If You Sell Information Products How Do You Get Paid?

An important part to the process when you sell information products is receiving the payment. You can either go with a company that allows you to receive payments for both physical and digital products or a company that allows you to accept only one type of product, which is the option I recommend for newcomers.

Clickbank is the best option if you are just getting started and are selling digital products only. What is great about them is that they do not charge monthly fees. Another benefit is you do not have to personally review credit card transaction details. You cannot use Clickbank for physical products but there is another option for you if you sell physical and digital products.

So how do you handle a scenario where you sell information products with a physical format? There is one of two choices you have, one is to include the physical product as a bonus to the digital product and the other option is to use a different processor to receive payment for the physical product.

If you want a payment processing company that handles both types, look at 1ShoppingCart. It comes with the ability to receive payment for both physical and digital products. The only disadvantage is you will have to pay for this service in the form of a monthly service fee. Therefore, you will need to look at your revenue generated per month and see if it makes sense financially.

Another option that you can use is PayPal or MouseECommerce. A PayPal account is free to set up. PayPal is good for situations where you want to sell digital and physical products because you can use Clickbank for the digital and PayPal for the physical product. Suppose you wanted to sell an ebook and also sell an audio CD that complements the ebook, you can have them buy the ebook using Clickbank and then offer the audio CD on the download page with a mini-sales letter and a PayPal Buy It Now button. The sales letter should have an additional offer to buy the physical CD?s and then process and ship using PayPal.

This gives you some options to choose from for handling product sales online. 1ShoppingCart is a great option if you sell both types of products and you have the budget for it. Clickbank is great for digital products only and PayPal is great for physical products and you can always combine the two services using the strategy above when you sell information products.

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2009
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