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Should I Remove My EBook From Amazon?

by mrniceguy123
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Hi!

The person I learned about making ebooks from is a big fan of offering your book at Amazon.

I've re-evaluated my product, and after speaking to members of my target market, I want to price my product at $19.95 (it was $9.99).

My issue is, that Amazon has a max price at KDP of $9.99.

I'm strongly considering removing my product from Amazon, and offering it solely at my site, and others online that might allow me to sell it for $19.95.

My website gets good traffic, and I strongly believe I could do well without my product being listed at Amazon.

What are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance for your time.
#amazon #ebook #remove
  • Profile picture of the author Kaie
    Originally Posted by mrniceguy123 View Post

    Hi!

    The person I learned about making ebooks from is a big fan of offering your book at Amazon.

    I've re-evaluated my product, and after speaking to members of my target market, I want to price my product at $19.95 (it was $9.99).

    My issue is, that Amazon has a max price at KDP of $9.99.

    I'm strongly considering removing my product from Amazon, and offering it solely at my site, and others online that might allow me to sell it for $19.95.

    My website gets good traffic, and I strongly believe I could do well without my product being listed at Amazon.

    What are your thoughts?

    Thanks in advance for your time.
    I am new, so take it or leave it but I was moved to respond. I would remove your ebook from Amazon and set your sights and intentions to the price you would like to get. 19.95 is not too much for good quality content, and by accepting the lower price is not congruent with where you would like to be.

    Since I am new to IM, I will not address specifics. I am just saying what you put out there consistently is what you are putting your energy and intention towards, so it sounds like you are clear on your ebook's worth.
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  • Profile picture of the author Entrecon
    Are you sure the top price on Amazon is $9.99? I think that is just the top price if you go with the 70% royalty rate. If you choose the 35% rate, I think you can go higher.

    If this link is still current, on the 35% rate you can go up to $200
    https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishi...A301WJ6XCJ8KW0
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    • Profile picture of the author mrniceguy123
      Entrecon, yep, you're right, I just checked. Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author savyeman
    You can sale on both your website and amazon. Tried to get sales from both. Then try getting a hold of Affiliates and partners to help you advertise it
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  • Profile picture of the author MasonRamm
    If your website gets good traffic then promote your ebook
    via your website at the price you want but before you do that
    double check with amazon re: their price guidelines/limits.
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  • Profile picture of the author MaggieDavid
    Hi, I also have books on Amazon, 5 of them in fact. You can go higher, than that. Why not put up your price, on Amazon and then put it on your own site as well.

    What you have to remember is this, Amazon gets, way, way, more traffic, than I expect your site does, so why limit yourself?

    Also you could offer your book up to Smashwords and have it go into Itunes store, nook and others.

    think expansion instead of contraction.

    Hope this helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author mrniceguy123
      Originally Posted by MaggieDavid View Post

      Hi, I also have books on Amazon, 5 of them in fact. You can go higher, than that. Why not put up your price, on Amazon and then put it on your own site as well.

      What you have to remember is this, Amazon gets, way, way, more traffic, than I expect your site does, so why limit yourself?

      Also you could offer your book up to Smashwords and have it go into Itunes store, nook and others.

      think expansion instead of contraction.

      Hope this helps.
      Thanks a lot! It's already submitted to Smashwords.
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    The advantage of keeping it on Amazon and also selling it on your own (if you want) is that with Amazon, the traffic is already there. It's a market place that's constantly getting traffic so you will get at least a few sales for doing nothing, there.
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  • Profile picture of the author bchez
    You can leave the Kindle version up for $9.99 and sell your "expanded" .pdf copy for $19.99 - I see it all the time. Add some worksheets, or other graphics (flow charts etc) into the .pdf version to give it a higher perceived value.
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  • Profile picture of the author colinph970
    Good advice. Look at the royalties levels. 70% of $9.99 is around $7 but 35% of $19.99 is about the same. The selling price is not really relevant - the royalty level is the thing to concentrate on. You will get more buyers at $9.99 than $19.99 and therefore more income.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sushiman1111
      I have exactly the same issue. Health/fitness ebook that I sold online for $19.97, same price at Amazon. In the beginning it was fine, as I got some extra cash from the Kindle version that I probably wouldn't have otherwise. But it was never a lot - even when my website wasn't doing much, I was making more from it than Amazon.

      Now, I am seriously considering taking the Kindle version down. One, I only get about five sales/ month - at $6.67 per sale. Not a lot of money. Two, a couple of the reviews were bad, which doesn't help. Three, some people have used the underline feature in Kindle in a really irritating way (giving away some of the book's secrets), and there's no way to stop that sort of thing.

      I agree that one idea is to add value to the website version and up the price. I have a video that goes with my ebook, which now sells for $29.97. I'm still waiting to see how this goes, but will probably end up pulling the Kindle version, since my own website now does about $1K/month. But maybe at the beginning Amazon is a good way to market because it helps get the word out if you have a quality product.
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  • Profile picture of the author colinph970
    the real trick is to know how to market your book when its been published on the Kindle. It's not the submit and forget scenario that most people believe. There are many ways to do this and the more you do the better the sales. i can drive sales to one title over another and see the results within days.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Gram
    I'd leave it on the Kindle for $9.99 (also a good lead gen) and then expand it just a little and sell for double or triple on your site (make sure it's worth 10X that so they are getting value though).
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  • Profile picture of the author Resale Rights Ninja
    Are you making sales on your ebook through amazon? If so I would leave it there and like someone else mentioned use it as a lead gen tool to get people into your sales funnel.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eleanor
    I agree with others here who have said that taking your product down from Amazon could be a mistake. If you are making some sales there then why stop that flow of income - it may increase over time.

    Add a few bits and pieces to the version you want to sell on your website and perhaps think about more ways to expand - more products? more websites? other marketplaces?

    There are plenty of things you could do. I don't really know enough about your situation but I wouldn't recommend cutting off an income stream - especially from the likes of Amazon.

    Hope that helps

    Eleanor
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  • Profile picture of the author jazzgirl
    Can you split your ebook into 2 parts, or into a series? Then you could sell each part for 9.99.
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  • Profile picture of the author Krisz Rokk
    I would do both: Amazon and website. Amazon has loads of traffic....
    Do the Kindle edition for less and post your ebook on the website for the higher value.
    I heard a lot of good stuff about smashwords but haven't tried it out yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author Henry White
    First, I would refer you to one of the most brilliant marketing plans I've seen on the WF: Christine Clayfield's http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...r-reviews.html The book is easily worth twenty bucks, but the the larger lesson IMNSHO is in her marketing. Study it! You'll learn more from her copy and that thread than you will most of the WSO's of the Day!

    If the book is not selling well on Amazon, then by all means yank it. On the other hand, you might want to consider writing a second book for your website, or developing the original into a continuity/membership or online course.

    It's a judgement call. Crunch the numbers and they'll generally tell you what's the best choice.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    I dont think you should let that prevent you from having success with kindle. Depending on price, you can get alot of sales. The only drawback besides the price cap of kindle is the fact that you don't get access to the customer name.
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