GPS units are hot products right now. Demand is huge (so is competition). Our new case study features a dropship project that was on sale (and sold) recently.

Have a look at a few keywords from Wordze, quite popular (but I am not sure if it displays correct info as there is no clear explanation how that keyword data received unlike with WordTracker) keyword research tool:

The below case shows you potential of dropshipping GPS units. As I have mentioned huge demand is compensated by huge competition. Take your time to explore the top search engine results for GPS keywords listed above. You will see Amazon, Overstock, more e-commerce stores, price comparison engines like Shopping.com, PriceGrabber.com on top.

In this situation it is a wise decision to start with eBay to test the market.

Check the featured dropship lists for GPS merchants to dropship your sold GPS units.

Also browse our dropship case study category for more products to dropship – probably, GPS units are not the product you are passionate about.

GPS Drop Shipping Website for Sale

GPS units are very popular with lots of growth ahead!

• URL: www.RockCreekGPS.com
• Established: Sun Dec 31 2006
• Page views/month: 8,591
• Monthly Revenue: 500
• Uniques/Month: 1,348
• Site Sold For: $ 1800.00

Description:

This listing is an asset sale of an established website – RockCreekGPS.com. The site has not had the attention it needs lately and it needs a new home. The site is still active and listed products and pricing just need to be updated. Orders still trickle in with no promotion running at all. This site is ready to go with little work!

The site was designed by me and started up about January 2007. We had a great year promoting the site and selling online but some family issues took precedent and the site maintenance fell to the side. It would not take much to get the site back up and running effectively to compete in the marketplace. I can offer many suggestions and avenues that will bring this site back up to making a profit.

The semi-custom site was built right and with the ability to expand. I used the Volusion platform so it has an affiliate network built in, the ability to list coupons and sales, newsletter and updates, and really a great backend to manage the site and products.

First and foremost, all the GPS products and accessories are all dropshipped. I have 2 vendors I work with to make sure when orders came in I am able to get the hottest and latest GPS units to the customer. A new owner of the site would need to establish accounts with these dropshippers. The dropshipper’s website interface makes it easy to place the orders and not have to handle any inventory or shipping!

The second part of the site I integrated into it was GPS rentals. Believe it or not, there was only one other company that offered GPS rentals about a year ago other than me. As you can see there have been many copycats since then. The GPS rental market was just another way to meet a need that was there, the new owner would not have to integrate this.

What is included in this sale:

• The domain – RockCreekGPS.com
• All site content and custom graphics
• Customer List: Approxiamately 3,100 names and emails of people who signed up for newsletters, coupons, etc. (please note, ~3,000 of the names/emails were exported before an update last fall, the other 100 are new signups after the update reflected in the backend of the site)
• Drop shippers contact info

Financial details:

When the site was running profitable I was making anywhere from $250-$1,500 a month profit, this included sales on eBay and Amazon.com, these outside sales do not show in the backend of the site. Whenever a new GPS comes out it is hot and most of the time you can get it before anybody else through the dropshipper. This equals great money!

On an average I would spend about $100 a month on advertising – Adwords only. $50 on GPS products, $50 on GPS rentals. This is the only advertising I did, other than word of mouth.

I have the site hosted and integrated with Volusion.com. I have over 500 products so the monthly web fee is $99.95. I would recommend staying with Volusion but it is totally up to you. I can transfer the whole site to you through Volusion, all you need to do is enter in new credit card info for billing and setup your merchant account (Paypal, Google, Credit Card Merchant, etc.)

I have tried to cover some basic info here but please send me an IM or email with any questions, I am here to help!

Revenue Details:

1. Direct GPS sales from the site
2. Ebay and Amazon auction sales
3. Google shopping search engine
4. Word of mouth

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

This case study shares some features with our previous one:

- not so popular products (is it a viable strategy for small businesses nowadays – you choose some niche products that are not in high demand and consequently no big online retailers find it interesting to fill this niche?);
- press coverage (any sort of publicity is great for online business – even some negative – as it works great for brand awareness of the business in question);
- loyal customer database that allows the e-tailers to do nice e-mail marketing campaigns.

