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Well, I surprised myself! Although it took me just over a month to complete the first step in this project, I actually did follow through and put together an offering for $7 Secrets.

I waited for about two-and-a-half weeks before I uploaded the scripts and it took me another two-and-a-half weeks to tweak everything so it was just like I wanted it. Most of that time was spent just learning how the scripts work and there's really no reason why someone else -- someone without my analytical personality -- couldn't take the $7 Secrets scripts and have them up-and-running within days.

Setting up the script is easy, so most of your time is spent creating your offer and the supporting web pages. The $7 Secrets scripts then make selling your product a snap!

Lest I forget, there's a report that's really the primary reason for making the purchase. Unless you understand the advantage of selling low-cost info products, you won't really understand how the scripts will help you. (Don't be narrow-minded, either: the scripts are being used to market all kinds of products -- physical and digital -- at many different price points.) And even if you never use the scripts, the information in the report is valuable in its own right.

All right, rather go on any longer about the product, let me just point you to $7 Secrets itself and let you make your own decision. Good luck!

Of course, the main reason for using the information in $7 Secrets is to produce your own product. So, what was I to create that someone would be willing to pay for?

After registering at the $7 Secrets Forum and beginning to learn about the scripts (it's that analytical bent I have), it became obvious to me that the scripts had some short-comings. Part of that is because they are a work in progress. Part of that is because Jon never intended the scripts to do everything. But it was clear that there were things that people wanted the scripts to do—and a light bulb went off in my head!

Why not give them what they wanted?

Why not expand the scripts, if you will, and make $7 Secrets do more?

So, with that spark of an idea, I began compiling a list of things that I saw people wanted, added to them a list of features I would like to see, and have packaged a few of them together into a product that I call "Expansion Pack for $7 Secrets." Not surprisingly, it's priced at $7.

Not only that, it comes with Admin Expansion Lite, which I created to fix some bugs in the $7 Secrets scripts and to help troubleshoot problems that other users were having with their own installations. (Yes, I expect to offer a full version—Admin Expansion—at a later date.) This product alone is worth the $7 price.

Installation is simple: just upload the files, edit some settings, and add a single line of code to your $7 Secrets scripts index.php file. No fuss, no muss. And you can read more about it here.

I was robbed last week. Someone clicked my link in the $7 Secrets forum to this website, then used their affiliate link to purchase my product. I was mad! Who is so cheap that they need to steal a $7 product? Well, that's the last time they'll do that to me, because I created The $7 Blacklist.

The $7 Blacklist is very simple to use: you upload it to your scripts directory, add one line to your index.php file (not necessary for Admin Expansion and Admin Expansion Lite users), and (optionally) set one preference. The $7 Blacklist immediately begins protecting you from affiliate fraud.

Every time someone comes to your site with an affiliate link, The $7 Blacklist checks the affiliate ID against an online database of known abusers of the $7 Secrets Scripts affiliate system. If the affiliate ID is in the Blacklist, the affiliate cookie is not set and, optionally, the the 7DSS fraud page is shown.

To make this product successful, I need you to do two things. First, download and use The $7 Blacklist. It's free for all users of 7 Dollar Secrets scripts. Second, report affiliate fraud at the link below. Sure, losing $7 is a drop in the bucket, but if we allow these thieves to continue their behavior they will steal from the rest of us.

Download The $7 Blacklist and report affiliate fraud

Support for The $7 Blacklist and other 7 Dollar Tools products

I realize I'm not first to market with this idea for $7 Secrets Scripts users, but I do believe I have the best-in-class product. Here's what makes Sell-Out Expansion for $7 Secrets different from 7DSS v2.7 and other products:

* A bug in 7DSS 2.7 causes front-end and OTO sales to be grouped.

Sell-Out Expansion is very simple to use: you upload it to your scripts directory, add one line to your index.php file (not necessary for existing Admin Expansion and Admin Expansion Lite users), and set your preferences.

Now, what would what would show off this product better than an actual demonstration? Right now I've reduced the price by 25%, but that offer is only available to the first 30 buyers or until August 5, 2007 -- whichever comes first.

More information on Sell-Out Expansion

Support for Sell-Out Expansion and other 7 Dollar Tools products

Back in 2007, when $7 Secrets Scripts was having issues with security, another enterprising programmer created a plug-in to address those issues. Download Padlock was designed to prevent 7DSS users' files from being downloaded by hackers and added the ability to include multiple (virtually unlimited) files on the download pages.

For various reasons, Download Padlock disappeared for most of 2008, but I'm happy to report that this essential add-on for $7 Secrets Scripts is once again available. $7 Tools is the exclusive online reseller for Download Padlock and, to celebrate, I'm not only lowering its price to $7 from its original $17, but I'm also offering an additional discount to existing $7 Tools customers who act in the next 24 hours.