Using Affiliate Systems to Benefit Your Business

You’ve probably already heard all about the PayLoadz affiliate program. If you haven’t, you can definitely learn more about our affiliate system and how you can benefit by it. What we want to talk about in this post is how to use the affiliate program to benefit your business.

One of the most important things you need to remember is that the Internet is always changing. There will always be new trends and fads about what technology is the best and what people are looking to buy. An affiliate program is a great way for you to continue to drive traffic to your site, or PayLoadz Store listings, and keep up your sales.

An affiliate program is a marketing tool used for online businesses that benefits both parties involved. Basically, an affiliate program helps drive more business to your product by having affiliates advertise for your goods on their sites. This helps you in that it can boost sales and helps the affiliates by generating extra income for them. Affiliate programs are simple and effective, which is why we’ve chosen to use an affiliate program at PayLoadz as well.

With an affiliate program, the possibility for great rewards exists. Once you become involved in such a program you can look forward to increased traffic and higher revenue through that program. When you sign up for our affiliate program, we can help you expand your product’s reach. This is done by having other members of the program market your virtual goods. In exchange for the marketing that they do for you, you provide a financial payout for each successful sale they send your way. These successful sales are often referred to as conversion.

PayLoadz network can definitely help you build your business. It is easy to sign up and is absolutely free to join. If you’re already selling virtual goods through PayLoadz, you can sign up easily within your account and track all of your affiliate traffic from within our system. Once you have affiliates selling your products, you will be notified through the system each time your product sells due to an affiliate referral. It is for such sales that you will provide a payment.

Just remember, an affiliate program can also help your bottom line. Rather than doing all the marketing yourself, and dedicating all your resources to it, you can build a team of affiliates that market your products for you. Some affiliates can even act as gateways for purchase. Sharing a portion of your sales with affiliates can definitely translate into a larger customer base and higher profits.

While using affiliate program to increase your product sales, you can also benefit by offering complementary products to your customers or by helping others sell their downloads through PayLoadz. You can sign up as a PayLoadz reseller and earn commission for all clicks and sign-ups generated from your website. Plus, you will also receive recurring commission for upgraded accounts. If you sign us an affiliate, you can promote products sold by others and earn commission attached to each product.

The Basics of Featured Listings

As an online seller of virtual goods, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about featured listings. Featured listings are used in online marketing, advertising, and even on various shopping platforms and payment gateways. When you’re selling digital products online, you want to offer not only as many options when it comes to making the purchase and paying, but also to stand out from the thousands of other retailers offering similar products. Featured listings can definitely help you with that.

If you’re new to PayLoadz, or even if you’ve been with us a while, we’d like to give you the basics on featured listings to help make their use a little clearer.

What is a Featured Listing?

The idea behind a featured listing is pretty simple. It’s just a listing that you pay a little extra for – you make an investment and your product is featured over others in its category. This helps draw more attention to what you’re offering. These types of listings allow for you to gain more exposure in the PayLoadz Store.

What is the Purpose of a Featured Listing?

The traditional idea behind the use of a featured listing is to highlight a product. Using featured listings on PayLoadz helps broadcast your products to potential (and returning) customers. The purpose of this is simply to increase your sales and boost your bottom line. Who doesn’t want to make a profit selling their virtual goods?

How Long Will the Featured Listing Last?

The length of time that a featured listing will last on PayLoadz really just depends on you. Your featured listing will last until your featured listing account is depleted of funds or you decide to take it down. You can renew your featured listing account as often as you like.

How Much Does a Featured Listing Cost?

The investment to have a featured listing is relatively small, especially when compared to other online stores that you may offer your products on. The minimum cost per click is $0.05 and maximum is $0.25. You can choose to pay any amount per click between 5 cents and 25 cents. If you need more visibility consider choosing a higher price and more ads will be displayed for your product. You can set the price for your Featured Listing by entering the price that you are willing to pay in the “Select Your Own CPC Rate” section on Product Details page. If you set it to zero, no ads will be shown.

Each time a shopper clicks the featured listing, the fee will be automatically deducted from your Featured Listing account balance.

How to Get a Featured Listing on PayLoadz

Getting a featured listing on PayLoadz is actually really easy, and a no-brainer. Every PayLoadz merchant should try a featured listing at least once to see how it can boost their sales. You can create one in no time once you log into your PayLoadz seller account.

So, there you have it. Those are the basics of using a featured listing with the PayLoadz system. And for a limited time, we’re offering to match the amount of your deposit to the featured listing account to all new users. So, if you put in $15, we will too. That way, you’ll have the benefits of $30 worth of featured listing services.

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Increase Your Sales with Descriptive Titles

Using PayLoadz to sell your digital products and virtual goods is an excellent way to get in touch with both returning and potential buyers. Sitting from the comfort of your own home or office, you can list your goods easily (and free!) with us and watch the dollars roll in. But, that success doesn’t come all by itself. You do have to think about how you list your products and the descriptions you offer. In today’s economy, who wants to spend their hard-earned money without knowing what they’re actually getting? The answer is: not many people.