You can find many more case studies in our dedicated category now:

- with lots of miscellaneous products promoted
- with various turnover and earnings levels
- with details of marketing techniques drop ship businesses apply to promote their products

Added to that check a list of recommended product sourcing merchants and tools that allow you to research and analyze online space for products to sell on eBay and through your own website.

The oldest and most reputable player in this field has recently introduced its repackaged product range. Now they help you:

- find products that sell online
- find wholesalers that dropship your orders with low min set
- find education kit to get basics or advanced knowledge about online business

It is not the cheapest solution compared to competition, but you do not expect to get a high quality product sourcing resource (with over 6 000 000 products) with online market research tool and lots of education videos, tutorials, etc a few dollars, don’t you? Other benefits you get with the membership:

• 7,000+ Real Wholesale Suppliers for your eBiz!
• More than 6 MILLION products you can sell online!
• INSTANT market Research tells you What to Sell!
• Drop Ship, Light Bulk, Volume, Liquidation, Imports!
• Exclusive Wholesale Buys for Members Only!
• 19 eBiz and Product Sourcing Video Courses!
• 19 Online Workbooks expand on each Course!
• Interactive Self-Testing insures your Learning!
• Exclusive eCommerce Insider Reports!
• Resources for every area of your eBiz!
• Instant Access to the Whole $ale eCommerce Forum

Sounds interesting? Then get more information including pricing here

And now our survival kit case study:

Fully Operational Online retailer serving Niche Market

• URL: www.EzGoBag.com
• Established: Thu Apr 05 2007
• Uniques/Month: 4,000
• Page views/month: 8,000
• Monthly Revenue: 2000
• Google Pagerank: 2

Description:

www.EzGoBag.com

Offered for sale for the first time is online retailer EzGoBag.com. EzGoBag is a successful marketer of disaster and survival kits. The site has been online for just over a year, and with little operational effort beyond startup has generated over 20k in revenue. (Read more in “Why am I selling” below)

Taking survival and emergency preparedness into the present day, EzGobag targets a mainstream retail market. Formerly the territory of catalogs and online retailers that served up a militia-aesthetic and catered to doomsday paranoia, the EzGobag customer base has largely been women 25-60, and has maintained a steady institutional and business clientèle as well. Products are well received as B2B corporate gift giving items.

Products Include:

• 72 Hour Emergency Kits & Accessories
• Emergency Food and Water Supplies
• First Aid Kits

Customers Include:

• Individual and Families
• Groups (Boy Scouts, Churches, etc)
• Corporate Gift Giving (Security Companies, Insurance Companies, etc)
• Institutional (Police Department, Aid Organizations, etc)

What is for sale:

• Turnkey operations- Site, Distributors, Custiomer mailing list, including opt-ins, Newsletter
• Domains: ezgobag.com, easygobag.com
• Adwords Keword Reports for last 12 months

From the website:

Those who prepare the most, lose the least. All emergency preparedness organizations stress the need for every city to be prepared. Every citizen should be equipped with an emergency survival kit that will sustain that individual for 72 hours. This gives enough time for the city to adequately meet the needs of their community. Our kits are not like the unrealistic survival kits that do not contain adequate food or water. We follow guidelines from the top survival experts in the industry.

Revenue Details:

Products are drop shipped and no inventory is maintained. There is much room to grow profit margin simply by moving to a inventory & fulfillment model.

Revenue is nearly all credit card based at this time. The exception has been for large bulk B2B orders.

Unexploited revenue opportunities for this site include advertising of course, but also there exists a great customer interest in up to date information. We have long felt that a subscription service would be of tremendous interest.

Traffic Details:

Traffic is generated via:

• Google Adwords Campaign
• Organic traffic via viral word of mouth on forums, etc
• Result of media attention: Fox has featured EzGoBag.com and products several times resulting in large, sustained traffic bumps
• Newsletters utilizing Opt-in subscription tool to capture browsers and push for increased conversion.
• Word of mouth, referral campaign, rewarding for referrals.
• Coupon campaigns- resulted in many repeat purchases