Would You Pay £4 For This?

[LowPrices.uk]

Hi Guys

Would you pay £4 for a book about how to generate income streams from the internet? I ask because that's roughly the price of a pint of beer. When you look at it that way, how come you would pay that for a beer, yet not pay for something which potentially could be way more valuable?

 

[NickGrogan]

No. If the book was worth way more, it would cost way more - and I'd be more inclined to buy it.

I'd also be more interested in the writer and what they've done than the price of the book.

 

[Paul Murray]

Would you pay £4 for a book about how to generate income streams from the internet? I ask because that's roughly the price of a pint of beer. When you look at it that way, how come you would pay that for a beer, yet not pay for something which potentially could be way more valuable?

Like Nick said, the low price is off-putting. At that price I'd expect not very much in terms of detail or new ideas. I'd probably be expecting a collection of out of date or 'generic' ideas that are probably rehashed blog posts or something.

 

[garyk]

Hi Guys

Would you pay £4 for a book about how to generate income streams from the internet? I ask because that's roughly the price of a pint of beer. When you look at it that way, how come you would pay that for a beer, yet not pay for something which potentially could be way more valuable?

Price is irrelevant, trust and credibility are everything. Heck I would pay £5K but you need to be making 100K a month, demonstrable (not screen shots face to face) and be able to show me you can help me achieve the same.

The net is awash, and I mean awash, so full you can hardly move for it, of 'make money' from self-appointed gurus.

I would bet £4 that the info in your book is freely (and widely) available from a vast array of sites.

And I would pay for the beer because I 'want' it. You are trying to convince me I 'need' your book.

 

[estwig]

How to generate income from the internet - Sell your computer on ebay!

That'll be £2.50 please!

 

[LowPrices.uk]

Price is irrelevant, trust and credibility are everything.

OK, I see that, and I agree with that. You are only going to buy something if you can ascertain it's from someone who can demonstrate they've done it.

 

[fisicx]

YES!

But even then there are hundreds of books, webinars, videos and so on all telling me how X made $$$$ by following these 10 simple steps. What makes you method any different to everyone else?

 

[tsubibo]

There are hundreds of e-books on that. You must have some kind of gimik to sell it.

 

[Maxwell83]

No, because stuff in £4 ebooks is usually the same stuff you find in free ebooks.

The info may be good, but it's probably not valuable - i.e it's widely known and common knowledge and anyone who doesn't already know it can find it out for free.

Most real books which sell for real money and do well are not instruction manuals, they are either entertaining and so just 'a good read' or they connect with the reader on an emotional level, challenging their thinking or motivating them.

If you are not a good author and have the skill to write a book (like 99.9%of us), don't create a guide/manual/ebook and hope to make money from it. That's what blogs and websites are for and they're free to the user.

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[cjd]

Of course not. Why on earth would anybody do that?

Think about it.

 

[Mr Demeda]

Why would I?

For just £1 more I could get a footlong BMT on Italian herb & cheese, toasted with BBQ sauce, jalapenos and sweetcorn.

 

[LowPrices.uk]

Why would I?

For just £1 more I could get a footlong BMT on Italian herb & cheese, toasted with BBQ sauce, jalapenos and sweetcorn.

This is an interesting point that you raise!!! Now when's teatime ...

 

[PipeTen-Carl]

Would I? Hell no.

Will other people? Absolutely.

Bit late to the party as others have mentioned and the world doesn't need another Chris Cardell.

 

[Synology Hosting]

Why would I?

For just £1 more I could get a footlong BMT on Italian herb & cheese, toasted with BBQ sauce, jalapenos and sweetcorn.

Well.. I know whats for lunch today!

On topic, No I wouldn't spend £4 on a book that I could most likely find the information out myself with a little research.

Like most things that you are able to learn from a book you can find out over the internet for free. Although in some cases purchasing a book can work out better as it can hold some "information" that you wouldn't have thought about looking up yourself.

 

[Paul Norman]

Personally, no. I wouldn't buy that book.

I already make a living.

 

[DesignerNick]

Never understood this, if it is so easy to make loads of money why aren't the authors using their methods over and over to make shed loads rather than trying to sell ebooks for a couple of pounds?

 

[Synology Hosting]

Never understood this, if it is so easy to make loads of money why aren't the authors using their methods over and over to make shed loads rather than trying to sell ebooks for a couple of pounds?

Couldn't agree more, although 9/10 they would argue that they don't want to be greedy and want to share their findings. What I would say was a lie, if they were making all this money they could just give the information away for FREE!.

 

[HandSon]

Please tell the name of that book. It's very interesting.
If it worth reading I would even pay more.

 

[Frimley111R]

Never understood this, if it is so easy to make loads of money why aren't the authors using their methods over and over to make shed loads rather than trying to sell ebooks for a couple of pounds?

TBH I know how to market an M&A company better than anyone in the UK but I don't want to start an M&A company. I am sure these people are the same. Also, yes, info is available from the web but an ebook focusses it all into one place and if you trust the source you can make life a lot easier for yourself. Plus, if the info is, for example, sector specific, for example 'How to start a pet food business' then it'll be even more attractive.

 

[SDLBiz]

Honestly, I'd rather buy the beer because then I will save myself a lot of time reading a useless book.

I would buy the book if the author was Richard Branson but if it is someone who I have never heard of before who hasn't got an asset to backup their claims, then I would avoid it.

 

[DesignerNick]

TBH I know how to market an M&A company better than anyone in the UK but I don't want to start an M&A company. I am sure these people are the same. Also, yes, info is available from the web but an ebook focusses it all into one place and if you trust the source you can make life a lot easier for yourself. Plus, if the info is, for example, sector specific, for example 'How to start a pet food business' then it'll be even more attractive.

But if the author writes that book but has never started a pet good business or they did and it failed then why would I buy it?

 

[Chris34]

Sell beer and include the book for free. Include a new chapter with each pint bought : )

 

[MarcusCornelius]

Whenever I see book, seminar or any other event related to "How to make money from this..." I am asking one simple question - why would the author suddenly started to share his knowledge? Would it be better to keep it secret and profit from the idea as much as possible? My conclusion is the main business here is book/seminar itself, not its contents. The trick is simple: you've been told to spend small amount of money (for example - £4) and earn later much more. The problem is that even this amount is small it creates good profit for author of the idea (£4 multiplied by 1000 for example...) BUT it is highly improbable the information people get would make them any money.

 

[Frimley111R]

But if the author writes that book but has never started a pet good business or they did and it failed then why would I buy it?

I agree if they have never done it themselves or failed in doing so.

 

[Frimley111R]

BUT it is highly improbable the information people get would make them any money.

I varies widely but there is also the ownus on the reader to do something with that information.

 

[Jeff Nev]

I'd personally want the information for free, and that £4 could be used to gain exposure for your current online endeavours. I'm sure gaining a single conversion would be a much better use for that money.

 

[Frimley111R]

Well yes but also, if its free how much value does t convey to a reader? The web is full of free info of varying quality. Payment implies its better than free content?

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

I wouldn't, but thousands would.

Why not offer it for free, but you have to pay p&p (£4?)........

 

[Paul Murray]

Or offer a 'lite' or complimentary version for free as a PDF/ebook?