I made my first $1.00 online.

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Hey all,
Just wanted to thank everyone who encouraged me to stick with one thing and never give up. Well it finally paid off not really but I did make some money on the site I started last month a whopping $1.69 on amazon affiliate sales. They didn't even buy what I was selling but since they got to amazon through one of my affiliate links I got the commision anyways. I realize it's not much but it was still nice to see some sort off reward for my effort. check out my site it's in my signature and give me any advice you might have and maybe some easy ways I can generate even more traffic. Thanks to all the warriors I couldn't have done it with out your help. Look out internet gurus I'm coming for a piece of your pie.
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart S
    Well done, I think Amazon is a great place to start. Just keep thinking about the process and start repeating it, looking to build up to higher priced items aswell. The first high commission product I sold was for around $300 so I got a nice $12 commission from that and have been getting them since I started.

    Well done again.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      Congratulations. I hope a lot of people buy chairs through your link.

      Site looks good. A lot calmer and easier on the eyes.
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      • Profile picture of the author jthenry55
        Originally Posted by JMichaelZ View Post

        Congratulations. I hope a lot of people buy chairs through your link.

        Site looks good. A lot calmer and easier on the eyes.
        Do you mean from the original header that i had?
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        • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
          Originally Posted by jthenry55 View Post

          Do you mean from the original header that i had?

          Yes. That yellow was kind of tough on the eyeballs.

          You have a good niche and a good site and you have a plan. You can do a lot with those. Congratulations on your commission. I hope you get a lot more of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author BinBinWu
    Realy Clean and Easy site
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    • Profile picture of the author Fazal Mayar
      The first dollar is the most memorable one.... who knows maybe in 5 years, it will be 1 with 6 zero added to it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
    Nice website. As the user above me said it was really simply and clean, I really find it much easier to stay focused on the "product" itself. Hopefully you will be experiencing your $100.00 days or $1000.00 someday. Keep at it.
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  • Profile picture of the author H.Miller
    Congrats! No better feeling then getting that first sell. It shows you that it is indeed possible to make money online.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSorcerer
    Congrats jthenry55,

    Have to admit, I never thought about the office chair niche but if it's making money go with it.

    Put some articles out there on EZA or make a Squidoo lens and start driving some more traffic to your site and rinse and repeat.
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    • Profile picture of the author DanFaggella
      Haha, awesome the first buck!

      I checked out the site, too, did you write all the reviews yourself?

      Like someone else said - who would have though of the office chair niche... but hey that might mean you're one of the only guys doing it.

      Lets see that first thousand in a little bit,

      -D
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  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Jones
    Congratulations! Keep up the good work and keep taking action!

    I'm sure you'll make more money soon.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hydroxide
    Reminded me of my first 0.10 cent I got from referring co.cc domain names
    Great job, keep it up
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Colle
    Congrats on that $1 it is much more than just $1 in worth. t is the sign that you are in the right direction and should not give up or move away. Also you have a really good looking website. I like it so much, just keep up the good work and hope you make more $1 in future.
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  • Profile picture of the author CaesarSEO
    Congrats Man! Happy for you!
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    • Profile picture of the author NikkiBanks
      Congrats, you are on your way now.

      Now that you've got a method, scale it. You may be surprised at how fast you could hit that $1000 a month.

      Besides Great Job on your website.

      Good Luck
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  • Profile picture of the author pexxy
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    So finally it starts...Congratz man...

    Keep it up...The site is very nice. Do create some backlinks as you don't have. Focus on individual pages with product names and I hope you would be able to grab your next milestone.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeMorgan
    Congratulations ! Keep going .
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  • Profile picture of the author Hexor
    Can someone teach me like that ? Very much appreciated if someone will
    My mother was used to make some arrange flowers or what we call fake flowers arranging, she want to earn money also through that, but one thing, i dont know how to spread it through the whole world, i dont know where to start, hope someone will teach me. I promise, ill get back to you if we earn
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  • Profile picture of the author Buildingfutures
    It always starts somewhere! Soon you'll be making $5, then $20, and it will grow and grow and grow! Expand when you think you're ready. The more sites you own that are doing what this one is doing, the more money you can make.

    Congrats!

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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    Congratulations! You have a great looking site - I feel that it'll do well and have decent conversions if you drive additional traffic to it. I'd suggest articles for traffic for the time being, together with social media.
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  • Profile picture of the author HaRrY84
    Good start congratulations!. If you made $1 you can make $10.000 or $100.000. Just replicate, get traffic and the money will come to you!
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  • Profile picture of the author jthenry55
    I just have to say I love this place and you guys rock. The posotive feedback that you guys offer is what keeps me going so thanks very much for that. I have some questions about getting backlinks. What are the best and free ways to get the backlinks, I have tried article marketing forum posting directory submission, and also I use a program called SEOToolSET that when you do a google search it gives you information on the websites displayed like backlinks site links date the domain was started Page rank but when i put my site up it doesn't show any backilnks why is this? Also how can i make google like my site more. Do you think because I have alot of affiliate links that google doesn't like it? Sorry if i'm rambling I'm just really excited. Thanks again to all of you who offer your support.
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    • Profile picture of the author jthenry55
      Originally Posted by jthenry55 View Post

