Who is Eben Pagan - From Broke to 100+ Million Dollars
Eben Pagan shares how he discovered that raising the price of his ebook from $29.95 to $39.95 led to his record sales day of 10 copies and $400 in revenue. This breakthrough moment taught him that higher prices can actually increase sales and showed him the power of price testing in digital product marketing.
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How to test digital product pricing for maximum revenue -- A systematic approach to finding the optimal price point for your digital products
Professional Sales — Understanding Needs and Moving Prospects to Purchase
Raising prices can actually increase sales volume, not just revenue, because higher prices signal greater value to customers
A PDF Ebook With Bonuses Can Be a Profitable Digital Product
A simple PDF ebook with bonuses can be a profitable digital product without requiring print publication
Price Testing Reveals Counterintuitive Customer Behavior
Price testing is a fundamental marketing strategy that can reveal counterintuitive results about customer behavior
Digital Products Create True Location and Time Freedom
Digital products can generate passive income while you focus on other activities, creating true location and time freedom
Price Testing — Systematic Method to Find Optimal Price
Price testing involves systematically changing your product prices to see how it affects sales volume and revenue. It's a fundamental marketing strategy that can reveal counterintuitive customer behaviors.
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How to test digital product pricing for maximum revenue -- A systematic approach to finding the optimal price point for your digital products
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Professional Sales — Understanding Needs and Moving Prospects to Purchase
Raising prices can actually increase sales volume, not just revenue, because higher prices signal greater value to customers
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Digital Products Create True Location and Time Freedom
Digital products can generate passive income while you focus on other activities, creating true location and time freedom
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Price Testing Reveals Counterintuitive Customer Behavior
Price testing is a fundamental marketing strategy that can reveal counterintuitive results about customer behavior
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A PDF Ebook With Bonuses Can Be a Profitable Digital Product
A simple PDF ebook with bonuses can be a profitable digital product without requiring print publication
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Digital Products Sell Worldwide While You're Away
Digital products like ebooks can generate sales automatically while you're doing other activities, creating location and time freedom. Once created and uploaded, they can sell to customers worldwide without your direct involvement.
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Price Testing — Systematic Method to Find Optimal Price
Price testing involves systematically changing your product prices to see how it affects sales volume and revenue. It's a fundamental marketing strategy that can reveal counterintuitive customer behaviors.
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Higher Prices Signal Greater Value — Price Psychology
Higher prices can signal greater value to customers, leading them to perceive the product as more desirable and actually purchase more. Price testing is essential to find the optimal price point.
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A 100-Page PDF Sold at Premium Without Print Publishing
A successful ebook can be as simple as a 100-page PDF with small bonuses. It doesn't need to be published in print and can be sold profitably at premium prices if it provides value to customers.
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The Moment You Realize You're Finally Free
I remember I'm free you know like finally I'm free because I've been hanging out with my friends all day while people in different parts of the world have been buying this book
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Raising Prices Sometimes Makes People Buy More
you can do things like raise the price sometimes and people will buy more of the thing
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How Digital Products Generate Passive Income
How can digital products create passive income?
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How Raising Prices Can Actually Increase Sales Volume
How can raising prices increase sales volume?
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What Price Testing Reveals About Customer Behavior
What is price testing in digital marketing?
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What Makes a Successful Ebook Product
What makes a successful ebook product?
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The Price Testing Breakthrough
Eben shares the pivotal moment when he decided to test raising his ebook price from $29.95 to $39.95 before visiting friends in San Diego. This simple price increase led to his record sales day of 10 copies, generating $400 in revenue and proving that higher prices can actually increase sales volume.
The Freedom Realization
While hanging out with friends all day, Eben discovered he had achieved his best sales day ever, realizing the true power of passive income from digital products. This moment crystallized his understanding that digital businesses can generate revenue automatically while providing complete location and time freedom.

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Claim: “Lowering prices increases sales volume”
Reframe: Raising prices can actually increase both sales volume and revenue because higher prices signal greater value
Eben's ebook sales increased to a record 10 copies when he raised the price from $29.95 to $39.95, proving that customers sometimes buy more at higher price points
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