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Recently, I had a friend ask how she could get started in an online Pet Supply business and gave the question a bit of thought.

There are 2 major hurdles to selling pet supplies online if you do not have an off-line pet store. The first is "Where are you going to find a drop-shipper that will drop ship your pet products to your customers for you?"

Here are some dropshippers that work in the pet supply business:

One Source Pet Supplies - DropShip Wholesalers
Operation Pet Supply Drop Ship - Over 150,000 Products
SaleHoo PET Supply Dropship Directory
Doba Wholesale Pet Supplies Drop Ship
Shopster - Pet Products Dropship+eCommerce System
Wholesaler Hub - Wholesale Pet Supplies Dropship Directory

You can also get involved in Pet Supply Affiliate programs which allow you to get a commission on sales of pet products that other online retailers sell.

Here are popular affiliate networks

LinkConnector - including That Pet Place
LinkShare - Including Dr. Fosters and Petco
Shareasale - A ton of Pet Affiliate programs
iDevAffiliate
NetShops (PetCarriers and others)
GregRobert Affiliate / Drop Ship Program
ClixGalore
Pepperjam
AvantLink

The second hurdle is search engine marketing - "How are you going to get visitors"

Press Releases are huge in getting your name out there:

Press Releases can help your new Pet company get more exposure and ultimately more traffic.

Consider using PR Genie for your releases. Michigan PR.net offers Free Release and syndication. PRWeb is the Grand Daddy of online Press Releases and is worth the money if you want to send out a great release that gets picked up.

Of course, programs like Adwords and Yahoo PPC are a must when you get started .. so budget for marketing expense there.

Google Adwords for PPC Advertising

Others to consider:
Search 123
Enhance
MIVA
LeadConnect
Yahoo

First and foremost... get listed on www.Petazon.com (for free!)

Labels: PET SEO