Waiting for Amazon to update!

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   Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

   So now that the holiday buying has kicked in I'm looking forward to my Amazon stats. Of course today I see they are late getting updated!

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      WryLiltposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Amazon is so strange with updates - it can vary in a 2-4 hour window, depending on time of month/week. And then the other day I swear it updated twice in one day. Weird.

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         lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         On several occasions, I've seen my shipments number (not sales) update twice in one day. Is that what happened to you?

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         kirstenblogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I have been waiting over 24 hours for that window!
         Not the first time tho, had to wait almost 3 days once! Just have to be patient I guess
         Could be orders there that will be shipped by the time we see them

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      Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I've just come back online to check too, lol The stats normally update at around 2.30 pm my time, but they haven't yet. Anyhow, I'm sure they will be good.....

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      Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I know, I've checked the site at least 5 times! I'm a little impatient!

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   ns1209posted 14 years ago

   Still not updated!

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   CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

   It's getting very frustrating!!!! (Or am I just getting sad!)

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   Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

   Maybe they need more time to update due to all the new sales they had!

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      Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I hope you're right, Bill!!  I've been checking every few minutes - they've been so good at updating early lately so this is very frustrating.  I sold 41 items on friday, so I'm hoping for more of the same - I hope tomorrow (Cyber Monday) is even better!

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         awesome77posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         41 items! Wow! that is fantastic! Is that the highest you have ever had? I am new here and now will emulate the winners making Bank!

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            Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, I do believe 41 is a record for me.  I don't recall what my record was, I think something in the 20's.  This, by far, is a record Amazon month for me with 277 items sold so far.

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               Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Awesome Lily! I'm having my best month too. With 390 items. I can hardly believe it!

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                  awesome77posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  390 items is just so, so GOOD! I need to double my efforts. Now I know it is possible!

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                     Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     Yes it is possible. I think the number is so big because I had a couple people stop by my hub and then order extra stuff for the holidays. Also I sold a lot of small ticket items. But the more you sell the better the percentage.

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         Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Yep Friday was good for me too. 38 items! I'm eager to see!

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   ns1209posted 14 years ago

   Sorry but what is "Cyber Monday" - the start of Christmas shopping?

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      Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      "Cyber Monday" is the online shopping version of "Black Friday".  Black Friday is said to be the busiest shopping day of the year for retailers; Cyber Monday is supposedly the biggest online shopping day - many online retailers run Cyber Monday deals...

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   ns1209posted 14 years ago

   OK, thanks! Basically Black Friday but from the comfort of your sofa!   Hopefully that means more money!

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      Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Exactly - that's what I'm hoping for!

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   awesome77posted 14 years ago

   The delay might be a good sign of huge numbers! I did some back-links and now anxious to see the numbers!

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   lrohnerposted 14 years ago

   I am certain that we just sold so much that we broke Amazon!

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      Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Wouldn't that be funny?

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      Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      
      

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   This just posted on the Amazon Discussion Board
   
   "Please note that Associates Central reports are unexpectedly running late today.
   
   At the current time, we do not have an estimated time for when they will be published. When we know more, we will post an update.
   
   We're sorry for the inconvenience and are working to resolve this problem as quickly as possible.
   
   The Amazon.com Associates Program"
   
   This will probably happen more and more during the Xmas holidays. Glad to hear everyone is doing well.
   
   Now, instead of checking stats, why aren't you all writing your Mother's Day hubs? It's really time to forget about Christmas and move on.

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      Laura Marieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the update. Ive been checking non stop today to see how much I sold yesterday. Very addictive!

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      Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you Nellie for the update! Okay going to take your advise and get busy with some Spring time Hubs.

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    Lily Roseposted 14 years ago

    I was wondering why nothing had been posted to the discussion boards yet - thanks for the update, Nelle....and thanks for cracking the whip to keep us in line

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    Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

    Yep, if you want to be as happy with Mother's Day as you are with Christmas right now, you've got to get going. Always good to be ATLEAST six months ahead.

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       Bill Manningposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I'm afraid I am a stats junkie. With several dozen sponsors you'd think I would just check them once a day. But no, it's more like every half hour all day!

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    EmpressFelicityposted 14 years ago

    Just thought I'd mention that my Amazon stats have now updated.  I've sold 37 items this month, which isn't huge compared with some of you but it's a record for me!