This is where descriptive titles make you a stronger seller. Using PayLoadz is easy enough, virtually stress-free. But, you do want to encourage new buyers to lay their money down and take your product home. Descriptive titles help enhance your product listing in the PayLoadz Store. Sure, you already have a product image, bold lettering, and have invested in featured listings for your products, but there’s more you can do. Try these tips out and see if your sales don’t increase noticeably.

So what makes a title descriptive enough!

First of all, you should know by now that selling products online is all about search. Potential buyers look for products using search engines as well as the search on PayLoadz store. Make sure that the product titles have just the right keywords so that they appear in the results when shoppers search for them. Think of yourself searching for the same product on the Internet and the keyword or phrase that you would enter in the search box to find that product. That keyword should be a part of your title.

Secondly, the title should explain what the product is all about. While using right keywords may help show your product in search engines; people may still not click on the link because the title may not be telling the whole story about the product. For eg: the titles ‘How to stop snoring’ and ‘How to stop snoring without surgery’ use the appropriate keyword ‘stop snoring’; however, the latter explains the content of the ebook better. This is what makes it a more descriptive title. Use the space we allow for a good title! Remember, the more descriptive and accurate the title, the more potential the listing has for buyers to click it and check out your product.

Another thing to remember is that spelling counts! While we won’t be giving you a spelling test anytime soon, misspelled words can make you lose out on sales. Spelling is so important because as buyers search for your products they will be typing particular keywords and phrases into the search tool. This means that if your product’s title contains misspelled words, your listing may not be displayed! Always double check the spelling before you list an item. If you think any of your titles may have misspelled words, go back and make edits!

Click here to check out a sample product description to see how we display the title and description that you provide.

Just remember, the more descriptive you are in your product title, the more clicks you will receive. A higher number of clicks to your listing will translate into a higher number of sales, which always helps your bottom line and profits! Using descriptive and accurate titles gives shoppers an idea of what they are purchasing. No smart shopper spends their money blindly – remember that and you’re on your way to lots of success with PayLoadz and your online sales!

How Product Sample Files Can Help Your Sales

Everyone loves a free sample, so why not enhance your sales on PayLoadz with product samples? It is no secret that product samples can only help your sales when offered. Though you need to get the word out about your virtual goods and work as hard as possible to ensure that people know what you have to offer, the product itself is often its own best salesman. Obviously we don’t mean that your product without all the hard work will magically sell itself, but the impression, atmosphere, and tools you give it all contribute to your success.

This is why product samples are so important, especially for virtual goods. Regardless of the cost of your product and what you put into your marketing efforts, product samples are usually the most cost-effective selling method out there, and have been for years. Think back to the days of door-to-door salesmen – didn’t they always have a product sample with them? The principle behind that strategy has not and will not change, regardless of technology!

It really doesn’t matter what type of product you sell in order to use a sample to get your foot in potential clients’ doors. Samples can be applied to anything and is especially useful for digital goods. Many customers would like to see what you’re offering and to test the download waters. Are there glitches? Is the software or file compatible with their computer system? Samples can answer all sorts of questions right off the bat.

One of the main draws of using product samples is that your whole advertising campaign can change. Once you offer free product samples, you can use the word “free” in your ads. Free stuff always brings in readers and visitors. That’s the hook – free samples. Go ahead and reel them in with your awesome products!

Offering product samples gets action. Just with a great title and description, a shopper may not be ready to commit to becoming a buyer. Throw a sample into the mix and you’ve got someone who is ready to learn a little more about your product. He or she will order the sample, download it, and won’t be able to move on without testing it out. This is a great way to spread the word about your product and gain new clients.

Product samples aren’t expensive to offer and will end up increasing your sales and overall investment in the long run. You can offer free downloads, product sample files, or a combination of both through the PayLoadz system. You can also use discount codes to those who have sampled your product for the full version. The possibilities are endless. In fact, PayLoadz makes it incredibly easy to set up a sample, offer discounts and free downloads. We encourage you to be creative with using product samples when selling your goods.

Another Storefront Option – PayLoadz

Whether you are brand new to the virtual goods industry or an old pro, PayLoadz can definitely be of use to you when it comes to selling digital files and other e-products. But what PayLoadz does best is offer you another storefront option to feature your products. And we all know that the more options you provide, the farther your reach will span.

A virtual storefront can help expand your business in many different ways. Without the overhead of having to rent a space, pay utilities, and man the staff, you are immediately getting ahead of the game. Additionally, by featuring your products online, shoppers don’t have to travel to your place of business – they can simply log onto the Internet and visit your store.

But remember, just because your online store doesn’t have a physical location it doesn’t mean you don’t have to work at it everyday. This means you have to keep the business going – looking for new methods to bring in customers and spread the word about your products is your main goal. That’s where having as many different options is key – and PayLoadz can help you realize this goal. Our innovative payment gateway and e-store platform is what every e-retailer needs.

PayLoadz makes it easy for you to sell digital files. Whether your products are images, e-books, music, or movies you will have no problem whatsoever. You simply sign up, list your products, and set your prices. Customers will pay you via PayPal or Google Checkout. Once payment is confirmed, the PayLoadz system takes care of the rest via file delivery. It’s fast, it’s easy, and it’s cost-effective. To top it off, everything is done automatically with very little overhead. The alternative to this process is to manually send out digital files for each purchase, which would end up costing you more time and money than you might be willing to spare.

