While it should have come as no surprise to me that a friend of mine was making a living online selling items as poles apart as  childrens furniture and watertanks...it did.

What startled me wasn't that you could make a living online ( I had been for 2 years ) but what was really interesting was the way that he was achieving success in two diametrically opposed markets - kids furniture and the selling of watertanks online!

I didn't even know that people purchased big ticket items like that on the net, but they sure do.

The point is that it's entirely possible to market just about anything on the net that can be sold off the net in a mainstream shop.

I sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that I must sell info products to do well.

Of course that's not at all true and some really savvy people are doing great things just by selling ordinary everyday items like a cot mattress

My friend also sells other childrens furniture such as a baby playpen and has started to become an authority site centred around products for babies and toddlers that are safe for the infant and helpful for the mum.

I would never have guessed there was a big enough market for such things on the net but when I thought about it, it made perfect sense. People want convenience almost as much as they want value.

Those same people are now time poor and they need quick solutions to their problems.

If you are one of the people who can solve their problem, then they will reward you by making you rich from your efforts.

In that respect internet marketing is no different than any other marketing method.

 The one thing that you must provide above all though is speed and convenience because that's why they use the net. They aren't necessarily wanting to be engaged or educated so much as given a fast food style of service...quick and easy. They expect things on your website to be easy to find ...and easy to buy.

It doesn't mean that you can't do a pitch to your customer or sell them something on the backend but you just have to make sure that first and foremost you give them what they want most of all ..and that is a CONVENIENT solution to their particular problem.