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Ebay Bans Sale of Digital Goods

March 26th, 2008eBay No Comments

Effective March 31, 2008 Ebay has effectively banned the listing of digitally delivered goods. There will be no listings for digitally delivered auctions, buy-it-nows, or eBay store listings.

They do still allow listing digitally delivered goods via their classified ads format, but this is a way to sweep digital sales under the rug, as classified ads provide no feedback to buyer or seller. Any sale takes place outside the eBay framework. Ebay classified ads also are prohibitively expensive, starting at $9.95 for a 30 day listing.

You can read about the new eBay policy here.

What does this mean for sellers of digitally delivered products?

They will have to sell a physical product such as cd or dvd.
They will have to mail the product to the customer.
Automated delivery will not be possible.
The ability to use cheap ebooks as lead generators is all but over.

Users of Kunaki and other cd/dvd printing services can of course ship via the automated procedures at their service. More on this later.

Lesson:

Never count on one online method for all your sales and traffic. For digital product sellers, eBay has just shown us why.

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Ebay Cash Flow Site for Hard to Monetize Niches

March 9th, 2008Affiliate Marketing, eBay No Comments

There are some niche markets where a lot of money is spent that are not really easy to monetize. Collectibles are an example of this. They are physical products that few people have but that many people want.

So how are you gonna monetize a niche like collectibles? Well, a lot of them are sold at eBay. And eBay has an affiliate program that is wide open at Commission Junction. So why not make a niche site with affiliate links pointing in to eBay?

The eBay Cash Flow Site is designed to do just that. Of course there are other ways to monetize your site. And you could fiddle around with eBay links and do it manually. But then you’d have to update your links all the time.

Ebay pays a slew of money out to its affiliates. Why not get a piece of that bigger and bigger pie? The Ebay Cash Flow Site makes sure your links point to current items, so that you have the best chance to monetize your “hard to monetize” niche.

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91 Common Everyday Items That Bring High Profits on eBay

December 23rd, 2007eBay No Comments

I got my start selling online at eBay, way back in the Internet Dark Ages ( the late 1990s.) Back then it was so new you could sell most anything and make money on eBay.

I had a great time and learned a lot at eBay, but for many reasons, I moved on. One of the reasons that I quit selling on ebay was that there were so many copycats there, that I had to keep reinventing what I was selling every two or three months to stay ahead of them.

At the end of my eBay selling I was selling original technical manuals for electronic equipment. They were copyrighted by the original manufacturer, but that didn’t keep other eBayers from buying my original manuals, photocopying or scanning them, and then selling the pdfs or the photocopies way cheaper than my originals would bring.

The way to avoid this on eBay is to sell a physical product that is in short supply and high demand. eBay started as a collectibles market, and is still the best place to sell them.

But what if you don’t have a clue about what will sell and what won’t? Scott Foster has come to your rescue with this free ebook that lists 91 Common Everyday Items that bring
good money on eBay.

You might have some of these items laying around the house. I know you’ll see them at garage and yard sales, even flea markets. Get a copy while it is free!

http://tinyurl.com/3yu2c5

Scott Foster’s 91 Common Everyday Items That Bring High Profits on eBay.

Ebay Bans Sale of Digital Goods

Ebay Cash Flow Site for Hard to Monetize Niches

91 Common Everyday Items That Bring High Profits on eBay

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