Oppsware.com

Price: $1,500
URL: http://www.bookopps.com

eBooks, as you probably know, are electronic copies of printed books. eBooks can be downloaded and read immediately so there is no waiting for shipment. They certainly are cheaper than their printed copy. eBooks offer the convenience of size and portability in that you can store your own personal library of eBooks on your PC or your hand held device that you can take along.

BookOpps.com operates as a marketplace for buying and selling eBooks. Buyers can browse or search and buy eBooks for download. Authors or publishers or others can register and list their own eBooks to make it available for purchase and download. Both Audio Books and Reading Books are listed on the site.

Currently set-up for free listings, the site is ready to charge for listings as you may decide - single/multiple listings, subscription-based listings, featured listings etc. You can set and increase or decrease prices as necessary. Basically, others buy and sell and you collect the fees.

The Money That Can Be Made

To make the site popular, listings are free for the time being. Later it is intended to charge for each listing. Let’s say you decide to charge $10 per listing for 180 days. 100 listings per month (which is no figure at all considering the size of the market) will bring in $1,000 in a month; 500 listings will bring in $5,000; so on so forth. Depending on the exigencies of the market, you can increase or decrease the fee as needed. You can have featured listings and charge a higher price. This is set-up via Site Admin and can be changed anytime it is needed. While you can do your own permutations and combinations - pessimistic, realistic and optimistic - note that you can make this money with no overheads at all. All you pay is for hosting and renewal of the domain name.

To make money you must market your service. Initially you may need some effort to popularize the site. Once it starts getting popular, viral marketing will set in. The site, from there onwards, will market itself on its own. A comment and review system is built-in for visitors to leave reviews and comments for listed eBooks. It will go a long way in helping others decide about buying and creating free content at no cost.

Site’s Special Features

Built using PHP scripting with a powerful MySQL database, the site is totally manageable from a browser based Admin Panel. You can manage users, listings, configuration of the site - all from your web browser.

Payment processing can be via PayPal.com or 2CheckOut.com or another processor. You set the minimum amount a user should pay and once the payment is received, corresponding credit(s) get reflected in the user’s account via the automated payment gateway. If you decide to charge $10 for a listing, the minimum a user must pay is $10. He/She may pay a higher amount for listing multiple items and may decide to pay $30 or $50. Corresponding credits, as per payment, is updated in their account for 3 or 5 listings.

The period for which a listing can remain on the site can be set from the Admin Panel. You may set a uniform period for all listings or let users choose the period for which they would like to list. You can also charge for listings based on how long they are to remain on the site.

Users have their own control panel from where they can manage their listings. Users can add new listings, modify existing ones and delete the ones that are not required.

BookOpps.com - Domain Name

BookOpps stands for Book Opportunities. The site provides authors and publishers the opportunity to list and sell their eBooks and to visitors the opportunity to browse or search and buy eBooks. Short, highly relevant, easily remembered and brandable domain, would be worth in 4-figures for the name alone.

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Price: $1,500
URL: http://www.nameopps.com

NameOpps.com - Domain Name Opportunities - is a marketplace for buying and selling domain names and websites. Buyers can browse through the listings, select domains or websites of interest to them and submit their bids or offers. Sellers can list their domains and websites for sale on the site to find a buyer. Listing options include: (a) standard auction, (b) fixed price, (c) barter, (d) turbo low price, and (e) listings linked to other auctions or websites.

Initially set-up as a free site for promotional purposes, the services rendered are ready to be charged for as you may decide - pay for listings, pay based on closing value, pay as subscription fees. You can set and increase or decrease prices as necessary. Basically, others buy and sell, you collect the fees.

How much money can the site make?

To make the site popular, listings and closings are free for the time being. Later it is intended to charge for each listing - pay per listing, pay based on closing value or on subscription basis giving the privilege of making certain number of listings for a certain period. Let’s say you decide to charge $10 per listing for 30 days - you may or may not charge for renewals. At $10, 100 listings per month (which is no figure at all considering the size of the market) will bring in $1,000 in a month; 250 listings will bring in $2,500; 500 listings (which too is a small figure) will bring in $5,000; so on so forth. Depending on the exigencies of the market, you can increase or decrease the fee as needed. You can have featured and premier listings and charge a higher price.

Please, however, be very clear. To make money you must market your service. Initially you may need a lot of effort to popularize the site. Once the site starts getting popular, viral marketing will set in. The site, from there onwards, will market itself on its own. And you can make this money with no overheads. All you pay is for hosting and renewal of the domain name.

What are the site’s special features?

