Just made my first Amazon sale !!

by iamchrisgreen

Posted: 13 years ago 50 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I've been following a simple plan for a few months.

Setup a niche site.
Get traffic.
Get amazon affiliate links on there.
Make some money.

To be honest, I got a bit disheartened after months of link building, writing articles and all that stuff...

Then yesterday, while I was surfing around, I thought i'd take a look at my amazon affiliate sales an wooooooooooooooooooooooooopppp....

someone had bought a $138 guitar loop pedal and I made $6 !!

I know it's not going to set the world on fire. Yet. But I am just so glad it works at last.

Thanks for letting me share.

I documented the process here, for anyone that is interested:

http://smartaffiliateincome.com/niche-site-duel-8/

(NOTHING FOR SALE HERE)

#amazon #made #sale

ezeway

13 years ago

Congrats!

I felt excatly same way when I made my first affiliate sale on Amazon. Let's hope there will be many after this one!

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iamchrisgreen

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ezeway

Congrats!

I felt excatly same way when I made my first affiliate sale on Amazon. Let's hope there will be many after this one!

Thanks ezeway. How many sales have you had since then?

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iamchrisgreen

13 years ago

Originally Posted by josefzaoui

Congrat ! wich you more 110000 sales :d

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Originally Posted by mccartyjess

Good job! I know it's not a lot but at least you know you are moving in the right direction!

Jess

Yup. Onward and Upward.

Originally Posted by James Lo

Well Done Brother! Keep the momentum, the next sale is around the corner!! Keep It Up!

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Originally Posted by George Langer

Nicely done Chris

I would advise you to build list if you don't do so. It will bring you much more profits in future. I learned this from real experts

Best regards George.

That's a great point. I need to write a guide to "How to choose the best guitar loop pedal for you" or something like that.

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George Langer

13 years ago

Originally Posted by iamchrisgreen

Thanks

Yup. Onward and Upward.

Thanks

That's a great point. I need to write a guide to "How to choose the best guitar loop pedal for you" or something like that.

Exactly,
and put it into sidebox of your blog. Possibly look on links in my sig for some inspiration.

Good luck
George

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josefzaoui 13 years ago

Congrat ! wich you more 110000 sales :d
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mccartyjess 13 years ago

Good job! I know it's not a lot but at least you know you are moving in the right direction!

Jess
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- George Langer 13 years ago
  
  Nicely done Chris
  I would advise you to build list if you don't do so. It will bring you much more profits in future. I learned this from real experts
  
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- skyla 13 years ago
  
  Congrats that first sale is always so very, very nice no matter how large or small!
  
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Gregg

13 years ago

Excellent! The feeling is addictive. Have you tried publishing a product on Kindle? I have had some success doing that too and it is easy to do if you have your own product.

Either way… way to go!

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iamchrisgreen

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Gregg

Excellent! The feeling is addictive. Have you tried publishing a product on Kindle? I have had some success doing that too and it is easy to do if you have your own product.

Either way... way to go!

Hey Gregg

I have never tried producing Kindle content.

I'm currently writing a guide to getting offline clients through seminars. So that may work as a kindle book.

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Gregg

13 years ago

Originally Posted by iamchrisgreen

Hey Gregg

I have never tried producing Kindle content.

I'm currently writing a guide to getting offline clients through seminars. So that may work as a kindle book.

The commission structure isn't the greatest (35% or 70% if your product is $9.99 or under) but it is another revenue avenue and it doesn't seem to take away from what you are selling outside of Amazon.

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pmbrent 13 years ago

Congratulations, the first sale is always the hardest one to get.
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redrabbitt67

13 years ago

Congrats on your Amazon sale! I had the same feeling when I started trying to sell Amazon products, slow go, no traffic, no sales; this had to be a bad idea. But, you just keep doing the basics, and it starts to come.

Finally, some gratification for all that time and seemingly wasted efforts.

Now I'm continuing to build more Amazon sites, knowing that it takes time, but the results will come.

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iamchrisgreen

13 years ago

Originally Posted by redrabbitt67

Cool. This seems to be the trend with the amazon sales. I'll keep plugging away.

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JamesGw 13 years ago

Excellent. It's always exciting making your first sale. Just don't think you're done yet. Never stop working and never stop scaling up your business.
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fitz10 13 years ago

Congrats on your sale! Amazon is a great affiliate program and I'm sure if you stick with it, this will be the first of many sales for you.
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- iamchrisgreen 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by fitz10
  
  Congrats on your sale! Amazon is a great affiliate program and I'm sure if you stick with it, this will be the first of many sales for you.
  
  Thanks for the encouragement.
  
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mzonas 13 years ago

Congratulations! My first sale made me £3. I made £10~ win total with Amazon but I bought Google Adwords so I didn't actually made any profit

Congratulations!
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- Ben Armstrong 13 years ago
  
  Congratulations buddy.
  
  I was in a similar situation in that my first amazon sale came through when I was really starting to get down after all the hard work I'd put in hadn't paid off.
  
  The first sale is the hardest you'll ever have to work for. After mine the sales kept rolling in.
  
