Dropshipping adult products incl. sexy lingerie is certainly a great niche in case you can provide good product selection and competitive prices. I think we can compare electronics and adult products if we evaluate the popularity of these goods for online sales.

Adult dropshippers are hard to find, especially good ones, but there are sources to scan for potential partners. I personally have no experience of selling adult dropshipped products online and am not sure of the limitations that eBay or other marketplaces have regarding this group of products. But you should not run into this sort of issues if you sell these products from your own website.

Our new case study of dropship site that deals with adult products and sexy lingerie should help you to get a better idea about this product niche. I also recommend you to research other case studies of successful websites to learn from experienced dropshippers to avoid many mistakes and get the right action plan to start or improve your home business dropshipping products.

• URL: www.lil-vixen.com
• Established: Thu Nov 30 2006
• Page views/month: 16,800
• Monthly Revenue: 150
• Uniques/Month: 6,000
• BIN: $4000

Description:

Why Am I Selling?: I have a host of other online businesses that am I currently very busy with. Lil Vixen was gaining recognition about 5 years ago when I had to cut it short. It was generating orders of $200.00 or more daily which is why I believe it has tremendous potential. Because of that, I started it up again and have been running lil-vixen.com for almost two years now. Although it has been fun, I want to pass it on to someone who can expand on what is already there so that I can get a return on my investment in order to fuel my other businesses. This site is powered by Volusion shopping cart which allows for pretty much anything that you want to offer your customers including gift certificates, store credits, newsletters & more. It has a user friendly backend which makes this ideal for someone that is new to working with online businesses.

We will include 3 months of free support by email (it’s easier for me to get back to you quickly this way) along with a large list of suppliers including lingerie, leather lingerie, clubwear, exotic dancewear, adult products, swimwear & bath & body items. There is also a small inventory that will accompany the sale and be sent to the buyer.

Business Identity: Although I will include the domain names www.lil-vixen.com AND www.lil-vixen.net (renewal cost of $8.95 per year per domain name), the logo for Lil Vixen is NOT included nor is the name Lil Vixen or Lil Vixen Fashions in the state of NH - however, for an additional cost, the logo may be considered for serious buyers.

Traffic Details: The site currently receives around 6,000 unique visitors per month with around 16,800 page views. The site was re-designed early 2008. No advertising / promotions have been done, no marketing for the site. As you can see there is a lot of potential with a little bit of promotion.

Conclusion: I’m looking for a quick sale (I do not want to pay another months hosting on it). As I’m sure you can see, the site is attractive and has huge potential for someone that has the time and the money to put into it. But the site’s not growing and I’m not happy with that. After years working on it, I want to pass it onto someone who has the time, knowledge, and motivation to take it to the next level.

What’s The Site Run, How Much Does It Cost To Run? Currently hosting for the site is all inclusive - meaning, it offers you a TON of options including shopping cart and is priced based on the total number of products you are selling. Currently there is around 500-600 products with room for 500-600 more utilizing the current plan which costs $99 / month. plus the cost of the merchant account which varies based on which one you choose. Currently I pay $50.00 / month.

Payment: Paypal or Electronic Transfer. Personal checks or cash will not be considered.

Disclaimer: please note, all of the sites images & graphics belong to the manufacturers of the products being sold. You will have to obtain permission from the manufacturers in order to continue use of them. You MUST have a business license & all applicable documentation (required by your state) prior to having the ability to sell on the site. You will need this to purchase products and use images from the manufacturers. Some of our suppliers will dropship, some will not.

I reserve the right to pull this post any time due to the site being available for sale on other sites and offered to private parties. I also reserve the right to deny the sale to anyone whom I feel is not fit to run the site. I also reserve the right to not to sell even if the reserve price is met - due to higher offers being possibly given at other sites and via private inquiries.

Revenue Details: The site currently does not generate much revenue due to the lack of marketing. Lingerie & Adult products is a multi-billion dollar industry and I believe the site has the potential to tap into that with proper marketing.

