The Capetian Kings of France
The House of Capet, (French: Les Capétiens, la Maison capétienne), also called The House of France ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328 As rulers of France, the dynasty succeeded the Carolingian dynasty. The name derives from the nickname of Hugh, the first Capetian King, who was known as Hugh Capet and was a cognatic descendant of the Carolingians. The direct House of Capet came to an end in 1328, when the three sons of Philip IV all failed to produce surviving male heirs to the French throne. With the death of Charles IV, the throne passed to the House of Valois, the direct descendants of Charles of Valois, a younger son of Philip III. It would later pass again, to the House of Bourbon and the House of Orléans (both descended from Louis IX), while always remaining in the hands of agnatic descendants of Hugh Capet.
Thats the history lesson out of the way! Now take a look at these stunning images representing the iconography of the Capetians then read on for some VERY interesting info about where I got these images from:
These images are part of a larger set of 197 which I compiled onto CD for an eBay product. Check it out HERE. The great thing for me and the interesting point here is that I got these very high quality images for free from a little known website. There are a number of these type of sites online where you can download images like this and loads of others for free but I have never seen them talked about in any public domain guide out there (and I’ve probably read them all!). If you are following the $50 A Day Auction Challenge (available HERE) and would like me to add a video to the members area showing you were to find these sites and amazing free downloads, leave a comment here and I may put one up if enough people
request it).
(If you click on any of the thumbnails you will see larger images. These images are reduced in size from the originals as they were so large [massive 300 - 400 pixels an inch] I couldnt upload them here).
Will this new eBay product sell well? I have no idea, but think about this. It cost me NOTHING to create it and took me an about an hour to put the eBay listing together. Now I can forget about it and just wait for the sales to come in.
My profit on this CD will be about £6 (approx $9.30). Lets say I only sell 2 copies of it per month:
£6 x 2 = £12. Over a year 12 x £12 = £144 (approx $225).
The interesting part is, using my “secret sites” I could, if I put the work in probably come up with 10 of these new eBay products in just the space of a weekend.
Assuming the same low number of sales, thats £144 x 10 = £1440 (approx $2240) added to my income in return for 1 weekends work! Think about it – if your boss said to you “work this weekend and you can have a raise on your salary of $2240, forever” would you do it? And remember that is based on the very low assumption of selling just 2 copies of each item per month. You could easily exceed this and you’d probably hit lucky with a couple that would do between 5 and 10 a month.
THAT is the power of the public domain folks and if you want to learn everything I know about it, click HERE.
Hi Steven:
really enjoying your ebook on the use of public domain products (www.fifty-dollarsaday.com). Still going through the videos right now – great stuff.
the above images are great – hope they do well for you. I would be interested in your “secret site” that you mentioned. Look forward to the next newsletter.
Frank
Hi Steven,
I’ve aleady received your $50 A Day Auction Challenge. It is something I have never considered before and I am ready to get started. It would be great if you added the video to the members area!
Have a great day!
Anne
Hi Steve, These are very interesting and I love them! You seriously have jit on a great niche here.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
I LOVE the images. Aw heck, I love all PD images. They’re fascinating. I’d love to look at the secret website. Thank you for a great program!
Hi Steven,
Great Stuff ! You seen to have a talent for outsuide the box ideas.
Well done, and yes I would like to learn mor about the process.
Ken
Another really interesting blog post. am taking part in the $50 a day challenge and would like to know more aobut the ‘secret’ site
Anne
Hi Steve,
These images are fantastic! I would love to learn more about the secret site. Thanks for all the great info.
Janet
Thank you Steve for all your helpful information. I am working through the $50 a Day Auction Challenge and finding it so helpful. I too love PD images and would be most appreciative of obtaining graphics from your “secret sites”. Thank you.
Lucy
Hi Steve,
I have $50 A Day Auction Challenge and, like Frank, am still working my way through the videos. It is a great product.
I love your blog and all the helpful information you share and would also love a video about your “secret sites” for finding brilliant images like this.
Thanks,
April
Steve,
I’ve just about completed putting my first product together. I am totally newbie at public domain products, but I am having a blast! I’m trying to hunt up a good recommendation for a pdf editor for mac. Any ideas?
Anyway, I would love to learn about these sites that are so little known. It would help us in our homeschooling, as well as possible future products to sell!
We are working hard to bring my hubby home from his day job, and I know that this $50/day challenge is going to help us do just that!
Thanks so much!
-Sue
Sue apart from Adobe Acrobat which is expensive ($300) the only Mac PDF editor I know of is PdfPen
http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/
I cant comment on how good this is as I’ve never used it but its only $50 so its worth looking into. You really only need the function to delete and crop pages, if it does this you are good to go!
Hi Steve,
I’m also working my way through the $50 A Day Auction Challenge and must say that this course is excellent!
You really done a great job in putting this together.
I’m always looking for new income streams and the $50 A Day Auction Challenge looks to be a winner.
Please keep us up to date on your progress and teach us more about this great niche.
Thanks,
Jeff
http://www.creatingmultipleincomestreams.com
Steven,
Yes, definitely ADD this to the download page. I already have your fine program, so I would really like having access to these sites you referred to. Good job.
Some beautiful work you run accross… Yes I love ot if you will put that Video you talked about on Member area… Thanks
Reg…
Hi Steve,
Great post! Would love more info about the “secret site”. Really appreciate all the knowledge you have shared with us….Angie
Hi Steven
Those wonderful images take me back to the grandeur of the past.
I appreciate that you are sharing your talent with the rest of us who are relatively new to PD sites. Will be happy to learn more how you do these stuff and find out your secret weapon sites.
Nona
Hi, Steven:
I think your videos are the best I have ever seen. They are thorough and easy to understand, and I am following them to create several products that should be ready soon. I would certainly love to see a new video with the secret sites for images.
Thanks so much for generously sharing your knowledge, and good luck to you in the future.
Best regards,
Rhoda Kullar
Hi Steven,
I’d like to see a video about the little known site(s) that you found these on.
Thanks!
Thank you for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do some research about this. We got a grab a book from our local library but I think I learned more from this post. I am very glad to see such great information being shared freely out there.
Steve,
I was wondering how you tell if an artwork image is in the public domain? Is it the same guidelines as for text works?
Thanks so much!
Steve,
Love your book on public domain.I’m interested in Prints.
A question Sell your prints in sets of 4 for 10.00.
Is this for 10.00 per set or 10.00 per print?
thank you so much!
Robert
I think the example in the book would be $10 for the set. Obviously, it would depend on what the size of the prints were ie. bigger = higher priced
This was a good post..First trip to this blog. Thank you for sharing. I will subscribe to this website. I am a home decorator for a while. Our decor tip of the week is this: Please don’t overcrowd a home. Walkthrough areas is a must. Thank you one more time…..
Steve,
Would love to hear where the images come from, I am just starting to go through the $50 challenge. I had a family emergency and have been away for awhile. Thank you so much for all you information, it is refreshing to have a marketer that is willing to share.