Why Would You Buy A WSO?

I guess that I am somewhat like you - I tend to buy things that I need such as software and content. Sometimes, though, an ad will REALLY draw me in and I will purchase a WSO just to satisfy my curiosity. I try not to make a habit of this, though...

1) Certain topics do interest me more than others. I think it is important to continue to stay active in the online world, and some WSO's contain good stuff I would not have thought of on my own. If it looks like something that could help my business, I take a serious look.

2) Its unfortunate that people can be so weary and hesitant to buy, especially when the WSO is cheap. The internet has made us untrusting, what can I say!

3) yes, there are definitely a few people on here that put out some fantastic stuff, and I look forward to their new releases

Matt

Generally, when I'm buying a lot on one topic, it's because I need to know more about something for either a new arm of my business, or a product of my own which touches on the subject.

Usually, if I'm hesitating, it's because I see several similar products (not always WSOs) and haven't decided which one to buy yet. If I choose another one, I feel weird about coming back and saying I'm not buying this one, or even worse that I bought something else.

There are several Warriors who have impressed me enough that if I want a product on subject X, and they're selling one, that's all I need to know. But it has to be in their area of expertise. For example, Gene Pimentel is the end-all expert on domain name flipping, but if he wrote a product about (say) how to write your own press releases? I'd need some serious convincing that he's the kind of guy to be teaching that.

I'd choose the one in my sig, if there was one. And oh, look, there is.

Seriously, take a look back at #2. How do you choose from among fifty WSOs from fifty Warriors, all of whom are properly credentialed? It's not an easy decision.

Which is where we come to "how to make decisions."

If you cannot decide, you need more information. Discard all the options you KNOW you won't choose, and get more information about the rest.

If more information is too hard to get, takes too long to get, or is actually impossible to get - you have enough information.

If you still cannot decide, all the things you MIGHT choose are equally good and you can pick one arbitratrily.

Pair this process up with Robert Plank's admonition to take no more than five minutes when making a decision, and you'll make decisions pretty painlessly and without regret.

Hi,

I buy WSO's that are mostly related to my business.

I've mainly bought WSO's related to writing, where
to sell my work, and how to write better.

Though I've also bought WSO's about CPA's
, complete niche packages, and software tools.

One of my biggest considerations when buying WSO's is the price.
If there's a really good one at less than $10 I usually don't think
that much.

However, I've also purchased WSO's more than $30, in which case
I read and re-read the entire copy and testimonials before I buy.

Sometimes the decision process takes days and several visits to
the WSO thread.

However, reading the sales copies and testimonials is not an assurance
that the WSO is good. There's always some risk in buying.

So basically here's how it is for me:

1. See if the product is related to my business
2. Check out the price
3. Check out the copy
4. Check out the testimonials
5. Check out the Warrior's reputation

All the best,

Omar

@CDarklock, (I'm seriously considering contradicting myself above and picking up your wso after just reading your free pdf, based solely on curiousity )

That was interesting, humorous, and informative, my friend. Are you a writer?

Thanks for the great answers.

@Omar

Yeah, when it's less than 10 bucks, it's like "would I buy this person a coffee and a muffin at Starbucks to give me a few good tips?". However, it could be counterproductive if you get caught up in buying too many 10 dollar WSOs just 'cause it's cheap.



Jay

Great posts I personally have not bought any WSO offers. But I am seriously considering checking it out more. I hear great things that it is a great way to build up a targeted, responsive E-mail list very quickly. This will be my next step, a very worthwhile investment.

I have to say that I have bought some very valuable WSO products here. I base my buys on needs and also if the WSO can meet that need.

So far, I have been happy with the quality of the WSO's that I have purchased.

Price does play a role, but I think that one can undervalue an otherwise quite valuable product.

Interesting question, and for me, there answer isn't any one thing. I buy PLR because I can quickly turn a profit. I buy things in areas I where want to improve my knowledge. I buy things where I have a great deal of knowledge to see if there might be one thing more I can discover. Of course, sometimes the price is so good it's just a no brainer.

I've even bought a couple WSO's just to see if the person offering it really knew what they were talking about!

I buy WSO because I am looking for a solution that can help me.

Of course there are many WSO offers simply look irresistible. Every time I read the sale page and make me tempting to buy.

I buy WSOs to learn methods that others use to generate income. The more methods you know, the more creative you get when coming up with your own methods and that is priceless.

well J I only bought on wso so far. I bought it because I can make a ton of cash with it but then I decided to do something big with it soon to be launched Jan/Feb ext year .oh geez that is a couple days away already Wowsers 2010

The only thing that motivates me to buy anything is the roi possibility I don't even buy because it is plr there is a ton of crap out there it depends on the quality offered and price .
Thanks for letting me share

-WD

I buy tools mostly too. I buy infoproducts for myself much less, but sometimes buy them as well when a client asks if I can recommend something - I wouldn't do it without reading it first. Very rarely I will feel like chilling out and watching a video, and since most blockbuster movies etc send me to sleep I will look to see if there's anything in the WSOs that looks remotely interesting. I realise I'm probably odd like this though after finding myself to be the only person on the beach who'd brought my motherboard manual along for holiday reading. Bring on 'Secrets Of Mass Organic Web Traffic - The Gripping Sequel!'

