Understanding Demand in Choosing the Perfect Product to Market

In traditional economic sense, demand is the customer's desire to purchase or own the product and have the ability to pay for it at any given period of time. There are three aspects to consider for any marketer to succeed. Demand, wants and needs.

Need refers to those essential; something we all need to have; inescapable; often not on our control. Wants are those that we don't really need at the moment but would be nice to have. Often wants fall into that category because it's not something we can afford at the moment and there is a corresponding need to fulfill first. Demand are wants that we choose to satisfy. There is demand when we already have the ability to pay for that want. Simply put, drinking soda has three aspects. Our body needs water but we want to drink soda at the moment. If we don't have money to pay for the soda at the moment, we can just drink water from the faucet. But, if we have the money to pay for it now, then we make a demand for it. So, our want to drink soda is satisfied by making a demand for it.

Demand is often measured as an amount per unit of time. For example, you eat apple everyday. Your demand is one apple per day or 30 apples per month or 365 apples per year. This measured demand will help enable the marketers to determine whether the quantity demanded of a product or service is big or small.

There are two kinds of demand; the prolonged one and the immediate one. A successful marketer aims for a mix of both demands with special emphasis on the prolonged one. A small but prolonged demand is better than a larger but immediate demand because it is something that can run through time and can be sustained. But, a large and immediate demand, though it works as here today and gone tomorrow, is also great for big, instant revenues. In essence, it would be like selling farm equipments and planting crops at the same time. Farming is a long term business, with sustainable income all season long from the crops. Farm equipment sales do not happen everyday but once you make a sale, it's like hitting a jackpot at one time.

In affiliate marketing, choosing for the perfect product is an exciting feat. Do not just choose for something with high demand, although it may sound like it's everything we should look for. In reality, demand is not everything. Since our ultimate goal is gain or profit, an affiliate marketer should also look at the commission rate. For example, a product with 1000 demand but gives only 1% commission rate is less profitable than selling a product with only 100 demands but yields 30% commission. After all, in marketing the product, we all spend the same amount of time and effort.

Also, don't only choose the "hot items" just because they are in demand but choose the ones that interest you. If you have a product in mind that you would want to market, search for it online and check if it is high in demand and the number of competitors (supply). Then, start looking for companies that offer it for a commission and choose the one with higher commission rate.

So, in choosing the perfect product, these are the factors to consider. Check for the demand of the product that interests you; Evaluate whether there are companies who offer a decent commission rate for it; and if it's a product that can offer sustainable income or just a one time jackpot.


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