The next step is to select a few examples that match closely to your idea or topic area. Bring auction up, and now for trick...

eBay provides great detail into auctions by member, including a complete detailed list of auctions and outcome by member.

So, what you want to do is simply scan members holding active auctions - selecting option "search all auctions by this member" and viola, you will get a picture of activity from this member.

Using this information you can judge if there are two sales of their product each day or 20. The idea is not to get an actual, accurate count, but rather a sense of how many copies are moving through their auction.

You may be shocked by some of results you see. Any existing ebook, report, course, training, audio or video that has activity daily - especially with multiple copies sold daily, will help to validate your market and topic area.

Resources mentioned in this article are:

eBay Hottest Posts: http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html

Terrnace Smith's "Sell Books and Videos" site: http://www.highertrustmarketing.com/part/terrance

Jeff Smith is dedicated to helping you turn your knowledge into highly desirable, hot selling information-based products (eBooks, booklets, seminars, courses, etc...) Through his highly acclaimed site: http://www.highertrustmarketing.com you will find exactly what it takes to create and market high-profit infoproducts.

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9. Is writing fresh, free of clichés? Does it show author’s own unique style? Are viewpoint changes clear and well handled?

10. Is grammar correct? Is spelling accurate? Is manuscript professionally prepared?

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