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12-17-2014 10:02 PM #1 bogeyguy (Member)
HELP! What's the best way to sell an ebook? :confused::confused:

So, I'm finally stepping into the real of running my own offers!

I've created an ebook that I'd like to sell. I know how to handle the landing page build and all of the traffic, but I'm a little iffy on what to do with all the backend stuff. I'm curious how you guys would handle everything.

I think doing amazon and/or apple is a bad idea. They take like 30% of the sale or something crazy like that and they get all the emails. They do however, do all the processing, etc.

What is the best alternative to Amazon and Apple?

Should I be doing this entirely on my own and setting up my own processing and hosting the download? That seems a little tricky.

Is there a good alternative? Clickbank?

Thanks in advance for all the advice!

12-17-2014 10:14 PM #2 megatron (Member)

Bodeyguy, if you don't want to to pay a 30% commission. What type of commission are you looking to pay for people to advertise it for you?

Sorry this doesn't answer your question but I am curious?

12-17-2014 10:16 PM #3 Finch (Moderator)

Is it a mass-market ebook? What is the price point?

There are obvious advantages to being listed on Amazon if you are targeting mass-markets at retail prices.

If not,

E-Junkie is decent for very basic distribution, and it only costs $5/month:
http://www.e-junkie.com/

I use Volusion to handle my ebook shipping and processing. It costs around £30/month.

Pretty decent software, but bloated if you are only selling a single ebook.

12-17-2014 10:25 PM #4 bogeyguy (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by megatron View Post
Bodeyguy, if you don't want to to pay a 30% commission. What type of commission are you looking to pay for people to advertise it for you?

Sorry this doesn't answer your question but I am curious?
I am going to advertise it myself. I am fluent in affiliate marketing.

If the product is successful, I will create my own affiliate program for it and decide the commission based on a number of relevant factors that I do not yet know

12-17-2014 10:50 PM #5 bogeyguy (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by Finch View Post
Is it a mass-market ebook? What is the price point?

There are obvious advantages to being listed on Amazon if you are targeting mass-markets at retail prices.

If not,

E-Junkie is decent for very basic distribution, and it only costs $5/month:
http://www.e-junkie.com/

I use Volusion to handle my ebook shipping and processing. It costs around £30/month.

Pretty decent software, but bloated if you are only selling a single ebook.
Thanks for all the advice

This is not a mass market ebook. It is niche and targeted towards people looking to make money in real estate. I am not sure how much I will sell it for yet, but probably $30-$99 depending on how testing goes

12-26-2014 12:28 AM #6 bleukats (Member)

My experience in selling an e-book is to create a dedicated website for it, with a splash page & offer page.

Splash page - get them to subscribe with email and name, in exchange for a free short sample of your e-book. Once they do that, they will be brought to the....
Offer page - get them to purchase the main e-book (you may have to do some copywriting here). Even if they don't, do some email marketing with their subscribed emails & they may buy it once they have read how good your free sample e-book is.

Hope it helps

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