So far as anyone can tell, Amazon hasn’t put any promotion into it yet and the site (http://amapedia.amazon.com) seems to be a little lacking in design and character.

What’s the point of the site? To offer Amazon users reviews on products so they can make a more informed buying decision- or more importantly, ultimately buy more products Amazon. Amazon is currently describing Amapedia as the “next generation of Amazon.com’s Product Wiki feature.”

In theory it seems like a good idea and depending on how much it is used by Amazon users and how they plan on integrating it will their current review system it may very well become “the” place to go fro reliable reviews on the web and then again it may not.

Here’s some additional info I was able to dig up on the web:

O’Reilly Radar says Amapedia launched with 5,000 articles.

“It launched with approximately 800 internally created articles and 5000 articles that were ported over from the previous version. As you click-thru the site you will quickly realize just how empty it is and how many fact & category tags have not been filled in yet. Try playing with the random article functionality to take a spin through the site. The article pages are very nicely crafted. The tags are on the left. The article text and images take up the majority of the page.”

O’Reilly also points out that according to Amapedia’s Terms of Service Amazon owns all rights to Amapedia entries just like they do for the product reviews on the Amazon.com website but people can still use their own content elsewhere.

“If you do post or otherwise submit questions, answers feedback, or any other content, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant amapedia and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.”

Needless to say resell rights come in many forms and sizes. They can come in large packages of many products that are bundled together and offered for an almost suspiciously low price (junk), or they can be offered as a single product for thousands of dollars. If you’re looking for a way to make money with resell rights, you want to make sure you purchase something that actually has value, which means it will cost more than a few dollars.

Resell rights have different restrictions, limitations and allow you to do different things, so as always, be sure to read the terms and conditions.

Basic resell rights often only give you the right to sell the product and don’t offer much other flexibility. You usually cannot claim the product is your own and you do not have permission to offer the resell rights to anyone else. Sometimes you can change the affiliate links to your own, other times you need to leave things exactly as they are. Basic rights are usually the cheapest to purchase, so it can be a good way to get started.

Some of the conditions or restrictions to look for are as follows:

• The price(s) you can sell the product for.
• Can it be given away as a bonus?
• Can it be given away for free?
• Can it be modified in any way?
• Can you change the affiliate links to your own?
• Are there any conditions for distributing the product on membership and auction sites?

Master resell rights often include a web or sales page with the product. They give you the right to resell the product and allow you the right to sell the resell rights to your customers as well. However, that is typically as far as it goes; your customers cannot sell the resell rights for the product to their customers. While master resell rights usually do not allow you to alter the product, they quite often allow you to replace the affiliate links with your own, and usually offer more flexibility in terms of how you distribute the product including pricing.

If you’re buying the resell rights to software make sure you know the product well enough to deal with any troubleshooting inquiries. Some software rights sellers are prepared to deal with inquiries themselves which is a definite advantage for you. Software may also come with a FAQ or troubleshooting webpage or link to the manufacturer’s webpage that you can use.

There are also two types of resell rights that may be referred to as private label rights. The first type is where you are given resell rights for a finished product and you are allowed to put your name on it as the author or creator. This is usually for information or software products.

The second type of private label rights is known as source code rights. The product may or may not be ready to sell. Sometimes it is raw material that you can use to produce a finished product such as information for an ebook that needs to be organized, or the source code for a software product. With the source code rights you can change the product in any way you want. You can add your name as the author, put in your links, add, remove or change the content, or even split it into several products.Most often with both types of private label rights you are able to sell resell rights and even master resell rights.

Most private label rights packages also come with a webpage, sales letters, graphics and other ads that you can use to sell the product. If you are buying private label rights you are also able to edit the product. This is especially important if you are buying rights for software. Private label rights are usually priced in the hundreds or thousands of dollars range, however they offer you more flexibility and the opportunity to make a lot more money than you could with basic or master resell rights.

As always, take time to do market research before purchasing the resell rights to anything. Make sure there are people who actually want the product and are willing to pay for it. Find out how many other people have bought the resell rights, so you know how many competitors you have. How do they market the product? And are they successful?

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Street Smart Internet Marketing is a little longer than most business related books coming in at 307 pages but don’t let that deceive you – there is not an ounce of wasted space and boring it is not. It also includes an in-depth glossary containing hundreds of common “Internet marketing” related terms and a comprehensive index making it very easy to use as a reference tool. The rest of the book is divided into seven sections containing thirty-eight chapters. Some of the many topics you can expect to learn about include:

• Driving traffic to your website for little or no cost

• Building an opt-in email list

• Optimizing your website for search engines

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• Website design including sales optimization

• Effective email marketing

• Product development and positioning

• Joint venture marketing

• Affiliate marketing

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Compared with other internet marketing related books I’ve read, or even the much more expensive courses I’ve purchased, I found this to be an exceptional resource and I am constantly referring back to it for guidance and marketing ideas. There is literally nothing that I have seen that has this much practical real world content. This is a book that I strongly feel anyone with a website should have on their desk and priced at under $20, there’s no reason not to.

One of the many things I liked about this book is that it doesn’t just spit out buckets of information then leave the rest to you; it provides helpful knowledge and experience in a very actionable form which includes step by step instructions for things like writing proper response-oriented emails and creating a high quality information product.

Unlike many other books on similar subjects I have read, I found this book most practical – and closest to the need in the real business world, thus the origin of the title “Street Smart Internet Marketing. Justin’s techniques are sound, practical, user friendly and well tested. I highly recommend anyone who has any interest in online marketing immediately buy this book and devour every single word!

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This book is available online at www.Amazon.com, or you can get it directly from the author’s website at www.InternetMarketingBook.com. By the time you finish reading it, your success on the Internet will be just around the corner!

Here are some simple tips to close more deals, faster:

Offer a Risk Free Guarantee The less risk a potential buyer feels they have if they do business with you, the more likely they are to buy from you. Don’t just stop with a money back guarantee, pay for shipping, give them more than 30 days to try your product or service, even let they keep any free bonuses they might have received. The longer and stronger the guarantee, they more business you’ll likely receive.

Create a Deadline You can offer bonuses, a special price, free shipping or anything else if your visitors buy from you within a certain time period. Make the deadline realistic and give a reason. For example “I only have 27 CD packages left, so the next 27 people who to purchase one, get it for only $97. After that the price goes back up to $197.

Include Testimonials People love reading about the experiences of others with your product or service. This lets them know what benefit others got out of doing business with you, and what benefits they might expect to get as well. Even out them on the order page to reinforce that they’re making the right decision. If you don’t have any or many testimonials yet, you can offer your product or service for free in exchange for a testimonial.

Offer Easy Support If possible offer 24hr support by phone, email and live chat. The more options you give, and the more available it is, the more comfortable prospective buyers will feel knowing that they can contact you if they have any questions.

Provide Full Contact Info The more ways you give for a visitor to contact you the more at ease they’ll feel doing business with you. Businesses that hide behind an email address don’t appear very reputable and lose business because of it. Post your full physical mailing address, phone and fax number, as well as email address and your sales will increase somewhat.

Free Shipping This is another added bonus you can provide for doing business with you.

Buy Now buttons Place these everywhere on your site, so that when your visitors decide they want to buy, it’s easy for them.

Above all, make the sales process as easy and simple as possible. That way you won’t use so many sales to people that change their mind, get cold feet or get fed up trying to complete the process.

As you start to incorporate some of these things, you’ll find that you’ll sell more, but your customers will feel good about recommending your product or service to others.