1p ebooks - what is the point?

During my voyage of discovery through the World of eBay ebook sales I came across many 1p ebooks for sale. Most of them selling an ebook about how to sell ebooks for 1p.

This did sound pointless to me, with my little knowledge of eBay selling even I knew that eBay charged at least 15p to advertise anything, so what is the point in selling 1p ebooks?

• POSITIVE FEEDBACK = TRUST + FUNCTIONALITY
  
• INCREASED SALES = POWERSELLER
  
• MORE WEBSITE TRAFFIC = SELL MORE (incl. PPC ADS)
  
• MORE CUSTOMERS = BIGGER DATABASE TO RESELL TO

eBay is based around the trust of those buying and selling that the other party is a responsible member and they will go through with the transaction. The higher the feedback score the more confidence a purchaser has in the seller and visa versa.

You may think that selling 1p ebooks as a way of increasing feedback score is dishonest, and I fully understand that view point.

There is another reason for improving your feedback score. You may not be aware, that eBay restricts certain functionability to those with certain levels of feedback. i.e. to sell an item "buy it now" you need at least a score of 10.

I still sell 1p ebooks after two months of business, I don't need the feedback so much, but sales (of any kind) are great for improving you standing with eBay, in particular the Power Seller scheme. I also use 1p ebooks to cross promote my other items for sale and because purchasers are directed to my site to download these books there is an opportunity to resell on the site (direct sales and pay per click advertising).

I won't go into detail here about how the mechanics of selling 1p ebooks works (by the way is costs less than a penny per sale over all, the more you sell the less it costs) but I have made it available for free on my website, follow this link for your free download.

Thats all for now folks!

Check back soon for more updates and advice based on my experience.

Next - first eBay sales, what, when and how to sell.

James

www.infoebookstore.co.uk

First Steps -

I had never heard of an ebook, you may be surprised how many people haven't heard of ebooks!

I was sent an invitation to receive a free ebook on the subject of Customer Relationship Management by Roy Gough, a fellow member of the www.bmw7resource.co.uk/index.php a BMW 7 series forum. Roy is an expert in the field of CRM and can be found at www.roygough.co.uk.

The idea of electronic books in PDF or exe format had not crossed my mind, but my natural curiosity took over and I started to search for ebooks. WOW it's a phenomenon, I can't believe I have not read, let alone written an ebook! Everyone has been at it for ages!

Upon further investigation I found eBay listings were appearing high in search results. People are selling ebooks, people are writing ebooks and selling them, people are telling other people about ebooks and getting commissions (affiliates).

PEOPLE ARE SELLING EBOOKS ABOUT HOW TO SELL EBOOKS!! Sounds dodgy doesn't it. I am naturally sceptical, so when I bought the ebook about how to sell ebooks I was shocked! Something seemed to make sense, the investment was low and there was a money back guarantee, therefore the risk was low.

I bought the ebook, PowerSeller Ebook eBay Biz from Tina at infotech. She had great feedback and was offering the full guide including the top selling ebooks to get me started, see below....

Tina also offers an unrivalled aftersales support via her forum, again giving me confidence that this wasn't a fly by night cowboy selling a rubbish "get rich quick" scheme.

I will explain how I used this ebook to start an eBay business selling ebooks which has seen ME become a PowerSeller in just 48 days and sell over 1000 ebooks. AND MAKE A DECENT PROFIT AT THE SAME TIME......

until the next time

James
www.infoebookstore.co.uk

Introduction

Saturday 12th August 2006 was the day I took the plunge and bought a new "ebook" on eBay about how to sell ebooks on eBay! Sounds like a pyramid doesn't it, but not at all. The book I bought was entitled "Powerseller eBay eBook Biz" written by tina from infotech.

This was the start of a new ebook sales business for me which has seen me becoming an eBay Powerseller in just 48 days and selling over 1000 ebooks via eBay and my website www.infoebookstore.co.uk.

I will share with you some of the highs and lows of this high volume, low margin business which for me has given me a profit within a month and a nice bonus cash injection just before Christmas.

I also intend to share the insight I have gained into many other ways of making an additional income on the internet, from Google Adsense to Tradedoubler to Affiliate Marketing (Clickbank, Commission Junction etc) to Article Marketing Strategies.

Thats all for now folks, bookmark this blog and check back for updates.

All the best.

James

www.infoebookstore.co.uk