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       Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       That is an Awesome day! Way to go!

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    lrohnerposted 14 years ago

    It's soup! Amazon updated!

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    habeeposted 14 years ago

    OMG! This is so much fun! I sold 33 items yesterday! That's a new record for me. I need to include Amazon capsules on more hubs - I only have products on a few of mine.

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       Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yippee!

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    awesome77posted 14 years ago

    I sold 6 items! I am motivated by all this good news from people making it! Now, I need to just buckle down and adopt AMAZON AND GOOGLE!

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    jokeapptvposted 14 years ago

    im waiting too. i love amazon.

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    KCC Big Countryposted 14 years ago

    I can't believe I waited all morning just to learn that I sold two...yes I said...TWO....items yesterday.  *sigh*

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       rmrposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Don't feel too bad, KCC. You sold two items more than me. I was having a pretty good month, too. I think that's my first zero for November.

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          KCC Big Countryposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I know......I shouldn't complain, because I've had a good month...possibly my best to date.  I just had high hopes.  *sigh*  Maybe we'll kill it tomorrow, huh?

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             Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Yes you will kill it tomorrow!

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       kmackey32posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Two more then me....

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    Lily Roseposted 14 years ago

    How'd you do yesterday, Wendy?  30 items sold for me - not too shabby.  Too bad it's so close to the end of the month or I might be looking at a record 7.5%...

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       kmackey32posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Wow thats great. I havnt sold anything in a few weeks. I guess I should write more hubs geared towards Amazon...

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       Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       30 is awesome. I had 14 yesterday. I'll take it.

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    I had to go out so I have been daydreaming about my stats all evening (saddo)
    
    But I can now confirm it was me that broke Amazon because I shipped a 42" TV, Kinnect, and 2 Nintendo DSi's in one day ..... off to gaze some more at those figures.

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       Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       NICE!

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    CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

    8 items sold for me - looks like someone bought all their Christmas tree ornaments in one hit!
    
    80 items sold so far this month - my biggest month yet. Looking forward to catching up with Lily and Wendy!

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    Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

    Finally, I sold 19 items yesterday, which is a record for me. The next month is going to be fun!

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       Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Great news Bill! My sales were good too - got about 15, but with several big ticket items Just hope they ship tomorrow!

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    Anyone been around for a Christmas before? Is December better than November for sales usually? I figured sales would tail off by around Dec 15th as people worry about getting deliveries in time.

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       Lily Roseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, but I was only here a few months this time last year.  I sold about $10 more in December than November but I don't think looking at my stats are typical.  My gut tells me that December will be good, but not better than November - it just feels like people are shopping earlier than normal this year...I could be wrong, though, and I hope I am!

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          rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I do think many are shopping earlier taking advantage of sales.

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    Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

    Well they updated early today! I see I sold far less than the other day, only 6 items.
    
    But today is cyber Monday, so we should all see some big sales when we check our stats tomorrow!

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       Mutiny92posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       i sure do hope so!!

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    Ms Chievousposted 14 years ago

    I sold less than I expected to yesterday as well.  However there are still about 20 items that have not yet been shipped.. So maybe they will go out today.. along with any other sales!  Hooray for Cyber Monday!

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    Susana Sposted 14 years ago

    I love this - I get so excited everyday! With a bit of luck I might make it to $1000 this month with amazon and adsense combined. I'm at just over $900, so we'll see what ships by tomorrow.

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       Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       That is so awesome!

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       Spacey Graceyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       you must let us know if you do susana - soooo exciting. I have seen so many tv reports today about all the internet shopping that will happen today so my fingers are tightly crossed.

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          Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I will let you know for sure - the big $1000 is such a milestone for me

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    EmpressFelicityposted 14 years ago

    I sold one more item yesterday.  But a load of stuff shipped out, bumping my commission rate up to 6.5% for the first time ever.  If I had - say - 200 straight "sales" hubs instead of the 50 or so I've got at present, I'd probably be ecstatic right now as opposed to just pleased
    
    I have to say this is the first time since childhood that I've actually enjoyed the run-up to Christmas!

