Title: Product Development For E-Commerce

Hello,

As I mentioned yesterday, developing your own product is probably going to be
the most profitable option overall.

Yes, there is substantial upfront investment required to make your own
products unless you have the ability to make them yourself, but you have a
better chance of making a large profit if you make your own.

For one thing, you can’t control the quality or raw materials that go into
a product you buy, but you CAN when you make your own. This means you can 
choose the best quality materials at the lowest price in order to make your
product more profitable.

Also, you can create a product that no other shop has, which will help 
attract more buyers to your store to buy a product that no other store is
selling.

When it comes to product creation, you can either make the product yourself,
or you can outsource the creation to another company. Many people are having
their products manufactured in China or Mexico to save money, and there are
thousands of specialty companies that manufacture products based on the specs
they are given.

You can usually request a sample of the product before you place a large order,
but you will have to pay an upfront cost to get the company to set up the basic
manufacturing process in the beginning.

If you don’t speak another language, don’t worry. Most companies have English-
speaking representatives you can work with.

You can also sell handmade products. This will help you save money in the 
beginning by performing most of the labor yourself, and in many markets it is
a big bonus for buyers to purchase handmade products.

This is especially true in markets such as crafts, jewelry, decorative items, 
etc. People love to purchase handmade items.

You can always make your items by hand in the beginning, and once your store is
making good money, you can send a sample of your product to a company to use 
as a prototype for making your product, but you may lose some of those initial 
buyers who were interested in handmade items.

Tomorrow is our final email on starting your own e-commerce shop, so don’t
miss it!

Until then, 

{YOUR NAME HERE}

PS- Tomorrow is when we start talking about how to get SALES, so watch for it!