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Buy My Business + THIS EBAY ACCOUNT, w/6000+ feedback

Buy rights to my CDs, selling over 10,000 on eBay alone

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Item number:260492185592
Item location:Torquay, United Kingdom
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History:4 offers
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Business Type: Internet Businesses/ WebsitesSub-Type: Retail
Status: Sole OwnershipIncluded in Sale: Stock
Profitability: ProfitableCondition: New

Before i start i just want to say if you are looking for a get rich quick scheme then please buy one of those £9.99 items promising you 5 figures a month. This listing is for the interest of people with a brain in their head, who know that's not going to ever happen.

THIS offer will instantly give you an income of around £600/month (because you are taking over MY income) and you can bump this up to over £2,000/month quite easily, if you spare 10 minutes to read, i will explain why, and prove it.

 

About me:

My name is Ben and i have been a powerseller on eBay on 3 accounts over the last 4 years. I am selling my eBay business because i want a change. First of all a bit about me: I started out selling my Guitar Methods: Lead Guitar Techniques guide on ebay 4 years ago, and within 2 months i was selling 300/month. 4 years later i have sold over 10,000 copies on eBay alone, as well as many more around the internet. This guide is, as far as i am aware, THE best selling guitar guide on eBay - in the world. I am also pretty sure it is the best and most appreciated guide on ebay if not the world, it only takes a quick glance at the feedback i receive to know this is the case (you can see later in the listing).

You do not need to know anything about guitars to buy this opportunity!

So now i run one of the most popular 'shred' guitar sites on the internet, i am the creator of several computer applications and the author of a couple of other instuctional guitar guides. I have contacts with many famous guitarists and brands, and fair to say i have the opportunity now to take my business to the next level.

The offer:

What i am offering ONE person, is the opportunity to take over THIS ebay account, with it's 6000 feedback, and continue to sell my CD ALL my listings will remain in tact and auto-relisting, so everything will be as i have it now, only the money will be going into YOUR paypal account instead of mine, and in return YOU will be dealing with the orders. In the last 4 years i have taken approximately £100,000 in turnover for my first CD (LGT), with an estimated net profit of around £55,000. This is and has been enough to live off for these 4 years and continues to be my number 1 source of income despite my other projects.

*** BEFORE YOU READ ON - YOU CAN PAY FOR THIS IN INSTALLMENTS IF YOU WISH,
PLEASE SEE THE END OF THE LISTING FOR FULL DETAILS ***

You will be your own boss - you will pay the ebay fees, you will dispatch the product, and in return you will keep all the profit. If you do the work properly and efficiently, you can easily make a months worth of stock in 1 day, meaning you only have to work for 30 minutes a day for the rest of the month. As i said, i have sold 10,000 copies of LGT in 4 years, the proof is right there in my feedback (nearly 6000 comments on this one, and 2000 on ebay account 'shredacademy' and only 80% of people actually leave feedback) i have used the money to start up bigger and better things, and as such for the last year i have started to cut down on my eBay sales because i did not have the time to offer a good professional service to 3-400 people every month. So i have removed half of my listings so now i only ever sell about 60-100 copies per months. But now i want to remove those sales as well and travel abroad so i won't be able to run the business anymore. All my new projects are online-only, and so i need to sell this opportunity to the right person who will look after it and run it properly.

Last month i sold 73 copies and 9 copies of the 5-Disk version which is also included in the deal (some of these sales were on ebay account 'shredacademy' which is also mine) This works out approximately as:

73 x £9.50 and 9 x £27.50 = £941 turnover
unit production costs: 25p x 73, 70p x 9 = £24.55
paypal fees = turnover x 2.9% + sales x 20p = £43.69
eBay fees = approx £150
postage fees = sales x 55p = £45.10, total costs = £263.34
thus NET PROFIT is approx = £677.66
for only 82 sales, and 20 minutes work per day, you can't really complain!

If you put a few more listings up, you could return this to 300 sales per month:
270 x £9.50, 30 x £27.50 = £3,390 turnover
unit costs: 25p x 270, 70p x 30 = £88.50
paypal fees: £158.31
ebay fees: will be approx £500
postage fees = £165, total costs = £911.81
NET PROFIT = £2,478.19 in ONE MONTH working less than 1 hour per day, from home, being your own boss!

