What are the advantages and disadvantages between drop shipping and affiliate programs?

The main difference is customers. Do you want to deal with them? Option 1: Affiliate You don't have to worry about any problems related to customers. You keep the commission, and all you have to worry about is how to spend it. Since, not dealing with customers frees up a lot of time, you could later find another market for other affiliate products/services. Option 2: Drop Shipping If there's a problem with the product, you are the one they are going to call. That's a drawback, that could seriously take up a lot of your time. But, here's a great advantage to Drop Shipping. You get the customer base. You get a list (if you are smart enough to assemble it) of prospects and customers. This is a list of people with a common interest and you could easily contact them later View the rest of this article