First Amazon sale...32p!

13 years ago

COngradualation! Keep going and maybe you can make it even more.
I was promoting amazon items halloween stuff last year on my site but make 3 sales in hardware category. LOL. Also little penny only.

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Emporer

13 years ago

Congrats... Proves to you anything is achievable

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Giani

13 years ago

That is good.

My first Amazon sale got me $1.25. I have the website and now in the process of getting backlinks... Not bad I think.

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derekad

13 years ago

"489 unique visitors to the site
144 clicks to Amazon"

1. is it per what period of time?

2. how long are you working on your site?

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merlincat 13 years ago

Hi Derekad,

The site is about 5 weeks old, and I've been gradually adding content and backlinks.

I'm just gearing up the work on this site, and focusing on 3 posts per day, adding product reviews etc
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Giani

13 years ago

I saw your website, it is very good. However I will not put Adsense on Amazon site. Unless cpc is very high.

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merlincat 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Giani

I saw your website, it is very good. However I will not put Adsense on Amazon site. Unless cpc is very high.

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Thanks for having a look at my site.

Can I ask why you wouldn't use adsense as well?

I have had some clicks on the sidebar ads,nothing on the banner, value about 30p per click.

Do you feel the adsense is distracting?
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- AgentHomes 13 years ago
  
  Congrats on your first bit of revenue. I think a lot of people do not even get that far. You just need to scale up now!
  
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pmbrent

13 years ago

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

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GalenaEd

13 years ago

Great start. Keep going. Unfortunately, Amazon has banned associates in my state. I was doing well with them. They were a great company to deal with.

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johneye 13 years ago

Congratulations! And I'm sure there'll be more to come ...
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- Niky Ray 13 years ago
  
  Thanks for sharing it! It must feel great, huh? Even the first cent made online can work wonders to human psychology. Keep up the good work!
  
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DireStraits

13 years ago

Originally Posted by merlincat

I made my first Amazon sale today on my kitchen accessories site...

489 unique visitors to the site
144 clicks to Amazon
2 sales of phone accessories! Making a whole 32p

I know its a tiny amount of money, but it's a start...

Congratulations on your first sales.

I know you didn't ask for input on your site, but I'll provide some anyway, if you don't mind my doing so ...

(1) Your site doesn't look bad at all, but it's kind of cluttered. Pretty damn cluttered, in fact, I think. Between the menu bar, the AdSense ads, the side navigation and the various coloured headings, images and so on, it's hard to see your Amazon affiliate links.

(2) In light of the above point, and if you want to potentially increase your Amazon earnings, consider:

(a) Removing the AdSense ads.

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(b) Increasing the number and prominence (size, colour, positioning) of the Amazon text links. And make your "call to action" more obvious - not stuff like "Available on Amazon", but "Buy at Amazon!" prefaced with a little explanation that Amazon has a diverse selection of <whatever> products, and is about the cheapest around. Of course, it doesn't really matter whether they buy the exact product you're promoting - once they're there, they're going to browse and be aroused, and a good proportion of them will buy something. But they won't if they don't first see your links, or aren't compelled to click on them and therefore never get through to Amazon at all.

Good luck.

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ronywilliam

13 years ago

Congratulations on your first sale..
keep the hard work going on and you will definitely succeed.
Your results wil keep you motivated..

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wiseguy212

13 years ago

Congrats! Keep pushing forward!

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chinedu86

13 years ago

Well done,atleast for taking the bold step to actually start something.

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renegadetmj

13 years ago

Nice work. Im a newbie and know how encouragig the first sales can be. My first sale was for a completely unrelated item.....an egg piercer?!
Not a sexy or exciting item I'll admit but I revelled in the $0.32 it paid me!

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SeoVancouverWa 13 years ago

Making sales on Amazon is easy...if you are ranking for the right keywords and getting the type of targeted visitors you need.

Spend most of your time getting that site ranked. A bit stronger call to action might help you also. Most people need to really see a buy sign.
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Nate Harding

13 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but my impression of Amazon was this:
The commissions aren't so great as say products on CB or other places you can promote as an affiliate, but once someone clicks on your Amazon link you get a commission from ANYTHING they purchase for a while, not just the product you linked to. I, for example, buy everything off Amazon, so if someone tagged me with their affiliate ID at some point, I'd be a goldmine!

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THK

13 years ago

Yes Nate, you get commission on anything they purchase, not just the product you are promoting on your site, in that session. If they close their browser, go for lunch, then come back and buy something, you will not get the credit.

Tanvir

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veracity

13 years ago

Close the browser or the browser tab?

By the way merlincat, well done! You're doing much better than I.

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THK

13 years ago

Browser tab would do...lol. As soon as they close the Amazon page, the session is over.

And yeah, I forgot to congratulate you Merlincat, very well done.

Tanvir

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profitsforall

13 years ago

Originally Posted by THK

Browser tab would do...lol. As soon as they close the Amazon page, the session is over.