You may already have your own website, and that’s great! Your website is essentially your virtual storefront – customers visit, check out your products, and then decide to make a purchase or not. But, what if your website is so new that it hasn’t started ranking yet? Remember, the more places that feature your product for sale, the better. So, in addition to your own website, you will definitely want to feature your products in different venues such as online auctions, forums, e-stores, and payment platforms like PayLoadz.

Our payment gateway and e-store platform can be used to deliver just about any digital good. It doesn’t matter if you specialize in software, movies, ringtones, music files, movie files, art, e-books, or other digital media. PayLoadz Store has several cateogries such as Music, Videos, Software, Books, Audio Books and Other that can be used to list almost all types of virtual goods under subjects ranging from chidren's books to self-help videos. If it can be downloaded, it can also be sold through PayLoadz. We offer plenty of tracking, payment options, and protection when it comes to hosting your files for sale. And what’s even better is that we can help build your business and expand your bottom line.

Selling MediaFire.com Files on PayLoadz

You may not have already known that it is possible to sell MediaFire files through the PayLoadz platform and gateway, but it is! We believe in giving out clients and their customers as many options as possible, which is why we thought it important to introduce the ability of selling MediaFire.com files on the blog.

If you’re not already familiar with MediaFire, it is a file hosting website with a little something extra. It allows for an easy and secure way to host as well as share any files such as presentations, videos, documents, and images with all the functionality you could hope for – easy uploading and downloading, management, and sharing. MediaFire caters to just about everyone, ranging from individuals to artists and musicians to businesses and professionals as well as students. You’re probably getting the idea of why PayLoadz and MediaFire work so well together!

Because MediaFire allows you to host all of your files on just one site, you don’t have to worry about the disk space, bandwidth, or hosting issues that come with having your own website. Just like PayLoadz, you can even access your MediaFire account from just about any computer with an Internet connection. The two services complement each other perfectly.

In order to sell any MediaFire files through the PayLoadz system, you must have an account with both services. If you don’t already, sign up with MediaFire.com – it’s fast, easy, and you’ll be set up in no time. To sign up with PayLoadz, simply fill out our easy registration form. Once you’ve got an account with both, you’re ready to roll.

Getting set up to have MediaFire and PayLoadz work together is fairly simple. And if you already use MediaFire, you’ll definitely want to incorporate that account into your PayLoadz services. The first thing you need to do is access your MediaFire account. From there, you’ll upload any file you want to sell via PayLoadz to that account. The MediaFire system will walk you through the entire process. Once the file is uploaded, open up the folder containing the file and right-click the icon for the file in question. You’ll be copying the link location.

From there, you’ll need to log into your PayLoadz account and paste the file’s link location into your account. The screen will reveal the code and you’ll need to update your account by clicking the “Update” button that you’ll see. Once you’ve done all this, just test everything out by using the “Test Delivery” feature we offer. Make sure you actually click the “Download URL” link to make sure everything works as it should.

Though we’ve just given you a broad overview and a few simple steps to getting MediaFire and PayLoadz to work together, we hope you’ll try it out. We can’t stress enough that the more options and choices you give your customers, the better off your sales will be! Good luck!

Haiti GPS Map Donation from GPSTravelMaps.com and PayLoadz

I am happy to announce that PayLoadz and GPSTravelMaps.com have enabled their Haiti GPS map for Garmin devices to be given to any relief workers going to Haiti free of charge. They have worked diligently the past few days preparing a vastly updated version of the map to make it suitable for use in the critical conditions the country currently faces. The latest version, finished in the early morning hours, is now suitable for rescue and relief efforts.

Anyone that is participating with the relief efforts on site can obtain a free copy of the map by contacting them at support - at- gpstravelmaps.com, or via their website http://www.gpstravelmaps.com.

Why Do People Buy Virtual Goods?

As a payment gateway and virtual store, we have definitely thought about the many different reasons behind why people would even want to buy virtual goods. As a PayLoadz member, you’ve probably given the topic a little bit of thought yourself. The purpose of this post is to delve a little deeper into the virtual goods market. Who knows, perhaps you’ll learn a little something that might help you reach out to your customers a little more successfully.

There are different reasons why people buy virtual goods through PayLoadz, or any other e-store or platform. The virtual goods market is broadening and therefore the availability, features, and attributes, in addition to the types of products being offered, is constantly changing. Virtual goods have functional attributes, hedonic attributes, and social attributes. Who your customers are will determine their shopping patterns. This is true for any industry, not just virtual goods.

Virtual goods with functional attributes typically include digital files such as business software, educational e-books, and instruction manuals. These types of products may help the performance levels of a buyer’s job, business, or education. Buyers interested in functional virtual goods are those looking for something that will help achieve a certain goal either in daily life or business. Many PayLoadz clients and customers are interested in functional goods.

