Neil,
Good spot. It was indeed a typo which I have now ammended. I agree that it definitely will benefit some people. I think those ebook sellers who have a number of ebooks they have self written will benefit if anything. They can just burn their exclusive ebook onto a CD, sell it as an email course and they’ll probably even be able to charge a higher price for it. However, I think it may hit ebook sellers who don’t have their own ebooks a little harder.

Miltski,
Yes I remember you. I suspect this new policy may have something to do with why your digital delivery didn’t work. I’ve had reports of other people’s digital delivery not working because of eBay.

There are two reasons I have pulled my eBay store. First, I do not want to be paying eBay fees for items which are going to be invalid in a few days. Secondly, with the store name The Ebook Cavern I don’t really have much scope for getting around eBay’s new rules. Like I said I don’t know what I am going to do in the long term but for now the store has to be closed.

Jennifer,
Thanks for the kind words and lucky you for not getting too heavily involved lol. I’ve just checked out your blog and it contains lots of great Internet Marketing advice so if anyone’s is thinking what to do next this may be a good source of inspiration. You also make a great point that the skills people have acquired from marketing ebooks should serve them well in their other online ventures.

I think your right about the digital downloads through classified ads. However, at $10 a month people will need to select the products they advertise using classified ads carefully.

Best wishes to all eBayers!

Internet Marketing Badger (Jennifer)

Miltski,

Is it a shock ?…….. Not really, it was always on the cards, not because there is anything wrong with Digital items on Ebay, but simply due to the amount of problems some sellers have created for the rest of Ebay sellers, and Ebay themselves.

What I mean, is some sellers cannot see the wood for the trees and simply go all out to make a sale at any cost by undercutting/discounting other peoples products, to such a degree that they ultimately become worthless, and there are some really great products that have gone down in value due to this.

I know there is a lot of value in selling a digital product on Ebay, cheaply, for the backend sales you can create etc.

I personally think this move will only improve the realtionship with Ebay and the sellers, which will then give the paying customer greater value for their money………. And as John Thornhill stated, this is not something to be upset or angry about, as selling physical items will definately bring you in more profits than you will first realise . . . . . If anything, as a physical item seller myself, I’m going to be a little disapointed that now I will now be having more competition…… Ah well !

Thankyou for the feedback. It’s really great when I hear back from readers. I’m glad you like volume 1 and I hope volume 2 proves just as useful for you. Good luck with your eBay ebook sales.

Chris,

Thankyou also for the kind words. It is indeed a small world. I’m currently at University in Salford and plan to stay around the Manchester area. Whilst Chorley is nice I find it a little too quiet for my liking.

I understand it is quite easy to miss some of the free ebooks. I have been running this newsletter for a few years now and in that time have given a lot of free ebooks away. I try to make new subscribers aware of my favourite free ebooks through followup emails but these emails do not cover every single ebook. If you want to browse through all the free ebooks I have given away through the years then check out the Free Ebooks section of this blog; http://newsletter.theebookcavern.co.uk/category/free-ebooks. It’s updated everytime I give a new ebook away so you should never miss out.

Whilst I initially did try to do the graphics myself I quickly realised this was not one of my strengths and so now they are fully outsourced. The two graphic designers I use are NeoCovers (http://www.pimpmycovers.com/) and Planet Divinity (http://www.planetdivinity.co.uk/).

I hope you enjoy Volume 1 and thanks again for leaving a comment. It’s great to hear that people are benefitting from this blog.

Just had a quick read and the book is very good.
I notice that your graphics are always top class, do you prepare them or are they outsourced?
Incidentally I know Chorley very well, I owned a house in Meadowlands, Charnock Richard for 5 years….small world, I now live in Spain.
Like Sally I did not remember seeing Number 1 but I have downloaded that as well so will read in a quiet moment.

Best Wishes

Chris

Volume I is excellent; in fact, I’m just finishing up getting it ready to list on eBay myself. I’m excited to read Volume II and get it listed, too.

Judi

Volume 1 is available in the free ebooks section of this blog. Here’s the link; http://newsletter.theebookcavern.co.uk/ebay-ebook-success-volume-1.html

Tom