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Today I am going to take a close look at the Silent Sales Machine eBook, which was written by ôSilentö Jim Cockrum. I have to ask myself why somebody who gives themselves the nick-name ôSilentö is writing an eBook? Not very silent is it! So has it been worth breaking the silence for? Is there gold inside? Or should Jim have kept his mouth shut? Letĺs find out.

Silent Sales Machine eBook review

OK first letĺs take a look at the sales page, the first thing that strikes me is the absolutely awful design of this page, it looks like it was made by a ten year old. However, one pretty cool thing about the sales page is that there are none of the usually “Make half a million dollars in 10 minutes” style of headlines and over the top claims. Also, the sales page actually tells us what the eBook is going to contain! Do you have any idea how rare that is these days?

The actual eBook is 127 pages long, although the first few pages are fluff and the last few are made up of comments from the authorĺs customers. This is the 6th edition of this popular eBook, and quite frankly it shows, no real care has been taken to make sure the format of the eBook is the same throughout, it needs an overhaul. The content is well written and unlike many eBook with a decent page count, very few are only screenshots.

The eBook basically discusses how to use and exploit eBay for sales and traffic. Reams have been written about this subject in the past, and in truth this eBook contains nothing new, although what it does contain is complete and well written. There are some pretty good suggestions on how to capitalise on the visitors to your auctions, by the use of the “About Me” page, and some good information on how to turn hits into non-eBay customers.
I have said that this eBook contains no gold; it does contain a fair amount of silver though, in the form of the very well written tips on how to run a successful eBay auction, along with how to find good products to sell.

One major problem is the fact that the eBook focuses quite significantly upon selling info products through eBay, unfortunately eBay changed their policies some time back and no longer allow fully digital products to be sold through their auction site. This means that a large chunk of the eBook is now out of date and pretty useless, the author really needs to revamp this section, and update it to include the possible workarounds that people have developed to get over the new eBay rules.

There is also some good content regarding how to source good products for sale on eBay, and how to approach potential off-line business to act as an agent for selling their goods on eBay for a commission split, all in all a very good section of the eBook.

Conclusion
OK letĺs get over the fact that there is no “get rich quick” Internet Marketing scheme to be found within the pages of this eBook, and move on to the fact that it would make very good reading for anyone who is interested in starting out as an eBay seller. Apart from the sections which deal with info product and digital download auctions, everything is relevant and useful, this was one of the rare eBooks I actually enjoyed reading during the review process, overall not a bad eBook, certainly not an amazing eBook, but good enough to warrant reading.

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Rating: Readable, useful to eBay beginners. GOOD
Two of four stars
Difficulty level: Easy to medium
Money required: Varies depending upon where you source your eBay products from.
Pages: 127, although some are fluff and some are customer testimonials, around 110 actual content pages.
Price: $24.97, well worth the price if you are new to eBay and need an introduction.

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