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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 deal with inventory, then the strategy devised by super affiliates Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey may be just the opportunity you have been seeking.

Let me say straight up that if anyone besides than Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey were trying to get my attention with promises of niche domination using what sounds like eBay-seller type storefronts, I'd be very unlikely to listen to their proposition.

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

Steve and Tim are better known for their 2008 product, known as Commission Blueprint, in which they detailed their highly successful affiliate marketing strategies for selling ClickBank products through pay per click advertising.

In fact, one of their campaigns consistently earned around $100,000 per month in commissions, with an ad spend that amounted to perhaps a quarter of that. If that sounds remarkable, it should. Especially as they were able to do so selling scores of non-internet marketing related products, like acne therapies, and schemes to run your car on water (apparently people will buy this kind of nonsense!).

So Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey understand what it takes to sell stuff. It's just what they are good at. They have put in the time, learned from their experience, and these days they are happy to earn some additional money explaining 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 a better understanding for me as to how to sell efficiently, 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 labored for about 20 years in, as he describes it, "Corporate America". But he left that life in 2003 after realizing that what he wanted to do was build his own lifestyle free from anyone else. Well, he almost achieved his goal, but as luck would have it, he met Tim Godfrey and the pair struck up a partnership which has worked out very well for the both of them. Tim has spent a lot of time experimenting with all the myriad ways that affiliates can earn money online, including having produced his own affiliate marketing products. He seems to be content being the backend component of this dynamic duo, while Steve appears in 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 concentrated on how to sell digital goods, this time around they are explaining how to be hugely successful at selling physical goods.

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

Now, I have promoted physical products in the past (and even presently) and I know that the commissions on these are usually very low. For instance, the best commission rate you can get selling a product through Amazon.com is about 8 percent. Steve and Tim understand this. So instead of just earning their commissions through referred sales, they have devised a scheme for procuring the goods wholesale, and then drop shipping the products through an inexpensive service. That way, they can set the prices of the merchandise and earn more that the standard affiliate commissions. In effect, they have become merchants.

In principle, it sounds viable, but what about the storefront? How do you go about finding providers of the products that you want to sell through the online store? And what about the drop shipping service (which allows you to bypass stocking any inventory)?

Well, Steve and Tim decided to set up their own drop shipping business so that they could eliminate the middle-man. When their members buy 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 needed to implement their online store, plus lots of video tutorials and PDF manuals that explain how to do everything. Again, if it was anyone other than this pair of marketers offering the product, I would probably not pay too much attention. But these guys are simply just too successful to ignore.

So if you think you might want to leverage their success, have a closer look at the Niche Blueprint. But I must warn you that Steve and Tim rarely open the doors to 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 potential clients to decide to sign up for the Niche Blueprint. I am offering a substantial bonus in the form of companion software which can be used to produce 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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