Many online businesses never get off ground because they do not have a good product to sell. Many people have planned and dreamt of working at home or earn few extra dollars to augment their income by working or making money online. The problem is that they don't have anything to offer or sell.
There is really no need to have a product to offer but still make money online, the best way is to sell other peoples products, this is called affiliate marketing.
In affiliate marketing, you can make money online by featuring in your website the products of other websites and sell them for a commission. Your sole concentration is on how to create a huge traffic flow to your ecommerce business.
Each product you sell will provide you with a sales commission, so the greater number of traffic flow will result to a higher rate of buyers which sums up to more sales.
Choose wisely the products and the affiliate-marketing partner you choose. You need to have a partner that has products you yourself believe in to effectively sell them. In addition, their products must have the same niche as your product. You will come out to be more credible if you have a fishing website and sell fishing products, rather than selling make up for example.
Some people sell information. You don't need to have a product in this as well. If you know a whole lot about something, you can offer your expertise for a certain fee. Post them in your site and put them in an area where members only can view. The fee can come in the form of the membership fee.