First Amazon Sale

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   andyozposted 13 years ago

   At last!  I have finally had my first Amazon sale.  It took 384 click but I'm finally there, my conversion rate is now 0.26!  Yay.
   
   Weirdly the first item I sold has nothing to do with the items I have put on my Hubs, but I'm not complaining.  A sale is a sale.

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      Peter Owenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      still waiting for my first amazon sale, but I will get there

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      ChuckHuckabyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations. I am always glad to make ANY sale anywhere!
      
      I once heard an internet marketer say that despite all the hype about sales pages converting 2 per hundred, that in reality it can take 200 clicks onto any sales page to get a sale of any sort.
      
      In other words the more clicks, the more likely something is to happen, even if - as in this case - it's a sale you didn't expect.

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      oceansnsunsetsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations, I bet you are excited.

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      bogerkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations! The first sale is pretty cool and let's you know that it is actually possible to make a little money here.

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      Virtual Treasuresposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Congrats! I'm still trying to figure the whole Amazon thing out--but I'll get there! Don't try to figure out why it sold--just go with it! ;-)

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   cre8tiveposted 13 years ago

   Congratulations at being off the mark with Amazon, the first sale is great and more will follow - hopefully many more.

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   europewalkerposted 13 years ago

   Congrats! Don't give up, there will be more to come.

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   znutterposted 13 years ago

   congrats I just started this week and cant wait to get my first amazon sale.

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   andyozposted 13 years ago

   Thanks guys, it's just a relief to know that it works.  Sure more will follow in time.

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      ThomasEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations.
      
      Roughly 50% of my sales are not for the item I recommend... so that's not unusual.

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   Pandoras Boxposted 13 years ago

   Yeah my first sale wasn't either. I thought it must have been a mistake.
   
   Congrats AndyOz!

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   CMHypnoposted 13 years ago

   Congratulations, the first sale is always the hardest one to get. There will soon be many more!

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   Rosie2010posted 13 years ago

   Congratulations! The first sale is always the most exciting.. heck every sale is most exciting but you never forget your first.  Some of my sales are not what I have in my hubs, so it's definitely worth including Amazon in our hubs. Congrats again!

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      andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I must confess that I did do a little dance around the living room to celebrate!  So yes, the first one clearly is exciting.  Haha

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   guy1973posted 13 years ago

   i will be joining amazon affiliate program soon, and i will be looking forward to that fist sale.

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    MyMastiffPuppiesposted 13 years ago

    Congratulations! Just keep writing and it will get better. I had websites for nearly a year before I got any Amazon sales, but then I came to HubPages and although I am no where near the pros, I have had really good luck with Amazon. It takes work and patience...

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    AF CHIEFposted 13 years ago

    I'm going to post my first hub with an Amazon link tomorrow so hopefully soon I'll doing the same dance you did, lol. Congratulations

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       andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Hope so, it took me 50 hubs though and nearly all of them have Amazon links on, so don't panic if it takes a while.

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    Mark Ewbieposted 13 years ago

    Well done Andy!  Thank goodness for being able to share on the forums, anywhere else you say "I made xx cents" and they look at you with a mixture of puzzlement and sympathy.
    
    On here every cent is precious.  Quite right too.

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    olvusposted 13 years ago

    Interestingly, there are Hubbers, who earn on Amazon sales more than a Adsense clicks?

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       andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Yeah I have heard that as well, shows how it's worth putting a bit of thought into using the Amazon capsules and also writing some sales hubs.

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    jrcemailposted 13 years ago

    Congrats!  Yes, that first sale is really cool.  It should become more consistent as you build more hubs and content.

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    CASE1WORKERposted 13 years ago

    well done- I made my first sale this month and it has been followed by six others- hope that happens to you
    
    Make a big song and  dance about it as it is a start and it will grow!

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    txgalposted 13 years ago

    Congrats! I just happened to look at my Amazon account and saw I made 3 sales yesterday and I just put my Hub about 4 days ago. I just linked it back to a top performer of an old Hub. So exciting!!

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    Suzanne Dayposted 13 years ago

    I got my first Amazon sale too!
    
    It was a product I thought no one in their right mind would buy and I'd just stuck it on a hub with no thought really (related topic type thing). The person has paid and ordered it so got $1.45 - I'm over the moon!

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