The Ebook Cavern Reviews

SOFTWARE DETAILS
FILE SIZE: 1,901kb Zipped, 1,967kb Unzipped.
FORMAT: Executable (.exe)
SUBJECT: Viral PDF allows you to create brandable PDFs so that when you create your own PDF files you can allow readers to rebrand certain links with their own links.

ABOUT SEAN KELLY (CREATOR OF VIRAL PDF)
Sean Kelly is a software developer who creates software applications related to PDF files. His products include PDF Locker, PDF Printer and Viral PDF.

ABOUT VIRAL PDF
Viral PDF is a piece of software allowing you to brand PDF files that you have created. What this means is that you can allow readers to rebrand certain links within the PDF with their own links. For example, maybe you could allow readers to change certain links to their own website. Alternatively, you could allow readers to convert links to your own product into affiliate links so that they would get a commission everytime this link generates a sale.

You may be wondering why you would want to allow readers to change certain links in your report when you’ve gone to all the trouble of creating it. Well there are a number of reasons, but the main application will be if you want your PDF to go viral i.e. you want it to be distributed as widely as possible across the Internet. For example, if you have created a short report which contains links to your premium product and has the main purpose of selling your premium product, you will want as many people as possible to see this report. The more people that see the report, the more chances you have to sell your premium product.

So first you will grant resell rights and/or giveaway rights to this report. However, what’s the incentive for people to resell/giveaway your report instead of other reports? What about a cut of all the commissions that their report generates? If they can rebrand this report with their affiliate link to your product, then they will gain a commission everytime their report generates a sale for you, so they will be much more motivated to distribute it. It’s a win-win situation for both you and the reader. The reader wins because they get paid to distribute a product they haven’t even had to create. You win because you get affiliates selling your premium product for you. Therefore, by making your report brandable, you can seriously increase it’s distribution across the Internet.

Now you know what Viral PDF does and why you would want to use it in this way, I will now discuss Viral PDF’s ease of use. Basically, you prepare your ebook as normal except the links and text you want to rebrand have to have an -8- tag on either side. Now I’ll be honest. It did take a little while getting used to writing my ebooks in this way, but once you’ve written a few ebooks which have been formatted for rebranding you start to get the hang of it. The instruction manual that is included with Viral PDF is well written and explains this tag system perfectly. Once you have tagged everything (text and links) you want to rebrand, you can then convert the document into PDF format.

There are two pieces of software included with Viral PDF; the Viral PDF Signer and the Viral PDF Rebrander. Once you’ve written your ebook in the correct format and converted it into PDF, the next step is to sign the PDF file. To do this, you open the Viral PDF Signer, drag across the PDF file you want to be signed, click Sign and then save it. This really is an easy step (just drag and drop) and once you have done this your PDF file is all ready to be rebranded. The signed copy is what you will be distributing to your customers with the Viral PDF Rebrander so they can rebrand it.

Overall, Viral PDF is not the easiest product to use. You don’t simply select the links and choose what you want them replaced with. However, once you’ve done a few test runs it gets pretty easy to use. What I really liked about Viral PDF was Sean Kelly’s customer service. I was having problems with the Viral PDF Signer not working with my PDFs (I was using Open Office to create my PDF files). Sean got in touch promptly saying the problem was due to the formatting of Open Office PDFs and he would begin work on an update immediately. Sure enough, in a couple of days Sean sent me the update and it worked perfectly.

My main criticism of this product is that it doesn’t seem to support encrypted PDF files. Therefore, people can copy the text within your branded PDF file. Apart from that I have no complaints. Viral PDF does everything Sean says it will and once you’ve had a few runs it’s pretty simple to use.

GOOD POINTS

• You can give your customers more incentive to distribute your ebooks.
• You can increase affiliate sales of your product.
• You can increase your website traffic.
• Sean’s customer service is excellent.