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       Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       

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    IzzyMposted 14 years ago

    Me too! This is great fun - this last few weeks I have been living JUST for the Amazon update each day (well, almost!)
    This time last year I had NO sales hubs so naturally never sold anything, but it was fun seeing everyone else get so excited in the forums.
    Yesterday I sold 20 items which is a personal best, and have more than 40 items waiting to ship. I hop they don't ship before Wednesday as it'll give me a nice start to December

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    LSKingposted 14 years ago

    I received a payment email yesterday which was Sunday. I thought that was odd. The updating is horrible with Amazon. I try not to check it everyday because it drives me nuts!

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    Karen Nposted 14 years ago

    The majority of my money making hubs have been wrote since Sept. so this has been a pretty exciting time for me.

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       Spacey Graceyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       may I emit a whistful sigh at the thought of being sooooo organized? Something for me to aspire to.

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    maybe i will see the fireworks from here

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    Richieb799posted 14 years ago

    Would be nice if I sold a few big items for Xmas instead of all the $20 ones lol

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    Richie - maybe you are selling all the little ones to bump up your commission, then tomorrow at the 11th hour, someone will buy a 4 grand watch

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    relacheposted 14 years ago

    You may have to wait a few weeks for the actual Cyber Monday...
    
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/29/ … nday.hoax/

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    Great article thanks Relache - very interesting.

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    IzzyMposted 14 years ago

    Well that is just brilliant news Relache
    That means that all the sales we have been seeing over the past few days/weeks are going to continue for a couple of weeks more? Fingers crossed...

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    Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

    Well here we go again. I really want to see what I sold for yesterday, cybermonday. But so far no update. If it was a big day they might be really late in updating today. I'll be checking often!

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       rmrposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Looks like we'll be waiting a while, Bill. They just posted an announcement that they hope to update earnings by 3:00 Pacific time.

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          Mutiny92posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          good grief....

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       kirstenblogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Tell me about it! Had 5 laptop related sales on sunday that pushed me on to the next % tier as well . I am getting all excited to write product hubs again and since my excitement last year resulted in selling hubs it is all starting to feel serious in a great way

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    I just worked that out to mean I've got nearly 7 hours to wait?????

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       rmrposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       It's actually more like 5 hours from now. Maddening, isn't it? I know it's the busy season, but they've been having this problem for most of the year. You'd think a company that size could keep on top of things!

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          Spacey Graceyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          oh thanks - i got a bit muddled with my time differences there. I'll be back online in a few hours then. The other day it took ages to update I'd sold a TV so by my reckoning if its taking twice as long I must've sold 2 TVs

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    Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

    Well that is good actually. Means they had a crushing load of sales so it's going to take them a while. Boy will I be disappointed if I only had two sales!

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    Anesidoraposted 14 years ago

    Isn't it more like eight hours? Aw heck, better get to work.

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       rmrposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You're right, my mistake. I subtracted instead of adding.

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          Spacey Graceyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          D@mmit - stop messing with me people .

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       Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yep! Time to write another hub....

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    Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

    It's updated!,,,,,,, just kidding,,
    
    Damn this waiting is killing me. With my luck I had no sales and I'll feel like Santa filled my stocking with sardines!

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       Spacey Graceyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       you are a cruel cruel man. How much longer? I still didn;t get my head around the time difference. I have 200 items outstanding to ship and the wait is killing me.

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          Bill Manningposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I actually have no idea how much longer. An hour to 3 or so, who knows? Even Amazon may not know for sure. Maybe you should wait and check in the morning, lol!

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          WryLiltposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I have ten items to ship. You win.
          
          However I've tripled my last month's earnings already!
          
          HURRY UP AND CHANGE, AMAZON!

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          Laura Marieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Wd Spacey, 200 waiting to ship is an awesome achievement. I want it to update right now too so I can stop logging in every 5 mins to check my earnings lol

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             CMHypnoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             We should all start singing that Diana Ross song 'I'm Still Waiting'

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    Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

    According to the Associates Announcement page reports will be ready at 3pm pacific time, which is 6pm eastern standard time. Don't know about australia and london. But about 3 more hours.
    
    It's great to see so many of you doing so well. Now really just write hubs while you wait and the time will fly.

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       Spacey Graceyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Nelle - that was the answer i was looking for - I wasn't asking for a prediction of the future, just a countdown to 3pm PST.
       
       I'll have to wait until tomorrow then as that will be past my bed time.

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    IzzyMposted 14 years ago

    All this talk of Amazon reminded me to look at my .co.uk affiliate page, and I made my first sale!!! OK commission only 35p but it's a start! (Thanks Suzannah for telling me how to insert my link).

