E-books, along with dozens of other forms of digital products, used to be top sellers on eBay. Buyers loved them because they could purchase and download the item instantly, and sellers loved them because they could sell as many as they wanted without paying any additional costs. However, eBay decided to change the rules and now digital goods are no longer allowed to be sold through auctions. But you can still sell your eBooks on eBay, without breaking the rules.
Most modern home computers come with a CD burner. If you’ve bought your computer in the last five years, chances are you have a tape recorder. Using this one piece of equipment, you can continue to sell eBooks on eBay and still be within their restrictions. Instead of selling eBooks for digital download, you can burn each eBook to a new CD and mail it to your buyers.
Burning your eBooks to CD might seem like a hassle, but it really isn’t. For starters, blank CDs are incredibly cheap and you can get them anywhere, even Wal-Mart. The costs of mailing a CD are incredibly low, especially if you use media publishing. So your buyer doesn’t have to pay a lot more to have the article shipped, and you don’t have to spend a lot more to burn the eBook to CD. And you can still sell as many eBooks as you want; your only limit is how many blank CDs you can get your hands on.
In addition to the low costs, your buyers will actually be better off buying eBooks on CD. In the past, when a buyer decided to upgrade his computer or lost his files due to corruption, he lost his e-books as well. That would mean they had to buy the e-book again, if it was still available, or lose the money they spent. This can’t happen with a CD; Buyers will have a hard copy of your e-book, will be able to make copies of your CD, and will be able to continue using it for years to come.
If you sell more than one eBook on eBay, you can reduce costs by adding multiple purchases to one CD. If you have a buyer who buys three of your eBooks, for example, you can put all three eBooks on one CD instead of creating three separately. This is also another convenience factor for your buyers.
The ban on selling digital items on eBay has caused many sellers to abandon the idea of selling e-books. With fewer sellers trading eBooks on eBay, you have much less competition on eBay than ever before. And by using CDs to sell your eBooks, you won’t be breaking eBay’s rules while giving your buyers something tangible to keep their eBooks safe. Take the chance to make big money with your own eBay home business selling eBooks, and you’ll never look back!
