| eBay banned digital downloads to stop people from | | | | ebooks on the same theme (check the resell right to |
| selling ebooks for 1 cent just to get Feedback. But the | | | | ensure you are allowed to do that). Call it a complete |
| fools are back! Now people sell ebooks on CD to | | | | package or call the other titles free bonuses - offer |
| comply with eBay rules. CDs have a higher perceived | | | | more than your competitors. |
| value than digital downloads but this has been | | | | You could offer it at a higher, more realistic price and |
| undermined somewhat by the amateurs selling CDs | | | | hope the 'extras' pull in the orders. Or you could offer |
| for a little over cost price. | | | | the package at cost price like the amateurs but with |
| You may have purchased a new ebook package with | | | | an upsell. |
| resell rights and decided to offer one or more of the | | | | Don't just put the ebook/s on to the CD but create a |
| ebooks on eBay. You check to see if anyone else is | | | | sales letter for something else and put that on the disc |
| selling the same titles and you will no doubt find that | | | | as well in the form of a file. If someone is prepared to |
| there are but for peanuts. | | | | pay for your information product, then they are likely to |
| When you look at the selling price then deduct the | | | | buy more. Give the file a compelling name to make |
| cost of blank CD, packaging, postage, eBay final fee, | | | | people want to open it. |
| Paypal fee and not forgetting time taken, the seller is | | | | If you have a web site, you could put details of it in the |
| left with virtually nothing. Anyone can work for nothing! | | | | file and include a link to it. If you don't have a web site |
| By the time they have burned CDs, packaged them | | | | or product of your own, find an affiliate product to |
| and and made a trip to the mail box, they will be lucky | | | | promote. Write a sales letter extolling the virtues of |
| if they are working for a dollar an hour. | | | | your affiliate product or use extracts from the affiliate |
| I buy ebooks quite regularly from eBay and am | | | | pitch page and add your affiliate link at the end. You |
| amazed that there is no back-end sale follow up. The | | | | can add links using Microsoft Word or similar editor. It |
| CD arrives, usually with the ebook title scrawled on | | | | would be a good idea to convert your sales letter to a |
| with marker pen and nothing else. A great opportunity | | | | pdf file so that it is accessible to all. Free pdf program |
| missed! How can you compete with the brainless few | | | | are available online, I use Primo. |
| who degrade the value of perfectly good ebooks? | | | | And, set yourself apart from the amateurs - print |
| The obvious answer would be to produce and | | | | labels for your CDs. Labels don't cost much, you can |
| promote your own information products but that option | | | | get them from eBay. The labels don't need to be |
| isn't for everyone and similar products at rock bottom | | | | fancy, just ebook title and maybe a URL to your |
| price could take away a lot of your sales. However, | | | | website or blog or whatever. A printed label inspires |
| this is a good route to follow if you have info that | | | | more confidence than one scrawled in marker pen - |
| people need but no-one else is offering. | | | | doesn't it! So, you can still make money from ebooks |
| There are other ways to profit from ebooks on eBay. | | | | on eBay even though the fools are back, you just |
| If you have a title that you want to sell but others are | | | | need to be a bit creative. |
| selling it for peanuts, you could put together several | | | | |