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How to sell downloadable file on eBay
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Posted on 11/10/2004 5:40:46 AM PST by rudy45

I have written a book and have turned it into a PDF. I now want to sell it on eBay, but want to do so by making it downloadable (thus saving myself effort and the buyer shipping fees and time). I don't see any mechanism for making a file available for download by the buyer. Also, eBay help doesn't seem to address this possibility. Can I do what I want to do? Thanks.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: computer; ebay

1 posted on 11/10/2004 5:40:46 AM PST by rudy45
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To: rudy45

Put the file download apparatus on an external site, then use ebay as advertising to drive hits there.


2 posted on 11/10/2004 5:42:35 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Product registration is for sissies.)
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To: ovrtaxt

Aha... however, I was hoping to leverage eBay payment mechanisms. If I do as you suggest, I think I would have to enable e-commerce/payment on the EXTERNAL site? Thanks.


3 posted on 11/10/2004 5:44:52 AM PST by rudy45
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To: rudy45
You should be able to do that provided you have your own site where your ebook is located. I don't think ebay will host it for you.


4 posted on 11/10/2004 5:46:53 AM PST by rdb3 (The Black GOP vote numbers are up, and they WILL go higher. -- rdb3 "Hip-Hop FReeper")
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To: rudy45

Could you just email it to the winnning bidder?


5 posted on 11/10/2004 6:19:56 AM PST by jtminton (<><)
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To: rudy45

Place your work on a server (your ISP?) and when payment is received for your item via eBay, send and email to the winning bider/buyer that has the link to the file in it.


6 posted on 11/10/2004 6:23:23 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (May the wings of Liberty never lose so much as a feather.)
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To: rudy45

Of course you'd need to move the file after each eBay auction ends...or just email the .pdf to the winner


7 posted on 11/10/2004 6:24:42 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (May the wings of Liberty never lose so much as a feather.)
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To: rudy45

Along the lines of similar suggestions... provide the auction winner a login/password to a protected site where the PDF is stored, and enable that account for a limited time after the auction. Repeat with a different account for each other buyer.


8 posted on 11/10/2004 6:27:05 AM PST by kevkrom (Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.)
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To: rudy45

You could zip and password protect it, and send the winning bidder a link to the d/l and the password.


9 posted on 11/10/2004 6:29:10 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Calpernia; StillProud2BeFree

Ping to an idea......


10 posted on 11/10/2004 8:29:07 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny (On this day your Prayers are needed!!!!!!!)
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To: nw_arizona_granny; rudy45

Yes, you can do this. I've done this with my software dialer.

What you do is set up a webpage, like this: http://www.gegaccess.net/search.html

you set up an action at ebay advertising this page. As they check out through paypal, the paypal cgis them to the page for the software, ebook, anything to download.

These instructions are at paypal ;)

You ebook would download the same as my dialer :)

Good luck to you :D


11 posted on 11/10/2004 9:40:36 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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