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Ultimate Power's "Add to Cart" link directs to a "Page not found" error
Maybe I missed an announcement, but the Ultimate Power "Add to Cart" link is directing to an error page.
It's been like this for the past couple of days.
Initially, I thought it was an error on my end (and it still might be). But, now that some time has passed, I figured it's time I mentioned it.
Is anyone else having the same result?
Hello Ali,
Yes, good catch.
That started first with an experiment to remove the "Easy Digital Download" plugin, which was a plugin the website had for the 2 ebooks only.
After removing it the website was faster, so I decided to never re-install it.
At first, I sought an alternative solution for the ebooks.
But the alternative solution, based on redirect after checkout, was clunkier -some browsers stop redirects-.
So you'd get people writing "I bought it, but didn't receive anything".
So the way forward became:
- Re-install EDD (didn't want to do that)
- Find a better solution (doable, but a whole project on its own)
So I started thinking if having ebooks separated from the courses made sense.
From a business perspective, it was good.
It added some income, plus it also made the upsell in the courses look more appealing (since the upsell was 50% off the standalone ebook).
But one of the biggest strikes against the ebooks was that a percentage of each sale becomes a future liability.
Such as, you always get someone to write:
- I lost my copy, send one more
- There is an update, send me one
- My phone broke, send it again
Paradoxically, the more you'd sell, the more future work you'd box yourself in.
And if I wanted to keep running TPM as simple and time-effective as possible, then the easiest solution of not having ebooks as separate products started making a lot of sense.
It's still not meant as a "final" solution, which is why the buttons are still there and I hadn't communicated about it.
But since right now I'm fully focused on SU -and later on finishing the PU update, and later ebooks updates-, then shelving the ebooks was the most sensible decision.
Plus, the ebooks as they are right now will soon improve, and I never feel good selling something that I know will be better in a matter of months.
Some possibilities came to mind:
- Stating that losses of book copies and sending updates are not responsibilities of the seller
- Put the ebook behind a password like your book reviews
- Create a separate course with LearnDash and put the ebook link there
- Use a managed solution like Payhip
Example: Breakfast Eats and Protein Treats
There's a free version of Payhip too, so they earn purely on the 5% commission.
The incentive for upgrading is to reduce the commission to 2% for plus or to none for pro.
I noticed the subscription options for reading articles may not be working as well.
That may be my browser issue though.
Is it now possible to purchase the Ultimate Power E-book separately now that the update and SU are done?
Hello Grigorio, still not, still part of the package.
Since the change, the admin side of business operations has gotten a lot simpler and more streamlined, and the website is also simpler and faster without the tech overhead of an ebook-shop software.
So going back now wouldn't make much sense.