And yeah, I forgot to congratulate you Merlincat, very well done.

Tanvir

I believe Amazon stamp the visitor with a 24 hour cookie, so anything bought in that 24 hours earns you commission.

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THK

13 years ago

Originally Posted by profitsforall

I believe Amazon stamp the visitor with a 24 hour cookie, so anything bought in that 24 hours earns you commission.

I stand corrected. My understanding was they changed it to browser session, but it seems like that is not the case. From their site-

A "Session" begins when a customer clicks through a Special Link on your site to the Amazon Site and ends upon the first to occur of the following: (x) 24 hours elapses from the customer's initial click-through; (y) the customer places an order for a Product that is not a Digital Product; or (z) the customer follows a link to the Amazon Site that is formatted with an Associate's tag that is not assigned to you.

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Tanvir

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Nate Harding

13 years ago

Oh, so only in that one session. Not so great then, but to be fair, I've never attempted to promote via Amazon, so I can't really say.

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Paleochora

13 years ago

489 unique visitors to the site
144 clicks to Amazon
2 sales of phone accessories! Making a whole 32p

I saw your website, it is very good. However I will not put Adsense on Amazon site. Unless cpc is very high

Congrats on the first Amazon orders.

Regarding these quotes, I would stick with the Adsense. You will make more money with that looking at these stats.

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Jkhurramov

13 years ago

Congrats!
They say the hardest part is getting started. But your first sale really encourages you and gives you energy to go on!

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ricoramiro

13 years ago

Congrats! Amazon is one of the easiest affiliate sites to join and set up but it's hard to make sales. I've been trying for 2 months and haven't had a bite yet.

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Gadi

13 years ago

32p is indeed a start, but (and I may be biased) but for 144 clicks to Amazon, 32p seems a pretty good deal for Amazon but you are only getting 0.2p per click. Compare that to any PPC on the web and that's the cheapest targeted traffic in the world

Affiliates on our program (Shiree Odiz), selling diamond jewelry, get $250 on average, per sale and the conversion rate is approx. 1:1000 for targeted traffic...

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Marian 13 years ago

That's great and congratulations! I love getting commissions from something I don't promote at all - but still getting commissions from Amazon.

Marian
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SEODude

13 years ago

Congrats on the first sale. Now scale it up and make bank !

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Patient-X

13 years ago

Every little helps !!!

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Doolder 13 years ago

I've never tried Amazon... Maybe this is a mistake, but the commissions they pay really don't motivate me. I think they start at 4% if I remember right, not very appealing. I know the brand Amazon itself is great for conversions, but does that really compensate for such low commission rates? I'm not convinced... Then again, I never tried, so I keep an open mind.
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Tylos

13 years ago

Originally Posted by merlincat

I made my first Amazon sale today on my kitchen accessories site...

489 unique visitors to the site
144 clicks to Amazon
2 sales of phone accessories! Making a whole 32p

I know its a tiny amount of money, but it's a start...

Great! It's nice stuff.. congrats!!
I have a website and I want to start affiliate. So can you guide me how I'll be start.
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omk

13 years ago

Hey that's pretty good. Keep it goin'!

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simonbuzz

Banned 13 years ago

Nice to hear your success

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nnr21

13 years ago

Congrats to your first sale.

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spearce000

13 years ago

Congratulations. That's 32p more than I've ever made through Amazon

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Oranges

13 years ago

144 clicks would have easily made more than $50+ with adsense!
Anyway, congrats and keep kicking!

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merlincat

13 years ago

Thanks for all the congratulations...

Quick update...$2.04 on Adsense last night!

I'm loathed to remove adsense, as I'll admit that is what I was originally targetting,with Amazon as a secondary for content.

However, I have removed the leaderboard ad, to try to clean up the look of the site. It's just a test to see how it goes.

Also i'm not finding adsense very targetted on what ads they provide, all kitchen planners and fitters, nothing on toasters!

I've also taken your advice and added big Amazon buy buttons...Thanks

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DireStraits

13 years ago

Originally Posted by merlincat

Thanks for all the congratulations...

Quick update...$2.04 on Adsense last night!

I'm loathed to remove adsense, as I'll admit that is what I was originally targetting,with Amazon as a secondary for content.

However, I have removed the leaderboard ad, to try to clean up the look of the site. It's just a test to see how it goes.

Also i'm not finding adsense very targetted on what ads they provide, all kitchen planners and fitters, nothing on toasters!

I've also taken your advice and added big Amazon buy buttons...Thanks

Awesome. Much better.

Good luck.

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Sarah Russell

13 years ago

Congrats! We all have to start somewhere...

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Tiptopcat 13 years ago

As they say, every penny counts.

congratulations
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Jonas B

13 years ago

yeah amazon is pretty kool...

yesterday i made some good money, by a flash memory card, not from one, but someone decided to buy 30 of them xDDD, i know this is luck, but you never know what and how much they will buy!