Ranting is something that I don’t like to do and I suppose it doesn’t make this much of an advanced blog, but I thought I’d rant anyway. I think there might be something to learn, if you want too.
Basically, I’ve been experimenting a little bit with cheap $7 ebooks that I set up and sell. I know selling these cheap is not smart. I use these cheap ebooks to test out niches that I want to dive into. I want to see that I can get some sales with some crappy little ebook before I make a more comprehensive and more expensive product to sell.
As an affiliate, you don’t have to put up with all the shit. Even if you’re a publisher at Clickbank, you don’t have to put up with a lot of the shit from customers. You’re going to get shit from people no matter what, but for $7 (minus 50 cent fee from Paypal) it’s not worth it.
It’s been about 5 days now since someone bought this $7 ebook. I do it independently through Paypal, so after they make the purchase they’re supposed to get redirected to a page to download. Of course, some people don’t get forwarded to the download page. This is probably a problem on their side and not with Paypal.
Well, this person pays at 4:03pm. I get an email at 4:06pm telling me that they didn’t get the report and that it was supposed to be instant. At 4:25pm (when I first saw the email), I replied back with the link for them to get it with an apology. A few minutes later I get an email from Paypal saying that they opened a dispute. It hasn’t been 30 minutes since they purchased and they opened a dispute.
Here is what they wrote in the dispute: “Ordered your report, which was supposed to be delivered electronically right away. No link, no response after email sent. Send me the report NOW or I’ll continue to pursue getting my money back through paypal.”
They haven’t responded to my email since. Hasn’t closed the dispute or anything.
I suppose the point of this rant is that you’re going to have to put up with shitty customers no matter what. There is nothing that you can do about shit brains like that, but I think it is important to make it worth your wild. $6.50( $7 after fees) just isn’t worth it. E-Junkie can help with this sort of mess since it will email them the file.
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On another rant side note, EzineArticles had a 100 articles in 100 days event. I didn’t know about it at the time until I got an email telling me that I qualified. Basically they told me that I could get a free mug. Not that big of a deal, but a free mug is a free mug.
Well they eventually sent it to me, but I have to pick up the parcel at the post office. It requires me to present photo ID and a signiture to get it. That wouldn’t be a problem, but they addressed it to one of my pen names. Dumbasses.