So you will be taking over the business as it stands, still making a decent amount of money in the first example, but you can see the potential as well if you put the listings back up and return the sales to how they were before i culled my sales.

Also - if you want to raise the price, it's up to you!

 

So here is what you will be buying into:

- You will receive full control of the official 'guitarmethods' ebay account (this one), complete with 6,000 positive feedback comments, and a near spotless record. This alone is worth a lot of money as buyers will always trust an established seller with good feedback more than someone with a 2 or 3 digit score, who could be seen as 'bedroom'/part time sellers.

- You will receive exclusive rights to sell Guitar Methods: Lead Guitar Techniques on ebay just as i have enjoyed for the last 4 years... no-one else in the world will be allowed to sell it on eBay including myself.

- You will receive rights to set up a website to help sell this item as well so that you can capture the entire internet market if you choose to do so. There is a fortune to be made on the internet and if you make use of google adwords you can make a killing off of ebay as well. I have never bothered to do this myself, and i am the only person with the rights to sell this, so if you attacked google ads, you would be the only person. I will build into the contract that only you will be able to do this!

- You need to know NOTHING about guitars, all customer technical problems are directed to MY email address for assistance.

- I will share with you my 4 years of experience, and tell you all the tips i know about how to be successful doing this, and how to go the extra yard that most sellers dont bother to do, and how to bend the rules without breaking them.

- The product comes with free updates for life (one of the main attractions to the product) which i will continue to do myself and this will be written into the contract. In fact i already have the next version (8.0) in the works, which is looking incredible. Over the last few years the product has developed from a simple Word document, to 130 pages of content, with video demonstrations, a Flash interface and all sorts of extras.

 

I have also invested in professional software and graphic design to turn the content into a 'proper' program with Flash interface for more professional navigation of the content. This is currently being further-improved for Version 8.0 and should be finished within the month.

 

- The only real "work" you will have to do, is you will be required to supply the customer with a CD. You can and probably should do this yourself, and you can easily create a months worth of stock within 1 day, meaning you have relatively little to do for the rest of the month! Alternatively (and recommended for international sales) you can use my US distributors which will dispatch a CD within the US for more or the less the same price it would cost you, without having to do any work, and will arrive to US customers within 2 days instead of 2 weeks!

- You will be provided with an inkjet CD-printer so that you can give the CDs a professional look and feel. I will also pass on all my supplier information to make the transition as seemless as possible. I only have to work about 20 minutes per day, and hopefully this will be the case for you too once the bedding-in process is over.

- You will be given access to the full 10,000 member email addresses only to be used for contacting about Guitar Methods or other guitar-related products

- You will be provided with additional rights to sell another program currently being finished up now, and 2 backing track CDs which retail at £9.99 and £7.99 which you can sell on their own, or bundle together with GM:LGT for an extra few pounds to make the offer more attractive. You may sell these at any price you see fit or even give away as a bonus. I currently sell them as a 5-disk set for £27.50 and find this does rather well, particularly if you email customers of the 1-disk version afterwards and offer them a chance to upgrade, a lot of people do!

- I will give you unlimited support to get this going, if you need to pick my brains i have more than enough ebay experience to tell you anything you need to know. I can also help with advert/html design and editing if you wanted to change anything i will help you with this all as part of the deal.

- I am a very helpful and reasonable person if you need me to do anything at all that will help you, i will never say no within reason.

 

HERE IS THE EBAY ADVERT I CURRENTLY USE AND YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH. I HAVEN'T CHANGED THE CONTENT OF THIS ADVERT FOR OVER A YEAR AS IT HAS BEEN THE BEST ADVERT FROM ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT ONES I HAVE USED IN THE 4 YEARS:


VERSION 7.1

 

Ask yourself right now... what is your
favourite guitar solo of all time?

 

Can you play it?

...

 

Can you play this?

The answer is probably 'NO!'
...but i bet you wish you could!

Do you aspire to play 'that' solo you have always loved, cover your favourite songs, jam with your friends? Or perhaps you want to completely master the instrument, becoming a true virtuoso? The problem is there is so much information to pour through..

Rarely do you find one of those 'gems' that you really appreciate for being effective and making life easier.

Well right now you are staring at one of them! I am offering you so much for so little, you owe it to yourself to read on. 100% feedback from over 10,000 sales says a lot!