In answer to question one, I don't religiously hoover up anything on a given topic. As I said, I'm more of a tools person than an infoproduct person, and once you've found the right tool you are unlikely to want another one that does just the same thing.

I'm not often hesitant about buying anything that I know I can use. What stops me is when a seller is vague about how their product works and I know for certain of a dodgy method it could be using. Usually I can understand the secrecy and it's easy enough to ask on the thread and get an answer that eliminates the possibility of the dodgy method being used without the seller having to give away any detail if s/he doesn't want to, and often someone else has already asked anyway. Same again if something looks very similar to something I've already bought.

I wouldn't buy anyone's WSOs just because I'd found their previous offerings impressive, but if I was looking for something specific I needed or someone came up with a product that could obviously fill a gap in my knowledge or add to it then there are a few people who have already proven to me that they can come up with the goods and deliver what's promised (and a bit more besides). Kevin Riley and Jack Duncan spring to mind.

As for choosing between all those backlink products, I'd probably either use something similar to CDarklock's method and make a quick decision (most likely) or would abandon the idea of watching 'Google SideWiki - A Disaster Movie!' in favour of an evening with a few cans of beer spent in girly-geeky bliss going through all of them

I'm sort of like you. I buy tools that help me automate my business or PLR for my products or templates, etc.

I recently bought a WSO based purely on the persons' reputation here. I was really disappointed to find that it was so basic ... no real substance and had a copyright date of 2006. So I won't be buying based on reputation alone, although I won't buy without reputation.

I also like services type of WSOs that do something I'm too lazy to do myself, like backlinking. I chose one service (RichJerksNet) because he is so highly visible and there are a million people who use his service and great real testimonials. The thread is now pages and pages and he has repeat customers, me being one. I've ignored all the other backlinking services because if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I feel that when a WSO is very successful, a million copycats crawl out of the woodwork.

Also, when there's just a normal thread and someone indicates that a WSO has solved their problem and I have the same problem, I'll check it out.

I usually buy one, because I'm looking for specific solution to something that I need, or based on what the person says, they appear to have something of value that can help my business. Otherwise, I'll ask questions, or just ignore the post altogether.

I used to buy WSO's looking for that magic method that would make £50 pound notes fall off of trees....boy was that a mistake!

But now I buy WSO's looking for a certain subject. Although I don't follow the entire method, I take out pieces of information and apply it where I can in what I am currently doing. For me this is the best way as it helps build on what I am currently doing, rather than getting distracted by an entirely new method.

Gurpreet

If its information i need to know or software that does a task i need doing

I have bought a few WSO's in my short time here. My first criteria is how much do I think it will help me in attaining my goals- in other words relevance. The next criteria is price, as my funds are currently quite limited. The last criteria I use is how believable is the sales page/letter. This would include proof of what they are claiming and testimonials to back up there claims. I have not been here long enough to know people's reputation or that may come into consideration as well.

I think most of the information has been covered here so I'll add one of the reasons why sometimes I hesitate on buying. There is one thing I really don't like to do and that is request a refund.

When I buy a WSO I'm trying to add to what I already know or like many others, I'm looking for tools to automate or shorten my time spent working online.

What I have found is that sometimes the offer sounds like I can use it, but then after I buy it I realize it is really more for the newbie. I really feel bad when I have to request a refund.

Yet, the few times I have had to request a refund I have never had any problems with receiving it.


Chrisi

I'll be honest...I've been extremely curious about so many WSO's that it makes me go nuts sometimes. The services offered here are all extremely intriguing. I'm part of that group that can be quite hesitant when buying things...only because I've set my standards so high and limited funding plays a role as well.

I've mostly bought backlink services but may expand into PLR WSO's soon.

There is one topic I serial-buy on. It's a method I myself have been using for a long time and I will create a product about it in the near future. I buy anything on this topic I can get my hands on to see what the "competition" is up to.


Let me say this diplomatically. You can find many $7 WSO that are hardly worth those $7...

Price isn't that improtant to me. Seller reputation is very important to me.
Testimonials: I generally ignore them unless they are by someone I respect and trust.
I also look to see what's going on in the thread and how the seller is conducting himself, how he reacts to criticizm etc.


No.

Check out their blogs and see what kind of info they offer for free. If it's a WSO from someone who doesn't have a platform on which he/she is regularly producing content on the same topic the WSO covers, that's a bit of a red flag for me.

Also: "Explode Your twitter Followers" -> Check how many followers OP has.
"Ultimate SEO guide" -> Check OPs website with SEO Quake and see if the pages are ranking for some of the keywords they seem to be targeting.
"Thousands of Visitors to Your Site" -> Check traffic stats on OPs site.
"Ultimate Copywriting" -> Check OPs sales pages.

You get the idea.