Guest post by Corry Cummings from http://www.dropshipstrategy.com

With so many different online money making opportunities out there, it is extremely difficult to tell which ones are real and which ones are scams. There are a lot of different people on the Internet telling you all sorts of different things about making money online. Some of them are probably telling you the truth, while many are just simply trying to make money themselves. In fact, most of the people telling you how to make money online have never even made any money online. With that said, you can be confident that along with the many different opportunities that this blog brings you, comes a very true way to make money online. The opportunity is drop shipping.

For those who are not aware of what drop shipping is, the first thing you need to know is the meaning. There are many different companies out there that we like to refer to as dropship companies. These companies have two things that you need to make money easily on the Internet. They have products and they have services that allow for you to not have to worry about shipping and packaging these products. When you sign up for a membership with a dropship company, you are getting instant access to millions of wholesale products. On top of that, the company packages and ships out the products that you sell to your customers. It is that simple.

Making Real Money with Drop Shipping

Now that you have an idea of what drop shipping is, you will need to know how to turn that into a money making opportunity. There is quite a bit to know about drop shipping, however there are a couple of tips that could really get you a long way. To keep this post straight to the point and valuable, I will get right into those tips. First of all, understand that drop shipping takes hard work and a lot of time. There is really no way around that, so you first must be okay with both of those two things. Other than that, you will need to be willing to make a very small investment to get things going. Remember, this is not different then any other business. There is just a lot less risk and a lot less money to fund.

If you are going to make real money with drop shipping, you are going to need to build a website. The best way to make money with drop shipping is to have your own site to sell products on. Sure, eBay and Amazon are great for starting out but you will never get rich by selling through the auction sites. There is far too much competition and people go there looking to spend the least amount of money. You will be forced to sell for prices that cut your profit down way more than you want. Instead, you want to reach the buyers who just want to find what they are looking for quickly and then purchase it and be done. With your own website you can accomplish that.

You can scale this thing out as big as you want. The important part is that you pick a specific market to build your site around. For example, you might want to have a site that specializes in selling cell phone cases. You would never want to have a site that sells everything and anything. The more specific your niche is, the better. When you are ready you build more sites. The more sites you have the more money you make. There are several good dropship companies out there to work with. All you have to do is put all the pieces together and get ready to work hard. It will all pay off in the long run.