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As you already know Ebay can be a goldmine when it comes to selling hosting service. But Ebays TOS makes it impossible for us to sell our hosting services there. Here's why:
1 - Ebays biggest rule is that you can NOT link to an outside source to make sales.
2 - You can NOT offer something for free. You must offer a tangible service or product that Ebay users can buy AND pay for on your listing. Since we offer hosting services ( and domain name registration ) with a free trial requiring NO upfront payments ( one of our greatest sales points ) we can't list our services on Ebay because we would have to charge a fee, thus negating our free to try offer on our stores.
One possible solution to this problem is that if the good people at Resellers Panel could write a universal ebook or digital book which we can brand with our store name and links that we could download from Resellers Panel as a sales tool, and which teaches basic website running strategies, what to look for in a choosing hosting company, and then go on to suggest why ( insert your store name and link to it ) should be the best hosting company to choose. Another such ebook could be created for the affiliate program, which would focus on the benefits of becoming a hosting reseller and, of course, link to our own Resellers Panel affiliate link.
With these ebooks we NOW have a tangible product we can list on Ebay ( or any of the other thousands of places where you could sell or even give away ebooks ) that does NOT violate their TOS. We can sell those "digital products" for a dollar ( or whatever you care to charge ) and not only have a "silent salesman" in the hands of E-bayers but we also make an additional profit on every E-bay sale.
Comments? Other suggestions?
1 - Ebays biggest rule is that you can NOT link to an outside source to make sales.
2 - You can NOT offer something for free. You must offer a tangible service or product that Ebay users can buy AND pay for on your listing. Since we offer hosting services ( and domain name registration ) with a free trial requiring NO upfront payments ( one of our greatest sales points ) we can't list our services on Ebay because we would have to charge a fee, thus negating our free to try offer on our stores.
One possible solution to this problem is that if the good people at Resellers Panel could write a universal ebook or digital book which we can brand with our store name and links that we could download from Resellers Panel as a sales tool, and which teaches basic website running strategies, what to look for in a choosing hosting company, and then go on to suggest why ( insert your store name and link to it ) should be the best hosting company to choose. Another such ebook could be created for the affiliate program, which would focus on the benefits of becoming a hosting reseller and, of course, link to our own Resellers Panel affiliate link.
With these ebooks we NOW have a tangible product we can list on Ebay ( or any of the other thousands of places where you could sell or even give away ebooks ) that does NOT violate their TOS. We can sell those "digital products" for a dollar ( or whatever you care to charge ) and not only have a "silent salesman" in the hands of E-bayers but we also make an additional profit on every E-bay sale.
Comments? Other suggestions?
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