I’ve been doing a lot of research in the little bit of spare time I’ve had these past few days. I’m behind the schedule I had set for myself of launching by Monday, but I have what I consider a good reason.

Two kids. Both sick with fevers in the 102-103.5 degrees F range. Sometimes you have to take a step back and just be a mom.

It’s frustrating to have to slow down, though, especially since I’m trying to get this launched quickly for a very good reason. My husband was laid off from his job a few weeks ago. So this launch really matters to our family. It’d be nice to make up for that lost income.

I want to have my downloads protected, even though I know once the product is downloaded it’s easy for people to share the files. I just like to use what protections I can that won’t make the experience unpleasant for my customers.

Right now I’m pretty sure that I will be choosing DLGuard. It’s between that and Easy Download Protector. Both look to be excellent products, but when I check them out, I see a lot more comments about DLGuard by people not associated with it. But I’ve seen from a few trusted sources that I could pretty much be happy with either one. That’s good to know.

The one tossup for me right now is deciding to actually make the purchase. While I’ve been planning this ebook for some time, I didn’t anticipate having to launch it on a tight budget. Spending over $100 for either of these solutions is just a little painful right now. But I also see them as an investment, something to protect my sales.

It’s an interesting thought process to be going through… protect my sales right from the start, while increasing my cost to launch, or take a chance on losing a few downloads to scammers and buy the software once I’m earning some money.