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Is the "Limited Quantities" Line Still Working?

by Rikki_Fawkes
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With people being more skeptical about products they buy on the Internet, have you found the "Limited Quantities" or "Get It While It Lasts" type of lines to still work - when it's obvious it's a digital copy that could be downloaded billions of times?
#limited quantities #line #working
  • Profile picture of the author Robert Puddy
    just because its digital doesnt mean it cant be restricted
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    • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
      Originally Posted by Robert Puddy View Post

      just because its digital doesnt mean it cant be restricted
      That's true - reputation-wise, though, I just didn't know how many people think of that before they write someone off as a scam.
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      • Profile picture of the author Robert Puddy
        Originally Posted by Robert Puddy View Post

        just because its digital doesnt mean it cant be restricted
        Originally Posted by Rikki_Fawkes View Post

        That's true - reputation-wise, though, I just didn't know how many people think of that before they write someone off as a scam.
        All of my subscribers know when i set a limit or a deadline its real, comes from sticking to it even when i get emails calling me a scammer for pulling the offer down on time, and putting up a page that says this offer is closed but while your here go take a look at this...

        Even when you close an offer you can make sales on something else...sometimes sales on the alternative offer go way up becuase they saw you took the original one down just like you said

        Robert
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  • Profile picture of the author Louise Green
    Product Launch Formula is an example of genuine scarcity, sells out everytime.
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  • Profile picture of the author BrianMcLeod
    Limiting quantity on a digital download can be tricky
    because it triggers the very skepticism you've raised
    in your post... but scarcity SELLS. That's a fact.

    In the absence of a real and believable reason why,
    it can hurt your credibility though...

    One way to get around this problem is to tie the scarcity
    to a price increase instead of limiting availability.

    They can still buy _____, it's just going to cost more if
    they fail to act quickly enough.

    It's what makes dime sale pricing strategies so effective,
    people often go bonkers over saving $10.

    An event based strategy is also less likely to raise that
    red flag in the reader's mind because... well... it's scarce
    because of TIME - a live training event starts when it starts!

    Anyway - my point is simply this... Yes, scarcity sells...

    ...but it REALLY sells when you do it right.
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    I would give the best informative answer, but I'm all sold out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Frank Ayres
    Depends on what you are selling i sell PLR sites and limit them to 50 copies so as not to saturate with the same site. I have never had any issues selling them like this and as soon as i have sold the 50 i pull it from the market
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Scarcity works but if it's a lie, customers will find out and it will damage your reputation. I bought someone's WSO who had a good reputation here ... I bought it because he said 25 copies would be sold ... total. He then sold to his list as well as continued bumping to bump it here well past the 25 units sold limit.

    I will never buy from him again and I've never used the product that I paid for because of the saturation of the market that wasn't supposed to happen.
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