Lead Generation Question

[scottaj74]

Hi Guys and Gals,

First off, I want to thank everyone for sharing his or her knowledge, experience and opinions here. This forum and its’ members are a great resource and place for those looking to break out of the traditional income methods.

I have several ideas for some website business models, but I’m trying to better understand lead generation, how it works exactly and how to implement it into my business ideas.

For example, let’s say I operate a website that sells widgets. I don’t sell the widgets myself but rather I sell them for people listing them on my “www.widgetsforsale.com†website.

In a lead generation model, would I be best to start with taking inquiries for widgets, calling my widget suppliers finding out the price and then getting back to the customer with a price. Out of each sale I would then take a commission of 8-10%. This seems slow and with lots of running around and phone calls, but it does provide a personal level of customer service for the both the prospective customer and the supplier.

Or….would it be better to figure out prices beforehand, list them on the website and have a fully automated process? When a sale goes through the computer system would automatically take my cut of the sale (again 8-10%) and deposit it in the bank. No as “hands on†with clients, but faster and easier(?) for everyone involved.

To give you more background. I live in an area where skiers come from around the globe to ski. More often than not, they end up renting a car or take the one and only exclusive bus service back and forth to the airports. There is the option of taking the Greyhound as well (aka "loser cruiser"). The airports are roughly 3 and 6 hours away. I was thinking about starting my own bus service that would start at one airport and then drive through to the different resorts dropping and picking up skiers/boarders. The bus would then continue to the other airport and then head back again. The bus could probably do the trip twice daily. Then I thought it might be good to offer an online booking company - much like MJ's limo.com, but more suited to bus lines and van service for this area. I work in the tourism industry and I'm always getting asked about transportation in the area. Seems like an opportunity for someone to snatch.

Now that I write and think this out, maybe it would be best to try both models and see what converts better. My horns are very green with this model so any ideas or feedback are appreciated. - not green, but it has horns.......

 

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[The-J]

O'n fuoph vji mief hipisevoup nufim et ximm. (Nz dav xomm ci nadj, nadj tnemmis vjep 8%)

Cav vjev't puv mief hipisevoup. Mief hipisevoup ot xjisi zua sigis temit mieft vu e dunqepz epf djeshi qis raemogzoph mief. Gus iyenqmi, O duamf tvesv e Xic tiswodi vjev fimowist qsodi rauvit gus mepftdeqoph dunqepoit op e howip duapvsz. O veli vji mief't opgusnevoup epf tipf ov ugg vu e dunqepz, xju xomm vjip qsuwofi vji qsodi rauvi. Vjev ot mief hipisevoup.

Xjev zua'si muuloph ev gus vji xofhivt ofie ot vji eggomoevi nufim, xjisi zua fu vji timmoph epf zua veli e dunnottoup gus iedj temi zua neli.

Cuvj nufimt dep ci eqqmoif vu qsivvz nadj epzvjoph, og zua dep gopf e piif gus vjios ati.

 

[scottaj74]

Vjeplt "Vji-K". O'n katv vszoph vu hiv e civvis apfistvepfoph ug jux vjot xuslt.

Jux fu zua qsuvidv zuastimg gsun jewoph vji dunqepz veloph zuas mief(t) epf sappoph. Og vji dunqepz uggisoph vji qsufadv/tiswodi ot vjip op dupvedv xovj zuas mief, xjev't vu tvuq vjin gsun tezoph vji fofp'v neli e temi (xjip vjiz fof)? Ot vjisi e dupvsedv op qmedi vjev tvoqamevit uvjisxoti?

O'f moli vu vjopl vjev qiuqmi esi hipisemmz jupitv, cav.......quuq jeqqipt.

 

[H. Palmer]

Vjeplt "Vji-K". O'n katv vszoph vu hiv e civvis apfistvepfoph ug jux vjot xuslt.

Jux fu zua qsuvidv zuastimg gsun jewoph vji dunqepz veloph zuas mief(t) epf sappoph. Og vji dunqepz uggisoph vji qsufadv/tiswodi ot vjip op dupvedv xovj zuas mief, xjev't vu tvuq vjin gsun tezoph vji fofp'v neli e temi (xjip vjiz fof)? Ot vjisi e dupvsedv op qmedi vjev tvoqamevit uvjisxoti?

O'f moli vu vjopl vjev qiuqmi esi hipisemmz jupitv, cav.......quuq jeqqipt.

Vji ecuwi qsucmin dep ci ewuofif og vji mief hipisevus - zua - fuit vji temi epf fu vji djeshoph ev vji teni voni.
Zua veli zuas gii epf vjip vseptgis vji sitv ug vji nupiz vu vji dunqepz vjev uggist vji tiswodi.

Ug duasti vjot siraosit qsi-temi pihuvoevoup xovj vji tiswodi qsuwofis. Epf vjot dep upmz ci fupi xovj tvepfesfobif tiswodit.
Cav cat us wep vseptqusv tiswodit tjuamf gummux vjev siraosinipv, O haitt.