people that have either bought, queried, commented on, and generally meet a classification of what we will consider a potential customer of our product.

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Then in our how do we sell a product online thought process…we go on to researching the various business opportunities in existence. We will compare the cost for entry, the marketing material, the training on how to sell a product with the company resources, and the commission structure. Remembering that this is now the Digital Age we want to leverage the resources available.

We will consider the various tools and advertising portals that will bring us the best-qualified customers and then we set the systems in place. Now is a great time to learn how to sell a product online because there are so many ways to leverage the Internet that if you choose the right model you are guaranteed to grow.

In keeping with the tone of this post, I have prepared a free checklist and suggestions of resources that will assist you with your entrepreneurial goals. To get the list you simply need to fill in the button at the bottom and you will then be redirected to a form where you will drop your email in and get on the mailing list to receive the download of the checklist.

This checklist will provide you with links to the very specific tools, web pages, and resources that are used by the top leaders in the industry that sell all types of products online. You will also be given the opportunity to submit a brief survey that will guide the next posts and material that is provided as follow up to the large audience of people seeking information on how to sell a product online and how to build a business from home and so forth.

Your interest and comments below are very much appreciated. You are  invited to take a deep exploration of all the valuable information within the categories of this blog.

Also, please visit my blog and you will find other free information that will show you the wide variety of styles and systems in place that people all around the world are using.

 

AS PROMISED END NOTE BEST ONLINE PRODUCT TO SELL “CHECKLIST”

If you want to compete online and have virtual income you must consider this list of important factors in your product selection and business model. Follow this checklist

1. Will you be selling a product that you are creating, manufacturing, yourself or are you selling someone eases product online?
2. Presuming you've done your homework and actually read this entire post and the other posts connected to this blog and referenced in this post; how much thought have you given to “affiliate marketing” and simply selling a product that has already been through design and development by somebody else?
3. Once you have selected the product and assuming it is an affiliate marketing program you must now consider the compensation plan. Is this plan current with the pioneering of the new 100 % commission model? If not, why not? and what is the real data sets available on the last 3 years of average sales of the “TOP EARNERS”… why, top earners?  simple.. why would you compare yourself with the bottom level when you got involved in this business did you truly do so hoping to be just average… or was your hope to being a top product seller.