With eBay having banned the sale of eBooks on their sites, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the end of this fantastic, profitable eBay niche, however, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

You can still sell eBooks on eBay either by listing them in Classified Ads, or by turning them into physical products that you ship out to your customers – ie, burn them onto CD ROMs

As Classified Ads are very expensive, it can be difficult to make a profit selling your $2.00 eBooks using this kind of listing – you’d need to sell a lot just to recoup your fees.

The alternative method of turning them into physical products is much more profitable if done correctly and although you probably won’t become rich with this product, it can bring in a nice little side income.  I’m currently selling a few a day on eBay, and because they are so cheap to produce, it’s a very high profit margin.

Ok, so how do you do it then?

Well, the 2 best ways I’ve found are either to use a fulfillment company such as Kunaki or Lulu who ship the CD directly to your customer, or to make and ship the CD yourself.

Personally I prefer to be in complete control of my business so I make and ship my own products, however, both have their own pros and cons so test both to see which works best for you.

Kunaki/Lulu – Pros

– Professional, consistent, well packaged products.

- Easy to set up automate.

- You don’t have to buy/hold any stock up front so it’s cheap to start up.

- Once you make a sale, the product can be drop shipped directly to your customer and they think it’s come directly from you.

Kunaki/Lulu – Cons

- You aren’t in control of how quickly your products are shipped.

- Items are shipped without any branding so you may miss opportunities to cross promote your other products as you can’t include leaflets, bonus items etc.

- Profit margins may not be great

Creating CD ROMS yourself – Pros

– Professional, well packaged products (if done correctly!)

- You’re in complete control of your business so you can ensure fast shipping/quality product every time.

- CD-Rs and the other tools required are very cheap to buy so it’s cheap to get started and profit margins tend to be high.

- You can ship the product with your branding and promotional material such as leaflets to drive people to your websites etc

Creating CD ROMS yourself – Cons

- It can be time consuming creating the product, burning the CD, packaging it and shipping it.

- If you don’t create a quality product, it either won’t sell, or it will jeopardise your positive feedback.

As I mentioned earlier, I prefer to create my own products so if you’d like to copy my business model, I suggest you take a look at the product I use; Digital Media Solution.  It includes some great looking templates to give your CDs a really slick, professional finish and best of all, it shows you exactly how to do it.

Hope you’ve found this post useful. As always, I’d love to hear your feedback, and hopefully success stories so feel free to post your comments below… Good Luck!

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