Tired of Niche Product Building? Info Product Model Released!
Surely, if you ever used BANS or followed the (very worthy) N1Way Guide, you got the email from Kelvin or the new owners over the weekend, in reference to the new product, called The Info Product Model.
It is much different than BANS or phpBay, which are used for building product review type websites, and instead focuses on selling information and knowledge, etc, where YOU are the actual vendor and owner of the product being sold. (Your product, your transactions, your customers) I guess a HUGE benefit that I see is that you don’t have to create an eBook… since the site itself (Much like N1Way) is, in effect, the book.
I was sent a complimentary copy to learn about it, install it and spent a bit of time playing around in the admin, but I have not used it to setup a site yet… If you have, please shoot me over the URL so I can see how you are using it. In the info on the website, a couple of the sites they are using as examples: Art of Fighting and the Poker Learning site, are both kinda tutorial/learning sites, that are great examples of how you could sell knowledge without ever having to build an eBook (One of the benefits of the application)
After looking through the application and seeing all the ways it could be used in conjunction with other sites, its going to be interesting to see how different people are making the Info product model work for them, and might even get me to come off my stump and get my own product built (Finally!)
Share and share alike… Have you used the Info Product Model? If so, how do you like it and how are you using it? I KNOW how well the product model itself works… and I don’t have enough experience with the app to say how easy it is compared to other tools.
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Hey Mark,
It’s on my list to “play” with tomorrow so I’ll be posting my full review after that. I use the original BETA version of the script on one of my own product/script websites but it didn’t have the large page management system to it in that version. But the version I used was great for Clickbank, so many other scripts just made the process far too complex, more than it has to be.
I’ll be using it myself for a couple of info products I’m finishing up BUT I can also visualise the many other potential ways it could be used in other niches or along side existing sites.
Thanks for the write up Mark.
I’ll be interested to see how you get on with it.
The beauty of it is that all the skills we’ve developed from building niche content sites simply transfer over to creating niche info products.
If anyone has any questions fire away.
Kelvin
@Ben Johnson – Good to hear from you Ben, I’m sure you have been busy as he## with Niche Site Platform, I need to get my mess together and use it myself!
@Kelvin – Good to see you around as well Kelvin! I got emails from several different people (from the BANS mailing list) since last year, so I assumed it was gone.
Mark
You too, haven’t spoke to you in a while but I’ve been moving in stealth :).
You’re telling me, what with NSP, Cpress, Halloween and a couple of other things I haven’t stopped, shouldn’t complain though.
I hope you are well.
Hi Mark
I will also check out this one. Do you think it is easier to sell info than product spesific sites?
I will PM you later to get your opinion on if it is worth purchasing your BANS/phpBay Conversion on my best performing 3.0 BANS site.
@Arthur – Personally, I think there is quite a bit easier than product sites Arthur! In fact, some of my MOST productive sites are not even product review sites like you would expect, they do review products… but there is no ebay or amazon on them, and they are much more geared to learning and news than product sales.
MH
Mark,
I’ve seen this shift as the economy has been in the toilet.
If you ever do develop your own product. Please consider coaching me to help you deliver your picks and shovels.
So with this new Info Product Model I was wondering where we get the information that we provide to customers? How do we make it valuable? I would hate to pay X for something as a customer and find out that the information is not worth it.
I am not much of a writer so would textbroker work with the Info Product Model.
It’ll be interesting to see the full review. Seems the same thing could be done cheaper by using WP (no cost) and directing the links to the CB product. Sounds like somebody is trying to build a better mousetrap. $95 for it is a bit pricey and don’t forget if you do promote your own product it costs $50 for the privilege on CB.
The same could be done to promote CB products (and has been) without spending $95, but there is a sucker born every minute, I guess.
Considering it’s from the founders of BANS, who abandoned that program without correcting the faulty coding and left buyers to fend for themselves, I’d have little faith in getting long term support for this one.
It appears you are a friend of Kelvin. How busy has he been with his new “products” that he had to disappear from BANS for a year and is only heard from when he tries to sell some guide, or other garbage.
Hey guys. I’m not trying to start a flame war here or anything, but given the lack of support that Adam and Kelvin have shown for BANS, should we not believe that this product won’t also be abandoned by the sellers in short time?
Sorry, but I’m not convinced they just won’t flake out on everyone again. If you can convince me otherwise, I’ll give it a shot.
Scott
@John – If you know a good bit of info about something, just Sell the Knowledge! Otherwise, research your existing niche markets, and start looking for the “how & why” type questions in search data. Create your own product around that.
@MsEed & @Scott – Valid questions for sure.
I got into BANS early on, actually in 2007… so I felt I got my time and money out of the product while it was very hot. I actually stopped using bans as my primary site building tool in late 2008, when they announced on their forum that they would not update past version 3. I have however built one-off sites with it up through late 09.
Mark
Mark,
Understood. Truth be told, given how flaky EPN has been, I might have stopped the updates myself. I still make a bit of money from EPN, but I won’t build any new sites based upon them. Too much fear!
Clickbank, though, has proven themselves time and time again to be both vendor and affiliate friendly. And if you’ve got a good product to sell, I think the ROI can be considerably more than an EPN site.
I’ll likely give the info product a try. Does anyone know if it can protect against multiple logins like aMember? I’m moving towards membership sites because I’ve found my PDF eBooks shared far more than I’d like. I hope there’s some protection against sharing built into the Info Product script.
Thanks for your insights, Mark.
Scott
@Scott – Cannot argue at all with the flakyness of ePN for the last 18-24 months! LOL
I am in the boat that product review sites as a whole are starting to be (well, 9-12 months ago) looked at differently. There are some fantastic discussions at both WebmasterWorld and GoogleWebmasterForums about the review model and affiliate links in general.
IMHO the CLOSER you can come to selling your own products on your own site, the better you are in the longrun!
In ref to the multiple-logins… I’m not sure. I have aMember also, but to me, its a pill to get setup.
Mark
Hello guys
I have found that my attitude has changed towards these products. I think that most of my attitude is me losing my hippie personality living online.
Recently I sent back a product with a scalding bitch out about ripping people off etc etc. I think I have begun to loose it. Its frustrating having limited abilities and no capital.
Its just so overwhelming of what can be done and how to do it.
Simply I can not shell out $100.00 for another product. Microsoft gives away all the software users need to build and post to multiple blogs and build pdfs with hotlink capabilities etc.
I am sure Kelvin’s product is good because he himself is a good person.
Do I sound like a dick these days Mark?
@BillG – LOL Not at all Bill, I completely understand where you are coming from with it as well. Its not about losing your hippie… its really a question of needs versus wants… and its something I check before buying any products, or ANYthing actually! (I have a closet full of shiny marbles too)
From everything I see in THIS specific product, if you have a need to sell your own product or knowledge, the site builder makes it pretty easy to do.
Just another tool in the toolbox, BUT… if you have no need for it, its just a waste of the money!
:-)
Thanks Mark I feel a little better.
@Kelvin cant find your email in my cpu. Would love to chat with you. Mark has my email.
Hi,
Can this product do monthly subscription? I am thinking of creating a membership site that allow me to sell monthly subscription and allow affiliate to earn recurring income.
@Rod – I assume so Rod, since the billing is handled through clickbank. Not 100% sure though…
Kelvin? Want to answer than one?
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