Is there really big profits to be made in the public domain?

There's a WSO that was offered on public domain: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ain-works.html

Here's some more that were found using the search feature:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-can-sold.html
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...main-work.html

Good luck to you!
Teresa

There is masses and masses of public domain work to use. The important thing though is what you do with it, how you package it, how your product will be different from others, what can you do to add value to it? Just re-producing it is not enough.

Give it a twist, bring it into the modern age and you have a product that stands out from the crowd.

Simply reprinting 80 year old books is not likely to produce
public domain riches. There's a lot more to it than that.

Some of the lucrative areas include reproducing artwork and
films.

I'd say it depends on how you use it.

If you can get something that's semi in demand/appears to have value, you can either sell it on it's own or use it as a bonus to supplement your own products. Or build a mailing list... etc.

Interesting idea - definitely a great source for content, although the same content could be used by someone else.

Is there even a source of public domain things?

I agree with whoever told you that about public domain. Not knowing exactly what your business consist of makes it a bit difficult to tell you how you can utilize public domain works.

I have been using public domain works for years now. I've created and sold all sorts of products ranging from short reports to cartoons and film on dvd to artwork on t-shirts and quite a few other products as well.

I've also created entire niche blogs using nothing but public domain works.

There is so many ways to use these works it blows the mind and can at times become a bit overwhelming only because the ideas on how to use these works just keep on coming.

I've got a 150 page ebook, The Public Domain Profit Pulling Resource Guide, that should be able to provide you with the information that you are looking for. I'm running it as a Firesale WSO for the next 72 hours, you can check it out if you'd like... Public Domain WSO

But yea, the public domain is a powerful resource that many people overlook.

Money can be made using public domain products, in CPA, site flipping, internet marketing for physical retail and service shops, selling information products, etc. But, if you try to chase three rabbits at once, you'll catch none.

(If you're an animal lover you can just snuggle with the bunny once you catch it).

To expand on how to make money with public domain materials, you can utilize stuff from public domain materials to create a new product to sell. If it is a recipe book, you can fix up the presentation and layout and maybe modernize older measurement terms (since some of them are basically extinct now).

For some materials, you could create a video using something like Windows Photo Story, adding text to images, and add some public domain music to it. You could create an mp3 product of it. You might find it easier to do in areas that actually interest you, since effective marketing might involve chatting at forums related to a given topic.

You can take bits and pieces of various public domain materials and put it together in new ways, like leggo.

ROI is calculated like this.

You take the amount of money you made, let's say $500.

You divide by the amount of money you spent building the product. Let's say $200.

This gives you 2.5; you subtract one, giving 1.5, and multiply by 100 to give 150. That's a 150% ROI.

But if you use a public domain product, you spend $0 on the product. So even if you only make $1, 1 / 0 = infinity. You get infinite ROI. That's more powerful than anything.

And if you believe that, I can sell you a bridge.

Don't get me wrong, the public domain is still a good source for products, but the emphasis on how great it is... well, it's disproportionate. It's a good source, but no better than any run-of-the-mill PLR source.

WOW spoilt for choice on this rich resource, thanks guys will bag up all the info and look into this resource, a better result for this thread than i thought!

Cheers guys....John.

The Science Of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles. This was the book that an ordinary American lady, Rhonda Byrne, built her forty million dollar fortune around by turning it into a video version. It got picked up and a film was made from it, The Secret i think just a couple of years ago, so it's possible.

Google Books has ALOT of books in the public domain and you can switch to a text only display which helps on some old books. You'll never know what will work if you re-do/recycle/recombine content in the public domain.

If you want to do some quick searches on Public Domain content try our KeywordSmash! | Access All Your Favorite Web Tools from One Place tool.

It's free, no registration/sign up, no weird freaky tricks behind it. Click on the Public Domain tab, enter a kw phrase and select the sites you want to search.

The tool will open each site in separate tabs, so you may have to change permissions in your browser to allow that.

Otherwise, enjoy!!

PD is a goldmine for those who know how. I looked into it in the past so I might revisit it after reading more on it because this thread has enlightened me.
Does anyone know a cheaper ebook to start with before buying Kneb Knebaih's ebook? It seems to be the authority WSO in PD.

You can get tons and I mean tons of killer content, for product creation via PDs. Do understand that majority of the top-notch marketers, also pretty much know about PDs as well. You Have to grab a PD material and put a twist on it, in order to be successful.

The competition is fierce when it comes PDs and your product has to different, unique or else you'll be like everyone else and your profits will not be there. KNEB has a good WSO, I was one of the first to review it and it has lots of good information in it.

Study the laws that pertain to the piece that you find, make sure it is 100% in the PD or else it can cause you lots of issues.

Good luck!

Avril's material is good. I also picked up material from Pirates of the Public Domain which covers everything in depth - tons of PDFs and videos. I think they're having a sale right now and can honestly recommend their products and their newsletter. Plus, they're really nice people.

The trick with PD is still one of picking a niche that wants your information and then using the PD info to put products together for it. It's a lot better written than PLR and there's a ton of it out there, so you'll have a lot to work with. It's easy to get overwhelmed with the information, so start with just one niche.

When I first got into IM I built a website offering nothing but public domain material. Anything published before 1923 is in the public domain. You can re-package and sell all works from that era. Anything goes before 1923. After that there are certain guidelines like whether or not the author renewed publishing or not.

It seems to me that the best way to use public domain material and have it be relevant today is to gather the information from it and create your own product.
There are certain topics that are timeless but for the most part a lot of it is obviously outdated. I guess it depends on the niche.

One of my first affiliate offers was for a public domain product called Public Domain Riches. I actually own it so if you have any specific questions I can refer to it and give you my best answer.

Yanik Silver's Public Domain Riches: "How To Legally 'STEAL' Free Public Domain Content and Sell It As Your Own Profitable Product"

Other resources: Main Page - Gutenberg
Sources for Public Domain and Free eBooks
Public Domain Resources

i think these theme is generally bogus. this appeals to the newbies that are suckered into the "get rich quick mentality" of internet marketing.

aside from Yanik Silver, I'm not aware of anyone else claiming to have done that well with old public domain stuff.

realistically there's just not a bunch of "gold" in old and outdated books...

Jay Es,
I am sorry for laughing, but........your kidding right?

Check this out if you want to know if there is money in PD.

http://www.thoughtrocketpublishing.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=50100

Yes, it has my affiliate link, you know what to do if you want to access without it.

I am in the middle of a major PD project and I wouldn't be spending any time on it if I thought there was no 'money' in it. Yes, I hope to make some money, but most of all I am just overwhelmed by all the ideas I have for using PD. I just don't have enough hours in the day to do it.

Also, check out Gary's WSo in the post above. It is a no brainer at his special price. If that doesn't give you some top notch ideas for using PD then go over to Kneb's WSO and spend even more money. He is releasing a new version tomorrow and coaching next week.

So much knowledge here. Thanks for the sharing.

You can make money re-publishing books that are relatively
current but out of print. Just contact the author, agent
or family and ask.

In some cases you can get the rights for nothing in exchange
for a share of the profits. It's not like PD where you keep
all the money and are answerable to no-one

Making money with publishing is all about the marketing. Many
books worthy of a readership today don't have one due to
limited marketing. You can correct that situation. Authors
with a major publishing house get as little as $1 for each hardcover
sold, so if you put their book on PDF and pay them $5 per unit,
some would be delighted to do business with you.