"...the lead guitarist's best friend. Quite simply, if you can't get results with this package you probably never will..."
- the Shred Academy

 

I have spent the last 2 years selling and developing this guitar tool to make sure it is the best available in the world to get you up to a pro level. Included in the price are FREE UPDATES FOR LIFE, so just as you and all my customers are improving each day, so will the tool you learn from. Now on version 7.1 this tool is 5x larger and more useful than ever before. Don't think the updates will stop as soon as you buy it, they are released approximately every 3 months, as my 10,000+ customers will testify.


BRAND NEW USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE

 

WHY SHOULD YOU TRY THIS
TOOL?

 

First of all, this tool is outstanding at what it does. Don't take my word for it, i only sell this tool and as you can see i have quite a lot of customers, and they seem to like it!:

 

 

So what does it do...?

- Makes your life easier, with everything in ONE place: less searching and more finding! Everything you need to know to develop serious lead guitar skills is on this CD - and nothing more! No junk here, the main section is just 40 pages, and has 19 video demonstrations to help!

- Covers everything you will need: everything from introducing you to scales and basic picking exercises right up to 6-string sweep picking, advanced tapping and exotic ascending/descending runs! Whammy-bar tricks, harmonics, you name it!

- Gives you more than you could ask for: thanks to the free updates, this tool now includes a fretboard memory tool, a progress chart so you can track your progress, a speed enhancer to monitor and push your speed to new levels, backing tracks to practice with, and lots more!

- Makes darn sure you improve: not only does this tool include over 60 pages of exercises for you to drill through in your practice routines, it helps you build a practice structure, has a special section for lazy learners and unmotivated people, and a 'rusty finger workout' for those who haven't been playing as much as they ought to!

- Gives you plenty of extras!: There are over 20 bonus videos for your entertainment and education, a guitar tuner, metronome, printable chord charts, 5,000 tabs and all sorts of other extras, including access to the guitarmethods website where you can access the free updates and more.

 

The days of being restricted by your fingers' speed and ability are nearly over ...

Learn to shred with

Guitar Methods: Lead Guitar Techniques

FREE 20 page sample emailed immediately upon payment
so you can get started right away!

 

If you have £10/$20 you could spend it on a 30 minute private lesson.

~ OR ~

DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR, BUY THIS AND GET:

- Over 125 pages of clear and easy instructions and exercises. Covering everything from alternate picking, legato and sweeping to constructing advanced runs, tapping scales and arpeggios.

- 19 Video Demonstrations so you can see and hear the techniques

- Progress charts to analyse and track your progress of each ability (ie. rhythm, lead, song writing, sweep picking etc.) & speed enhancer to track and push your picking speed

- Printable chord charts & fretboard memory quiz

- Bonus software: 5,000 tabs, metronome, tuner, loads more!

- Bonus videos: over 20 bonus guitar videos to enjoy and learn from

- FREE UPDATES FOR LIFE the tool grows with you so you never get stuck in a rut or reach a plateau

- Free email support for life, no template emails, 1-2-1 help for you any day of the week.

- Instant 20 page sample to get started now!!

 

 

Lastly, i will leave you with some feedback so you can see what other people think of this CD:

Positive feedback rating spent over £1000 in lessons n learnt more in this guide than all those lessons Buyer:jonnyvarley_92 ( 26)   04-Mar-07 01:07
Positive feedback rating f**k yea!!!!! i was gunna get lessons , dont think il bother now!! rock n roll ! Buyer:1makerz123 ( 90) 01-Mar-07 09:35
Positive feedback rating Got better in the last 2 days than i have in a year. awesome pack! Buyer:horse3219 ( 76) 17-Feb-07 22:53
Positive feedback rating Top product. Fast shipping and lessons for life ..... ain't no better product Buyer:sandraandpete ( 10) 07-Feb-07 18:39
Positive feedback rating Hard to put into words how great this package is - just brilliant thanks Buyer:8358markr ( 11)   06-Feb-07 14:06
Positive feedback rating Yes, I stink. But now there is hope. The dogs no longer attack me when I play Buyer:jpayne100 ( 252) 01-Feb-07 02:19
Positive feedback rating If you looking to learn or get better with the guitar this is the one A++++ Buyer:accurateas ( 69)   11-Jan-07 00:49
Positive feedback rating Great course, good price, fast ship, free updates. What more could you ask for? Buyer:njjohn ( 49) 18-Dec-06 17:06
Positive feedback rating

the best teaching ive had in 30 years,this is really great.thankyou very much.
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Follow-up by xxaliebaba2828 (12-Dec-06 22:07):
- guitar methods is so great i bought another one for my brother for christmas.

