Making Similar Product to one I've Purchased

Posted: 13 years ago 16 replies

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Trying to get to sleep, but tossing and turning over a question. About 2 years ago, I purchased a product I thought was great. After teaching several people the methods I learned, I thought "I'd love to sell this as an affiliate". Well after making several attempts to reach out to the author with no response, not being able to find the product on Clickbank, and even finding the product to have dead links on his own site, it seems he may have lost interest in the product.

My question is, is there anything ethically wrong with me creating a similar product? By no means copying it, because quite honestly, I lost my receipt and access information, and I would never plagiarize anyway. But I know the methods, which I haven't really seen taught in any other course, could help a lot of people. I know all the time I see products teaching the same or similar things, but being new to the "product creation" side of IM, just wanted to get some feedback.

Is there any reason not to make a product that teaches methods similar to another product?

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13 years ago

Whether there is anything ethically wrong or not is yours to determine.

Here is what I would do:
If I learned a certain method from a particular person then I would give credit to that person.
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  Whether there is anything ethically wrong or not is yours to determine.
  
  With apologies for any "argumentative tone", I don't agree with this: I think it confuses ethics with morality. Whether there's anything morally wrong or not is certainly an individual determination.
  
  Ethics not so much: they exist on a basis of consensus of opinion, and that's clearly what the OP seeks to establish - or at least gain some impression of - by asking people what they think, here?
  
  I agree with John McCabe's post above.
  
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  I think it's ethically wrong because you're basically just "rewriting" the product you purchased 2 years ago. The method is not originally yours.
  
  But sometimes, there's fine line between right and wrong, so just like what hpgoodboy said, whether there is anything ethically wrong or not is yours to determine. Only YOU can answer the question yourself.
  
  What do you feel about making similar product you purchased 2 years ago?
  
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13 years ago

There is nothing wrong with creating a product of your own that you learned from someone else as long as you have added a twist to the idea or have improved on the idea to make it work better, but I do think you should give some create to the person who came up with the original idea.

I wish you much success,

Martin
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13 years ago

It's only ethically wrong if the original author owns and protects these methods. Even then, are you causing him some harm? Probably not. Is he going to pursue you or even know you exist? Probably not. Just my $.02.
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13 years ago

How creative you are! As long as it not precisely same you aren't plagiarist I think.
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13 years ago

Get the ideas and improve on them.

Do not offer the same thing. I am sure you can come out with another version or an improved version of the system.

I agree that you need to give credit to the original idea. Even if you had to say..."I start to create this product based on the idea of XYZ Author and XYZ product.."

Your readers will apreciate your honesty and if you are offering better value for money and an easier learning approach then you will have success.

I read somewhere that " you can not copywrite information"... I don't know if it is right or wrong, but you can check with a lawyer as well.
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13 years ago

As you said you purchased the product, for me its okay i don't see anything wrong making the same product.
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IMO, it's fine, especially if it's YOUR METHOD anyway....

Just because Dr. Suess and Sesame Street taught us how to read, doesn't mean we can never teach kids to read as well, hehe... J/k
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13 years ago

My first book was about real estate. The concepts were not new... but based on my experiences.

That's the key... you must add your own angle to the concepts.

Then expect some one who buys your product to create their own version.

That's the way the world turns.
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13 years ago

Casey, the key here lies in the phrase "create your own product."

Even if what you do is based on something you learned from another product, have you added your own twists and nuances to the method?

Create that product, and you're on solid ground ethically, as I see it.

If I taught what I know, the ones who taught me would definitely be able to pick out pieces and say 'yes, that was mine'...but they would also have to say 'but I didn't think of doing it just like this'.

There's a saying about standing on the shoulders of giants. If you go through the bookshelves, look at how many volumes have an "acknowledgements" page. Not a bad model to follow...
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13 years ago

most of the info product in the net today is recycled. There is nothing wrong in using the same techniques, give them your own version and experience-based stories and like what the other members said, give credits to the original author.
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13 years ago

As long as its not a copy as you say and you add some sort of value or improvement to the product then its perfectly fine
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13 years ago

I am not an affiliate of Clickbank. But I've heard from my friends that it is a good company. I think your friend was a referral of an affiliate of Clickbank. After this affiliate had gone away, your friend couldn't link his own site.
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13 years ago

I definitely don't see any problem with that, as long as you make it unique in your own way.

There are very few internet marketing products that are totally new and unique. They are mostly just a new twist on old information, or something like that.

Now there are plenty of people who mess this up and make trash products that are just rehashed junk, but as long as it is a tried and tested method and you really do add your own twist, or add extra information that the other product didn't, you are fine.

You could also change the format, if you think it would work better in a different one. Whether that be video, pdf or audio, it can greatly enhance the value of the product. You could also add multiple formats for even more perceived value.

But as other warriors have already said, the decision is really yours to make about whether it is ethical or not.
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13 years ago

Thanks for all the feedback. Like many of you mentioned, the key is "making it my own". And I do have some good info the original product didnt touch on.

And really, if you think about it, its just like "How many 'Ways to make affiliate Sales' or 'How to Market on Facebook' courses are there?" It's a matter of re-bundling the concept.
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