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How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by ajpos »

josefresco wrote: post #7
SanderMak wrote: post #2

Nice to see the results of your previous post! > I was so afraid that PayPal would freeze my account that I called to let them know that I was going to sell a book and that I might have a few sales. You know something's wrong when your customers are fearing you. Seriously, how did PayPal end up like this?

I'm no fan of PayPal, but this customer was aware that a sudden onslaught of sales (where before there was none) might set off some sort of alarm with his payment processor. Seems like a legitimate concern for both the processor and a pro-active measure by the customer. We all know the horror stories of frozen PayPal accounts but I can't say I can blame PP given the scope of what they have to deal with when transferr…

I don't know how well regulated Paypal is, as you infer, since it is not a bank and does not have to follow bank rules.

Banks and credit card companies seem to get it right with many more regulations, why can't Paypal? If I use my credit card for a spending spree, all it takes is one phone call with Visa to have everything cleared up. Paypal wouldn't have earned their reputation if they were able to provide that level of service.

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by arthurjohn »

An interesting topic for a book turns into profit, I am wholly unsurprised. Congrats on your success :)

I've been curious about trying something similar, but I don't want to put my home address in emails to a mailing list. Did you end up using your address or doing something like a PO box?

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by mkesper »

ajpos wrote: post #11
josefresco wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm no fan of PayPal, but this customer was aware that a sudden onslaught of sales (where before there was none) might set off some sort of alarm with his payment processor. Seems like a legitimate concern for both the processor and a pro-active measure by the customer. We all know the horror stories of frozen PayPal accounts but I can't say I can blame PP given the scope of what they have to deal with when transferr…

I don't know how well regulated Paypal is, as you infer, since it is not a bank and does not have to follow bank rules. Banks and credit card companies seem to get it right with many more regulations, why can't Paypal? If I use my credit card for a spending spree, all it takes is one phone call with Visa to have everything cleared up. Paypal wouldn't have earned their reputation if they were able to provide that leve…

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/about PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. is duly licenced as a Luxembourg credit institution

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by mhurron »

josefresco wrote: post #7
SanderMak wrote: post #2

Nice to see the results of your previous post! > I was so afraid that PayPal would freeze my account that I called to let them know that I was going to sell a book and that I might have a few sales. You know something's wrong when your customers are fearing you. Seriously, how did PayPal end up like this?

I'm no fan of PayPal, but this customer was aware that a sudden onslaught of sales (where before there was none) might set off some sort of alarm with his payment processor. Seems like a legitimate concern for both the processor and a pro-active measure by the customer. We all know the horror stories of frozen PayPal accounts but I can't say I can blame PP given the scope of what they have to deal with when transferr…

Informing them in this instance does seem more like the situation where you tell your bank your traveling overseas between X and Y.

It's reasonable to assume a flood of cash would be enough to set off various alarms.

It is a shame you have to be so wary of PayPal, but in this case it did lead them to do what would be the right thing no matter what you were using to cover payment processing.

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by coldtea »

SanderMak wrote: post #2

Nice to see the results of your previous post! > I was so afraid that PayPal would freeze my account that I called to let them know that I was going to sell a book and that I might have a few sales. You know something's wrong when your customers are fearing you. Seriously, how did PayPal end up like this?

>Seriously, how did PayPal end up like this?

It ended up like these partly because of being the only really international online payment service -- thus having to abide and keep tabs on hundreds of different legislations and rules.

How do you tell a guy making $10,000 in 7 days from a small scale money laundering attempt?

How do you know he is not selling BS and that in a week or so you wont have a backslash of people demanding their money back from you (the payment service)?

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by SanderMak »

josefresco wrote: post #7
SanderMak wrote: post #2

Nice to see the results of your previous post! > I was so afraid that PayPal would freeze my account that I called to let them know that I was going to sell a book and that I might have a few sales. You know something's wrong when your customers are fearing you. Seriously, how did PayPal end up like this?

I'm no fan of PayPal, but this customer was aware that a sudden onslaught of sales (where before there was none) might set off some sort of alarm with his payment processor. Seems like a legitimate concern for both the processor and a pro-active measure by the customer. We all know the horror stories of frozen PayPal accounts but I can't say I can blame PP given the scope of what they have to deal with when transferr…

Of course what you say is true.

Let me put it another way: when my CC issuer detects an anomaly, they block the charge and contact me rightaway to resolve it. I don't fear anything because I know they'll do the right thing and keep me in the loop. Why can't PayPal have such a symbiotic relationship with their customers, rather than instilling fear?

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by kroger »

mhurron wrote: post #14
josefresco wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm no fan of PayPal, but this customer was aware that a sudden onslaught of sales (where before there was none) might set off some sort of alarm with his payment processor. Seems like a legitimate concern for both the processor and a pro-active measure by the customer. We all know the horror stories of frozen PayPal accounts but I can't say I can blame PP given the scope of what they have to deal with when transferr…

Informing them in this instance does seem more like the situation where you tell your bank your traveling overseas between X and Y. It's reasonable to assume a flood of cash would be enough to set off various alarms. It is a shame you have to be so wary of PayPal, but in this case it did lead them to do what would be the right thing no matter what you were using to cover payment processing.

Calling them it's not a big deal, but they could make it clear. If you email their support you'll get these long and vague emails. I've learned my lesson: if I need anything from PayPal I'll call them presto. Once I was accessing PayPal while using a VPN (I was on a public wifi) and they blocked my account. I called them and the matter was solved very efficiently in seconds. But, how on earth would I know that my account would be blocked if I used a VPN?

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by wikwocket »

SanderMak wrote: post #2

Nice to see the results of your previous post! > I was so afraid that PayPal would freeze my account that I called to let them know that I was going to sell a book and that I might have a few sales. You know something's wrong when your customers are fearing you. Seriously, how did PayPal end up like this?

To be fair, if you were going to suddenly deposit a ton of money to your bank, or make a ton more money this year than last, you might call up your bank or accountant beforehand. It's perfectly reasonable.

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by tessierashpool »

just want to say that I've read this book and it's quite good. I've recommended it to people both in the context of an ebook I wrote on a similar topic (music hacks) and in person.

its introduction to reading music is especially good. it describes musical notation as a graph DSL with lots of legacy terminology. a very clear and sensible intro to that subject, and it made me think about it in a new way (as someone already familiar with the topic).

Re: How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

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Post by kroger »

tessierashpool wrote: post #19

just want to say that I've read this book and it's quite good. I've recommended it to people both in the context of an ebook I wrote on a similar topic (music hacks) and in person. its introduction to reading music is especially good. it describes musical notation as a graph DSL with lots of legacy terminology. a very clear and sensible intro to that subject, and it made me think about it in a new way (as someone alr…

Thanks! What's the link to your ebook?
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