Made my first Amazon sale! lol

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   girly_girl09posted 14 years ago

   .24 cents! Not impressive, but now I know that the amazon capsules can work for me. It was for a book, entitled: "Hooking Up". lol
   
   Anyways,after 209 amazon views, it's nice to finally earn something!
   
   I'm assuming it'll be quite sometime before I reach the $10.00 threshold at this rate.

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      Lgaliposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      congratulation

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      packerpackposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      At least you earned something. I am still on a big ZERO. Congratulations!

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      RKHenryposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hey, hey, hey- that's great!

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      badcompany99posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well done, I gave up and took mine down, maybe I should put them back !

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         dwilliamsonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         At least keep your eBay one up if you took it down. I have made about $10 with it so far.

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            wordscribe41posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Too bad for me Ebay won't get back to me.  I've waited and waited, I'm getting frustrated.  Another hubber is having the same problem.  Ugh.

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               viryaboposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Dont feel too bad about ebay. i've been turned down 3 times. I'll continue trying.

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      MoniqueAttingerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      A thousand mile journey begins with the first step... ;-)
      
      I've got some amazon capsules on my posts - here's to making some money at this!

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      TrinaLynneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well something is always better than nothing. lol. But keep working at it, you'll get to that 10.00 threshold.

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   Congrats on your first sale!
   
   My philosophy has always been if I know how to make $1, then I know how to make $100. Just have to do more of what works for you.

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      girly_girl09posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That is very true and certainly applicable to HubPages, that's for sure!

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   \Brenda Scullyposted 14 years ago

   Congratulations, success however small you feel it is is a great cause for celebration....

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   LondonGirlposted 14 years ago

   Nice one, first of many!

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   RooBeeposted 14 years ago

   Congrats!!!
   
   May it only increase (greatly) from here.
   
   Thanks for encouraging the rest of us that it CAN happen!

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   Apeppersonposted 14 years ago

   Congrats on the sale! Amazon can be difficult to make money with because of their short term cookie. It would be much better for affiliates if they had a 14 day or longer cookie, but then they'd have to pay out more commissions!

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      girly_girl09posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      How long does their cookie last? (I know I personally add stuff to my cart and may wait a week or two to order to save on shipping).

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   There is a lot of controversy about the Amazon cookie.
   
   Some believe that it's 24 hours for everything.
   
   Others believe it's 24 hours for items once they are put in the shopping cart. (If a person puts something in a shopping cart, leaves to look at another site and then comes back.)
   
   Others believe that it's a one session cookie. Meaning someone clicks through to the Amazon site from your hub and then shops. Leaves Amazon. Your cookie evaporates.
   
   Their TOS is vague and conflicting. If you email Amazon Associates for clarification. The clarification just quotes the vague TOS and wishes you a good day.
   
   There's always an ongoing discussion about this at the Amazon discussion board.

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   girly_girl09posted 14 years ago

   Very interesting. Thanks for clarifying!

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   lylaposted 14 years ago

   Congrats..!I made my first .40cents a couple of days back.When I just checked casually ,I saw this and nearly fell off my chair.I have become greedy now and keep on checking every 2 hrs..no luck..lol!I am yet to apply for adsense as I wanted to get some traffic from google so that they do not refuse me!

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      girly_girl09posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      If you sign up for a blogspot blog, I'm pretty sure you'll get approved almost instantaneously. Just post a few blogs before you apply. That is how I got my adsense account. Good luck!

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         lylaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks..I'll do that!

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    illminatusposted 14 years ago

    Congrats. Has anyone tailored their hubs specifically for amazon sales?

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       WeddingConsultantposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I do have a handful that are for amazon sales, one of which is my hub on electric toothbrushes.
       
       You are welcome to take a peek at it to get an example of how to formulate an amazon-biased hub, but before you get giddy, I should tell you I've received $0 amazon sales to date.
       
       The hub does do well with adsense, though.
       
       There are some other users who really do well with their hubs that are created for amazon sales. Personally, I took that amazon-geared hub and changed my strategy into an adsense-geared hub. The comparison/product review hubs do pretty well with adsense, wink wink.

