You Can't Give It Away on eBay!!

Recently I have been buying and now selling eBooks on eBay and taking advantage of being able to download them without having to pay any shipping fee. The process seemed straightforward enough and utilized a service available from eBay and PayPal. However, many people were still relying on either sending a download link via email or attaching the file to an email. Both methods may require some input from the seller after the item is paid for or some kind of autoresponder. There is a method of using MS Outlook (see note below) to work as an autoresponder, but it seemed complicated to me.

The other day, I received a short ebook as a bonus to something or other I purchased, and it very clearly explained the process for using options, already in place in both eBay and PayPal, to automatically provide a download link to the buyer as soon as the payment is verified with PayPal.

This technique is so simple and efficient that I thought everyone should have access to it. But how to spread the word? I decided to “sell” the information on eBay at the lowest possible price, which would make it available to more people. What is the minimum price that I can charge, and not loose money on each transaction. (I may want everyone to have the information, but I am not a philanthropist)

Lets see. eBay charges a minimum $.20 for an insertion fee plus 5.25% of the final value. That’s $.21, so far. But, you must have a “verified” Premier PayPal account and a feedback rating of 10 or more to do a ‘fixed price” listing. Now for a Basic account, PayPal does not charge a transaction fee, but, with the Premier account, they charge 1.9% PLUS $.30!! Now I’m up to $.50 plus $.50 x 5.25% and $.50 x 1.9% for a grand total of $.55.

Now I need to charge at least $.55 to “give away” something on eBay, without loosing money myself. (I did mention that I’m not a philanthropist, didn’t I?). They seem to get you coming and going!

Anyway, now that I am a Blogger, I have a forum that will allow me to make this information available to anyone that wants it, for FREE!!

Click Here for your Free Copy!!

Hope that it helps someone to save a little time and, maybe, make a little more money!!

Note: I have information to set up MS Outlook to send out an email to the buyer. If any one would like a copy, let me know.

Larry Sullivan 12/13/2006
www.internetpowerseller.com