Last week I put my e-book and e-book/audiobook combo of Intelligent Productivity For Freelance Writers: Manage Your Time, Make More Money, and Get More Enjoyment From Life for sale using the E-junkie shopping cart.
In this post and coming posts I’ll describe my experience with e-junkie and other shopping carts. Please note that I am not an expert at this. I’m just a reasonably intelligent guy trying to figure out what’s the best option and then making that option work.
What Is E-junkie?
E-junkie is a shopping cart service with a stunningly horrid name. A name so bad that I refrained from using the service for a long time.
Junkie: heroin addict?
Junkie: crap you don’t want?
Clickbank is E-Junkie’s Main Competitor
I initially put my first information product, Writing College Textbook Supplements, for sale on Clickbank, the largest of the digital product shopping carts, after deciding not to use e-junkie or Paydotcom.com.
There are many things I did not like about Clickbank. I admit I have only limited experience with the company, and that many people think Clickbank is great.
I did not like this about Clickbank:
- Being associated with some of the sleazy products for sale there (although there are many reputable products).
- Had one customer who e-mailed and said that, after visiting Clickbank’s site, she would not deal with Clickbank under any circumstances. This is a highly educated woman who is computer savvy, has a website, and publishes books.
- Great difficulty in finding affiliate links for my products.
- Couldn’t find my product on Clickbank at all, even when I typed in the exact title. It kept giving me the best selling products, not mine.
- Need to pay $50 for a new account each time you want a new product to have its own page.
They did pay on time, and many websites did link to my sales page with their affiliate id’s. However, no affiliate sales, which is not surprising because WCTS targets a small niche.
I eventually put Writing College Textbook Supplements for sale with Paypal. I’m still doing this, and I’m happy with Paypal.
Why I Chose E-Junkie
For Intelligent Productivity For Freelance Writers I definitely want a shopping cart that could handle affiliates.
I also want a shopping cart that already had a lot of affiliates associated with it, and the kind of affiliates that might be interested in my information products. E-junkie is used by many information marketers I respect, primarily in the “Third Tribe” area, the folks that are not uber-hype Intermet marketers that push-push-push with a long and loud sales page.
My Experience with E-Junkie So Far
Opening the account was a cinch. I opted for the $18 per month plan that lets me sell up to 60 products, with 500 mb on their server, and allows me to download from my own websites. I figured I could grow with that, and would also have the room for selling audio products with their large file sizes.
I was approved immediately. (As opposed to Clickbank, which takes a day or more to view your site and approve you, and may ask for changes.)
I uploaded the e-book and audiobook with no significant problems.
So far, so good.
Coming Soon: Setting Up E-Junkie’s Affiliate Program
What’s been your experience with e-junkie, Clickbank, or other shopping cart systems?
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