BAD POINTS

• Viral PDF doesn’t work with encrypted PDF files.
• The interface does require a little practice and takes some getting used to.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM VIRAL PDF
I have created a number of brandable ebooks and plan to develop more. I’ve also benefitted at the other end of the scale. I have branded other people’s ebooks, rebranded them and received affiliate commissions for my efforts.

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EBOOK DETAILS
File Size: 3.24mb Zipped, 7.14mb Unzipped.
Format: MySQL Database.
Subject: My Digital Dispatch is a program you install on your website which can auto-deliver digital products which you sell via PayPal. It works both on eBay and outside of eBay i.e. on a website.

ABOUT SOCRATES SOCRATOUS (CREATOR OF MY DIGITAL DISPATCH)
Socrates Socratous is a successful Internet Marketer and the creator of My Digital Dispatch. He also runs his own newsletter and a blog located at http://socratesblog.com/ where he provides regular tips for ebook sellers on eBay.

ABOUT MY DIGITAL DISPATCH
After trying various solutions for auto-delivering ebooks on eBay I found My Digital Dispatch. It is by far the best solution I have come across as it is both flexible, easy to use, and can be purchased with just one payment.

My Digital Dispatch has the following features:

• Ebooks are delivered Instantly as soon as your customer makes the Payment!!
• You can add unlimited Ebooks to My Digital Dispatch!!
• You can have unlimited Email Messages sent with the Products!!
• Each message can be customised through Personalisation Variables!!
• You can harvest Customer Information!!
• My Digital Dispatch keeps a transaction log!!
• My Digital Dispatch works 24/7 even with the computer turned off!!
• My Digital Dispatch adjusts to any PayPal supported currency!!
• My Digital Dispatch checks the price and currency to avoid fraudulent transactions!!
• There is no need to update item numbers when selling on eBay!!
• You can easily create unlimited different titles to sell the same item on eBay!!
• My Digital dispatch works with both eBay Auctions and eBay Buy It Now Listings!!
• Much, much more!!
• NEW FEATURE AS OF JULY 2006: My Digital Dispatch can cloak download links so that customers cannot find the actual location of your product!!
• NEW FEATURE AS OF JULY 2006: My Digital Dispatch can timeout downloads based on time (e.g. download links are active for 24 hours) or number of downloads (e.g. downloads links become inactive after three downloads)!!
• NEW FEATURE AS OF JULY 2006: My Digital Dispatch will resend a download link to the customer at the click of a button!!
• NEW FEATURE AS OF JULY 2006: My Digital Dispatch now allows currency checker to be turned off, or multiple currencies to be accepted!!
• NEW FEATURE AS OF JULY 2006: My Digital Dispatch now allows you to backup and / or restore your current database at the click of a button!!

My Digital Dispatch is basically a huge database script which you install on your website. Once installed you then add products (ebooks, software etc) to the Inventory. Then once you have done this you create Items for Sale (the title, price etc of the item you will be selling). This Items for Sale feature is very useful for eBay sellers because you can have lots of different titles for selling the same ebook on eBay. For example you could use both “The 90 Day PowerSeller Challenge Ebook - Can you do it?” or “Become a PowerSeller in 90 Days? Are you up to the challenge?” when selling the 90 Day PowerSeller Challenge Ebook. After you have done this you can then create custom Success and Failure Messages for your products. Success Messages are sent to deliver the product when the correct payment is made by the customer e.g. “Thankyou for purchasing <Item>. It can be downloaded from <Download Link>.” Failure Messages are sent when delivery fails, usually because the customer has paid the incorrect amount or in an incorrect currency e.g. “Sorry but the delivery has failed. This could be for a number of reasons. Please get in touch with us to rectify the problem.” You can either create a custom Success and Failure Message for each individual product, or use the same custom Success and Failure Message for all products. Finally you can create custom Email Signatures. Again you can either use a different Email Signature for all products or list the same Email Signature. Once you have done this for each product they should be all ready to be auto-delivered.

