My first week ebook sales

hudsonkraft 9 years ago

Thanks :-) It's my own set up. I started with gumroad and have now switched to Ejunkie.

Seriously, I don't get why Gumroad gets so much hype. It looks nice but that's about it. Ejunkie is awesome. People seem a lot happier with the direct paypal payment that Ejunkie gives. It's also ways cheaper, and I get they don't hold my money!

Anyway, time will be the test. I hope the sales sustain. That's when I'll know if it has been worth it. It was a big ebook to write
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LittleKev

9 years ago

Hey, well done.

That's a good start. Keep it going.

Is it in the IM niche?

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EPoltrack77

9 years ago

Congratulations! It's a nice feeling when you can leverage a network and the traffic on it. Awesome job and keep it up and like you said you learned alot so that is probably more important than the money itself.

Now go out and do it again and we'll see you on the best sellers list some day!

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hudsonkraft 9 years ago

No it's no IM niche. It's... I guess it could be a few different niches: travel, campervan, DIY, escaping
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  Congratulations! Would you mind revealing how you promote your e-book to get those sales?
  
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winnermarketing

9 years ago

Great works!
It would be nice if you explain you favourite method to work, i.g. PPC, Social media traffic... etc

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talfighel

9 years ago

Hudson,

Way to go buddy. Congrats on your success.

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stoltingmediagroup

9 years ago

Originally Posted by hudsonkraft

I sold 170 in my first week. I guess that's OK right?

170 copies @ £10 each? or £170 worth = 17 copies?

Whether either is "OK" depends on your own expectations.

Some would say it depends on the time/energy/expenses, size of list,
and other efforts you made to get the result you got.

However, in the end, it's always nice when people pay for something you created,
and especially when they write you telling you how it changed their life etc.
Been there.

I trust you will get similar feedback with this book.

Congrats!

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Jack107

9 years ago

I've seeing posts like this. This is what we want to see, people taking action and being successful. Well done, had my first sale about a month ago and I was over the moon.

Makes you hungrier to do more work and make more money! All the best.

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Saiah Davis

9 years ago

Well done Hudson... Congtats on your sales. At what price do you sell your books?

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zdebx

9 years ago

How did you manage to sell 170 in one week? Are these just your sales or affiliates?

And what's your product's URL anyway?

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Randall Magwood

9 years ago

The ebook you are selling sounds like a great ebook! I'm no stranger to sleeping in my car. From what i can see, you should be able to become the "go to guy" in this niche. Congrats on your sales, and i hope you get more!

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TakenAction

9 years ago

Where you messed up is you didn't have an upsell to a higher ticket product.

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BestPayInUsa

9 years ago

Nice man. Pretty good launch for just you and no affiliates. You would've really had a bigger impact with an upsell though.

Curious. How many followers do you have on social networks and your blog? Also, do you only target UK or worldwide?

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RockStar87 9 years ago

Congrats Hudson, nice results keep up the good work.
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eugenedm

9 years ago

Try to bump up the price to 17 Pounds that might work better... I would test a few pricing points

Next, what traffic source do you use? Can you improve your advertising and can you advertise it on more sources...Are you using PPC?

Ok, and what about Amazon? I'm not saying you would be the best seller but you might pick up some sales here and there.

Anyway, keep up good work... I hope I gave you a few great ideas...

good luck!

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DonteEvans

9 years ago

Congrats on your success so far! Keep it up!

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Devilfish168 9 years ago

interesting ebook to be frank

oh it seem you are selling via from your own website?
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Big Al

9 years ago

Where you messed up is you didn't have an upsell to a higher ticket product.

Sure, you're right but ... what a great way to pee on someone's fire.

Rome wasn't built in a day and a good plan executed violently today is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

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hudsonkraft

9 years ago

To be honest. I feel like I did a crap job of selling this. I did a bad pre-launch, and I haven't really tried to 'sell' it.

Also, I'm not looking to make as much money as possible out of my followers. I don't want to sell sell sell, and I don't want to be forceful. I think it's annoying.

Many of my followers are now friends who I talk to on a regular basis. And today I'm going to meet someone who bought the ebook. This is a big thing I learnt: followers are real people who are as smart, if not smarter than you (mine are way smarter than me), you cannot just push offers into their faces and expect them to buy.

I have a genuine drive to help people do what I have done/doing. I think that's what's helping me right now.

