If you have thought about the possibility of starting your own online store which delivers physical products, but have been deterred by the prospect of having to maintain inventory, then the strategy devised by super affiliates Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey may provide just the opportunity you have been seeking.

Let me say at the outset that if anyone other than Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey were trying to get my attention by proposing to dominate niches using what sounds like eBay-seller type storefronts, I’d not be interested in listening to their proposition.

However, these two guys happen to be amazing internet marketers, as you’ll see in a moment.

Steve and Tim achieved fame with their earlier product, known as Commission Blueprint, in which they exposed their enormously successful affiliate marketing methods for promoting ClickBank products through pay per click advertising.

In fact, one of their campaigns repeated earned about $100,000 per month in commissions, with an ad spend that cost perhaps a quarter of that. If this sounds remarkable, it should. Especially when you appreciate they were able to make their money selling scores of non-internet marketing related products, like acne therapies, and schemes to fuel your car with water (apparently people will buy this kind of thing!).

So Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey understand how to sell stuff. It′s just what they are good at. They have put in the time, gathered the experience, and these days they are happy to earn some extra money revealing what it is that they do so well. I am sure that it also does wonders for the ego, but if the end result is an improved understanding on my part for how to sell effectively, then that′s all I care about. I am sure the same is true for you.

You’re probably wondering how these guys got to be experts, right?

Well, Steve Clayton has a technical background, having spent two decades in, as he describes it, “Corporate America”. But he left that life in 2003 after realizing that what he wanted to do was create his own lifestyle independent of anyone else. Well, he almost achieved his goal, but as luck would have it, he chanced to meet Tim Godfrey and the two struck up a partnership which has worked out very well for the both of them. Tim has invested a lot of time experimenting with all the many ways that affiliates can make money online, including having produced his own affiliate marketing products. He seems to be happy being the backend component of this dynamic duo, while Steve creates the videos and gets his face out in front of everyone.

Their first creation for 2009 is called the Niche Blueprint. In contrast to their first joint product, which focused on the selling of info products, this time around they are explaining how to be hugely successful at selling physical goods.

As examples of this, they have revealed that they have made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling in obscure niches such as bird cages, sewing machines, and even train horns. Train horns? You will probably be surprised to learn that people are prepared to pay up to $1000 or more to place powerful train horns on their cars. Who knows why! But if there is a market for it, and the returns are good, then it is clearly an opportunity that should peak the interest of any serious affiliate marketer.

Now, I have promoted tangible products in the past (and even presently) and I know that the commissions on these are generally very low. For instance, the top commission rate you can get selling an item through Amazon.com is about 8 percent. Steve and Tim know this too. So instead of simply earning their commissions through referred sales, they have devised a method for acquiring the goods wholesale, and then drop shipping the items through an inexpensive service. That way, they are able to set the prices of the merchandise and earn more that the standard affiliate commissions. In effect, they have become merchants.

In principle, it sounds great, but what about the storefront? How do you go about locating suppliers of the goods that you want to sell through the online store? And what about the drop shipping service (which allows you to avoid stocking any inventory)?

Well, Steve and Tim decided to set up their own drop shipping business so that they could remove the middle-man. When their members purchase the Niche Blueprint, which you can learn more about in my Niche Blueprint review, they get a free non-expiring subscription to the service.

They also get all of the software required to set up their online store, plus lots of video tutorials and PDF manuals that teach them how to do everything. Again, if it was anyone other than this pair of characters offering the product, I would likely not pay too much attention. But these guys are simply just too good at their game to ignore.

So if you think you might like to leverage their success, take a closer inspection of the Niche Blueprint. But I must warn you that Steve and Tim rarely take new clients for this product, so if you see that they have opened up their membership queue, realize that it will only be temporary. I have also decided to make it easier for people to decide to sign up for the Niche Blueprint. I am offering a substantial bonus in the form of companion software that can be used to create lead-in pages for your store. You can see the offer on my review page for the Niche Blueprint.

Stephen Carter is a web developer and internet marketer. His Niche Blueprint critique page at http://www.niche-blueprint-review-bonus.com/ is an attempt to let others know about an excellent opportunity for affiliates to turn their hand to the promotion of physical goods. There is also a sizable bonus software offered for affiliates who decide to try out the Niche Blueprint.

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