If shoppers are interested in virtual goods with hedonic attributes, they are looking for something with entertainment value. For example, online gamers may shop for virtual currency for their game of choice to progress through the game levels. Other hedonic attributes might include digital items that are simply aesthetically pleasing (like screen savers and art), fictionalized e-books, movies, and music. These types of digital products are for fun and may not have any real value as far as functionality goes. If you surf through the PayLoadz Store you’ll see your fair share of such virtual goods.

Some shoppers are interested in virtual goods with social attributes. With the advent of social networking sites and communities like MySpace, FaceBook, and Twitter, virtual goods with social functions have become quite popular. Such virtual goods might include those that make cultural references (for holidays, social groups, etc.), digital products offered for branding by real-world companies, and other applications. Many smart-phone and computer applications are virtual goods with purely social purposes. Many clients offer such products through our platform as well.

While we haven’t given you an exhaustive list of reasons why people buy virtual goods, we hope we’ve given you a good overview. As you can see, the reasons go beyond just useful or fun, and can meet needs in between. Customers will shop for different virtual goods based on their personal finance, social interests, and functional needs. And they can find just about any type of digital product on PayLoadz!

All about PayLoadz Standard

We offer two versions of PayLoadz to meet your needs when it comes to selling virtual goods. PayLoadz Express is ideal for those interested in selling simple digital files in a matter of minutes and it is available in several languages like Arabic, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish so that non-English speaking people can also sell their digital goods. However, if your needs are a little more complex, PayLoadz Standard is the best option for you. With PayLoadz Standard, you can take advantage of more advanced services including software key registration delivery, our affiliate program, and multiple file delivery.

PayLoadz Standard is for just about anyone that wants or needs to sell a digital product. What’s ideal about our services is that you don’t even need to have a storefront or website of your own to take advantage of our innovative system. Additionally, there is no limit to the type of electronic files that you can sell through our platform. Any digital good that can be downloaded is fair game. So, go ahead and sell your videos, eBooks, software, and other files today.

We know that time and convenience is important to any digital sale. That’s why it is so easy with PayLoadz Standard. Customers will be able to download their files immediately after purchase is confirmed or they can come back to the same page and download files. The download links remain active for 30 days. If they are unable to download their purchase at that time, they will also be able to access the file location from our email confirmation or our tracking system.

Using our platform to sell your virtual goods can only help your business’ bottom line and expand your product’s reach. If you don’t already have your own website, use the PayLoadz Store in conjunction with PayLoadz Standard to make your sales. Doing so is the same idea as offering your products on sites such as eBay, Amazon, and other online auctions. If you do already have a website, offering your digital products in other venues will just increase the possibility of a sale conversion. Remember, the more options you afford customers, the greater the return.

It’s really easy to get started with PayLoadz Standard. The account requires you to sign up for a free PayLoadz account so that you may access the system. You can use the system for free if your monthly sales are below $50. The paid version starts at just $5 a month and there are absolutely no hidden costs, transaction fee and product limit.

You must also have either a PayPal or Google Checkout account. If you want to use both, that is fine. After you’ve done all that, the rest is a piece of cake! You’ll just need to add the products you wish to sell via the PayLoadz platform, add our special code to your website (if you have one), emails, and signatures, and then test out your setup to make sure everything works. Getting started with any other purchasing platform has never been easier.

To get started with PayLoadz Standard, you just need to follow a few simple steps, which we have outlined in great detail in our Getting Started section.

Why You Should Have a Featured Listing

Listing your virtual goods on PayLoadz for sale is a great way to expand your bottom line, increase your sales, and reach more customers, but is that all you can do to boost your profit margins? Absolutely not! You can achieve even more success by using our Featured Listing feature. Let us tell you a little bit more about what Featured Listings are on PayLoadz and how they can help you.

A Featured Listing, or a featured product, will provide your product, or line of products if you choose to feature all of them, much more exposure than just the regular listing. Featured Listings appear on the PayLoadz Store home page as well in each digital goods category. In most cases, a Featured Listing will outperform and outsell those products listed normally by up to three times. We’d say that’s pretty significant! So, overall, your investment in listing products as Featured Listings definitely pays for itself.

If you are in the business of selling virtual goods, it is likely that you are also interested in making money doing so. A Featured Listing can definitely help you make a better profit. Such listings are placed above normal listings in their respective categories, which make them the first items shoppers will see. We know that first impressions really do make a difference, which is why we are offering this service.

Getting a Featured Listing is a piece of cake, really. You simply choose to make a product a Featured Listing when you add it to your roster, or even at a later time. Once you decide to feature a product, get ready for more exposure in our eStore! However, as we mentioned, there is a small investment when it comes to featuring your products. There is a $0.10 per click charge that is applied to any Featured Listing when a shopper finds your product through our Featured Listing placements.

We are so confident that you will benefit exponentially from using Featured Listings, that we are offering a bonus for all new users. Right now, we will match the amount you deposit into your Featured Listing account. So, for example, if you put in $20, we will throw in $20 making $40 available to you for the service. (Once you make that first payment, we’ll automatically credit your account.)

