After receiving hundreds of emails asking me “Jon, ano ang naging negosyo mo at nakapag-quit ka sa job mo?” I’ll reveal it now.
I’ve been selling digital books (e-Books) in the past 6 years. And in the last 36 months, I sold over 24 Million Pesos e-Books.
Best of all, I’ve been running this simple business at the comfort of my home, working just few hours a day, and with no full-time employees.
And in the next series of blog posts, I’ll reveal some of my trade secrets and how you can do it too even if you think you’re not good in computer.
First, let me tell you why e-Book is the perfect to sell on the web.
Well, just consider the advantages of e-books over every other type of product being sold online today:
- Virtually 100% profit margin – An e-Book cost nothing to print because it’s an electronic file.
- Simple and inexpensive to produce. Your initial expense is just few thousands pesos – even less if you do the work yourself.
- You can deliver e-Book automatically. There’s no manual labor involved and you don’t need employees.
- No printing cost, zero storage costs and very low overhead costs.
- Higher perceived value than regular books – e-books are typically less than HALF the length of regular books … yet they sell for 2 or 3 times more!
- It’s easy to sell because customers can access the information in 5 minutes after their purchase.
- Customers love it because it’s cheap and they don’t need to pay extra for shipping cost.
Not only that, since more and more people now owns devices like iPhone, iPad, and mobile phones…
…there is a continuous flood of new customers.
How I Discovered This Highly Profitable and Low-Risk Business
Somewhere in 2002, I read the book of Robert Kiyosaki “Rich Dad Poor Dad”.
He mentioned how the rich get richer and he said…through Business and Real Estate investing.
Since, I don’t have money to invest for real estate, I started part-time businesses.
While employed, I started a restaurant, pharmacy store, retail (sari-sari), and graphic design services.
Nalugi lahat. I lost all my savings, humiliated, and earned Millions in debt from my bank.
One day, while chatting with a friend he introduced me to online businesses. He shared various ways to make money online. There are a lot of possible Internet businesses.
But what excites me the most was selling information products like e-Books because I myself am a customer buying e-Books. I love reading.
So I decided to create an e-book that I can sell. And since I’m not really creative and I’m not a good English writer, here’s what I did.
I simply compiled over 200 Bible verses, categorized them by topic, and turned it into an e-Book.
Since these verses are free online, I didn’t write anything except for the title and subtitle of the book. I just copied and pasted Bible verses in MS Word and converted it into a PDF file.
That was my very first e-Book.
To be honest, I’m not sure if someone is going to buy it. Why? Well the whole Bible is free for anyone over the web right?
Pero sabi ko sa sarili ko…”Well, what do I have to lose?”
So I launched it around 11:45pm of August 4, 2008. Sell it for $17.
I woke up 7a.m the following day, had a good breakfast, fire up my laptop….
And to my surprise…
…two customers bought my product that day.
I can’t believe my eyes. That month, I made $242 in profits.
Hindi na masama for my first try right?
BUT what fascinates me is the information in my book is free and available on the Internet. I simply copied and paste them and turn it into an e-book (PDF Format.)
In my next blog post, I’ll reveal to you the “trade secrets” in this kind of business.
You’ll learn the kind of information that people are willing to buy.
Let me know your thoughts below.
hello sir jon!
i’m very excited to know more about this e-book business. like you, i love to read, i even write reviews in exchange for free copies. thanks for sharing your knowledge about the e-book industry! i can’t wait to read your next post. =)
novel
Thanks Novel.
nice blog. sige pa, give us more tips on how to start our own business 🙂
Please send me details on how to start. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this valuable information. I am beginning to see hope again on how to earn this time and achieve my dreams. I hope to go into the details of online internet selling e-books. I got inspired by your testimony. I agree that you don’t stop dreaming and hoping. Don’t give up!!! I hope to see you in person and have a chance to shake hands with you. Thanks mr. Jon God is good and in control. By the way , I’m looking forward to know the details of online business as where to post or advertise your e-book, how you get paid, etc…
God bless…
Thanks. I hope you can join us in the webinar.
Hi Jon…thanks for all the info…I want to know more since I have five kids and no husband…I need to apply here in HK just to have a stepping stone going to Canada…so hard to be away from my kids…please help us more.☺
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I always look forward to your new posts. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. You mentioned that you’re not a writer neither creative. How do you write your own ebook? Can you publish printed book into an ebook without violating the copyright laws?
I ask someone to write it for me. For a low fee. 🙂
please send me details on how to make e-Book & how to sell it on line…thanks .& hope 4 ur success in grace of our lord..
Hi. i love to know more information about e-books. Can you send me in my email a sample and how to sell it? Looking forward to have business like this soon. Thank you and God bless.
Me, too. I’ve always wondered how people do it — self-publish their work. Hopefully this will satisfy my curiosity :).
Hi Jon. Thanks for your very inspiring blog.
Regarding your e-book biz, when the contents of the planned e-book are taken from several internet sites, do we need to cite them to avoid being charged of plagiarism? I am very much intrigued with this and would want to try it too. 17 years of being in the rat race did not provide me the security i need so I want to escape too.
THANKS…I need this much help because at 65 years old, and as a contractual employee, I am retiring without any benefits…
PLEASE help me move on from here.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS!!!
Hi jon i am interested on ebook online business..do i need to secure license permit?how you get paid..etc.tnx
I’ll talk about the details on my webinar. Talk to you soon.
when and where? thanks
Please send me details on how to start. Thank you
Thank you Jon for this very inspiring blog. I was a working student way back in the 1980s.
After three decades of working 8am-5pm, I decided to avail of the early retirement offer package in our office.