Revenue Details:

Revenue Details: The site currently does not generate much revenue due to the lack of marketing. Lingerie & Adult products is a multi-billion dollar industry and I believe the site has the potential to tap into that with proper marketing.

Traffic Details:

Traffic comes primarily from Search Engines. Google, Microsoft Network, AOL & Yahoo

Making the processes faster

Would you like a tool that will help you avoid almost all of the busy work associated with your eBiz? That same question was asked to dozens of online retailers by Dave Cotter and Greg Harrison. Analyzing the results, they arrived at the conclusion that the majority of retailers are seek and tired of running their eBiz. They got interested in creating a tool that will help automate all the processes.

As for automating, Dave says:

“Automating really allows you to go in and spend some time…[writing] your listings. [That] is where you’re going to really get a high return.”

4 Pros of automating

1. Inventory Management

The automated system keeps track of:

• how many items you have in stock
• how many you’ve sold
• how many are awaiting payment
• how many are awaiting shipping

2. Customer Service Management

An automated system will help you create email templates, plus automatic correspondence to request feedback, confirm orders and receipt of payments etc.

3. Listing process Management

Au automated system will help you automate the process of creating listings. Once the listing is created it automatically gets to the active section, when the item is sold, it goes to the sold section etc.

4. Profit Management

The system will help you calculate eBay fees and other types of fees.

Get the most of your eBiz

A great number of online retailers are tired of running their businesses, they are so preoccupied doing this that their real profits skip through their fingers.

Cotter comments:

“you will be shocked at how much more fun you have if you start to see your profits increase and … really understand what products sell and … how to make smarter choices about [your] business and about the things that [you] sell.”

Now that you have great ways to boost up your sales you need a reliable source of products. Dropshiparea wholesaler database can provide you with trustworthy suppliers.

Widely spread mistakes

When people decide that they want to become online retailers, there are a number of initial errors they make. These errors are:

• New sellers get into highly-competitive areas. It means that they start to sell what everyone else does (DVDs, electronics, designer clothing etc.). The major problem about such markets is that if one wants to become successful there he will have to sell products in huge quantities.
• New sellers sell the products they know a lot about. In fact, it can be a successful strategy only in one case – when the products they know a lot about are in demand. Otherwise, they end up selling items no one wants to buy.

A few words about IDEA HOTSPOT

Lisa Suttora (WhatDoISell.com) has introduced the term “idea hotspot”. What’s that? According to Lisa it is a place that “provide[s] you with an unending source of new product ideas, of market trends, of developing niches, and product line education…It is a fertile ground for product ideas.”

Such places give you the information on what people are eager to buy (plus the things which are likely to be in demand in the near future and things which are already on their way out).

When you have decided which products to sell, you need to find a reliable source to buy them from. I suggest using dropshiparea database, which features dozens of worthy wholesale suppliers from all around the US.

In order to be successful you need to use more than just 1 or 2 sources of ideas:

• Newspapers

The sections that are of a great interest for you: lifestyle section business section and advertisements of big stores

• Consumer publications

Each niche has its own publications. These publications can be great sources for your ideas.

• Malls/brick-and-mortar stores

By talking to sales people you can gain valuable information on what is selling well at the moment.

• Web-pages

There are a number of internet sites of great interest (like www.trendwatching.com, www.influxinsights.com, www.trendhunter.com)

• Entertainment sources

There is a web-page, Imdb.com, that can supply you with the list of movies which are one their way out. You can buy the products related to the successful-likely movies in advance and then sell these products with high profits.

Put the ideas down

It is very useful to carry around a notebook or a phone where you can keep all you ideas.

Suttora continues:

“90% of ideas that you don’t write down will get lost…When you’re at these idea hotspots, if you see a hundred ideas for products to sell, you won’t be able to remember those. You’ve got to write them down in your product sourcing notebook and then go back and start researching them.”