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       Susana Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       No worries - you're doing better than me on amazon.co.uk Lizzy. I have sold diddly squat on there
       
       Nevermind, as long as I'm getting cash from somewhere I don't care

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    Anesidoraposted 14 years ago

    Mine's updated. And worth the wait. Hope we get at least a repeat on the 13th.
    
    Gosh I love this job!

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       jaymelee23posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Mine just updated too

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    Ms Chievousposted 14 years ago

    well 29 items were shipped out yesterday.  53 items are on order AND for one day only I made my 7.5%.  Hooray for Cyber Tuesday!

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       Wendy Krickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I had a good day to with 35 items ordered yesterday.

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       Anesidoraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You do know it's retroactive, right? The 7.5% will apply to all of November, excluding the commission-limited items like laptops and other electronics.

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          Bill Manningposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Does that mean that items I sold during the first of the month at 4% will now add on the extra % over the course of the month? I thought when you get an extra % boost it only applies to items you sell after that?

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             Anesidoraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Yes, it goes back to the 1st of the month and updates everything to whatever level you ultimately reach by the last day. Excluding electronics and laptops and whatever else is limited.

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    Lily Roseposted 14 years ago

    It was worth the wait - I sold 51 items yesterday, a huge record for me.  My previous record was 41 items just a few days ago on Black Friday!  I made it to 7.5% for the first time ever!  There are still 64 items that have not shipped, but Honestly I hope that not too much shipped out today because it'll give me a good jump on December totals!
    
    I hope Relache is right about Dec 6th and 13th being bigger online shopping days than yesterday because that would be pretty incredible to beat the $1700 I sold yesterday!!
    
    Congratulations to us all!! 
    
    Nelle - I'm working on Mother's Day!!

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       Peter-Jan Celisposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       That is really amazing! Great work - you are beyond freelance writing and going into small business territory if you ask me! And all this without the hassle of employees and fixed time constraints... love the internet...

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    Bill Manningposted 14 years ago

    Yup. it finally updated, a bit earlier than they said it would. I'm a bit disappointed, sold 8 items.
    
    But I'm at around $150.00 for the month with 24 items left to ship. So it's not bad for only my second month doing Amazon.

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       Anesidoraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       No it's good. Keep 'em coming, by next Christmas goodness knows where we'll be.

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    WryLiltposted 14 years ago

    MINE HAS UPDATED! And I've sold 9 items for the day (second best day ever.) And 74 for the month.

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    prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

    I just checked mine, I usually check every other day. I reached what I am targeting, so I am now 7 percent. I hope the next .5 percent will come sooner! I know I can learn more and earn more as well. It is just exciting to know that I can also sell.
    
    Congrats to all!

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    Wow I've got a big grin.
    
    Can anyone tell me what accounts for the discrepancy between ordered items and shopped - is that only made up of items still waiting to be shipped? Or is it downloads? Or returns?
    
    Normally by the Tuesday report I have cleared the backlog of items ordered over the weekend but not shipped, but today I have more items still to go out than yesterday. Bit confused.

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       Bill Manningposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I can't answer your question but I'm glad you had good news. Sometimes different vendors in the Amazon network take longer to ship out items.
       
       So you can have more waiting to be shipped out two days in a row because they are just taking longer to ship out.
       
       Edit: also don't forget the vendors are being swamped with big orders, so it takes them longer to ship.

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    Oh that sounds good. Thanks Bill.
    
    
    
    I'm not complaining about it since I'm sure at the end of December the orders will slow down but the items will continuw to ship out so it will all even up. I just didn't want to get too excited about the items still to go out and then find out that I was mistaken.
    
    And congratulations on your good month Bill- maybe on tomorrow's report you'll find out you sold something really expensive on your higher commission rate

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       Peter-Jan Celisposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You actually bring up a good point. Although it's unlikely, Amazon COULD play a bit with deliveries to minimize commission tier levels of their associates. I googled but did not find anyone analyzing this in a way worth linking to.

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          Kay70flowposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Yea that greets as amazon!!

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             IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Huh?

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                Spacey Graceyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Lol - honestly an 8 month build up and that was his first forum post.
                
                I don't know whether to say 'welcome to hubpages', or 'can I help you, you seem to be lost'.

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