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If you have thought about the possibility of creating your own online storefront which ships physical goods, but have been put off by the prospect of having to deal with inventory, then the method devised by super affiliates Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey may provide just the opportunity you have been waiting for.

Let me say at the outset 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 not be interested in listening to their proposition.

However, this pair happen to be amazing internet marketers, as you'll see in just a moment.

Steve and Tim achieved fame with their 2008 product, called Commission Blueprint, in which they revealed their enormously successful affiliate marketing strategies for moving ClickBank products through pay per click advertising.

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

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, gathered the experience, and these days they are happy to earn some additional 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 for me as to how to sell effectively, then that's all I care about. I am sure this is also true for you.

But who are these guys really?

Well, Steve Clayton has a technical background, having labored for 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 build his own lifestyle free from anyone else. Well, he almost did that, but as fortune 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 invested a lot of time experimenting with all the many ways that affiliates can earn money online, including having produced his own affiliate marketing products. He seems to be happy being the backend portion 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 focused on the selling of info products, this time around they are explaining how to be hugely successful at selling physical products.

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 almost certainly be shocked to discover that people are prepared to pay up to $1000 or more to put powerful train horns on their automobiles. Who knows why! But if there is a market for it, and the profit potential is 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 commission rates on these are usually very low. For instance, the best commission rate you can get selling an item through Amazon.com is about 8 percent. Steve and Tim understand this. So instead of simply making 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 are able to set the prices of the products 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 finding suppliers of the goods that you want to sell through the online store? And what about the drop shipping end of it (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 eliminate 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 needed to implement their online store, plus loads of video tutorials and PDF manuals that teach them 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 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 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 sizable bonus in the form of companion software that can be used to produce lead-in pages for your store. You can see my 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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