Now that I have all the time in the world, I want to use it productively without sacrificing the quality time that I now enjoy with my hubby and two adult kids.
Im so inspired.pls help me more on this business.i want this.looking for your respnd.tnx and God bles u more
What a great idea…. can you help me please I also want to try it… Thanks….
Please help me to know more and how? Thanks
Hi..glad to know your secrets in making money….Thank you for the information.
Hi, I’m very glad to read your secrets unfold.. I’ve read Poor Dad.. Rich Dad.. fond of reading books too.. my kids love e-books.. hope to do your e-book business too.
Hi Jon,
Thanks for sharing your success stories on your Online biz. I believe it’s a great one for benchmarking and I’m excited in launching one very soon.
Regards & God Bless You
Hi. I am interested. Please help me thank you.
Hi! Am so interested. Can you help me? Just want to try other things while staying home. Thanks!
Hi Sir John,
I am fascinated by your creativity in selling e-books online. I guess when you decided to get the idea of selling bible verses, God was already guiding you on the right track. I hope i can receive some helpful tips from you on what informaton people would like to buy.
Thank you,
Erwin
Wow! Amazing! It inspired me more in making money online.. May I know your tips and how u get paid? I am interested on this kind of business.. God bless.
Please loop me in every blogpost that youre going to post..very much interested in this e-book business of yours Sir Jon..
This is a heaven sent opportunity for people like me who desire passive income. Thanks. . .
Thanks for sharing this info. Looking forward to your next blog. I am interested about this business opportunity.
pls. help me din po..i am inrested po…pm me the details..thanks and God bless
I’m curious with your success, can you send me copy on how to start e-book biznez? And how much is the starting capital? Thanks.
Excited for my journey toward financial freedom
I,myself,am a fan of ebooks but your idea of selling them is really interesting and would like to do this as well. If you can give more info about this,i’d surely appreciate it. Thanks.
Congratulations Jon This is informative and an inspiration as well. I shall be more than happy to assist as a Business Mentor
Your story is very interesting. One of our client that I use to work for is PayPal. I know a lot of merchants selling digital goods of all kinds..but I never realize I can also do that. How can I join your webinar. I’m a new mom and wanted to setup my own business from home. Thank you in advance! Keep on inspiring people and God bless. 🙂
I need u mr. Jon to be my mentor, pls help me i badly need work now…i want to be like u pls teach me how and where do i start, pls help.
Hello Jon, first and foremost I want to congratulate you of your success and sharing them unselfishly. The main reason I subscribe to your blog is that we have the same influence that made my life upside down about money..”Rich Dad Poor Dad”. Although I’ve been only following Robert for almost 2 years now, since then, this excitement of become an successful enterpreneur is firing up inside me all he time. I already started building small business as a result. But hearing this on-line business, made me more interested about your information because me myself is a fan of e-books..it’s very convenient and almost half the price of the paperback.. I wish you could arrange for another seminar about online business.
How can I start my own e-book business? Please show me how. My thesis adviser told me that I’m good in writing. So maybe I can try to make books and sell books online. Please help. Thank you.
wow , that was really informative..I really love it..hopefully I can do it as well….thank you very much for sharing it with us…please, let me know more about it.
I like your ideas
Hi Jon,
Please let me know how to get started in this kind of business.
May God bless you more and more!
Regards,
CJ
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Hi Jon.
Like most of your followers, I was “intrigued” by your e-book selling success story. Admittedly, my level of IT or computer literacy is average. In your honest opinion, would this pose a problem for me if I venture into the e-book selling business…? Please advise.
Boyet
Nice tips! Your story is very inspiring. What you’ve done was an initiative, a discovery, which in the end profited yourself so much. Hope I can do the same as what you did. Thanks much for the encouragement.
Salamat din po for dropping by.
Dear Jon,
I saw about your e-book business on a friend’s wall 2 days ago. But I wasn’t able to read the full download because I was on the go and my wi-fi was limited.
I just returned home and I’m now browsing on my desktop, that’s why I was able to read your story. I am very curious how you started and how you made the very impressive profit. Like you, I also am fond of doing some small businesses on the side. By the way, I am a full-time teacher in a state university. The salary is good but since I also experienced engaging into a business that had turned bad and it costed me much, I would like to engage into a business that is safe, low-cost with good returns. I am very fond of using the internet particularly FB in connecting with friends including posting some activities for my students to do outside the classroom. I do documentation of all the activities in school and I post them all on FB that’s why I have so many friends. And this is why I am so interested with the idea of making a profit through the internet. And since I love reading and writing too, I believe I can do what you are sharing us. May I request you ti pls send me the specific steps you took that got you started on this e-business. I would appreciate very much the tips you could give so that I can start it too.
Looking forward to getting into the e-business soon with your assistance.
God bless.
Fe Erlinda
Hi Fe.
I released a 23-page guide that teaches how you can get started with this business.
Start here po > http://goo.gl/3YtQg9
Thank you for your humble sharing.
Your detailed experience is really very inspiring!!! I am excited to be able to attend your webinar on Feb.08/15. I am positive that it will be a life-changing event which will be our future guide to having our very own e-book business. God bless & more power…:)
hi jon, I’ve been reading reading your blogs since the year started. I am very curious on how to start a business through online, and by reading your blogs and email I learn something from you that I now start practicing it to my online business, though I am not fully concentrated with it because I am still employed but I have a long term plan to be a successfull online business man someday. Thank you for making a blog like this. Hope to hear and read more advice from you.
Godbless you and keep up the good work.
Im interested in upcoming seminar.how can i join?
This is great! Include me in your priority list please!