Now as I said earlier My Digital Dispatch is the best solution I have found for auto-delivering ebooks on eBay. Before I go on to list the good points of My Digital Dispatch, I will first outline the other delivery systems I have used, so that I can better highlight why My Digital Dispatch is superior. Prior to My Digital Dispatch I used two other methods for auto-delivering my ebooks; Outlook Express and Payloadz.

Now using Outlook Express to auto-deliver ebooks is an OK solution when you are starting out. However, as your ebook business grows you will soon find that this method is not the best solution. For starters, the more sales you make, the longer your email program will have to spend sending emails, using up your bandwidth. Secondly, and more importantly this is not true auto-delivery because it only works when your computer is on and Outlook Express is open. Therefore, if you don’t go on your computer for a few days or take a holiday all your ebook orders will be piling up, and will not be delivered till you go on your computer next. As you can see this will become quite a problem as paying customers will not be happy about waiting (even just for a few days) for the ebook to be delivered, when your competitors are delivering them instantly.

The next solution I tried was Payloadz (http://www.payloadz.com). Unlike using Outlook Express, Payloadz is a good solution for auto-delivering ebooks. With Payloadz you upload your products to their servers and then you are given a ten digit code to insert within your eBay auction title (the code is similar to PL012345678). When a customer buys your product on eBay they are then sent an encrypted download link via Payloadz which you can also set to expire if you like. In exchange for the service Payloadz charge you a monthly fee which is based on how much you sell. There are a few reasons I don’t find Payloadz as good as My Digital Dispatch. First, you have to insert a ten digit code into your auction title meaning that you now have ten less digits to describe your item with. Using My Digital Dispatch you can use the full fifty five digit auction title. Secondly, Payloadz restricts you to using Buy It Now and requiring Immediate Payment from buyers, which in turn restricts you to only accepting payment from buyers in your country. My Digital Dispatch also works on Auction listings and does not require Immediate Payment, which means you can accept payment from buyers in any country. Finally, Payloadz is a monthly subscription service and is therefore a recurring expense. My Digital Dispatch is yours to use forever after the one off payment. This saves you money in the long term.

Overall, My Digital Dispatch is in my opinion the best option out there for auto-delivering ebooks on eBay. Hopefully, the comparisons with the other services above, highlight My Digital Dispatch’s superiority. The flexibility, customisation, and the fact that you only have to pay for My Digital Dispatch once are why I prefer it over Payloadz. The only feature that I feel Payloadz outdoes My Digital Dispatch on is the encrypted and expiring download links. Payloadz does hide the download location of your ebooks and can also set the links to expire after a certain time. However, Socrates has promised that the next version of My Digital Dispatch will have this feature installed. If you are serious about selling ebooks on eBay then you need My Digital Dispatch.

GOOD POINTS

• Allows you to auto-deliver unlimited digital products on and off eBay instantly, 24/7, whether or not you are on your computer.
• Allows customised, personalised, messages and signatures to be sent with the digital products.
• Allows you to keep a transaction and sales log so that you can analyse this data for planning purposes.
• Works with eBay Auction, Buy It Now, and Store Inventory listings.
• Once the digital product has been added to My Digital Dispatch there is no need to update auction IDs, listing details etc.
• The price and currency paid are checked to make sure you get paid the right amount. If the customer underpays or pays in the wrong currency they do not receive the item.
• No monthly subscription fee - Just a one off payment.

BAD POINTS

• At the moment My Digital Dispatch does not encrypt or timeout download links (although this has been promised in the next version).
• You need your own website with MySQL databases and PHP in order to operate My Digital Dispatch.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM MY DIGITAL DISPATCH
Well what can I say? My Digital Dispatch has probably been one of the most helpful pieces of software, if not the most helpful piece of software I have come across. It saves me huge amounts of time when running my ebook business (located at http://stores.ebay.co.uk/theebookcavern) as I now no longer have to worry about delivering my products to customers. It’s all done for me by My Digital Dispatch. Plus if I want to promote other websites or products in the delivery emails then I can do so by using the customised email messages and signatures.

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