Make Money W/Instantly Downloadable Ebooks: Turn into an E-Junkie

I finally migrated all of Inkwell Editorial's ebooks to e-Junkie, an instant download site. This means when you purchase an ebook from the site now, it will be delivered to you immediately -- yeah! I'm slowly moving into the 21st century (new blog, instant downloadable ebooks, etc.) and it feels good.

I didn't do this sooner because: (i) I tend to procrastinate on all things technology (I just hate having to learn new technological stuff); (ii) I'm busy and literally don't have time to fiddle around with new technology (this took up a good chunk of my evening yesterday); and (iii) I could easily manage the orders I was getting manually.

But, growth inspires change. I was double working myself, meaning, I'd get emails from ebook buyers who said they didn't get their order, only to realize that it was sent to another (non PayPal) address, so I'd have to forward it again. This got to be time-consuming and a bit ridiculous, all because I kept putting off signing up with an instant download site.

Moral of the story: (i) Inaction/procrastination can actually inhibit your growth; and (automation (ie, instant download)) rocks! Following is a little about e-Junkie if you're considering selling information products online.

About E-Junkie

Cost: It only costs $5 per month to host up to 10 ebooks on this site (rates go up incrementally after that, eg, $10 for 20 products, etc.). After years of manually distributing my ebooks, it's nice to log in and see a notification of payment received without having to do anything (ie, manually email ebooks to recipients).

FYI, you will pay a percentage of each sale, in addition to the monthy fee. But, it's nominal (I think it's something like 3%) and well worth it. The peace of mind of knowing that your product was delivered -- and instantly -- is priceless.

While I found the process a bit labor-intensive, maybe it was because I uploaded 10 ebooks in one sitting. I also took advantage of all of the peripherals like:

A Download Page Message (Optional): This is the email message sent to buyers along with the link to download the product.