Another case study, another product type. Dropship socks? Yep, it is a good product for online sales – no much need to touch them and it is a consumer type of product that customers are likely to buy repeatedly (= build an army of happy regulars and get rich).

We still recommend the same sources for authentic dropship suppliers with competitive prices.

We still refer you to look through, research thoroughly our case study section – ideas for products, ideas for working marketing techniques.

You no doubt free to experiment with other online platforms – eBay, Amazon, Yahoo – in my opinion it is the best way to start and develop your drop ship business relying on traffic of the mentioned moguls.

Once you feel confident of the product potential, suppliers demand – you can and should turn to your own e-commerce store development and promotion as a way to take your business to next level.

High Revenue (20k / month) Socks Ecommerce Website for Sale

High Revenue, Well-Designed, Highly Ranked Fully Functional Ecommerce Site for Sell with Established Drop Shipper in Place

• URL: www.socks4life.com
• Established: Sat Dec 31 2005
• Uniques/Month: 15,000
• Page views/month: 70,000
• Monthly Revenue: $20,000.00
• Google Pagerank: 4

Description:

Socks4life.com is one of the Web’s premium sock outlets. We currently offer over 100 different styles and colors of socks that should fit most any need. All of our footwear is first-quality and at the most competitive prices on the Web. We are owned and operated by NeboWeb, LLC which is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

The site is powered by a fully functional ecommerce system, is highly ranked in the search engines, and includes fully configured and optimized PPC campaigns and more. The site requires minimal customer service hours and is based on a 100% drop ship model.

Revenue Details:

The site has generated over 240k in the past 12 months with sales up over 50% YTD compared to 2007.

2008 Revenue

• July - 15,891.92
• June - 18,025.04
• May - 20,836.19
• April - 18,404.29
• March - 21,424.2
• Feb - 16,829.06
• Jan - 19,756.99

Traffic Details:

We have tremedous SEO rankings but also efficiently drive traffic via Google and Yahoo! PPC campaigns.

Some of our top organic rankings include:

• diabetic socks
• men’s socks
• wholesale diabetic socks
• socks
• and over 250 others

Dropshipping is getting harder. Really. And there are a number of obvious reasons:

- It is expensive to promote products online. It is getting more and more expensive. And dropship affiliates that have low profit margins are not competitive with the merchants or manufacturers.
- More and more merchants enter online space. More and more producers start online e-commerce to cut the middlemen.

So, the question is if dropshipping business model is likely to be a lasting business strategy remains open. Is it a smart move in a situation when competition gets tough to acquire an established dropship business? Probably it is, as you get valuable assets – established website, reliable merchants, customer base…

New case study is maternity and baby clothing store.

Well established, great reputation

• URL: http://www.InStyleMoms.com/
• Established: Thu Jun 30 2005
• Uniques/Month: 3,200
• Page views/month: 24,000
• Monthly Revenue: $1500
• Google Pagerank: 4
• Sold: $11,000

Description:

Comprised of drop ship accounts, this web boutique has the potential for massive growth!

* Established 7/2005
* $1,500/month in gross revenues
* Net Revenues average 25% of gross as the sales are drop shipped from the vendor. The new owner may want to consider wholesale of the best sellers to increase net profit. I would be happy to recommend the top sellers.
* Approx. 3200 Unique Visitors per month based on Google Analytics
* Established vendor relationships with top-selling designers, the best in the business.
* We have a google ranking of 4
* Site was redesigned and renamed in November 2007
* Included in sale is a Blog that ties directly to the E-Commerce site (instylemoms.blogspot.com)
* Email list includes nearly 600 emails. Current account is with Constant Contact
*Aloha Cart shopping cart and administration.
*Currently using PayPal to process credit cards and PayPal payments. Aloha Cart has capabilities to use other merchant accounts.
* The current monthly expenses are

$30/mo for Constant Contact newsletter with 552 subscribers

$24/mo web hosting. There are cheaper options available but I have found the one I am using to be reliable.

Sale includes web site, current stock of merchandise (approx. $200 worth), ongoing ad relationship with a popular maternity information website and blog, 30 days of support during the transition.

Revenue Details:

Online sales of maternity, baby, nursing products and mom-inspired clothing.

Traffic Details:

Based on google analytics. I also have stats via cpanel

Our never ending series of case studies: successful dropship businesses (I think here I should define the meaning of successful applicable to our case studies. When I say a successful dropship store I mean an online store that generates income for its owner by means of selling products dropshipped by third parties).

I think one should feel some sort of interest in the products he sells – otherwise your business become kind of a job that does not enjoy you, but it should from my point of view. The below products are quite specific and one needs special kind of hobbies/ interest to get excited about selling them, but on the other hand this sort of dropship store could diversify your portfolio if you run a bunch of dropship stores.

• URL: ghillie-suit.net
• Established: 21 Dec 2005
• Uniques/Month: 10,000
• Monthly Revenue: $1,500
• Listed: 9 Oct 2007
• Min bid: $18,000
• But it Now: $21,000

Description:

I am listing these sites up for sale again as negotiations for the sale of these sites has fell through at the last minute. Up for sale is the domain and business for www.ghillie-suit.net and www.sniperghillies.com.

www.ghillie-suit.net is the established site and www.sniperghillies.com is a site with
the same products but different design used as a price and marketing test site.

This business works best if owner/operator resides in the US however the business can be ran with little difficulty from most countries.

www.ghillie-suit.net is a 2 year established e-commerce site that sells a unique
camouflage system called ghillie suits, very popular amongst hunters, paintballers,
military snipers and nature photographers. These suits are growing in popularity and
there is a good market for them online becuase they are nearly impossible to find
offline. A great growing niche market with an established presence.

All items for sell on the websites are available for dropship though our supplier accounts, which will be supplied only to the buyer.

A $500.00 deposit will be required to end the auction, gain access to all financials and dropshipper information, as well as initiate the transfer process.

There are 3 payment processors used by the site: PayPal, 2Checkout and google checkout. You will need your own paypal account but the 2 checkout accounts and the google checkout accounts can be transferred. The 2checkout account currently has a $700.00 balance that will be included if the site sells for the right amount.

Total sales per month average between $3000 and $9000. Total profits per month range from $1000-$2200. Each sell typically earns a 30-40% profit. So a suit that sells for $100.00 earns $30-$40.

Running the business takes usually only 1 hour a day at most.

Duties include:

- Processing orders (ordering from supplier and sending thank you emails to customers)
- Answering customer questions (via email and/or phone if you provide a phone # on site)
- Updating site with new products and out of stock notices.
- Our suppliers do not ship internationally, so if you want to accept international
orders you will have to have items shipped to your address (in the US) and
ship out from your local shipping providers (we just use USPS in these cases)
- Managing PPC campaigns ( it is up to how aggressive you want to be with this,
honestly we have not managed our current PPC campaigns very well and there
is a lot of room for improvement in this area)
- Any SEO you may want to do to the sites

ghillie-suit.net is the main site and is very established amongst the search engines. The 2 websites combined average over 300 unique visitors a day. Access to traffic stats can be provided to interested parties.

This is the perfect opportunity for someone to take over a business that requires little work and creates a nice income. It could easily be turned into a fulltime income with a little more time. The starting price is firm. If we do not get the price we expect from this sale we will continue to run the site ourselves. Thank you for your interest and all questions are welcome.

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