| Everyday more and more people are making a | | | | information products you sell. |
| living out of selling information products on | | | | |
| eBay. They set up an automated information | | | | Why automated? Setting up an autoresponder |
| products business, because it does not | | | | system allows you to have the sale completed |
| require much time nor money and it can bring | | | | without you having to "be" there. Once the |
| great returns. | | | | payment received confirmation email comes |
| | | | into your email address, with the |
| What is an information product? As its name | | | | autoresponder system the customer immediatley |
| indicates, is a product full of information, | | | | gets their email with the downloadable ebook. |
| which is normally sold as an ebook. This | | | | |
| information can be about anything (although | | | | This is obviously very convenient for the |
| you obviously want to sell an ebook in which | | | | customer and for you. They obtain instant |
| people will be interested), from how to sell | | | | gratification, it works like in a shop: they |
| your used car to magic tricks; the scope is | | | | pay, and they get what they want immediately. |
| inmense. | | | | You can be spending your time in any other |
| | | | thing in that time, as you know that they |
| Browse on eBay by searching for "ebook" and | | | | will get their product thanks to the |
| ticking "search in both item title and | | | | autoresponder. In the listing, tell the |
| description". You will see what is being sold | | | | customers to send you an email if they have |
| at the moment: ebooks about UFO phenomena, | | | | problems downloading the ebook. The only |
| how to get traffic to your website, how to | | | | thing that you need to do after the sale is |
| read music, body-building, even the Bible. | | | | check your email for possible enquiries. Not |
| | | | much of your time. |
| You can choose to do a bit of research on a | | | | |
| topic that people would be interested in and | | | | Creating (or finding) and selling information |
| put together an ebook, or you can sell public | | | | products is a very good investment. And I say |
| domain information, like the Grimm brothers | | | | investment because you spend your time and |
| fairy tales, Kafka's works, or Poe's poems. | | | | effort once putting down all that information |
| | | | you have researched, or the public domain |
| Why information products? What is the added | | | | content you have found. Then you do not need |
| value on selling information products? It has | | | | to do any other thing than listing the item |
| many advantages both for you and for your | | | | over and over again, being that part of your |
| customers. It avoids the three "S": stocking, | | | | catalogue of items to sell. |
| selling, and shipping. You do not need to | | | | |
| spend anything on production nor in shipping | | | | The little amount of time and money required |
| costs. Pretty much all you need is a computer | | | | is making many eBayers set up eBay shops and |
| and conexion to the Internet. You do not need | | | | gain an income out if. It can be developed |
| to do much selling, other than writing your | | | | part-time, at your convenience, it does not |
| listing: you put it on eBay and the customers | | | | depend on timetables and you are the boss. |
| buy it without you having to say anything. It | | | | Why not start selling information products on |
| is advisable to keep account of the | | | | eBay today? |