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anyone with experience in selling the product before creating it

by cl7
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I've been an affiliate marketer for the past year, promoting different products on ClickBank & JvZoo. I want to start creating my own products but there's 1 problem that's hindering me from doing so..What if no one buys it?

I did my research and came across a unique technique called "Sell the idea before you build it".

I was wondering if anyone have any experience in this and any recommendations for a newbie product creator?

Niche: MMO
Audience: Newbies who want to make their first sale online

Any advices would be great! thanks!
#creating #experience #product #selling
  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan S
    Yes I had quite a lot but in eBay setting. I had clear idea in mind but I'd not made the product yet. I'd made a good ads instead and and a very good eCover of the finished product. It didn't take long to get somebody to buy it and I'd spent the next 24 hours to build and finish off the product. It really depends on how many hours you think you can finish the product, if it'll take longer than 2 days, you're in trouble.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gambino
    Much easier with physical products than info products.

    A lof of issues with doing this with info products. How do you price it? How quickly can you deliver it? What's the quality? Why would a customer wait when there are likely other alternatives immediately available? Just to name a few. Much easier to do when you have a following, they know your stuff is good, and you presell to them while developing the product.
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  • Profile picture of the author cl7
    @Johnathan S, I was thinking of doing a webinar session and talk about the product. Those who are interested can sign up, pay in advance and then receive my product a week from it.

    @Gambino, I'll give the early buyers a 50% discount on the total price and deliver the product 1 week from the webinar session. The product is a detailed step by step guide on how you can start earning online by the end of the course or their money back guaranteed. Let me know what you think!

    Yea, you're right about the alternatives but for the majority of the time, they only cover the surface rather than digging it deeper and cover the little details that makes the difference.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by cl7 View Post

    I've been an affiliate marketer for the past year, promoting different products on ClickBank & JvZoo. I want to start creating my own products but there's 1 problem that's hindering me from doing so..What if no one buys it?

    I did my research and came across a unique technique called "Sell the idea before you build it".

    I was wondering if anyone have any experience in this and any recommendations for a newbie product creator?

    Niche: MMO
    Audience: Newbies who want to make their first sale online

    Any advices would be great! thanks!

    Easy, build out the sales page as usual & on the buy button that usually goes to a checkout page link back to the sales page but track the Buy Now button clicks. There's no actual checkout page while testing so nothing fishy going on. That way traffic will assume the Buy Now button is broken but you still get to collect click event data to gauge potential sales volume before creating a product.
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  • Profile picture of the author supereek
    I have tested it with physical products 1000s of times.
    I used to buy products from China in bulk (ali/dhgate etc) but first i made ads and checked how many responses i would get within a week. If less then a certain standart i wouldnt import that product. With digital products its harder tho. But indeed what Yukon tells above me, seems like a reasonable method to try it.
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