If you’d like to see a little more about out Featured Listing services, go ahead and check out the page in our demo account that outlines the service. Simply check out https://www.payloadz.com/sell/listing_overview.asp to get a better idea of how a Featured Listing can be placed and what your Featured Listing account will look like. Remember, if you have any questions, we are always happy to help! We do suggest that sellers take advantage of this service and at least try it out!

Who Buys Virtual Goods on PayLoadz

So you’ve heard us talk about selling virtual goods on PayLoadz and how it can help your business, but do you actually know what kind of people actually make these purchases? It’s a good idea to understand the buyers in your market so that you can make the most of our services and platform. First and foremost, it is important to understand that virtual goods are not bought solely by teenagers and kids. Furthermore, it isn’t just tech-savvy geeks that purchase digital goods, either. In actuality, the virtual goods market is comprised of just about any age, demographic, and culture. The virtual economy appeals to everyone.

You may be surprised to learn that almost a quarter of the population has spent real money on virtual goods. For many people, this may come as a shock as virtual goods are thought to be things like Facebook favors, virtual weapons, and video game hints. Initially, such products were limited to online games, social networks, and virtual worlds, but that is no longer the case. The industry has come along in strides with virtual goods expanding to music, movies, books, software, and more.

Consumers interested in virtual goods span across just about every demographic and subset you can imagine. That’s why it is so important to have a strong platform, like PayLoadz, on which to feature your products. Whether you’re selling digital goods for virtual worlds, online games, or even smart-phone applications, you can feature your products and sell them through our store and payment gateway.

Now that you know just who is in the market for virtual goods, it probably makes a little more sense to start offering digital goods if you aren’t already. Chances are if you’re reading this post, you do! Remember, kids, business owners, and everyone in between will be interested in one type of virtual good or another, so join our program today and expand your reach.

Customers in search of most types of digital files can be found perusing the store at PayLoadz. We allow sellers to feature products in our store in addition to using our payment gateway as a payment method for customers. We have everything from ebooks, games, software, motivational mp3s, and even art offered by members of our community. The wide selection of what we offer in addition to the growing market for virtual goods ensures that your sales will increase significantly once you obtain a PayLoadz account.

If you do not have products of your own to sell on PayLoadz, you can still benefit by becoming PayLoadz reseller or affiliate and promoting PayLoadz and/or products sold by others. PayLoadz has a full-fledged reward system for website owners/publishers who send visitors and buyers to PayLoadz website and PayLoadz store.

So, if you want to set up a PayLoadz account to reach the thousands of potential customers in the virtual goods market, go ahead – what’s stopping you? If you want to see how a PayLoadz account works, why not check out our demo account.

Handling Invalid File Locations

Dealing with invalid file locations can be a real pain for both the buyer and the seller. When a buyer experiences an invalid file location, they may lose trust in that particular seller causing the merchant to lose credibility. Remember, buyers can always leave negative feedback on the Internet regarding your product and their experience! However, from time to time this issue may arise, but don’t let it discourage you from using PayLoadz. Let us explain how to properly handle invalid file locations so that you are prepared.

First of all, what is an invalid file location? If a customer, or even a seller, receives this message on the PayLoadz system, it simply means that there is not a valid file specified for delivery for that particular product. Usually such a message is the result of a simple mistake that can be easily corrected. The easiest way for an invalid file location to be corrected is for the seller to upload a new file for the product. However, the seller may also just need to specify an existing file through a series of simple confirmations and corrections.

When a customer receives an invalid file location for the virtual good they wish to purchase or have just bought, they will usually need to contact the seller directly. The seller’s email contact information is always made available to customers on the Download Page. However, if any additional problems arise, PayLoadz may be able to help reach the seller as well – though only to a limited degree. Please remember that we cannot help resolve the issue from our end without the seller’s assistance because it is a seller configuration issue.

The actual procedure to fix the issue is pretty simple. The seller will need to log into their PayLoadz account, which can be done right from our home page at www.payloadz.com. Once this is done, the seller will be able to access his or her list of existing available products. Within their list they should find the product that is getting an invalid file location error. Sellers can review the details of each file they have uploaded to the PayLoadz system and make any needed changes easily.

We offer an innovative and effective “Test Delivery” system to help sellers ensure that their products do not achieve an invalid file location message. This feature is intended for use when a product is first added to the PayLoadz system or when any changes or updates to the file are made. To top it off, the test feature is completely free to use. However, some sellers forget to take advantage of this feature and therefore some virtual goods may have invalid file location messages.

What Digital Downloads Can You Sell on PayLoadz?

Today, virtual goods and digital downloads are some of the hottest commodities on the market which means that, if you can, you should get a piece of the action! We understand that not all merchants have digital downloads available, but plenty of others can sell just about anything online! Obviously tangible goods can never be digitized such as furniture, clothing, and jewelry, but there are other items that can be both tangible and digital. This is an exciting new age and PayLoadz is here to help along the way.

Basically, if you have any type of intangible product, you can sell it on PayLoadz. Intangible products range from things like digital downloads, e-books, movies, videos, music files, digital photographs, sound bytes, software, and so much more. While many of these items can be purchased in tangible form, many people seek quick and easy access which makes the digital versions so popular and highly desired.

