Archive for the ‘eBay’ Category
Friday, March 28th, 2008 |
The “Want It Now” Section on eBay is a great section to find and research new niche ideas and great for finding out what eBayers want to buy.
The “Want It Now” section can be found here.
The Want It Now section is a section designed for ebayers that want a product but they cannot already find the item on eBay.
Select a catergory and find keywords that have high demand and low competition.
The want it now section updates itself daily so there is always plenty of data to look at.
Go and have a look and get brainstorming… Want It Now
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Friday, March 28th, 2008 |
Have you heard the term “Sniper” before.??
If not this is a little peice of software that will jump in and place a bid within the last few seconds of an ending eBay Auction.
Have you ever watched an item you really want and waited for the last few minutes thinking you’re the winning bidder then - ”Bang” You loose the bid.. You’ve more than likely just been Snipered..
I use a great free tool over at Goofbay.com
Go check it out and win those Auctions!!
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008 |
Now if you’ve been living under a rock for the last few days you may not be aware that eBay is stopping all Digital Product downloads from the 31st March 2008.
News Update..
It has been made Official…!!!
Digital Products can still be sent out as Physical Products.
eBay Radio revealed the other day that Digital Products can still be sent out as physical products so it’s not all Doom and Gloom.
Now some of you might be ready to quit using eBay as part of the automation has gone away, but don’t despair this may improve things and add more value to your products again..!!
Just have a think about this for a moment -
(Q.) What do these products all have in common - Butterfly Marketing, Product Launch Formula and The 7 Figure Code..??
(A.) These were all physical products and had massive massive launches.
There is a market for physical products and these types of products are percieved as better value.
Now what’s stopping us from offering a Digital Affiliate Product on the Thank-You Page while the buyer waits for their Physical Product.
You will still be able to build your lists and market to them.
The list is endless and that’s not including still being able to market using the About Me and eBay Classifieds..
I think some of us will be digging out the old Snail Mail Marketing Manuals out…!!!!
Watch This Space..
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 |
eBay has just dropped a huge Bomb Shell and as of the 31st March 2008 Digital Products aren’t allowed to show up outside of the Classifieds..!!
“Effective March 31 all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically must be listed using the Classified Ads format”
This new rule will effect a lot of eBay Marketers and possibly put some out of business.
Go and have a look at all the Activity going on
Official eBay Policy Change
Warrior Forum
eBay Discussion Boards
Now you’ve got to see the positive side from all of this. What sets you apart from all the other Marketers is the ability to adapt and change.
The Classified Section can be used very effectively to generate leads. We’re just going to have to learn to adapt.
What we all need to do is wait and see what happens!!
Watch this space…!!
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 |
Very few people take advantage of this technique but it can be very effective if used correctly.
Now I’m referring to Physical Products here so don’t get mixed up with other methods Non Physical.
Now -
Imagine selling a DJ Mixer and when the Auction closes you send the buyer a email stating that the product will be shipped today.
Within the email The last paragraph of the email says, “Would you be interested in my ebook, How To Mix like a Professional? You can read about it by Clicking Here.”
The “Clicking Here” would be a hyperlink to your Web Page or eBay Store where you display sales copy about the ebook.
You could quite easily get an ebook like this put together by a professional by visiting a Niche Forum. You would find someone that posts a lot and seems to be a expert within the area. You could then ask them if they would be interested in writing an article for you. Offer them publicity and a link to their products and sites. Outside of the make money Niche people are more likely to do this for free for you.
You can always research the subject yourself and write a ten page ebook in no time what so ever. Make sure you offer plenty of value and good content.
You don’t want to damage your reputation.
If you are in the business of selling many of the same physical products then you could pay an expert to put together a article for you.
Hunt these experts down using Forums. You could get a article put togther for $50. Add your own spin and off you go.
You don’t have to stick with ebooks. You could offer online video, membership sites, etc. You could use Affiliate products also.
You can also charge what you want and I would recommend testing the price range.
Now go off and add this method to your Marketing Arsensal..!!
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Monday, March 24th, 2008 |
People build websites and then try and get traffic to swarm to their site. This can sometimes be a difficult task if you don’t have any experience generating traffic. You then have the issue of the traffic being targeted or just plain traffic.
Now wouldn’t it be easier to go to where the traffic already is.
Places like Forums, Myspace, YouTube, Article Directories, etc.
In this instance we are going to use eBay.
FACT - eBay has over 40,000 sign ups daily and it is forever growing.
The traffic over at eBay is just waiting to be harnessed and used to its full potential. (eBayers normally have their Credit Card in Hand and are Hot to buy something that matches their query)
There is over 42 Million members and this grows daily. There are over 1.5 Billion page views a month…!!
This has obviously got to be harnessed.. How I hear you say.???
Use the About Me page, Classified Adds, etc.
Make sure you have a backend sales funnel set up.
It would be really silly not to use eBay as a traffic source and a lot of Internet Marketers stay away from eBay.
Now go out there and harness the traffic.
Go to the source of the Traffic.
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 |
There are hundreds if not thousands of ebooks being sold on eBay every day and the majority of them sell for next to nothing. Most of the sellers have to sell hundreds of them to make a profit on the front end. Yes, the front end.
Many of these ebook sellers only work on the front end and leave money on the table. There is a back end business model that only a few smart eBay Marketers are using.
The way to make money on eBay selling ebooks is to create a sales funnel on the backend and use your low priced ebooks as a front end entry.
How do you do this I hear. Simple - You sell low priced ebooks through eBay and then using the thankyou/download page you upsell a premium product.
There are a few different ways you can do this but if you are just starting out you could follow these steps -
1. Find a product on Clickbank that has a good sales letter. Does the product get you interested. If you want to buy after reading then this usually means the sales page will convert well. Get your friends to read the page and see if they get interested in what is being offered.
Does the product pay a decent commission..?
Buy the product yourself and have a look at it.
Does it do what it said on the tin..!!!!!!
Are you inpressed with the product. (If not you can get a full refund)
2. Get as many MRR products as possible to do with the niche. (These are products you can resell - Master Resale Rights).
Make sure you have a read of them and they are decent enough to offer. You don’t want to ruin your reputation.
3. Set these MMR ebooks up on eBay and on you download pages have a link to the Premium Clickbank product or Affiliate product you chose in step 1.
Note - eBayers are normally browsing around with their credit card in hand so they are hot for buying so if your offer enticing enough you will make plenty of sales offering the premium product. This is where you are going to make your money.
Rinse and Repeat with different niches.
Now once you have the basic system in place you can start tweaking parts of the model.
* You could add opt-in’s for your Newsletter, Free Course, links to your Blog, etc to your download pages.
* You can start writing your own premium products and add to the sales funnel.
* You can start writing you own ebooks to go on eBay including your own links within them to other affiliate products or products of your own.
* Build massive reponsive lists that want to buy time and time again.
The possibilties are endless and if you really want to take this to the next level then I highly recommend Sky High Auctions. I am a member over there and the interview section alone blew me away.
Go have a look at the free video over there
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