Questions about running a WSO

That is a great idea, something I hadn't even thought about. Thank you for the creative thinking, and I appreciate the encouraging spirit of your post!

James,
Not sure where I want to begin, you've broached several issues here.

Firstly, I haven't seen anywhere on this site a published set of policies for who can, and cannot, run a WSO, regardless of how many posts. By the tone of your comment though, it appears to me that you have appointed yourself to a gatekeeper role, which I find ironic, because as you say yourself, you don't even meet the prereq you seek to impose on me.

Adding to that, MYOB, Eric, Garrett, all with posts ranging from 200 to 400, were not "offended" by the "mere suggestion" of my running a WSO, regardless of how many posts I have or do not have - in fact, they encouraged me to do so. Others with similar credentials simply conjectured about the feasibility of making sales. So far, your the only trying to make this a "wrong" thing to do.

Thirdly, if you re-read my original post, I mention that, my product will be of high-value, customized to each person's site and business, and offered at a discount in the range of $500 below standard market price. That discount comes directly out of my earnings, and I am willing to do that specifically so that Warriors can benefit from a higher value and ROI than anyone else. That's why the call it "Warrior SPECIAL Offer." Thats the whole point of WSOs.

As for your implication that I am merely "making money off of Warriors", all I can say to you would be, take a look around. There are WSO's teaching Warriors how to profit from WSO's. Everyone here at the Warrior forum is here because they want to help each other (and themselves) advance and succeed, and that includes win-win business relationships that bring benefits to all parties involved.

Your response comes off to me as presumptuous, knee-jerk, and based somehow in a combination of scarcity mind-set and false altruism (i.e. why would you bother yourself to learn internet marketing from a group of people, and yet somehow project the need to be apologetic about engaging in it with them ...? That's a hypothetical question by the way, not interested in hearing your answer.)

Hey Garrett,
I know what you mean - I was thinking the same thing. My main reason for posting first was to gauge some of the more experienced Warriors as to how something in this price range would be received (as in, totally out of left field or not.)

Thanks also for encouraging taking action on it.

IMO that isn't true. I'm sure if the product is of said high quality, and there is $500+ worth of value in the product, then I could easily see several sales being made.

Good thing I didn't listen to you then.

I don't have the exact number in front of me but I know I sold over 10 licenses for 497 in the past couple of weeks with a wso.

Of course we are talking about something worth far more than 497.

Duly noted Bev,
I didn't catch that before, nor have I ever seen the question raised or discussed at these forums. Ironically, looks like this is my 30th post

But that issue really wasn't the main thrust of my point to the other poster. I haven't even decided to do the WSO yet. And, I welcome anyone to read a sampling of my posts here at WF, nothing about my contributions or questions here have revolved around "making money off of other warriors."

Seems to me that if I do offer something I believe to be valuable, Warriors will make up their own mind as to whether they want it or not, regardless of whether I have 29 or...30 posts.

Edit: spelling

Eric,
I am on the same page with you. This whole aspect of the discussion started with the post where it sounded like I was being blatantly reprimanded by for "even asking about running a WSO" where in fact, it was out of complete respect for etiquette and protocol that I actually asked first rather than just jumping into it with no thought to how it would be received.

Just FYI, up until very recently, I would not have even considered doing an WSO. The idea struck me when I realized this particular product would definitely be of interest to a lot of Warriors, and may be perfectly suited to the WSO "channel", something I just never even thought of before.

I continue to appreciate the encouragement and information available here at WF. Makes me realize I should have tried harder to stay more consistent with my posting here in the past few months.

Johnny,
Agreed! (regarding taking/receiving advice) and it is good to hear some reinforcement about successful and smart marketers being willing to reinvest in their business, whether the dollar amount is $40 or $4000.

Jhongren,
Again, an idea I had not thought of! Great stuff. I know the "money is in the list" and I could stand to be better about building squeeze pages and creating opportunities to build a list. I will give some thought to how this may apply to my product.

Snidge,
Your post came while I was writing the above, so what the hay, I'll shout to you too. The timing couldn't be better apparently, since per my comment above, I just might be in the market real soon for some squeeze page building software.

Congrats on your software. I have ideas for software products too, sometimes I wish I was a true coder just so I can get the stuff done. The beauty of software is the no-cost delivery and repeat sales aspects (like all info products, but yes, it is a beautiful thing!)
Best of luck with that.

Absolutely on my radar, huge difference in perspective (among the experienced, etc.) And 20 bucks is definitely a small sum to sacrifice for testing an offer with such a large, targeted audience, especially when there is a respectable chance at recouping it (one sale.) If nothing else, the buzz and exposure alone could be worth it.

Cheers,
Doug