Hi Dave,
I started the online business like everyone else with an inventory, drop shipping and overhead. I then played the power selling game on eBay until moving into the world of affiliate marketing or plainly commission sales. I receive a commission for selling the bridal supplies on this site, the only product I buy and resell is swimwear. I do not have an inventory, handle transactions or returns, or drop ship anything sold on theses affiliate sites. Some of my affiliate based sites are in PHP with cloaked affiliate ID codes others are tabled html with direct links to the websites. Commissions are generated on the product linked from my site as well as any add on sales that occur. Unlimited URL hosting is cheap and affiliate programs are free; the only real cost is advertising which is twenty percent monthly net profit. You can't go wrong unless you buy into some Internet selling scam like you hear on the radio. Hope that made it a little less confusing, thank you for viewing the site anyway.