If you already have an online store, or even a traditional brick and mortar store, you might want to consider which of your products could be also offered in digital form. Perhaps you have a bookstore. Why not consider offering e-books to your customers through your website? If you don’t already have a website, you can still take advantage of our excellent and innovative platform. We are the ideal gateway between merchant and seller.

As long as you have the copyright or reseller rights to a digital good, you are welcome to use PayLoadz. We work with merchants that already have their own websites and those who do not, so our services are available to everyone! When it comes to digital media, a file is simply a file, so go ahead and list away! For example, you can sell video file types including avi, mpg, and mp4, text files including doc and txt, music files including wav, aiff, and mp3, and so much more.

The types of files you should sell will depend on what line of business you are in, your hobbies, and interests. And remember, you don’t even have to be a professional, though it does help. Many up and coming artists, authors, and musicians use the Internet to sell digital forms of their works before they get their big breaks. PayLoadz can help make that possible.

If you are interested in getting started selling your virtual goods online, take a look at our main website. PayLoadz is a great way to get started and offer a variety in payment and purchasing options to your customers. We like to remind new merchants that the more options you offer a client, the more likely you are to expand your bottom line, attract more customers, and make that sale!

Using PayPal PayFlow Pro with Authorize.Net with your PayLoadz Account

At PayLoadz, we think it is extremely important to offer our members, and their customers, plenty of options and security when it comes to selling and purchasing virtual goods, which is why it is possible to use PayPal PayFlow with Authorize.Net in association with your PayLoadz account. You may be wondering just what we’re talking about and how it can help you. Let us explain.

Because we know just how important security is, we offer fully integrated support for PayPal PayFlow Pro, which was previously known as VeriSign. PayFlow Pro is a great service that not only offers flexibility but security while meeting the varying needs of sellers and merchants of all kinds. It is a great service for merchants that have hundreds of transactions daily as well as those who only have a few.

If you think PayPal PayFlow Pro is right for you – and we suggest that it is! – you need to sign up through your existing PayPal account. It is easy to sign up for PayFlow Pro and it is compatible with any merchant account. If you don’t already happen to have a merchant account, you can get one and PayFlow Pro through Transcom. It’s quick and easy.

Authorize.Net is also very useful to have with a merchant account. This system allows you to configure your options to process credit cards in real time, which is always beneficial for your bottom line. Authorize.Net allows your customers to enter their credit card information in, including their billing address, right on the shipping screen and verifies it for you. As long as the information is correct and there are funds available on the card to cover the order, the customer will receive a receipt and the order will be placed. It is up to the seller to ship or email the product and tell Authorize.Net to capture the funds from the card in order to receive payment.

In today’s day and age, it is extremely important to protect your customers from virtual and identity theft while at the same time protecting yourself. Online shoppers will always feel more secure when they see reputable protections on a checkout screen and will thus increase your credibility and trustworthiness. The more credible you are as a merchant, the more recommendations you may get from customers. With the use of PayPal’s PayFlow Pro with Authorize.Net, you will be protected and so will your customers.

In our help section, we have outlined how to set up each of these services, to make it easier on you. And if for any reason you have any questions, we are always happy to help – just shoot us an email.

Five Tips for Selling on PayLoadz

One of the best and easiest ways to increase your sales and spread the reach of your product is to sell your product online. An even better way to achieve this goal is to sell digital goods, and that’s where PayLoadz comes in. PayLoadz can help you build your online business, increase your profits, boost your sales, and strengthen your bottom line.

The sale of digital items can be extremely profitable. There is no inventory to store, no postage costs, and very little overhead. This means you can make a lot of money without spending a significant amount. However, it does not happen overnight. Using PayLoadz is definitely a way to help boost your online business, and we thought we’d offer up some useful tips to help you make the most of our services.

1 – Use the PayLoadz Store

Always remember that the more venues in which you offer your product the more sales you will have. So, in addition to eBay, your own website, affiliates, and other online auction venues, the PayLoadz Store is a viable option. Our store allows for customers to search for, find your digital goods, and check out all in a few simple steps.

2 – Take Advantage of the PayLoadz Affiliate Program

Everyone could use a little bonus. Think of our affiliate program as a bonus system. When you join the program you can earn a little extra cash by promoting other PayLoadz members’ products while they do the same for you. Remember, PayLoadz Affiliate members will also promote your products for a conversion fee. It works out great for each party involved.

3 – Offer Sample Downloads

Since all of the products we offer on PayLoadz are digital items, it is usually pretty easy for merchants to offer samples of the products they offer for download. A sample will allow potential customers to test out your product and familiarize themselves with it. If they like it, they will be more likely to make the purchase. PayLoadz allows sample of video and audio files to be created for the buyer to view.

4 – Allow Subscriptions

Many times, virtual goods can be upgraded. If your digital products are the types that are frequently updated with improvements, you may want to offer customers the option for a subscription. This will allow them to purchase upgrades, tie-ins, and expansion packs quickly and easily. It can save customers money and keep them loyal to you.

