Question: Is it hard or very expensive to set up a payment accept ance method for the information products or services I'm developing on my website?
Answer From Melanie Jordan, Everybody's Infopreneur Coach:
The ability to set up your existing web site to be able to accept payment for your information products and services, also known as adding e-commerce capability to your site is easy. In my book What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know™ - Achieving The Life You Were Meant To Have By Making Money From What YOU Then it's simply a matter of setting up the buttons within PayPal, and then copying and pasting some html code in the appropriate spots on your web site. You don't need a merchant account since you're using Pay Pal as that, and they charge you very reasonable amounts per transaction processed through them, and there's no monthly fees. You’re only charged when you make a sale, and it's easy to get your funds into your business checking account via ACH transfers which are also free. This is how I started years ago. When you're ready for a more sophisticated approach, you can use a shopping cart system—you can see the one I use at my infopreneur resources center. You can still use PayPal to process your transactions through, but when you want to have your own affiliate program, upsells and promotional discount coupons, and a more sophisticated customer experience, you can go to that level. And now I'd like to invite you to learn more about infopreneuring (creating original content information products and services from your unique knowledge) and get your all-access pass to my What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know" Free Infopreneur Teleseminar Series. The next few months are going to be jam-packed with free events, and the only way to get access to them is to be a subscriber to my e-mail list. CLICK HERE Happy Infopreneuring! Don't miss a post--subscribe to this infopreneur blog What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know - The Blog For Infopreneurs feed. It's easy! CLICK HERE Follow me on Twitter Join my new LinkedIn Group Make Your Own Job! What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM)! Friend Me On Facebook, What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM) Facebook Fan Page NEW! Join me on The Circle.org where I'm a mentor in the Become An Infopreneur section posting content, answering questions and encouraging you to reach your goals! Check out more of Melanie's empowering publications on work-at-home lifestyles, healthy eating and foreclosure investing, and learn about her Marketing and Infopreneur Coaching Services at http://www.SunLoverPublishing.com Check out Melanie's Other Blogs: The Healthy Food Review where healthy eating with favorite comfort foods is deliciously possible! at http://www.TheHealthyFoodReview.com Vegas Inside Scoop--for Las Vegas locals and visitors at http://www.VegasInsideScoop.com Copyright SunLover Publishing LLC 2009 Know! in Chapter 30 Handling E-Commerce Transactions with Ease I go into this topic in-depth, but let me go over your options quickly here.
--Melanie R. Jordan, Everybody's Infopreneur Coach, Author of What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know™ - Achieving The Life You Were Meant To Have By Making Money From What YOU Know! and Host of infopreneur podcast What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM), The Podcast Available 24/7 at: http://www.WhatYouKnowIsWorthMorePodcast.com
