Whether they are your own crafts or a company's products, selling items online is one of the hottest growing trends in the retail industry. Drop shipping allows you to purchase products at wholesale prices and then to sell them directly through your website or blog. Or, you can sell your own products. This at home job requires spending a good deal of time marketing your business. Still, many make it work, making thousands of dollars a month at it. If you have a sales ability, this could work well for you, too.

How It Works
The amount of sales you receive will be largely dependent on the amount of promotion you do of the items. Marketing can be done through word of mouth, search engine ranking, press releases and promotional items. You can run sales and discounts, handle large quantities, and do much more right from the comfort of your home. You do not need to store all of these products in your home. Many companies will allow you to sell their product but they will handle the shipping of the orders to the customer.

One of the best ways to do well in this industry is to work as a direct seller of something that you are passionate about. For example, those who enjoy make up products can help to sell those types of products. If you are passionate about "green" products or environmentally friendly products, then you could market in this type of business. When you select something that you love, you are more knowable about the product and you are more likely to do well when you sell it. People will know they are working with an expert.

Potential Income
Income depends on your ability to promote your products and the customers you build. Businesses can make thousands of dollars with selling products, depending on the amount of work invested. There is no limit. With drop shipping of a company's product, your outlay investment is only for the website and its development. If you will be selling your own products, your investment is larger in the creation of those products and shipping/handling costs.
Being a direct seller from home is not a new trade. It has been done for hundreds of years. Yet, more people are realizing the profit potential of doing this at home job now because of the growing ability to use the Internet as a marketing tool. For that reason, this at home job continues to grow.