5 – Use PayLoadz GoLinks

PayLoadz GoLinks are ideal for merchants that don’t actually have their own website but can be used by those that do as well. PayLoadz GoLinks are simple pieces of HTML code that you can place on almost any location online that when clicked will direct the visitor to the PayLoadz page for your product. These can be placed in emails, forum signatures, chat rooms, and just about anywhere else you can place a link!

6 - Offer Discounts

You can offer discounts on products using PayLoadz. We provide several types of discount options such as Discount Code Flat Fee, Number of Items Flat Fee Discount, Number of Items Percentage Discount etc.

7 - Use Featured Listing

Featured Listings for your products provide more exposure for your products in PayLoadz store. As for performance, Featured products outsell the normal ones by three times providing great value for your investment in Featured Listings.

The PayLoadz Shopping & Selling Experience

We believe that the overall shopping experience for both buyer and merchant should be fast, easy, and efficient, which is why we have carved our own niche in the digital goods market. We provide a quick and cost-efficient means to buy and sell virtual goods such as movies, software, digital art, music, e-books, and other digital files. In short, PayLoadz is a powerful and necessary e-commerce service.

We invite any company that sells any form of downloadable materials to give us a try. Aside from serving as a platform to provide merchants with a means to sells these goods, we also manage and track the transactions that go through our system, transactions that go through eBay, and provide a place for merchants to store their digital files. Furthermore, we can handle product key registration and file delivery.

We maintain all your product and sales history and you can access the same by visiting https://www.payloadz.com/sell/products.asp (requires logging into the account).

The way PayLoadz works is quite simple, which makes for a pleasant shopping experience for customers. Once merchants upload and configure their files, we will generate a software code that they can simply paste onto their websites, in forum signatures, and just about any other place possible. When placed on a website, a “Buy Now” button will appear that will make the transaction possible.

When customers browse through a merchant’s website, or any other venue they have featured their digital good, the “Buy Now” button makes the purchase quite painless. The button adds the product to the shopping cart, which works just like any other online cart. When customers check out, they are prompted for their PayPal information, Google Checkout information, or credit card. There is no hassle when it comes to making a purchase. Once the sale is complete, we send the customer an email confirming the purchase with a receipt and the location from which they may download their purchase. Vendors will always receive a simultaneous email that announces the sale.

We want to ensure that you receive full payment for your product and the buyer also receives appropriate discounts, if applicable. For this we have a feature called “Price Checking” that sends an e-mail notification whenever the buyer somehow does not pay the correct amount or the discounts are not properly applied. The download is blocked in such scenarios and the seller, upon receiving the notification, has the option to manually send the download link to the buyer. This feature can be enabled or disabled from your account settings by visiting https://www.payloadz.com/account/profile.asp.

Because we know security is of the utmost importance, we support keys that allow customers to register and validate the products they purchase. These keys can be tied specifically to transactions or remote key scripts that run on remote servers that create the keys.

There are a number of optional features that allow customers to have the freedom to decide how, where, and when to make their purchases. Merchants can list their items in the PayLoadz Store, on eBay, or even their own website. This allows ease of use for anyone interested in buying virtual goods. We also store a record of the transaction so that merchants can keep track of sales and customers may locate their products at a later date.
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PayLoadz – Easy and No Cost Way of Selling Your Product

If you’re looking for an easy and inexpensive way of selling your digital products online, PayLoadz really is your best bet. We know that the market for digital goods has grown exponentially and continues to do so every year. According to a research report, the digital goods market in the U.S. will hit $1 billion in 2009 itself and will continue to grow in the future (please see chart below).

The digital market encompasses all industries – musicians sell mp3 files, artists sell digital artwork, publishers sell e-books, and the list goes on and on. Business owners can sell downloads of almost any product and expand their customer base by doing so.

We provide an important and convenient platform to process digital sales. The transactions put through PayLoadz are always quick and painless with no extra cost to the buyer or the seller. First of all, there aren’t any start-up fees. Additionally, we offer free accounts and instant delivery of your digital goods. Unlike our competitors, we make it easy for both the buyer and the seller. We believe the ease of use and an overall positive experience is the most important aspect of the service we provide.

Today’s customers demand quick turnaround, which is why with PayLoadz there is virtually no wait time, either. Transactions are processed within seconds while the product is instantly delivered to the buyer and payment transferred to the seller. Many of our competitors cannot claim the same.

Using PayLoadz is so effortless that you don’t even need a website to sell virtual goods via our platform. What’s even better is that you don’t really even need an expensive credit card merchant processing account. You just need a PayPal or Google Checkout account, both of which are easy to set up and free to maintain.

With or without your own website you can use the PayLoadz platform to sell your products through the PayLoadz store, eBay and other online auctions, and even email campaigns using PayLoadz GoLinks, which has proven quite popular among our users. There’s no special software required! If you do have your own website, you can just copy and paste the HTML code leading customers to PayLoadz when they wish to make a purchase. It really is that simple.

There’s practically no limit to the types of digital products you can sell through PayLoadz. Moreover, our partners promote your products across the world. Basically, any intangible product that can be stored digitally is fair game. The virtual goods sold through the PayLoadz platform include everything from movies and music to manuals and e-books to games and software. As long as you have the proprietary or resell rights to a digital product, we can definitely help.

