how do i make physical products?

I use kunaki.com (cheaper) for my cds but I hear vervante.com is great for both cds, books, etc. I also use nanacast.com for my shopping cart which can integrate with both the companies above. Josh is a fellow warrior and excellent support.

You may sell your physical home study course at ebay too.

Philok

I use lulu.com for dvd's and cd's (because you can just upload the disk images and don't have to send anything).

And Createspace.com for books (because they get automatic distribution on Amazon.com).

If you upgrade to their pro distribution package the isbn gets popullated across a wide variety of channels and people can just order the book with the isbn # from their local bookstores, etc.

Another advantage with createspace is if you go with their pro plan (an extra $35 I think) you get much cheaper rates on buying your own products.

I buy copies of my books for about $2 a piece and can sell them offline with no problem.

I haven't ever been ready to do a big multi-media physical package yet, so for my higher ticket back-end items I just order my own material at my cost from createspace and lulu (and sometimes zazzle.com) and put them in a box and ship the "sets" to my customers.

It's super easy.

To be honest I don't have a lot of buyers on the highest ticket items, but if I do 2 a week it's still simple and less than $25 cash outlay from me on a $300 physical prodcut that the customer pays for up front.

For the loss leader and lower end products - as far as billing goes I use:

1. Createspace (for the books)
2. Lulu (for the dvd's and cd's)
3. Clickbank (for the membership program)

For the big ticket stuff I just use google checkout, or you could use paypal or whatever.

Fulfilling your own orders is more labor intensive but if you're selling a high ticket item you probably wont' have as many sales as a typical ebook anyway. Plus it's kind of exciting to me, at least to do it once a week or however often. I always stick in a handwritten letter and some free swag as well.

I also wanted to add . . .

If you go for a physical product, and you really believe in it and it has useful and actionable material that people can use to improve their life - don't limit yourself to online sales or relying on other peoples distribution channels.

I've been back in the USA for a month and a half and will head out again in February for a couple year contract in Seoul but while I've been here I've hit the streets once a week (since I'm not "working" and am just visiting my family for the holiday).

I take my main book ($2), an smaller auxilliary book ($2), and a DVD ($1.50), hit the streets or get on a subway to sell the pack for $25 - give a 15 second pitch, and don't come back until I've hit the dollar amount I want in my pocket.

ISKON makes enough doing this to fund a religion and temples and whatever. You can make a LOT of money if you actually get out and talk to people about your book where they are likely to read anyway (the subway during commute hours, airports, coffee shops, etc.).

I would vote for vervante.com and createspace.com ,they are both great!

You must be very careful with selling pyhsical products because you need to take a different approach than digital products (IMO)