      I just have to say I love this place and you guys rock. The posotive feedback that you guys offer is what keeps me going so thanks very much for that. I have some questions about getting backlinks. What are the best and free ways to get the backlinks, I have tried article marketing forum posting directory submission, and also I use a program called SEOToolSET that when you do a google search it gives you information on the websites displayed like backlinks site links date the domain was started Page rank but when i put my site up it doesn't show any backilnks why is this? Also how can i make google like my site more. Do you think because I have alot of affiliate links that google doesn't like it? Sorry if i'm rambling I'm just really excited. Thanks again to all of you who offer your support.
      Any suggestions on the questions I have in the quote as far as backlinks and why they don't show up in the SEOToolSet and how to get free backlinks and does google hate my site for being an affiliate for amazon?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
    Hi jthenry55,

    Backlinks are quite easy to get. One of the ways you can achieve getting backlinks is submitting your website to social websites. Paid programs such as Bookmarkingdemon, Bookmarkingwiz, Onlywire are also great.
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  • Profile picture of the author blissmarketer
    Congratulations! Your site really does look good. I have referred a friend to your website. :-)
    Blessings,
    Carol
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    • Profile picture of the author jthenry55
      Originally Posted by blissmarketer View Post

      Congratulations! Your site really does look good. I have referred a friend to your website. :-)
      Blessings,
      Carol
      Thanks Carol I appreciate it
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  • Profile picture of the author Janice Sperry
    Congratulations! That first commission is always exciting. You have a great site. I would have never believed it was your first one. I'm no expert with Amazon but I didn't see anything I would change. Just pour on the basics - article marketing, backlinks, etc. All you need is more targeted traffic!
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  • Profile picture of the author jthenry55
    Originally Posted by walerananderson View Post

    Hey ! I didn't know amazon also pay you just for bringing customers.
    They do have to buy something but it doesn't have to be what your selling just as long as they got to amazon through your affiliate link.
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    • Profile picture of the author merlincat
      Congratulations....what a jump off point for success in the new year.
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  • Profile picture of the author cooler1
    Good job on the site. I created an office chair review site a few months ago but it isn't finished yet so im yet to get any sales.

    One thing you need to do is make the images on your reviews, clickable links to Amazon. Also the call to action could do with improving.
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    • Profile picture of the author indie08
      Great job on the site and congrats with your first sale! The answer is simply backlinks! I would get scrapebox if I were you. Focus on high pr do-follow blog commnting, article marketing and forum profile backlinking. Then, taking it one step further get those links indexed!

      I just finished Michael Franklin's coaching program a couple weeks ago and it is fantastic! You need to do this..I'm telling you it will change your life!

      The site I created with his two week course is still very new so no sales as of yet but just keep at it either way!
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  • Profile picture of the author Fun to Write
    Good job.

    Keep promoting it so that you can build up the traffic and income.
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    • Profile picture of the author jan roos
      Nice work Henry. All it takes is a bit of hard work and direction and you'll make it. Seeing that first sale will now give you the confidence to keep pushing on knowing that you'll be rewarded in the end.

      Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author jthenry55
    Is paying for backlinks worth it? and how long do the backlinks last? I have written some articles for ezine and others awhile ago but the backlinks are not showing up. Also what are some of the best free ways to drive traffic to my site? Thanks again guys for all the encouragement.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
      Originally Posted by jthenry55 View Post

      Is paying for backlinks worth it? and how long do the backlinks last? I have written some articles for ezine and others awhile ago but the backlinks are not showing up. Also what are some of the best free ways to drive traffic to my site? Thanks again guys for all the encouragement.
      I mean you could do them for free, but if you are serious about this then I would highly recommend Sick Submitter.
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      • Profile picture of the author jthenry55
        Originally Posted by Scientific View Post

        I mean you could do them for free, but if you are serious about this then I would highly recommend Sick Submitter.
        I downloaded sick submitter and it looks really difficult to use I'm not even sure where to start? I don't think I would recommend this for beginners. Does anyone else have some suggestions on something similar that will give me good backlinks?
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  • Profile picture of the author flx89
    never tried amazon , i will probably do it soon

    keep it going
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  • Profile picture of the author sierraandmo
    Congratulations on your sale! You have a nice, clean website. Easy on the eyes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    Great job mate. The first $1 is always the hardest..its smooth sailing from here

    I made $1 in my 1st month of my successful method, $2 in 2nd month and only $6 in my third month....after that its gone crazy...made $330 last month and plan to make way more this year.

    Point is, dont think of it as $1 just try and double it this month, give it a few months and keep working hard results should follow if your method is workable.
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  • Profile picture of the author maleeqa
    Hi Henry,

    Congratulations! You are 1.69 richer!... you have decent website ..with more effort on SEO you might get better commission. I bet you can do more.

    Getting first commission online always a memorable and remarkable you'll never forget. It was your stepping stone to move forward. So Move on buddy!..

    Wish you had more success in future.

    Maleeqa
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  • Profile picture of the author Bremaine
    Congrats my friend. I remember linking a product to my sister, she purchased the item and purchased other items on Amazon. I came away with $13 or so from her purchases. Not much, but it's still money.

    Keep doing it, you may make even more.
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  • Profile picture of the author hamzidosh
    Congrats...
    I looked up your site - it was cool & very good!
    I looked up your keyword - too small number of searches (66 monthly) and very high competition [Not worth the effort!]
    consider building other sites with less competitive keywords that would be easier to rank high for in the search engines.
    To your success!
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    Now all you have to do is repeat 1,000,000 times and you are a millionaire!!
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    Congratulations! Rinse and repeat this scenario and you're on your way to even more internet marketing success. Thank you for sharing this with the members of the Warrior Forum.
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    If you can make $1 online, you can go on to make as many more of those dollars as you want! Congrats!
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