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       Will Jamesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I'm starting to work toward exactly this end.
       
       Seeing as I don't have Adsense or even eBay at this point, it seems targeting Azon is the only way to potentially cash in on Hubs' rankability with Google.

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          girly_girl09posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          At this point now, I've made 6.00 and some change through 3 separate transactions. It's funny, because the Hubs that I've 'designed' for amazon, haven't earned me a dime yet, from amazon at least. On some articles, actually almost all, I will include a few relevant products.
          
          The last few I've done on pet items will hopefully get me some sales in the near future!

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    isis_dreams2002posted 14 years ago

    Congrats way to go

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    Anamika Sposted 14 years ago

    Hearty Congratulations! Wish you many more sales..

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    Hauntyposted 14 years ago

    You are great! I hope it gives you a big boost.

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    lawrettaposted 14 years ago

    Congratulations girl,the way to go!!!

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    girly_girl09posted 14 years ago

    Thanks guys for all the kinds words!
    
    
    I'm excited to say that I just checked my Amazon and saw 25, YES 25 products sold! LOL
    
    They are all Amazon On Demand Videos and sold for $1.99 each. Amazon pays 10% referrals for those. My commission was $5.00 for 25 episodes.
    
    It's hilarious because I don't even feature any of these videos/episdoes on my hubs. Someone must've clicked through another item and found their way to Amazon's Video on Demand.
    
    So, definitely use Amazon if you can, you never know what people will buy!
    
    I wish there was a way to track what hub people were on to discover the items...if anyone knows this - please let me know! All I can see is the items ordered.

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    diplessposted 14 years ago

    Congratulations, is great to know that the capsuals work as a newbee, anywaywon't be long before you hit that $10 threshold now.
    
    Good luck with future sales and hubs

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    girly_girl09posted 14 years ago

    Thanks! On a side note, I love your picture! It looks like one of my old cats, when he was a kitten (and skinny lol).

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    girly_girl09posted 14 years ago

    I think that adding amazon hubs also adds a more dynamic element to your hubs. The pictures and items are something for the visitors to look at and perhaps be inspired by (or be inspired to buy). I use amazon in almost every hub, almost like I use images to add some color!

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       WeddingConsultantposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I agree. If amazon ads are relevant and tasteful, it adds (in my opinion) to the overall quality of the hub.

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          girly_girl09posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Definitely...one thing I hate to see though is that some will just use a keyword and not bother to look at the products displayed causing products to display that yes, match that keyword, but are completely irrelevant. I usually hand pick items if I can't find at least 4, quality related items for my particular keyword.

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    WeddingConsultantposted 14 years ago

    Again, agreed. I almost always hand pick items that match the hub. If I don't, then who knows what will display there, ya know? It's better to have relevant products showing on a targetted hub like that.

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    Rotemposted 14 years ago

    were can i find the amazone code after opening an acount?

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       girly_girl09posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Log into Amazon, you'll see the grey navigation bar at the top. Click on 'Your Earnings Summary'.
       
       Your ID will be to the left, under "Signed-In Under".

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    Rotemposted 14 years ago

    thanks.
    now i need to take the Tracking ID and put it in hubpages Affiliate Settings? how long it takes it to appear in my hubs?

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    girly_girl09posted 14 years ago

    hmmm...not sure on that one! I would say no longer than 24 hours. Who knows, it might be instantaneous.

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    Rotemposted 14 years ago

    Mnay thanks.

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    myra636posted 14 years ago

    I was lucky and made 9.00 one time from amazon I have all so added an astore to my blog at blogspot

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    Charia Samherposted 14 years ago

    Wow that's great! Congrats! Hope you'll have more and wish I will have some too. lol!

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    Prince Mosesposted 14 years ago

    A princely sum!

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    bgpappaposted 14 years ago

    Congrats.  The first one is the hardest.  Took me much longer to make that first sale, but now am close to the $100 payout just a few weeks later.  Some of the sales make sense to what my articles are, some make no sense whatsoever.  Just depends on the traffic I think.
    
    Congrats again.

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