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Resell Rights Defined
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Rights and terms are usually stated at the beginning of ebooks or included in a file somewhere in the software package. All you have to do is look for it because claiming 'I didn't know' is no excuse. Normally the files will be called license.txt, readme.txt or something similar.

There are many different rights assigned to products available in this member area. To clear up confusion about the differences between the rights, here's an explaination of each term.

Personal Use
When you buy a product, (ebook or software) or anything else online, you do not get the rights to resell it. You are NOT allowed to resell it or even give it away to your friends. You have the right to USE the product and create a back up copy for it. That's it. Nothing more.

Giveaway Rights
When a product comes with Give Away Rights, that means you get a copy of the product and that you can also give it away to anyone for FREE.

Branding Rights
You pay the product owner to create a customized version of the product for you or the product comes with a brander program. Rebranding can include changing affiliate links, co-branding or other types of customization.

Resell Rights
When a product comes with Resell Rights, you are allowed to sell the product to others. This also means that you get to keep all the money for the sale of the product. Many come with pre-written sales pages, images and sometimes even delivery pages.

You can not pass your resell license on to others. This means anyone who buys the product from you can not sell it to others without buying the resell rights from the owner.

Sometimes products will come with additional limitations such as a minimum price you can sell the product for, bundling restrictions and/or adding the product to membership sites.

Master Resell Rights
If you own Master Resell Rights to a product, you can resell it, bundle it or include it in your own membership site such as this one. You can even pass on the resell rights to others, meaning that when you sell that product to someone, they can turn around and sell it to someone else. Master resell rights vary a little depending on the product creator.

Non Transferable Master Resell Rights
Generally, these have the same rules as the master resell rights listed above except you cannot sell the master resell rights, only the basic resell rights and the product itself.

Private Label Rights
Private label products include the source files. This means you can use it to create a new product from the source files and put your own name on it as if you created it yourself. You can edit the content, add to it, remove certain parts, create new images, redo the sales page and repackage the entire product. You could even use the content to create a online e-course, or break it up into mini reports.

Non Transferable Private Label Rights
Generally, these have the same rules as the private label rights listed above except you cannot sell the private label rights, only the product itself or use the content to create new products.

Not Specified
Some of the products listed on this site are listed as Not Specified. We purchased resell rights to every product on this site - this does not mean those rights are passed on to you automatically. You must be sure to read the license terms included in each package to find out what YOUR rights are in relation to the product.

Not Specified simply means we have not opened the package to see what YOUR rights are.

Restrictions by the owner/creator
When you buy a product with Resell Rights OR Master Resell Rights, you should check on any special restrictions the owner has imposed on your rights. For example, you may have bought the Master Resell Rights for a product, BUT this does not mean you can:

*Give the product away.
*Include this product in your affiliate program.
*Include the product in a package and resell the whole package.
*Include a product in a membership site.
*Sell it on auction sites such as eBay.

If you are NOT sure about your rights, DO NOT EVER decide for yourself. Contact the owner and ask what your rights are. If you want to add the product in a package or membership site and those rights are not specified in the package terms, ask her/him to allow you to do so. NEVER resell a product without knowing the license terms.


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 Positive Customer Review
  Leondras 
4 Nov 2007, 1:43 AM 
 
Great article
awesome!
 

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