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zdebx

9 years ago

Originally Posted by hudsonkraft

To be honest. I feel like I did a crap job of selling this. I did a bad pre-launch, and I haven't really tried to 'sell' it.

Also, I'm not looking to make as much money as possible out of my followers. I don't want to sell sell sell, and I don't want to be forceful. I think it's annoying.

Many of my followers are now friends who I talk to on a regular basis. And today I'm going to meet someone who bought the ebook. This is a big thing I learnt: followers are real people who are as smart, if not smarter than you (mine are way smarter than me), you cannot just push offers into their faces and expect them to buy.

I have a genuine drive to help people do what I have done/doing. I think that's what's helping me right now.

An ebook containing almost 300 pages of info about van-home conversion with illustrations, pictures and whatnot, which you are selling for £10, is a massive value for money, so you don't have to feel guilty about selling anything.

It's packaging that matters, because pretty much whatever ebooks are sold out there, you can find the information for free online. However, what you're paying for in an ebook is an organized package, all-in-one solution, meaning saving time and energy by not having to do the research yourself.

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Steve B 9 years ago

Be sure to list your ebook in the eJunkie marketplace. That will bring you some extra sales without a lot of extra work.

The very best to you in this project.

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Darrell Hagan

9 years ago

Mike, congrats to you and that looks like a great book, great idea, and well done. If I weren't tied down and had the freedom, I'd find a decent van and buy your book in a heartbeat and go to work on it!

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hudsonkraft

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Darrell Hagan

Mike, congrats to you and that looks like a great book, great idea, and well done. If I weren't tied down and had the freedom, I'd find a decent van and buy your book in a heartbeat and go to work on it!

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Thank you Darrell

But...you are free, and you are not tied down. Maybe that's what the next book is about

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davgonz90

9 years ago

Congratulations! Wish you the best of luck in your future projects.

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seobuzz

9 years ago

I used to read your blog (found on another forum) regularly and it was very interesting. Seems you have change your website a bit. You already had a popular blog and loyal followers which you are using to sell your eBook. Its a very good technique and the niche is also very unique.

You can also monetize your website through subscription considering your niche and the authority of your website.

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johnsams364

9 years ago

Originally Posted by hudsonkraft

I thought I'd let you all know how I got on last week launching my first ebook. I sold 170 in my first week. I guess that's OK right?
There's a lot I've learnt from this and now working on my next ebook. Sales are still coming in every day. It's a very nice feeling. Thanks to everyone who helped me over the past few weeks

Congratulation for your brilliant success. It is not easy to sell a new ebook 170 times in the first week, which you have done. Thanks & Carry on. You will be success in the near future. Thanks again.

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red75

9 years ago

Congrats, Hudson! Is your book on Kindle or do you have your own setup ...

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commoner247

9 years ago

Congrats man ! It's really motivational ! best of luck .

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LittleKev

9 years ago

Hey Mike,

I've just checked out your website and the before and after pictures are amazing. What a great blog you've got there.

It's really a unique subject to write about. Although you say you didn't want to sell, sell, sell, I'm sure you could expand on this and find lots of material to write further books.

If I were handy with DIY, I would consider this myself.

Well done & good luck with the book.

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John Moore

9 years ago

Amazing!! Great inspiration, always needed!
Congrats!

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Lexjitsu

9 years ago

Hey Hudson how are you I'm Lex and I'm new to writing I have a question and seeing though you're a writer and have an ebook you can probably give me some good insight...... ?

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hudsonkraft 9 years ago

Thanks everyone for the encouragement and support. This place is really cool and it's what I need when I'm trying to do all this on my own.

Good point about listing on the ejunkie market place! and if anyone wants to earn some money with me (affiliate program) then give me a shout.

Out of interest, is there anyone on here covering my niche? or anything related?
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onlineleben

9 years ago

Sell a printed copy on Amazon - they have some kind of selfpublishing program for physical books I think.

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imbnk

9 years ago

Congrats! Keep going on.
Your next one will be better!

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FreedomBlogger

9 years ago

Congratulations Hudson!!

That is great to hear! .. yeah that number is okay for a first week on an ebook sale!

Keep on learning and keep up the great work!!

Have a fantastic week brother!

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David Bynon

9 years ago

Hey Hudson,

Congrats to you on multiple fronts. Most importantly, congrats on following your dream to travel and live a life of adventure. Dude, that's awesome!

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