How to Design a Website for Selling an Ebook

Designing a website to sell your ebook can be one of the most frightening parts of writing an ebook, as it's tough to tell if all the work you put into the ebook will finally pay off. Fortunately, there are a number of things you can try to help ensure that your ebook will sell for your website.

Things You'll Need

• Written ebook required.

Instructions

1. Design a main page that really catches peoples eyes. Make it elegant and bright. Now sell the ebook. Use action phrases everywhere you can. Tell them what they're buying, and why they have to buy it, and most importantly, why they have to buy it 'now'. Most sites like this give 'limited time offers' all the time, which isn't so bad an idea but people have probably caught on to that lie quite a while ago. Tell them about the opportunity they'll be missing out on if they don't buy it now, try something like that.

2. Give a free monthly newsletter to get attention and keep people interested. Make it on a topic related to the ebook, show them your expertise.

3. Add a shopping cart system to the site so you don't have to constantly check orders and send emails. Best part about automating your site is that you can make money 24 hours a day without worrying too much about the orders.

4. Offer a money back guarantee for the ebook, also put up a one line assurance of "secure shopping" above the buy button. Include total cost before asking for buyer info.

5. Add any free incentives you can think of. Maybe even have a second ebook as a 'free item' if they buy. Try not to look desperate though. Maybe offer the freebie if they go to leave the site.