Monday 16 August 2010

Create an eBook Listing on eBay - Automatic Payments

Create an eBook Listing on eBay
A step by step guide to automated eBook sales on eBay

Selling eBooks on eBay is a simple, automated process that can be employed to increase your audience and promote your ideas, books and speaking or consulting credentials.



Preparation

There are a number of preliminary things that are required before you start.


You must have each of the following before you start this process.


Note eBay will not allow me to provide links to pages other than eBay, so if you cant find the sites mentioned please email me for a link tomy freeeBook on the web, with all links included.



1. A working Payloadz account.

Search for Payloadz


2. An active and verified Business or Premier PayPal account.
3. A working eBay account.
4. At least one eBook to sell, available in Adobe Acrobat Format

Search for Adobe Acrobat Reader



Preparing your Paypal account

1. Login to your Payloadz account and go to the Account tab.


2. Write down or copy the IPN Link, it should look like this


the 3ws then Payloadz dot com then pay then / pay then index. asp ? then id=xxxxxx


(sorry eBay forbids me from giving you clickable links)


3. Login to your PayPal account.


4. Go to the Profile page and click on Instant Payment Notification


5. Following the on-screen instruction to activate the IPN (Instant Payment Notification)


6. When asked, paste the URL/Link from Step 2.


Your IPN is now activated and your Paypal account is enabled to use the Payloadz system.


Creating an item in Payloadz.com

1. Make sure you are logged in to your Payloadz account.


2. Click on Create New Product to Sell, this will bring up Product Details page


3. In Item Name field, create a title for your eBook. This title will be used also as an eBay listing title so please follow these guidelines:


* The maximum length of the title is 55 Characters.


* Use words buyers would use to search for eBooks like yours (but make sure the words accurately describe your eBook).


4. Create an Item ID/Number for this item to easily identify your eBook.


5. Decide on a price for this eBook. Please note this will be the same price youre going to use in your eBay listing.


6. You can create a Custom Thank You Text for this particular item, otherwise the default Purchase Email Text from the Profile page will be used instead.


7. You can leave the rest as is.


8. Click Submit Product Information


9. The next page is the upload page. Click Browse to choose the file from your computer. Click Upload to upload the file


10. Repeat the steps above if you have more eBooks to create.


Now you should have a product in your Payloadz account, and youre ready to create an eBay listing.



Create the eBay Listing

1. To begin listing on eBay click on the Sell tab at the top of any eBay page.


2. Start creating a listing by choosing the appropriate eBay category. You can find the eBook category under Business

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