Downloading, Uploading, and What to Sell on eBay

I spent the afternoon Sunday getting my stuff in order, and it made a huge difference to what I was able to get done yesterday. Not only could I be sure I could put my hands on what I needed, but I felt more focused. I believe it’s because that nag in the back of my brain about getting straightened away has finally gone away.

At the end of a long day yesterday, this is what I got done:

Finished a template for my thank you/download page for ebay sales. It includes the download link for the product (with adobe and winzip instructions and links), a link for a bonus gift, a link for a recommended affiliate program, and a subscription box on the page, set up through AWeber.

Gathered my list of potential books to sell and researched them on eBay to see if they’re being offered and how they’re doing (more on eBay research next time).

Checked all the books for resale rights information. When you sell ebooks, eBay requires a statement that you actually own the rights to resell the product. The rights generally include either a .txt file included with the product or a granting of rights in the ebook itself. I have a number of books that don’t have explicit rights included, so those had to be filed away for later research.

Download and set up TurboLister. This is a tool from eBay that allows you to set up all your listings on your own computer before loading them onto eBay. You can set a schedule for your listings, and it gives you the fees for each one. I’m sure there’s a lot more to it, and one of my tasks today is to learn all the ins and outs of the tool.

Zipped all the files and uploaded 40 books to get started with. Checked that the upload worked right and that the books then could be retrieved. Lots of notes, all nicely filed where I can find them.

That all equaled about 10 hours of work; I expect the next few days to require at least that much. There will come a time, when everything’s in place, where a lot of the business will run on autopilot (as promised in so many ads), but for now I have to lay the foundation.

It feels good to finally be making some forward progress!