Buyer: xxaliebaba2828 ( 8 )
   15-Nov-06 23:55
Positive feedback rating
Been playing 20+ years...you *can* teach an old dog new tricks! bargain, love it
 
Buyer  mattconwaytgr( 29Feedback score is 10 to 49)
   21-Oct-06 09:22
Positive feedback rating
I wasted all my money on guitar books. This is Brill. Ta Top Product AA++++
Buyer  falcon11110( 101Feedback score is 100 to 499)
   01-Oct-06 07:52
Positive feedback rating
great item, truly a masterpiece, just can't put my guitar down. I love it . A+++
 
Buyer  bleed214( 218Feedback score is 100 to 499)
   24-Aug-06 01:13
Positive feedback rating
WOW! This thing is awesome. Exactly what I needed to develop me lead chops! Thnx
Buyer  kc3487( 7 ) Changed User ID (less than 30 days)
   27-Jul-06 13:28
Positive feedback rating
Much as I hate to admit it this is everything it claims to be - truly superb
 
Buyer  bresciablue( 254Feedback score is 100 to 499)
   11-Jul-06 20:40
Positive feedback rating
Amazing! I've learnt more in 1 hour than in 5 months! No dispute: a great buy!
Buyer  alistair1806( 4 )
   10-Jun-06 23:27
Positive feedback rating
I LOOKED FOR 6 YEARS FOR THIS KIND OF INFO. ITS ALL IN ONE CD. GREAT EBAYER
 
Buyer  ohall5( 48Feedback score is 10 to 49)
   10-Jun-06 17:28
Positive feedback rating
The most informative guide anywhere, really good...WAY better than Hal Lenord!
Buyer  ryanj_2006( 79Feedback score is 50 to 99)
   29-Jun-06 17:36
Positive feedback rating No gimmicks, extremely helpful, just as described. One step closer to Malmsteen!
  Buyer   riggaz ( 22Feedback score is 10 to 49)    03-May-06 14:05
Positive feedback rating great product! i've been buying guitar books for years and this beats them all!
Buyer   mcc597 ( 2 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days)    28-Apr-06 08:13
Positive feedback rating A wealth of information for a pittance of a price. Highly recommended.
  Buyer   terriboyd1 ( 68Feedback score is 50 to 99)    22-Mar-06 03:28
Positive feedback rating Great Product! Great Value! If this doesn't help, nothing will!! A++++++++!!!!
Buyer   jmax73 ( 25Feedback score is 10 to 49)    30-Mar-06 02:39
Positive feedback rating Ive tried many learning techniques and books and this is the best hands down A++
  Buyer   lukas206 ( 82Feedback score is 50 to 99)    05-Mar-06 10:14
Positive feedback rating This is the best product on ebay, hands down! Many thanks to seller
Buyer   steverebmit ( 46Feedback score is 10 to 49)    19-Feb-06 21:18
Positive feedback rating Even as a pro musician by trade learning the guitar, this is excellent. A+++++
  Buyer   smeet75 ( 48Feedback score is 10 to 49)    08-Feb-06 21:19
Positive feedback rating Awesome Product, I am a pro, bought for my brother and I ended up using it!!!!!!
Buyer   carolinabluegolfballcrusher ( 14Feedback score is 10 to 49)    31-Jan-06 17:58
Positive feedback rating I can't believe he puts so much info on one cd,and at such a great price!Thanks!
  Buyer   dzd2thdr ( 26Feedback score is 10 to 49)    31-Jan-06 02:21
Positive feedback rating Guitar package is a MUST, 100% improvement in my playing! Get it now!
Buyer   voodoo_brother ( 55Feedback score is 50 to 99)    22-Jan-06 10:15
Positive feedback rating Was sceptical due to cheap price. I was DEFINITELY surprised , quality + service
  Buyer   4estgimp ( 27Feedback score is 10 to 49)    16-Jan-06 16:30
Positive feedback rating Bought it cause bored 1 saturday, haven't put my guitar down since,easy to learn
Buyer   dam0ns ( 24Feedback score is 10 to 49)    08-Jan-06 14:41
Positive feedback rating This is the best I have found to get you up to proleval leads fast. VERY GOOD A+
  Buyer   livetoplayout5931 ( 88Feedback score is 50 to 99)    31-Dec-05 19:22
Positive feedback rating Planned to give as a gift, but will keep it because it is the best I have ever seen!
Buyer   lee_mullow ( 172Feedback score is 100 to 499)    19-Dec-05 17:45
Positive feedback rating a really well done product. you can spend hundreds and not get this much info!
  Buyer   jerrycreek ( 36Feedback score is 10 to 49)    08-Oct-05 21:46
Positive feedback rating WOW!! unbelievable amount of info for the price. I played till my fingers bled.
Buyer   jm52slm ( 33Feedback score is 10 to 49)    29-Sep-05 12:22
Positive feedback rating It is really good , i had almost left playing guitar, now enjoying again
  Buyer   sumitbafna123 ( 6 )    20-Sep-05 18:18
Positive feedback rating You could pay 3 times as much and it's still a bargain! Excellent thankyou.
Buyer   nisherazor ( 60Feedback score is 50 to 99)    31-Aug-05 14:59
Positive feedback rating All guitarists should buy this CD you won't regret it well worth the money thanks
  Buyer   mcfarlane8181 ( 5 )    23-Aug-05 12:40
Positive feedback rating Blimmin amazing, packed up guitar lessons now, best thing I ever bought THANKS
Buyer   stevel155(private)    13-Jan-06 14:16
 