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Tanae Jay 13 years ago

Congrat on your first sale I know its exciting!!! you inspire me to keep going as I am a newbie also!
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dcorby 13 years ago

Yes, well done. I have spent the last month building several new sites including some with Amazon offers.

When you say 'months' - how long did it actually take?

I am soooo...impatient.
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Emporer 13 years ago

Congrats...keep it up, amazon has huge potential if done right
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uebomoyi 13 years ago

Congratulations, great job! I wish I could be an amazon affiliate but they recently passed a law in Chicago saying we're stealing too many consumers from Mom and Pop stores so we can't promote in Chicago anymore.

At least there are other methods to make money online, anyway great job bro and hopefully you'll make some more sales in the future. Even if it is $6 you can still scale your success to much more. Keep up the good work buddy.
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Fazal Mayar 13 years ago

congrats, hope its the first to many
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JohnsonML 13 years ago

Congrats! Just out of curiosity, how many hits per day/month are you getting? I'm kind of new to the forums, so if this is considered "sensitive information" or anything, by all means tell me to shut the heck up. Anyways, keep up the good work!
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Henry White 13 years ago

Congratulations, Chris! The first of many, many more to come soon!
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tambajosephfoyah 13 years ago

Congrats on the same buddy. I remember having that same feeling when I made my first sale. I think it was a GoDaddy sale and commission was 7.19.

Making that sale just helps to reassure that internet marketing works.

I'm not quite a fan of Amazon Associates though. A 4% commission doesn't really cut it for me.

What do you all think?
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spectrefax 13 years ago

It always boggles my mind at how large of a cut amazon takes from affiliates.
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joeho 13 years ago

Congrat to you!
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journey7 13 years ago

The first sale is always exciting huh?
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hilarious89

13 years ago

Originally Posted by iamchrisgreen

I've been following a simple plan for a few months.

Setup a niche site.
Get traffic.
Get amazon affiliate links on there.
Make some money.

To be honest, I got a bit disheartened after months of link building, writing articles and all that stuff...

Then yesterday, while I was surfing around, I thought i'd take a look at my amazon affiliate sales an wooooooooooooooooooooooooopppp....

someone had bought a $138 guitar loop pedal and I made $6 !!

I know it's not going to set the world on fire. Yet. But I am just so glad it works at last.

Thanks for letting me share.

I documented the process here, for anyone that is interested:

Diary of a Niche Site Duel 008 - First Sale

(NOTHING FOR SALE HERE)

Congrats, mate.

Carry on with your job.

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iamchrisgreen 13 years ago

Originally Posted by hilarious89

Congrats, mate.

Carry on with your job.

will do ...
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Presto Smith 13 years ago

It's a great feeling to see that first sale come through. Amazon is quickly becoming my favorite affiliate network as well. Cheers
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- iamchrisgreen 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Presto Smith
  
  It's a great feeling to see that first sale come through. Amazon is quickly becoming my favorite affiliate network as well. Cheers
  
  How do you find the best things to promote?
  
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Rukshan 13 years ago

Congratz! I started my amazon journey and earning. Now I build backlinks to get #1 position in Google. Now i'm in 2nd page for the main keyword. Amazon is a great program for us. Because there are many uncovered keywords
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Ephrils 13 years ago

The first sale always feels great

Rinse and repeat! If you can do it once you can do it again and again.
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swinger 13 years ago

That is good start, congrat
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K_tir 13 years ago

Congratulations! Now just to double this!

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JohnGault 13 years ago

It is always great to read about a first sale.
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case01 13 years ago

Congratz for your 1st sale. it's motivated me to works on amazon affiliate..
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Congrats on your first sale!!
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magnates 13 years ago

Congratulations dude always a great feeling making your first sale .the start of something amazing
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Zaney 13 years ago

Congratulations, good to hear. I can bet you feel good
Now try turning that 1st sale into multiply, and you will feel even better
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rekerlolz 13 years ago

Progress is progress which means keep at it and you will see more of what you are working so hard to see. I have only been in IM for 8 months or so and I have made around 10 sales...I definitely could use more but thats where the hard work comes in . keep it up!
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MikeMorgan 13 years ago

Congratulations!

First sale is always sweet and I am sure the sale would inspire you a lot .
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- BLHefner 13 years ago
  
  Congratulations! It's always motivating to see someone in this business make ends meet!!
  
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Michael Franklin 13 years ago

A big time congratulations go out to you!

The real secret behind the giant Amazon success stories boils down to having a nice portfolio of different Amazon sites. If you can do that and focus on ranking your sites by their category/product keywords, you will be on your way.

Don't be surprised if 30-50% of your sales are also unrelated as you do get the advantage of the 24-hour cookie which is really sweet!

So keep the momentum going!
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chinedu86 13 years ago

At last you've found a system that works,keep it up.
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omk 13 years ago

That's the attitude you have to take. Just keep grinding and you'll break through. I like the fact that you documented it.
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Tiptopcat 13 years ago

Hip Hip Hooray!!

Congrats on your first sale.

May you have many many more
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