We’re getting very close to CybaSumo’s beta launch.

Like Willy Wonka and his Chocolate Factory, we’ve given away golden tickets to a select few. They’re busy behind the scenes right now, building stores, uploading songs, videos, and art, and showcasing them on Facebook.

Want to be a part of the fun? No problem - just contact us today (April 1st) and ask for an invite. For a limited time only you can see what’s behind the curtain before we throw everything open to the world.

We’re still putting the paint and polish on some things, so you may find some surprises along the way. If you do, let us know at the tech support page and we’ll get to work dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s.

If you’re too late for our limited golden ticket invite, don’t despair - the blog posts for the rest of this week will be dedicated to giving you ideas and inspiration for selling products through CybaSumo and to your social network.

Stay tuned!

We’re working around the clock here at CybaSumo to get things ready so you can start selling your music, photography, video, art, and writing online to your friends on Facebook, MySpace, and everywhere else they go.

Just create a CybaSumo store and you’ve got a widget (an interactive shopping site in a box - see below) that you can put anywhere.

One of the issues that a lot of artists online have had is how to sell without giving away the store. You want to give people a sense of what they’re buying, but you don’t want give it away for free so that you can make some money!

CybaSumo to the rescue. When you upload your music or video, CybaSumo lets you define part of it as a tease or a taste of your product that anyone can listen to or watch. You can set how much or how little you want people to be able to see for free. CybaSumo can even auto-generate your previews for you.

The same goes for photography. Give your customers a lower-resolution image as a preview - and you can even embed a watermark that’s not there in the full-sized version.

The best part? Customers can preview your stuff no matter where they are, right inside your widget. So they don’t have to leave your profile page on Facebook or MySpace to - even if they’re on Facebook looking at your widget. Then it’s just one click to buy.

Cybasumo’s previews turn window-shoppers into paying customers. Look for this feature on our site, launching soon.

We’ve been working very hard on the CybaSumo Web site and services, and we’re really looking forward to opening our doors very soon to you. The wait’s nearly over.

What is CybaSumo?

It’s a place where you can sell your MP3s, e-books, artwork, photographs, and any kind of digital work you create. But it’s more than just a place. It’s a store you take with you.

With other e-commerce sites, you have to get your friends and family to visit the store, spend money on advertising, or hope your store shows up at the top of Google searches so everyone will find out about you. Not with CybaSumo.

We give you a store in a widget - a box where customers can browse and shop - that you can put anywhere. When we launch you’ll be able to easily place your store widget on your Facebook profile without any programming or HTML. Soon you’ll also be able to place your store on your MySpace page, blog, and more.

That means that every time your friends see you on Facebook, they can browse and buy your stuff. Your profile does the advertising for you! No need to send them to another site - they come to CybaSumo.com when they’re ready to check out. And it’s free to sign up.

That’s where there’s strength in numbers. You’ll find hundreds of other artists in our CybaSumo catalog. Every time their customers come to the site to complete a purchase, they’ll be able to see what you have to offer, too.

Keep watching this space for more news about our (very soon) launch. And get ready to become a paid artist - over and over again.

CybaSumo - your portable store.

P.S. Want to sell non-digital products like crafts or collectibles? That’s coming too.