For business owners and entrepreneurs looking to expand their bottom line and product reach, PayLoadz is a viable option. It can be used as the sole platform and gateway to connect your product with buyers or just another choice in venues on which to feature it. Remember, the more options you afford your customers the more sales you will enjoy.

Marketing and Branding of your Virtual Goods

Simply speaking, most of the value a virtual good has is in the value of its brand. This is the idea behind how a name-brand soda tastes better than the store-brand even though the two beverages have exactly the same ingredients. The brand of a particular product will sometimes satisfy a customer more than one without any brand recognition. The stronger your virtual good’s brand is, the more you may actually sell. This is something that PayLoadz can help with.

An excellent way of marketing and branding your virtual goods is to start off by providing free or low-cost versions of the product. This will help you reach out to potential clients and give them a taste of what your product is all about. As a payment gateway between customers and sellers, PayLoadz can help you at this pivotal stage in your marketing campaign. You can easily offer your discounted or free virtual product samples through the PayLoadz platform. We also offer free product sales worth $50 every month to enable sellers promote and sell their products without incurring any cost.

Virtual retailers often need a way to set themselves apart. For instance, why would a customer want to purchase your particular virtual good? Often, sellers will add features to their virtual goods that may not be possible on their physical counterparts. Examples of such features include interviews and additional media like changing colors and complex technologies.

Remember, traditional marketing and branding techniques can be used for virtual goods. If you’re lucky enough to already have the budget for a celebrity endorsement, go for it. However, you may be more interested in guerilla marketing schemes, viral campaigns, basic advertising on television, radio, online, and print, different media placements, sponsorships, and even charitable activities. As a virtual retailer, you may even have the advantage in using such traditional marketing methods because you will likely have a clear understanding of the local market and intended audience.

Just remember, in order to market and brand your virtual goods successfully, you should also be innovative. Just like any other brand, a virtual good brand must successfully position itself on the cutting edge. When you have a strong brand, customers will be willing to pay for the product, even if there are other competitors that are just as good. Featuring your product on different platforms will definitely help your brand. Very soon, PayLoadz will be offering sellers an ability to promote their goods on several social media sites through its upcoming platform PowrPub.

As technology evolves, payment and purchasing platforms such as PayLoadz also become an excellent way to market and brand your virtual good. The e-commerce industry is constantly changing, which means that traditional companies may be losing their edge. With a consistent and distinctive identity, your virtual goods will surpass the competition. By featuring your products on PayLoadz, you will be offering your customers a safe and reliable way to purchase your goods.

Top Reasons Why People Buy Virtual Goods

In recent years, the virtual goods industry has become one of the biggest money makers worldwide. There is no escaping the fact that consumers are now buying virtual goods of all kinds, which is where PayLoadz comes in. We provide an invaluable service for both sellers and consumers in that we act as a gateway between the two. All transactions are propagated through our platform for an easy, guaranteed, and safe way to buy and sell virtual goods.

Even in economic downtimes, which we are currently experiencing, it is shown that virtual goods are a hot commodity. Just for reference, Payloadz is experiencing a steady growth of 30% in product offerings. This is actually both an economic and cultural phenomenon.

So, why is it that so many people continue to buy virtual goods, even when they are spending less and less money on other products? We’re going to take a look at why people buy virtual goods to make this a little easier to understand.

Virtual goods are sold in four main arenas, though these are not the only venues for virtual goods. Social networking communities, games, online dating sites, and virtual worlds are the four primary places in which virtual goods are bought and sold. In recent years, a new paradigm has been created – one in which these goods have increased in value.

One value, or benefit, of owning virtual goods is to help you stand out from the crowd. This means it affects your status either professionally or socially. Tangible goods that help adjust our status might include clothing, accessories, cars, and other objects. The same thing goes for virtual goods – what you have will help define who you are. Online behavior is amplified which means virtual goods are almost a necessity.

Virtual goods don’t have international boundaries, custom issues etc and the reach is really worldwide. The durability of virtual goods is another factor that has an effect on their popularity. Virtual goods never wear out unlike their physical counterparts; for example, an ebook will never wear out whereas its print counterpart will.

Buying virtual goods can also help you express yourself as they can help you socialize. There are plenty of ways that you can socialize – meet a friend for lunch, talk on the phone, host a party, or even chat online. However, socializing online is a bit different than in person. Virtual goods help you achieve this goal. By buying a virtual good, perhaps a digital music file, you could host it on your personal home page to express yourself.

If you want to gain in advantage, usually in different gaming experiences, virtual goods can help. These are digital objects that can help you reach a certain goal; sometimes this goal is conquering a computer game or surpassing another player. Just think of all the online games that you have heard of in which players buy and sell cheat codes and level advancements.

There are other reasons that people buy virtual goods, of course. In the business world, many people may purchase software to advance their business or protect their computers. There is virtually no end to the list of digital goods out there – just take a look at the PayLoadz Store to get an idea of what’s available. Basically, if you need a particular virtual good, it is probably out there – or better yet, why not develop it and sell it yourself through our platform?