You will also be provided with the new advert design for the brand new 'version 8.0' which you can see in my current listings. You can use either, or both!

As you can see, the feedback comments i use in the advert are all real and very complimentary. They go beyond regular comments of satisfaction, these people have clearly achieved amazing results and have found it to be worth much more than they paid, which i believe is a key point - the price could be bumped up to £14.99 quite easily, but then peoples' expectations are raised, and the 'pleasant suprise' factor is reduced, meaning the feedback received is not so outstanding, and so the sales will reflect this. Or at least that is the reason why i only sell it at £8.99 on ebay (£17.99 on websites) - however now version 8.0 is released i will recommend trying to sell this at £11.99 as it looks so much better now this will be equally a fair price and achieve just as much satisfaction. And if i'm wrong, then continue at £8.99! It has made me approx £14,000/year on average so why not.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Payment/installments options:
If you have the money to pay for this up front, i will be prepared to negiotate the price quite favourably, as the quicker i can get the money the quicker i can start my new projects, and travel abroad as i am itching to do. Likewise, if you are already very familiar with ebay, this will affect the price as i will not have to spend so long teaching you the ways of ebay.

However, if you do not have the money up front, and would like to pay for this in installments, i am flexible with this idea, and will listen to all offers - BUT NO OFFERS FOR PROFIT SHARE! If i were to do this then i would want a say in your actions - which i don't!

If you want to pay in monthly installments, or in 3 lump installments over a couple of years, i don't care, i am open to all offers, but please read this carefully: ANY OFFER i accept will require a lump sum up front, of at least £4,000. Also, the more money you can put up up-front will reduce the total figure i will ask for, because the quicker i can get started on my new projects the more money i will make from those instead, so i can let this go for cheaper in the long-run.

Please contact me with any concerns and offers, i will be able to answer any questions usually within 12 hours as i check my email throughout the day.

Thanks!

 

 

 
29/10/2009 UPDATE!
==========================
I have had 2 serious offers
and i will be accepting one of them ...
unless i get a better one in the next couple of days!
Get your offers in now!
- Thanks. Ben
 

Questions and answers about this item
  
 Q: I live in the US and was wondering what % of your sales are in the US?
A: Hi at the moment only about 2-3%, as opposed to previously before i took listings down it was more like 40%. There is a lot of room for expanding into the US again. But as i just said to someone else, i already have 2... Continue reading
06 Nov, 2009 
 Q: if a a person was to make a offer how much will be reasonble for you?
A: At the moment i have 2 offers of £12,000 paid without installments, so something more than this! I have accepted both offers though and waiting a few days to sort out the last few details before someone signs and it is... Continue reading
06 Nov, 2009 
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