Built using VBScript (Microsoft ASP) using a powerful MS-SQL database, the site is totally manageable from a browser based Site Admin. You can manage users, listings, subscriptions, configuration of the site - all from your web browser.

Several payment gateways are integrated with the site - PayPal, AuthorizeNet, DirectOne, eProcessingNetwork, IonGate, LinkPoint, SecPay, Verisign PayProFlow, YourPay etc. As stated earlier, you can charge pay per listing, pay based on closing value, on subscription basis giving the privilege of making certain number of listings for a certain period, featured listings, premier listings, discount by group membership etc. Billing can be managed directly from the browser based Site Admin.

Site categories can be created, added, modified as needed via the Admin. You can set the number of pictures and the size of the pictures - x, y as well as bytes - you would like to permit in the listings. You can set whether you will first approve the listings before they are published or published automatically. You can edit listings before approval and later if it becomes necessary. You can delete listings if you so wish.

Users have their own control panel from where they can manage their auction listings, subscriptions, invoices, profiles. Users can add new listings, modify existing ones and delete the ones that are not required. They can leave feedback for completed transactions. To build a community, a forum can be added using the same login created for the marketplace.

NameOpps.com - Domain Name

Name or Domain Name Opportunities - that’s what this domain represents. Buying and selling domain names (and websites) is the theme or business model of this website. A short, easily remembered domain, conveys it’s purpose and meaning without any ambiguity or confusion. Will be worth in higher 4-figures for the name alone.

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$5,000 with Matesville.com domain name
$1,250 implemented under any other domain name
URL: http://www.matesville.com

Matesville.com presently sells t-shirts with a current inventory of some 8,000 different types and designs. Implemented using affiliate datafeed, each and every product is linked via the site's affiliate code. Any product sold will generate commission for the site. You can add as many more datafeeds as you or your server can handle. Datafeed from virtually any merchant can be integrated. Google or YPN ads can be a secondary source of revenue.

Technology Behind the Site

Built based on PHP/MySQL, it uses a custom script to import the data into MySQL and display in various formats. One can search for products based on keywords, or browse by merchant, category or brand. Displayed list of goods can be formatted further by relevancy, ratings or price - higher or lower price first. Whenever there are two similar products from different merchants, price comparison is automatically shown. Users can leave comments and rate products which is shown on the site after Admin approval.

All URLs are “statically” generated for search engines. Each merchant, each category, each brand, and each product has its own “static” URL. Featured products can be displayed on the front page. New datafeeds can be set-up to be downloaded automatically in most cases, as frequently as you wish - daily, weekly, monthly. These can be further imported into the site’s database automatically. Once set-up, all updates can, in most cases, take place without human intervention. Of course, where automation may not be possible, the job can always be done manually - a simple procedure and anyone familiar with using a web browser will be able to handle it.

Site’s Overhead Expenses

While you will decide on the marketing budget to promote the site, there are minimal overheads in running it - all you pay is for hosting and renewal of the domain name. SSH facility in hosting is recommended for importing large datafeeds manually when required.

Domain Name

Matesville - cool sounding and appealing to the young generation, highly brandable name, can be used for dating, flirting and social networking as well. A short, simple and easy to remember domain, will be worth in high 5-figures for the name alone. Should you so wish, the site can be built on any other available domain name of your choice.

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Price: $750
URL: http://www.omnirama.com

The Site

The site sells software through affiliate links with currently over 18,000 different titles available in both the direct-purchase and try-before-you-buy formats. Any product sold will generate commission for the site. Google, YPN or other ads can be a secondary source of revenue.

The Script-Database

The site uses a PHP script and a MySQL database. There is a comprehensive Site Admin built into the system to manage product updates and other aspects of the site. Updating can be set to be done automatically or it can be done manually by clicking an update button inside the Admin Area. Search stats are logged and can be viewed from the Admin Area.

All URLs are "statically" generated for search engines. Each product has its own "static" URL. Featured Product, New Products and Top Downloads are displayed on the front page. You can add your favorite news feed as well to show topical news. An Ajax based rating system lets visitors rate individual products.

Site's Overhead Expenses

While you will decide on the marketing budget to promote the site, there are minimal overheads in running it - all you pay is for hosting and renewal of the domain name.

The Domain Name

Omnirama is a word coined from omni - meaning all, and panorama - meaning wide or extensive. Highly brandable, can be used for selling almost any product. Today you sell software, tomorrow you may wish to sell, e.g. ebooks. The name does not ties you to a single product. A meaningful and superbly brandable name for such a site, will be worth in high four figures for the name alone.

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