The following websites will process credit card orders for you:

CCNow http://www.ccnow.com

This outstanding company will enable you to accept all major credit cards online without a merchant account. There are no set up or monthly fees of any kind. They charge a 9% per transaction fee. In addition, their services are available for non-US merchants.

CCNow is intended to be used for tangible merchandise only. This means that you must have a physical product that is shipped to customer's physical address. If your product is electronic, you may want to consider using one of following companies to process your orders.

ClickBank http://www.web-source.net/cgi-bin/web/jump.cgi?ID=196

ClickBank is another outstanding company that will enable you to accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Eurocard, Visa-Debit, MasterCard-Debit and Novus cards. No merchant account is required.

They charge a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. There are no monthly fees. The great thing about this company is that over 60,000 affiliates can choose to sell your products for you. ClickBank enables any web seller to automatically pay sales commissions to affiliates. They will bill your customers, pay you, and pay your affiliates a commission. In other words, they'll run your entire affiliate program for you. In addition, their services are available for non-US merchants.

ClickBank is intended to be used for electronic merchandise only. If you ship a physical product, you may want to consider using CCNow to process your orders.

iBill http://www.ibill.com

iBill will enable you to accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, online checks or telephone billing (900 number). There are no setup fees. However, you must maintain a minimum sales volume of $25 per month or difference will be charged to your credit card. They charge 12% - 15% per transaction fee for credit card and check purchases and 20% - 30% per transaction fee for phone purchases. Non-US merchants are welcome.

If you're just starting out, you may want to use one of third party credit card processors, as this is easiest route. Each company provides you with step by step instructions to assist you in getting your web site set up to accept credit cards. The great thing about third party credit card processors is that they handle everything for you. You don't have to hassle with processing your credit card payments or charge backs, as all of this is taken care of for you.

In order to successfully sell your ebooks on Internet, you must accept credit cards. In addition, you must make ordering process as simple as possible. With today's technology, even smallest home-based business can now accept credit credits almost instantly. Visit one of web sites mentioned above and get your web site set up today. Your success depends on it.

Nobody knows more about your ebook than you do. Set up a page on your web site and provide your affiliates with all of promotional information they'll need to market your ebook. This information might include all of following:

- Banners - Sample ads - Articles - Reviews - Sales letters - Autoresponder courses

To further increase sales, create a sample or limited version of your ebook. This ebook should be used to intrigue and persuade your readers to purchase full version. This can be accomplished by allowing your readers to only view a portion of your ebook. In order for them to gain full access to your ebook, they must purchase password.

The key to using this technique successfully is to enable your affiliates to customize sales links within ebook with their affiliate information. This will provide your affiliates with a viral marketing tool that they can freely distribute and earn commissions for years to come.

Creating a Customizable Ebook

In order to create an ebook that can be customized by your affiliates, your ebook must be in HTML (EXE) format. In addition, you must have a special ebook compiler. This compiler will enable you to specify certain areas within your ebook that may be customized. When your affiliate downloads your ebook, they will also need to download an additional software that will be used to place their affiliate information within your ebook. There are very few compilers on market that use this technology.

Here are two that I recommend:

Ebook Edit Pro http://www.web-source.net/cgi-bin/web/jump.cgi?ID=2894

Activ E-book http://www.web-source.net/cgi-bin/web/jump.cgi?ID=105

Both of these compilers will enable you to create an ebook with customizable fields.

Developing your own affiliate program will not only enable you to increase your sales, but it will also drive targeted traffic to your web site. Even if your visitor decides not to purchase your ebook, they may be interested in some other products your web site offers.

Take your time and select best affiliate option for your business. If you'd rather not take time to run your affiliate program, you may want to use one of third party affiliate companies. This is easiest route and will enable you to concentrate on more important things -- like making more sales and writing new ebooks.