| Ebooks are not the way to make money on eBay, | | | | There is yet another way to create lists using eBay |
| as glutted as the eBay market is with them. But, | | | | itself. If you don't have a newsletter autoresponder |
| there is still money to be made with them if you | | | | already set up, you can actually send newsletter |
| know how to work the system. Selling an ebook on | | | | through the site. The site now has its own |
| the site subjects you to intense competition, many | | | | newsletter system that can be subscribed to by any |
| times by people selling the exact same product for a | | | | of your customers, making the whole venture |
| dollar or less. There are also those who sell them | | | | impossibly easy. |
| even cheaper, losing money on each transaction | | | | If you are really creative, you might even come up |
| through eBay and PayPal fees. But there is a hidden | | | | with two newsletters, and get buyers to subscibe to |
| profit potential behind those .01 ebooks. | | | | both- one through your own ezine or newsletter, and |
| The cheap ebooks people sell on eBay are often sold | | | | one through the eBay system. If both newsletters |
| with resale rights. This means that you can always | | | | have complementary information, both newsletters |
| find plenty of inexpensive ebooks to sell, but it also | | | | will be of interest to buyers and both will have |
| means there are hundreds of people already selling it. | | | | subscribers. This keeps your products and information |
| But by utilizing the sales in another way, a workable | | | | firmly in the mind of the buyers, likely leading to |
| list can be built in order to generate sales for the real | | | | future sales down the road. |
| items you are selling. | | | | So, think of eBay as simply the first step on the road |
| Buyers on eBay these days are looking for incredibly | | | | to ecommerce, instead of the end result. Hook them |
| cheap ebooks. So to get the customers you need, | | | | there, and then release them into your own site, |
| your books will have to be priced similarly. By having | | | | where the real profit potential is much higher. If you |
| a low price, you will get more customers, making | | | | have a content site set up (and if you don't- get |
| your list grow quickly. Once the sale is made, you can | | | | one), the newsletter can direct them to your site to |
| talk the customer into subscribing to your newsletter | | | | read the new information you will post each week or |
| or other targeted marketing that you have available. | | | | month. This drives up your site's page views, leading |
| One way to convince buyers to join is to offer them | | | | to increased AdSense dollars, as well as having the |
| more ebooks for free. With that carrot dangling | | | | items you are selling right there for the buyer to look |
| above them, buyers will jump to join your list. It's a | | | | at. It may hurt to sell something for less than the |
| great deal for them- free ebooks. It's a great deal | | | | transaction costs, but you'll be feeling a lot better |
| for you- a cheap customer list. And with a list in | | | | when those affiliate checks start arriving. |
| hand, the door opens for countless other ventures. | | | | |