Idealab Announces IdeaMarket Content Platform

Posted on September 19, 1997

ideaMarket, an Internet company from idealab!, is inviting anyone with "expertise" - in any field - to submit written material for publication and sale on the world wide web.

"The ideaMarket concept is both radical and simple", says Bill Gross, founder of idealab! "We believe that almost everyone has knowledge or expertise that can be profitably shared with others. We are creating an online forum where anyone can write an article - we call it an Expert Report - and submit it to us for publication. If it contains useful ideas or value added information, we will publish the report and make it available for sale on our web site."

Visitors to ideaMarket will be able to read an online Preview of each report, as well as a Bio outlining the author's particular expertise and experience. When customers want to buy, they do so by secure credit card transaction, and then download the report.

Authors get up to half of the sale price - ideaMarket gets the other half. Expert Reports remain online for as long as they are in demand. "A popular report can easily net $5000 per year for the author - not a bad return compared with traditional print publishing," notes Gross.

Anyone wanting to be published on ideaMarket should send a content proposal by e-mail to roger@ideamarket.com, or visit www.ideamarket.com and click on the "Contribute" button. ideaMarket will respond to submissions within 48 hours.